Here’s our guest Helen Segal chatting about how she starts her day with mediation and all about Smash Books. You can listen to Helen on our podcast with Michael and Berenice here.

Get to know our guests and us in our alternative Q&A! We’re catching up with friends, past and present to ask them about the important stuff in life. Y’know… cake, tea and biscuits.

Here’s presenter Sarah telling us all about direct talking and rock cakes!

Way back in early March, before the world went on lockdown, we caught up with Heather and the team at More To Life, part of Fertility Network UK’s support group to record a webinar on the podcast.

Happy International Women’s Day! Did you know that women make up just 1 in 3 of podcast presenters? On this IWD we want to thank all our female guests as it turns out men are more likely to be podcast guests too and say hurrah for going against that trend too! Special thanks to…

We’re always delighted to hear about new resources for our community. Some are long standing ones that have served us all well. So we - Sarah, Michael and Berenice - were delighted to hear that Jody Day, founder of Gateway Women was revising ‘Living The Life Unexpected’ and asked us to endorse it last year. Bluebird (an imprint of PanMacmillan) will be publishing this updated edition on 19th March.

There’s nothing like planning a birthday for a podcast, to make you reflect on your own and the meaning of celebration. I mean, who is it for really?

We confess that we’ve had a bit of an episode shuffle as we wanted to record an episode about Mother’s Day which falls in March in the UK. It’s the first time we’ve talked Mother’s Day on the podcast as we launched after the event last year. Can you help us? Read on to find out.

I’ve got to admit that when we started this podcast, I had thought we’d largely be talking to ourselves initially, and so when I see Michael excitedly sharing the stats, showing that we’ve reached places like Cyprus, San Marino and Lativa, I have to take a deep breath, not just to keep the stage fright in check, but also because I have to admit to feeling a sense of awe.

To help make 2020 your best year yet, Anne Barratt from Empowering Health in Sydney, Australia is offering a 15% discount on her emotional healing and wellbeing services. Anne specialises in helping people who are childless not by choice, and is CNBC herself.

Many of you would have seen the horrific scenes from the fires and the devastation that came with it. As the fires are coming under control, the sky is beginning to clear and there are many stories that warm the heart, showing us that, in this cynical world, there is humanity and lots of it. 

Watch Michael’s Facebook Live in which he reflects on this year and how we’ve found strength from our community.

It’s funny, I didn’t intend to get up today and put up the Christmas tree or decorate the front room. Nor did I imagine that I would then sit to write about it afterwards to share with you, our wonderful community, but it felt right to share this private moment with you. I wanted to show you all that you are making progress in small ways, even if you can’t see it.

Christmas is hard work at the best of times, but being part of this community only makes it harder. Yes, we get it and that’s why we’ve done something different with episode 8 – The Alternative Kings and Queens speech.

You’ll reach our friendly and supportive audience from the childless not by choice community. The podcast is accessible to everyone so we can draw more listeners into our network through great stories and content. Here’s how you can take part in our November and December episodes.

We are pleased to bring you our latest episode which is all about mental health. We must mention that I share my story which refers to suicide and you may wish to skip to 0.58 mins if you feel it could be difficult to listen to. We’ve provide helpline details on our Listen page and in the show notes across all the channels, please do not hesitate to contact them if you feel you need too.

We’re celebrating #Internationalpodcastday with a list of our favourite podcasts!

It felt like I had to take part. And then I was floored as I was asked to say a little about myself. I'm childless, is there more?

We’ll bring you more news about what we’ve been up to, who’s creating waves in the community and discussing what’s been in the news. Drop us a line if you have something you’d like to share with us.