An inclusive online community for childless people with a monthly podcast which brings stories to life through the unique, emotive voices of our guests

We support people who are childless not by choice and inform their cheerleaders and allies.

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View fullsize Today, twenty percent of women may be struggling. Not all women honour Mother's Day. They may be childless not by choice. You probably won't find them on social media. You might not see them at the pub over lunch and they may find tomorow hard. They
View fullsize Our next newsletter is about friendship, the theme of our next episode. Plus happenings that have caught our attention, and more links to people doing amazing things across the childless community that will empower, move or inspire you. To sign up to
View fullsize We've changed the way we organise the podcast to respond to the topics that our audience has requested. We can't wait to share the episodes with you. Take part by joining our online community and you can be in our audience and ask questions
View fullsize "We take our whole selves to work, and we take our whole selves home. That applies to every area of our lives" says Anne Altamore in our latest episode. #IWD2025 #WomenSupportingWomen #BreakingStereotypes #Allyship #FindYourVoice #FullStop
View fullsize How about an opt-in so that people you are asking to opt-out of marketing for Mothering Sunday are not reminded of their reasons for not wanting to know about this day. The tech is available for this. We hear too many stories, and in our own experi
View fullsize Seeing @elizabday with @thenomobookclub and friends, with her guest @sirtonyrobinson this evening. Loved Elizabeth’s words on authenticity and childlessness, how that can bring peace as childless people. We hope Lily has been a super dog for yo
View fullsize Tomorrow we're recording and it's about navigating friendship. How do we make friends, handle the feelings of others close to us when we're childless? Has it impacted you or not at all? Are you a parent and you'd like to ask about childless and frien
View fullsize "As men, we need to listen more and not believe that we always know best." – Michael Hughes Men, how do you see your role in supporting and empowering women? Women, what does allyship look like to you? Join the conversation in the F
View fullsize Encourage, enable, empower—let’s start as early as possible. Let’s look for those role models and help each other find the courage to use our voices." – Anne Altamore “Encourage, enable, empower.” What’
View fullsize When we voice that something is triggering for us, we’re stating our truth and asking for kindness. We’re not saying don’t talk about your kids; we’re just saying be a little more sensitive." – Anne Altamore Inter
View fullsize "We are women, and we have so much to give. We have so much wisdom, knowledge, kindness, and compassion to share. Why do we get pegged into one little stereotype?" says Anne Altamore in our latest episode. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025
View fullsize On International Women’s Day our new episode shares the need for allyship, the gendered expectations placed on women, and how we can all work towards a more inclusive and equal society. We welcome Anne Altamore, founder of @lifeafterivfau. Ann
View fullsize Now that Valentine's Day is over we're doing our best to avoid the upset of Mother's Day emails and worse, the reminder to opt-out. Here's a novel thought - create a segment based on past data to see who opted out last time and letting them remain
View fullsize @mickeyj1010 often shares a weather report when he chats to Sarah or Berenice. This is the weather report from the UK in blankets by Molly (Lady Molly Lickalot!) Berenice’s rescue dog. Frosty, 3 blankets, aiming for a duvet.
View fullsize Miscarriages takes you from 100% happiness to zero in a matter of hours. It's a shatttering experience - Sanda McNicol #childless #pregnancyloss #leaveforeveryloss
View fullsize For me, that loss of innocence once I had my miscarriage evaporated any belief that things would work out. It completely changed me explains Sarah, our co-founder and presenter. #childless #pregnancyloss #leaveforeveryloss
View fullsize @cnbccounsellor and @berenice_hellolovelydesign met up today to wander around bookshops, have lunch at the Pint Shop and avoid rain in Cambridge. Chatting favourite podcast episodes, embarrassing moments at parties and occasional pauses for breath. M
View fullsize Putting a value on how we arrive at childlessness may silo people who need help or force the sharing of stories to justify why we are here. Every reason is equally important explained our guest, Sandra in our current episode which you can listen to o
View fullsize This is us, Michael, Berenice and Sarah. We came up with the podcast after meeting each other via groups and events. We wrote a pitch for BBC Rachel Bland award and didn’t win but thought we’d try to record anyway. Now it’s 71 e