Tune in this week to hear my guest Emily Monsell-Holden, talk openly and honestly about her personal journey through a life without children and where it's brought her to, today.

Watch Emily's Tedx Talk "Why do we ostracise non-mothers'?":

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFVJcBT_XDQ

Connect with Emily on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-monsell-holden/

Follow Emily on Instagram: @littleemilymonster

Join me today and listen to me uncover my shameful ignorance on the intricate workings of the amazing machine that is the female body. I speak with childfree cycle expert Denise, on how to understand and recognise ALL of the phases of our cycles, and generally upskill on all of the important parts they forgot to teach us in school...

Read more about Denise and her work here https://www.eclipsicherbs.com/ 

WE'RE BACK! After a (slightly longer than planned) summer hiatus, the Other Than Motherhood podcast is returning to the regularly fortnightly scheduling with some very exciting episodes lined up, to see you through the autumn and winter months. 

We're kicking off this week with a recap of the amazing Storyhouse Childless festival, with 3 of the organisers - Dr Dawn Llewellyn, Kirstie Higgins and Nicola Haigh.

Follow Storyhouse Childless festival at https://www.storyhouse.com/seasons/storyhouse-childless/

Instagram:  @storyhouselive

Listen to my previous episode with Dr Dawn Llewellyn: 'Religious Inheritance' https://www.buzzsprout.com/2217216/episodes/15218649

This week I am bringing you a combined episode with Lucy Meggeson, author, podcaster and founder of Thrive Solo. In this episode, Lucy and I chat about...well everything really to do with our personal child free journeys! 

Follow Lucy: https://www.lucymeggeson.com/thrivesolo

For this episode, I invited my own mum to come and give me her perspective on my decision not to have children. She talks about her changing views, her reconciliations with life's curveballs and her advice for other would-be parents.

Follow my mum on Instagram.... just kidding. She doesn't know how to use it. 

Join Marian and Olivia this week from Population Connection as they talk about the work their organisation does in educating and raising awareness on the REAL population crisis - and debunk some of the common mythologies about it in the process!

You can read more on Population Connection via their website https://populationconnection.org/

"SO, DO YOU HAVE KIDS?" That question with a stranger or acquaintance, that, whether you are childfree or childless suddenly becomes a social minefield for you to navigate your way out of. Today, I'm speaking with Lisa Kissane, founder of Flow, about this one simple, yet often dreaded question. We talk about the social implications, the challenges of handling it and how to instigate BETTER and more insightful conversations. 

Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reallyhonestbusiness/

Visit Flow: www.nonparentflow.com

Sign up for Flow emails and get access to the free Discord server here: http://subscribepage.io/mOIZ8w

Read Lisa's articles on Medium: https://medium.com/really-honest-business

Thanks to a slight issue in the post-edit suite there is no intro for this episode, so allow me to share one here... I have never really given a huge amount of thought as to the financial opportunities that not having children will enable  ( aside from knowing that I would simply have more money to spend!). So when i was contacted by Bri, who wanted to come on the podcast to talk about Childfree Wealth, the specialist financial planning organisation for childfree people, I was very interested to learn more. This episode was extremely enlightening for me, and gave me a lot of food for thought. 

In not having children, we are all free to choose how we want to spend our money (and our lives), and Childfree Wealth can support in this. You can read more about them at 

https://childfreewealth.com/

Follow them on Instagram: @childfreewealth

Listen to this week's episode (and the first one of 2025!) to hear all about Laura's story of taking the plunge and starting her own travel business. 

Follow Laura on Instagram at @lolawhiskey

Find out more about Laura's trips at: https://www.lauraericson.com/

Please enjoy these samples from the year that has been the Other Than Motherhood schedule! I hope these little soundbites provide you with some wisdom this holiday season. The sections are taken from the guests from the below episodes, in the following order:

1. Instead with Maria Coffey
2. The 4-8 Scale with Childfree Millennial 
3. Learned Wisdom with Marcia Drut-Davis
4. Donating My Eggs with Charlotte Holmes