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The Kids or Childfree Podcast68. Lucy Meggeson on How to Thrive SoloThis week's episode is with podcaster, coach, and author, Lucy Meggeson, on how to thrive as a single woman without kids. You'll hear Keltie and Lucy discuss... Lucy's journey to embracing her identity as a single, childfree woman. (12:49) Societal perceptions of being single and childless, and why these are so often wrong. (19:21) The need for intentional living and finding fulfillment beyond traditional roles. (37:07) The joys of being single and childfree and the importance of celebrating this life path. (48:19) The importance of mindset in personal growth and the journey to embracing a single and childfree life. (1:03:31) As mentioned...
2025-06-181h 09
her Self: IFS & Spiritual Entrepreneurship135 | Women Without Kids with Ruby WarringtonI’ve been looking forward to sharing this conversation with you– because there are so few converstaions about or among women without kids.Today, I’m speaking with Ruby Warrington, the author of the new book, Women Without Kids, as well as the author and creator of Sober Curious. With both of these creations, she’s also known as an astute cultural commentator and true thought leader. I appreciate how Ruby brings much more nuanced, deep thinking and exploration to this topic– from various lifestyle circumstances and choices that go into not having children, to other kinds...
2023-07-161h 10
DEPTH Work: A Holistic Mental Health Podcast46. How Women Without Kids are Transforming Society with Ruby Warrington“There's something incredibly dangerous to the status quo about us no longer feeling ashamed for choosing lives that are right for us, and within that choosing to direct our creative life force energy that we all embody into whatever we so choose.” - Ruby Warrington
Today I delve into the complex and often ignored topic of non-motherhood with author Ruby Warrington. Ruby wrote “Women Without Kids” to challenge the prevailing societal narratives surrounding motherhood and unravel the inherent binary thinking that erases the diversity of human relationships and caregiving experiences.
We explore the broad motherhood spectrum...
2023-05-1953 min
Women Without KidsBeyond the Non-Mom Binary with Jody DayGateway Women founder Jody Day on the false divide that separates 'childless' women who can't have kids, from 'childfree' women who don't want to be mothers. In the episode we discuss: -The roots of the false binary that divides the ones who “can’t have kids” and the ones who “don’t want kids” -The role of pronatalism in this divide, which is the ideology that says that parents are more important than non-parents-The concept of being “childless by circumstance” – versus being childless by choice or due to infertility-How Jody came up with th...
2022-09-111h 06
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE: Nature + Pop Culture News with Jessica MurnaneEpisode 84: Not Having Children By Chance Or By Choice With Jody DayJody Day (the founder of The Gateway Foundation) and I discuss her journey to being childless, the ideology of pronatalism, how the festishism of motherhood serves no woman, and 50 reasons why a woman may not be a mother (they aren't what you might expect). Here's Jody: Listen and subscribe in iTunesListen and subscribe in Stitcher This episode is supported by Quarterlane. Quarterlane delivers the most celebrated books of the season to your doorstep. As a member of the Quarterlane community, you'll receive early access to the mos...
2017-09-141h 13