We're Not Kidding

Finding Connection Through the Stories of Others with Nicole Louie

Listen Later

Nicole Louie is a writer, translator, and content curator based in Ireland. She has dedicated a great amount of time to finding and sharing the stories of amazing women without children through her social media accounts (@bynicolelouie). In our conversation, Nicole shares her personal journey of feeling isolated as a childfree woman which lead her to books, and in turn, she has written one of her own.


Here are the resources she shared in our conversation, sorted by topic.


Ambivalence 

  • Book: Beyond Motherhood by Jeanne Safer (1996). 

    • Childfree path 

    Laura Carrol: 

    • Book: Families of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice (2000).

    • Book: The Baby Matrix (2012).

      • Marcia Drut Davis: 

      • Book. Confession of a Childfree Woman (2013).

        • Childless not by choice path

        Jody Day, Founder of the Gateway community

        • In-person workshops

        • A list of childless therapists, counselors and coaches on their website https://gateway-women.com

          • Being single

          Bella DePaulo

          • Has written quite a few books about this topic

            • Book: Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After


              • Connect with Nicole: Instagram and Twitter with the handle @bynicolelouie

              ...more
              View all episodesView all episodes
              Download on the App Store
              We're Not KiddingBy Anna Marie Olson
              • 4.8
              • 4.8
              • 4.8
              • 4.8
              • 4.8

              4.8

              45 ratings