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.
The Childless Not by Choice voices on Mother’s Day
I was honoured to be asked by Civilla Morgan to contribute to her episode on coping with Mother’s Day. It's so great to have the opportunity to collaborate with other childless not by choice women to share our experiences of how we manage on mother's day and to...
Remember to look up
I took advantage of escaping to Cheddar Gorge this weekend. For those of you who are not familiar with the place, Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, England. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar show caves,...
Navigating life without a map
This morning I went for a walk, in an area that I am not that familiar with, and the directions I was given were not that great, and didn’t pan out as expected. Essentially I didn’t know where I was going and without a map was unsure I would be able to get to the...
The Childless Collective Summit starts today!
https://www.chasingcreation.org/summit-schedule/ I’m speaking at the Childless Collective Summit today! YES TODAY! My presentation is going live today at 8pm GMT where I’m talking all about the women of colour’s experience around infertility in my talk titled ‘Black...
The Childless Collective Summit
The Childless Collective Summit starts on Thursday! Will you be there? If you haven't already heard, the Childless Collective Summit starts on Thursday 18th March presenting 28 amazing speakers over 4 days. Each presentation is free to watch for 24 hrs & you can...
Celebrating the Mother within
Yesterday I was a panelist on the Gateway Women masterclass webinar about coping with Mothers day with Jody Day, Karin Enfield, Melanie Dagg and Sarah Lawrence. https://bit.ly/3qEBBAs We had a great conversation around what we do to manage the triggers that mother's...
“I Survived!”
I’ve been on an emotionally difficult journey with my body over the past 2+ years so much so that there have been moments where I have found it hard to look at my reflection in the mirror. I struggled to see how my body could be beautifully, flawed, I struggled accept...
So you think you are Brave???
It’s been a while since I last posted and, in some ways’, I feel like I’ve been experiencing writer’s block. In reality I think I’ve just lacked a bit of inspiration coupled with ‘being busy with life’. A minor accident yesterday has relegated me to resting today so I...
My dance with Grief
I don’t know exactly when you walked into my life Maybe you were pushed or did someone drop you off. Maybe you were there all along and I just didn’t notice All I know is that you weren’t invited No letter, no call, no “Hello” I looked up one day and you were there...
Who Will See My Tears?
As most of you know I recently "crossed The Bridge" (a term for those of us who have attended The Bridge Retreat). One of the sessions on The Bridge was called 'World Grief' where we were encouraged to write, draw - essentially do something creative to represent our...
Crossing The Bridge
I recently attended The Bridge Retreat hosted by Donna Lancaster and Gabi Krueger. At some point earlier in the year, and after hearing others talk about retreats, I had the urge to attend one myself. Apart from anything else this year has been a revealing one, one...
“You have to be willing to be uncomfortable…”
So there have been some interesting conversations on the news this morning where Prince Harry talks about his experience or maybe awaking of his white privilege and unconscious racial bias "life with Meghan made me aware of unconscious racial bias". It's a...