For more information about my membership send me an email to happychildlessmindset@gmail.com In this episode Laura Curtis and I talk about her PhD in Childless Voices, her journey doing her disertation and her life as a childless not by choice woman, how our voices help us heal and more. Watch the video song Laura and the choir recorded: About Laura CurtisLaura holds a PhD in Music Education and is a lecturer at Western University in London, Ontario. Laura’s research interests include the social and affective impact of group singing on involuntarily childless women, the impact of childlessness on social and musical identity, and lifelong musical learning. Since 2004, Laura has established herself as a self-employed private music teacher. She is also Music Director of the Addison Women’s Choir in Cambridge, Ontario.Rooted in her personal experience with involuntary childlessness, Laura is passionate about raising consciousness of the experience, and working to support those who are childless not by choice, particularly in the Canadian context. She facilitates two groups on Meetup.com for childless individuals in Ontario and, most recently, founded the Involuntarily Childless Researchers facebook group.
