Awakening Worth in Childless Women Sheri Johnson

Menopause is a huge transformational time for women and another topic that we don’t talk about enough.  Women may joke about their memory, or hot flashes or complain about heavy periods.  But they don’t talk about the deep stuff.  The vulnerable stuff.  Or the scary stuff. 
There is SO much going on for women during perimenopause and midlife, and childless women experience it, quite often, right alongside trying to start a family before it’s too late.   That, to me, adds a whole other element. 

In this solo episode, I shed light on:
what childless women experience that is different from the normwhy we want to hold onto our youth even more than a mother mighthow to defy societal conditioning and move through this period in your life with joyDM me "AGING" on Instagram @sherijohnsoncoaching if you are ready to let go of societal norms so you can love your childless midlife.

Where to find Sheri:
Instagram: @sherijohnsoncoaching
Website: sherijohnson.ca

It's hard to fit in when you are in the minority.  Childless women over 40 make up roughly 20% of the population (depending on what country you live in).   Sometimes I wonder how many of them are living in the larger cities because it sure feels like everyone around me in my little town are parents. 

But what if we embraced this unchosen nonconformity?  What if we unleashed the inner rebel within us and did EVERYTHING our own way?  How liberating would that feel, especially if you let go of what everyone else thought about it?

In this solo episode, we'll explore together...
 the societal pressures and expectations placed on women to conform to traditional roles and identities, even after they know they won't have childrenhow to overcome the fears around truly embracing authenticity, defying societal norms, and forging your own path to fulfillmenthow to uncover alternative paths for yourself and have the courage to fulfill them without feeling the need to justify it to othersgetting through the self-doubt If you want to take one step towards your best life, download my free PDF guide to Create Your Best Year, Even Without Kids.

Where to find Sheri:
Instagram: @sherijohnsoncoaching
Website: sherijohnson.ca
If you want to create your best life in 2024, even without kids, download my free guide.  You'll discover how to find purpose, joy and fulfillment and what might be standing in the way. Click here for your free guide

In our current society, women without kids make up anywhere between 15 and 25% of the adult female population, depending on the country.  Recently, I started to wonder what life would look like - what grief would look like - if that were reversed. 

If mothers were in the minority, would childless women feel so much FOMO, inadequacy or lack of belonging?  Would the grief run as deep?  Would we still wonder what our legacy or purpose is?

Join me for this solo episode where I contemplate:
aging in a world where childless women made up a larger proportion of the population than mothershow different purpose and legacy might look in this alternative realitywhat grief might look like for women without kidsIt's this kind of reality that I'm creating inside the Women of Worth group immersion.  A place where childless women feel a sense of belonging, meaningful connection, an open space to create their best lives, even without kids. 

 If you want to take one step towards your best life, download my free PDF guide to Create Your Best Year, Even Without Kids.

Where to find Sheri:
Instagram: @sherijohnsoncoaching
Website: sherijohnson.ca

Have you ever come away from a conversation thinking "gosh, "people just don't get it"?  Either they say something insensitive or simply can't empathize with your childless circumstances.  

It's definitely happened to me.  Even recently.  But the mistake I see in the childless space is the assumption that there is nothing you can do about it.  You just have to deal with the irritation or "trigger" and move on somehow. 

What I have noticed, in myself and my clients, is that there IS something you can do about it.  The first step is recognizing when it's happening and then taking steps to do what's in your own control instead of trying to change them.  

Listen to this solo episode to find out: 
what lies beneath the feeling that people "just don't get it"10 different ways that your feelings might be invalidated4 steps you can take to avoid feeling this wayDM me or email me the word "empathy" if you're ready to find true connection and empathy within a community that understands you.

Where to find Sheri:
Instagram: @sherijohnsoncoaching
Website: sherijohnson.ca


If you want to create your best life in 2024, even without kids, download my free guide.  You'll discover how to find purpose, joy and fulfillment and what might be standing in the way. Click here for your free guide

Anger is an emotion that comes up a lot with my childless clients who wanted kids.  Anger can be a really complicated emotion because it's not only an emotion in and of itself, but it can also disguise other emotions. 

What makes it even tougher to manage is that most little girls are taught not to express the tough emotions.  Anger is something boys are allowed to show, but not girls.  Yes, even in today's society.   So you might be someone who was conditioned to suppress anger, and maybe other negative emotions as well. 

Join me on this episode as I share:
the difference between true anger and anger that disguises other emotionswhy we feel anger and the mistakes you might be making to avoid itwhat to do about anger specific to your childless pathIf you are ready to let go of anger so you can feel at peace with your path, send me a DM on Instagram or an email at sheri@sherijohnson.ca with the word "anger".

References from this episode:
Atlas of the Heart  by Brené Brown

Where to find Sheri:
Instagram: @sherijohnsoncoaching
Website: sherijohnson.ca
If you want to create your best life in 2024, even without kids, download my free guide.  You'll discover how to find purpose, joy and fulfillment and what might be standing in the way. Click here for your free guide

As I embark on the next 100 episodes on the Awakening Worth Podcast, I spend this session reflecting on the deeper reason I keep hitting record and why you should keep hitting the play button. 

I've come to realize that so many of us are stuck in this pronatalist ideology and it's impacting, well...really, all of humanity.  It's us, the childless women, who feel it the most, but it's affecting all of us. 

On this solo episode, I'm delving into:
what pronatalism is and why you need to start paying attention to how it's affecting youthe magic that  will happen when we start dismantling itthe difference between grief and feeling like you don't belong, or like a second class citizen next to the momsthe two epidemics we're experiencing in our culture that no one is talking aboutWhat if we, the childless women, are the ones who can break down and break free of this centuries old ideology?  What if it's us, who can lead the transformation of our society and deeply impact the lives of not just other childless women, but women in general?

If you want to be a part of this kind of transformation and change in the world, start by taking my Self-Worth quiz to find out how deeply pronatalism is impacting YOU. 
sherijohnson.ca/quiz

References From this Episode
Episode 55: My So-Called Selfish Life with Therese Shechter
Episode 67: Patriarchy and Pronatalism and Their Impact on Childless Women, with Jody Day
Episode 92: How to Turn Grief Into Growth, With Kirsten Frey
Book: Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd


Where to Find Sheri
Instagram: @sherijohnsoncoaching
Website: sherijohnson.ca


If you want to create your best life in 2024, even without kids, download my free guide.  You'll discover how to find purpose, joy and fulfillment and what might be standing in the way. Click here for your free guide