New Podcast Episodes!

I am delighted to share new season 4 episodes to celebrate International Childfree Day (Aug 1st). To begin, I am sharing two episodes which focus on new books on the topic with an Irish context.

I am delighted to start off by speaking with Nicole Louie about her book 'Others Like Me: The Stories of Women Without Children'.

Nicole is originally from Brazil but is now based in Ireland. This book is a deeply personal exploration of childless and childfree women's lives, including Nicole's own story. The book shows the many ways in which people find fulfillment outside of parenthood and creates a sense of community regardless of age, geographical location or reasons for not having children.

Nicole both writes and speaks beautifully about this topic. We explore themes from the book including the impact of relationships with other people, how our voices can get lost through other peoples questions and doubt, and how clarity, once you find it and whatever that means to you, will cascade down and throughout all areas of your life.

Nicole's book is available to buy in Europe now and will be available in North America in November. For full book purchasing details, please click here - https://www.dialoguebooks.co.uk/titles/nicole-louie/others-like-me/9781408748336/

You can follow Nicole on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bynicolelouie/?hl=en where she curates content around books, movies and podcasts about women who are not mothers by choice, infertility, circumstance or ambivalence. 

In my second episode, I speak to Caroline Magennis about her new book 'Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree Women'. 

Caroline is a writer and academic, originally from the North of Ireland and now living in the U.K. She writes in a very accessible, empathic and humorous way. The book is future focused and hopeful - she explores how to live a childfree life, making the seemingly radical decision to believe people when they say they don't want children. We explore these themes as well as the specific impact of considering or making this decision in an Irish context. Harpy is available to buy now and you can follow Caroline on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/drmagennis/

I hope you all have an amazing International Childfree Day and enjoy these episodes.