What if I don't want children?

Laura is joined by Amanda St John - a songwriter, Music Mentor, Motivational Coach & TEDx Speaker. She has coached/mentored for over 15 years as well as having a successful music career with 2 albums, UK/Irish & USA tours, worldwide airplay (including BBC Radio 6 and RTE Radio 1) ...  Show more

This episode with Deirdre Maguire is a beautiful, honest, and inspiring one. Deirdre has helped 1000's of people around the world "get happy" as she knows being happy is a skill, and one that we can all hone. At 67, it hasn't always been this way for Deirdre. She has come through ...  Show more

Whether it’s biological, circumstantial, financial, environmental, a result of trauma, or simply because you don’t want to, the reasons why people decide to be childfree are as diverse as the reasons why people decide to be parents. For many people, the decision to be childfre ...

From our partners at WBUR, Endless Thread is a podcast featuring amazing stories found on Reddit. This story is about a growing movement that hits close to home. It's about the hundreds of thousands of people who are choosing to be childfree -- to never have kids. This choice ...

“The truth is, I don’t like motherhood–and I desperately want to.” In August of 2016, I wrote these words in an email to a woman I’d never met before but had admired from afar, asking for her advice. In this episode, Kelly Jensen cheers every mother on with the reminder to value ...  Show more

When a woman chooses not to have children, why is it still seen as a radical decision? Kim Chakanetsa talks to two women about their stories and the stigma associated with their choice to be childfree. Doreen Akiyo Yomoah is a writer and blogs at Childfree African. Born in A ...