49 episodes

We are Childfree celebrates childfree lives, one story at a time. Through honest conversations about human experiences, Zoë Noble spotlights the diversity of our global community and offers advice, support and hope for like-minded folks. Find out how to live your best childfree life at https://wearechildfree.com/

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    • Society & Culture

We are Childfree celebrates childfree lives, one story at a time. Through honest conversations about human experiences, Zoë Noble spotlights the diversity of our global community and offers advice, support and hope for like-minded folks. Find out how to live your best childfree life at https://wearechildfree.com/

    How do you steer the conversation away from kids?

    How do you steer the conversation away from kids?

    “How do you steer the conversation away from kids?”
    Listen in as the childfree community rallies around someone whose friends have kids going off to college, and can’t talk about anything else! Find out how to support the mothers in your life and foster reciprocal relationships, even if it sometimes means boring them to tears about your dog 🐾
    If you have a problem you'd like the community's help with, email hello@wearechildfree.com with "Ask WAC" as the subject line.
    Questions from We are Childfree members get priority! To jump the queue, get episodes a week early, and find your community of childfree cheerleaders, join us at www.wearechildfree.com/join/ 🙌
    Links
    Share your Story with We are Childfree!
    Reggie Watts on Instagram: “Table for 1 please”
    Reggie Watts on Twitter: “If I never have or adopt children…”
    *Demographic Research:* The timing of parenthood and its effect on social contact and support

    • 42 min
    Help! My coworkers keep asking if I have kids!

    Help! My coworkers keep asking if I have kids!

    “My new coworkers keep asking me if I have kids. What should I do?”
    That’s the burning question we answer with the help of the childfree community, for someone who’s started a new job where the watercooler conversations are… not cool.
    If you have a problem you'd like the community's help with, email hello@wearechildfree.com with "Ask WAC" as the subject line.
    Questions from We are Childfree members get priority! To jump the queue, get episodes a week early, and find your community of childfree cheerleaders, join us at www.wearechildfree.com/join/ 🙌
    Links
    Private Parts Unknown: Pet Loss, Part 2 - Working Through the Grief & Guilt of Losing a Beloved Pet with Beth Bigler of Honoring Our Animals
    Sunday Herald: Shirley Manson - ‘I’m not married anymore’
    @garbage on Instagram
    We are Childfree podcast: Life just gets better and better, with Cindy Gallop
    We are Childfree report: Unseen, Unheard & Undervalued
    We are Childfree: Building Bridges at Work

    • 50 min
    Putting my life first, with Natasha den Dekker

    Putting my life first, with Natasha den Dekker

    Natasha is a British-Asian woman who was born with a bicornate uterus, who found out at 21 that carrying a child to term would be very difficult and dangerous.
    This helped Natasha make a careful, considered choice about being childfree, but it was the final disappointment for her traditional Hindu parents who she’s now cut out of her life.
    This was an eye-opening conversation about growing up in England as someone of South Asian heritage, being “not brown enough” for some people, and breaking free of your family’s rigid expectations to create a lovely childfree life for yourself.
    Read Natasha’s story on We are Childfree: “It was very much a decision thrust upon me at a really young age so it’s probably why I’ve thought about it more than my peers.”
    Join your community of childfree cheerleaders and sign up for a We are Childfree membership today!

    • 57 min
    Life done differently, with Lisa Jansen

    Life done differently, with Lisa Jansen

    We are Childfree community member Lisa Jansen is really living up to her idea of a “life done differently”.
    Based in New Zealand, Lisa left her cosy corporate life behind to live in a van for a summer - which turned into 5 years on the road! She’s just published a memoir called Life Done Differently, in which she shares the ups, downs and all the life-changing experiences of full-time van life.
    We’ll be discussing Life Done Differently in the We are Childfree book club on September 21st. To join in, become a We are Childfree member today!

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Bonus Podcast: Ask WAC - How do you decide to be childfree?

    Bonus Podcast: Ask WAC - How do you decide to be childfree?

    How do you decide whether to have kids or not? That's the question from a self-proclaimed fencesitter that we put to the We are Childfree community for this episode of Ask WAC!
    How can you even imagine life as a parent? How do you separate external pressures from your own inner feelings? Listen to find out!
    To get the full episode, join We are Childfree today 🤗
    And if you have a question or problem you'd like the community's help with, email hello@wearechildfree with "Ask WAC" as the subject line, and we'll tap into the childfree hive mind for a future episode! 🐝

    • 12 min
    Bonus Podcast: Ask WAC - Will I regret being childfree?

    Bonus Podcast: Ask WAC - Will I regret being childfree?

    Do childfree people ever regret their decision? That's the burning question we put to the We are Childfree community for the very first episode of Ask WAC!
    How many childfree people experience regret? Where does that regret come from? What does it feel like? Listen to find out!
    Sources for this episode:The incredible We are Childfree community. Join us!MSU study confirms: 1 in 5 adults don’t want children — and they don’t regret it laterChildfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence by Dr Amy BlackstonePodcast: No regrets, with 78 year-old childfree trailblazer Marcia Drut-DavisRegrets, hot and cold on The History of Emotions Blog
    If you have a question or problem you'd like the community's help with, email hello@wearechildfree with Ask WAC as the subject line, and we'll tap into the childfree hive mind for a future episode! 🐝
    To get more Ask WAC, other bonus episodes PLUS the support of our wonderful community of childfree cheerleaders join We are Childfree today 🤗

    • 25 min

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