> This is the first episode of the PATHS series—a series of episodes exploring unconventional ways AuDHD women can design their own lives. <
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I was in my late thirties, recovering from a major AuDHD burnout. And in the final reckoning with the question I'd labored over for a decade: Was I going to have kids?
I didn't trust my capacity. I didn't know if someone with my sensory sensitivities and need for alone time could be a healthy, present parent.
But what if being childfree isn't opting out? What if it’s not selfish or lazy or any other adjective? What if it's simply a different choice–one that claims another ancestral role that's always existed?
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