Happy and Childless
Happy and Childless is a podcast designed to help you move in to the next chapter of your life learning tips and techniques to help you create a life which is Happy and Childless. My mantra is “Human First Female Second” and I believe that my role in life is far greater than being a parent. I am passionate that there is an exciting next chapter and I will be speaking with like-minded women and men who give insights into their journey to happiness whilst living a childfree life.My aim is to be an example, demonstrating that through positive mindset, management of thoughts and taking action, a happy next chapter can be created and enjoyed.If you are ready to put yourself, your health and your mental well being first and you want to embrace your life again then this is the podcast for you.
Episodes
25 episodes
Rachel Cordon : Breathing Deep to Shine Bright being Childless not by Choice
Rachel Cordon is a people centred and goal focussed certified breath and body worker. Rachel has a fascination with body psychotherapy and how unconscious minds operate in our lives.In this episode, we will be exploring the power of brea...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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53:21
Henri Copeland - Childless not by Choice and Single
Henri is childless not by circumstance and talks openly and so eloquently about the challenges of being single together with being childless not by choice. She talks about the multiple losses she has faced - the loss of the father of her childr...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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42:18
Carrie Hauskens : Not just Surviving but Thriving after Loss
In this episode, I am delighted to be speaking to Carrie Hauskens who has been a huge inspiration to myself. Her journey involves incredible loss and adversity with the still birth of her precious daughter, Clementine due to a rare liver diseas...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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45:07
Work-Life Inclusion - Putting Childlessness on the Agenda
In this episode, I am speaking with Dr Krystal Wilkinson and Dr Robin Hadley around the topic of childlessness in the workplace and the absent narratives which need to be addressed.We discuss the fact that being childless not by choice i...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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47:34
Ruth Corden - What Hurts? What Helps? What Heals?
Ruth Corden co hosts the podcast Finding the Funny which in just over 2 years has had 1 million downloads. Ruth is childless not by choice and has struggled for years with PCOS and endometriosis and through those years so desperately wanted to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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56:28
Samantha Walsh - Childless in the Workplace
Sam Walsh is the founder of The Non Mum Network and has recently been on the front page of the Daily Mail and on Woman's Hour discussing the challenges of being childless in the workplace.In this episode we discuss the challenges faced b...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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50:30
Karin Enfield - How to Keep Shining This Holiday Season
In this episode we discuss how we both are feeling on the run up to Christmas and how we have coped over the years with holidays in general being childless not by choice. It certainly is a challenging and triggering time for so many for so many...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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45:57
Mini Series on Grief Episode 3 : Moving Forward and Embracing Life Being Childless
This is the last episode of the 3 part series on grief with Karin Enfield de Vries. We discuss our lives now having transitioned through the worst of our grief and how we navigate the challenges that life throws our way and how we utilise all t...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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40:49
Mini Series Episode 2 - Can you Find Acceptance?
In this second episode of the 3 part series on Grief, Karin Enfield de Vries and myself discuss acceptance of our childless not by choice situation. Both of our stories are very different but there is so much commonality in our emotions, journe...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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42:48
Happy Transformations : Mini Series Episode 1 - When the Grief Hits with Karin Enfield De Vries
Karin Enfield De Vries is a grief and loss counsellor offering her services through her business, Pure Transformations. She is also a well being coach and is passionate about supporting the childness not by choice community.Karin has not...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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38:52
Rianna Hijlkema : Reclaiming Life. Stop with Positive Thoughts and do Positive Feelings
Rianna Hijkema is a a multi-passionate serial entrepreneur who has started a consulting practise and co founded a coaching company. She has been living a nomadic life for 12 years and all she owns fits into her back pack.She struggled fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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44:10
Stephanie Joy Philips : Grief Can Ease and Coexist with Joy. Life can be Good Again
Steph is the Founder of World Childless Week which aims to raise awareness of the childless not by choice community and enable every childless person to share their story with confidence.In this episode, we discuss childlessness from the...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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49:46
Tanya Hubbard : Acceptance throughout a Childless Journey
Tanya Hubbard is a registered therapeutic counsellor and coach specialising in supporting childless not by choice men and women.In this episode we delve into the role that acceptance plays within our childless journey. On surface level a...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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50:36
Jessica Hepburn : The Phenomenal Strength of a Childless Woman
Coping with childlessness and numerous unsuccessful IVF attempts takes enormous courage and strength. Add this to swimming the English Channel and climbing Mount Everest and you have the most incredible Jessica Hepburn.We discuss how so ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:00:57
Katie Maynard : Childless by Circumstance is Now in the Room
80% of childless people are childless by circumstance. In this episode we address ambivalence and the role this plays in so many of our lives. Katie, like myself, is childless by circumstance and as a therapist she works tirelessly to bring childl...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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52:01
Sarah Bagg : Finding Fulfillment in Life being Childless and Single
Living through a global pandemic being childless and single has it's own unique challenges. Sarah Bagg is a qualified life coach and a passionate artist. Her blog Life, Love and Me shares Sarah's experience of egg freezing, coping with being child...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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48:11
Lana Manikowski : Changing Beliefs to Create a Life Full of Love and Happiness
Lana Manikowski is a fertility survivor, dog mum and guide to women looking to create meaningful lives without motherhood. Lana is living proof that you can indeed be "Happy and Childless" and she is sharing tips and techniques which she used to h...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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57:57
Aisha Balesaria
For ten years Aisha was consumed with infertility and trying to conceive - she underwent surgery for endometriosis, had numerous failed rounds of IVF and multiple miscarriages. Aisha's strength to walk away from infertility and instead embrace ...
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45:38
Joe Vitale : The Magic is Now
Joe Vitale is an international best selling author, musician and actor. Joe is famous for appearing in 24 movies including “The Secret”. He has worked for 35 years helping people create the lives of their dreams.In this episod...
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32:16
Marc Reklau : The Journey to Happiness
Marc Reklau is an international best selling author who has written 11 books and sold over half a million copies. We talk about his journey in the last 8 years, from jobless to living his dream life. Marc provides insight into the tips and tech...
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50:24
Tansy Boggon : Joyfully Living Without Children
Tansy accepted her childfree life, which was not by choice and moved on from an 8 year journey through a gruelling and emotional adoption process. We talk about what life looks like now, how a weight has been lifted and the joy and exciteme...
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51:57
Taking Control and Steering her Childfree Life in the Direction of her Dreams
Marilisa Beatty is a shining example of how to not just survive but to thrive post an infertility struggle. Further to years of frustration, Marilisa and her husband decided to “choose life” and embrace their next chapter in life. M...
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33:42
Katy Seppi: Choosing Health & Happiness & Moving Forward From Infetility
Katy Seppi is designing an unexpectedly childfree life after infertility. After her hysterectomy in 2017, Katy started Chasing Creation to provide support, resources and community for those who are involuntarily childless. In this episode, I wi...
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41:12
Jody Day: Living Proof You Can Be Happy And Childless
Jody is the British Founder of Gateway Women, the Global friendship and support network for childless women with a social reach of circa 2-million. Jody is the author of “Living the Life Unexpected: How to Find Hope, Meaning & a Fulfilling ...
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43:54