Laura Belgray has a very happy life without kids. But she spent a long time on the fence deciding whether to have them—she wanted to want kids, but she just didn’t. Laura noticed that there weren’t a lot of examples of women who were living full, rich, happy lives without kids (except for Helen Mirren), which made imagining a happy childfree life a lot harder.
Read MoreJennifer Rogers knew from a young age she didn’t want to have kids. As she got older, she noticed that more people felt comfortable telling her she was making the wrong choice.
Read MoreSara Hopkins has decided not to have children, but she still revisits her choice with mixed feelings. In this powerful episode, Sara shares what it’s like to live with ambivalence and consider what she might regret—and what she won’t—by choosing not to have children.
Read MoreLeslie Cason is getting close to her “fertility expiration date”, as she calls it, but she hasn’t spent a lot of time thinking about it - until now. Our conversation explored ambivalence, grief, legacy, and restlessness towards the end of our fertile years.
Read MoreKaren Anderson doesn’t remember a time that she ever wanted to have children. She just assumed she'd have them anyway. She thought she’d go to college, meet a guy, get married, and have kids. Because that’s what you do, right? I talked to Karen about deciding not to have biological children, about being a stepmother, and about her work on difficult mother-daughter relationships (and other difficult relationships).
Read MoreTherese Shechter is a documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn. Her latest project is My So-Called Selfish Life, a documentary about being childfree in a society where motherhood feels mandatory.
Read MoreWhen Sonja Overhiser was diagnosed with a rare hereditary form of leukemia in her mid-twenties, she and her husband Alex had to rethink their plans for starting a family. In this episode Sonja and Sarah talk about the different paths to motherhood and the choices we make to create a family.
Read MoreOur first update episode! Sarah checks in on Myriam Steinberg, a writer based in Vancouver, BC. Myriam's in her forties and she's been trying to have a baby on her own for the last five years. She’s documenting her experience in a graphic novel called Catalogue Baby. Myriam reveals some surprising news!
Read MoreMy conversation with Maggie got me thinking about what it means to be childfree by choice.
Read MoreWhen Maggie Reyes got married, she and her husband both assumed that they’d start a family eventually. But every time they checked in with one another, the answer, for both of them, was ‘not yet’.
Read MoreMy conversation with Nicole led to an important realization about the role of guides and witnesses in a child’s life.
Read MoreNicole Gulotta is writer, editor, and the keeper of a superb blog called Eat This Poem. I spoke with her about navigating life as a writer while raising a toddler.
Read MoreJen Riday is a mother of 6. She holds a PhD in human development and family studies, and runs an online business helping women heal their hearts and build self love. With that kind of background I thought Jen would have a lot to say about motherhood….which, of course, she did!
Read MoreTalking to Myriam about her choice to have a baby on her own (Episode 1: Catalogue Baby) reminded me of a Dear Sugar essay I read in 2011, called The Ghost Ship that Didn't Carry Us.
Read MoreMyriam Steinberg is a writer based in Vancouver, BC. Myriam's in her forties and she's been trying to have a baby on her own for the last five years. She’s documenting her experience in a graphic novel called Catalogue Baby. Sarah talks to Myriam about the decision to conceive a child as a single woman in her forties, and what it's been like for her.
Read MoreIn this preview of the Reflection episodes, I talk about the questions that led me to create the show.
Read MoreI always imagined that I’d have children of my own. But, you know, maybe someday. Now, at 37, I’m in a relationship with someone who already has a kid and doesn't want more. So I have to decide what I want: stay in the relationship (and develop a bond with someone else's kid), or leave to have a baby of my own.
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