Blog
Welcome to my blog, where I share reflections on involuntary childlessness, identity, and the many ways we find meaning beyond motherhood. Here, I write openly about women’s wellbeing, inclusion, and the realities of living a life that doesn’t follow the expected path. My aim is to start honest conversations, challenge assumptions, and offer connection for anyone navigating life without children — by choice or by circumstance.
Breaking the Silence
This past weekend I went to visit two of my friends. Both have been in my life for a number of years, both have been with me through my tough times and both have been unaware of the full extent of my childless journey. Since being on this road I have felt like I have...
My Book
Its nearly here, I have received the final cover design and my ISBN number (978-1-5262-0121-8), whoop whoop. Now onto the layout design, I can't wait to hold my baby... 🙂
International Women’s Day talk
6am Saturday morning and I was wide-awake. The day had finally arrived, my anxiety about how I would be received just hit me and I became restless trying to push my emotions aside but I knew that I needed to honour these feelings so that I could manage them during the...
Finding My Voice
At the start of my journey on the plan B mentorship program I remember sharing the fact that I felt like I wasn't heard. I was tired of living in the shame of my past and found it difficult to truly grieve for the loss of my unborn children because I felt that I...
Jody Day’s book launch
I had the pleasure of being Jody Day's photographer at her book launch on Monday. The event was hosted at Eat, Shop, Do on Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London which turned out to be such an inspirational night. I was honoured to have been able to experience it. As I...
My strength is in my vulnerability
I have been promoting my book these past few days, which has been meet with some positive reactions. Its been great to see that there are women out there who are just as excited as I am to see my book come to life. I realise that we still have a long way to go...
My book…
Back in march 2015 I had the idea that I was going to write a book. This idea was born from a conversation I was having during my Gateway Women plan B workshop where I was working through the feeling of not being heard. I wanted to find my voice. So I decided that I...
Being Childless at Work
I came across this interesting article titled The Brutal Truth About Being Childless at Work http://fortune.com/2015/11/07/truth-about-childless-at-work/ I must admit this is something that I have struggled with so much so that I have not openly talked about my...
My word for 2016
The birthday message
As I sit here to today reflecting on the past 45 years, yes it's my birthday, I am amazed at what has gone and at what is to come. As most of you know I am on an emotional journey of self-discovery to finding my plan B so I took the day off work to have some time for...
The letter
I mentioned in a recent post titled 'The interview' the daunting prospect of telling my dad about the daily mail article that I was interviewed for. I was so afraid of how he'd react about my past and felt like I would be letting him down because he wanted so much for...
The interview
Jody day from Gateway Women (GW) recently asked if there was anyone who would be interviewed by Daily Mail for an article about being childless. When I read this request I thought that this would be a great, huge, step to take toward my healing but my inner voice...