Zoe Noble is the founder of We are Childfree, a community that lifts up the voices of women and gender diverse people who have decided not to have children. Zoe always knew she didn’t want kids, but it was only in her thirties that she felt she could stand in her truth and really own it. A photographer living in Berlin, she is trying to overturn the negative narratives that can be projected onto childfree people. She’s an absolute trailblazer and has been featured on the cover of the New York Times Style section, alongside connecting with thousands of people around the world. If you’d like to see more of Zoe’s work – go to wearechildfree.com or you can find her on Instagram @zoenoblephotoWe would love to hear what you think of the chat, so please do post a review and share far and wide. Thank you for listening!

Trigger Warning: This episode delves into difficult parent/child relationships & the grief of being childless not by choice.Katherine Baldwin is a love and relationship coach and mid-life mentor who once described herself as childless by ambivalence. In this chat, she shares how childhood experiences of watching her own mother fuelled her ambivalence towards parenthood. We talk about the biological clock and meeting a partner who doesn’t want children, grief around what might have been and how she is embracing her choices now. Katherine’s clients include many single women who are childless not by choice or who are still hopeful about having children but feel they are running out of time. If you want to learn more about Katherine’s work you can go to her website katherinebaldwin.com or read her book ‘How to Fall in Love’. We'd love to hear your thoughts, so please do post a review and hit subscribe if you want to hear more episodes.

Bea Grist is a life and wellness coach, who is actively sparking conversations around living a life without children. Bea is childfree by choice – but getting to that place has taken over a decade of questioning and turbulence. In this chat Bea shares how she found that clarity for herself and why she’s now speaking out on social media about the pressures many women are under. In the process, she puts forward the idea that you can be a mother without having kids of your own. Her approach is honest and liberating, and invites the idea that all we can do is listen to what we need now. If you want to learn more about Bea’s work, you can find her on Instagram @bea.grist or go to her website beagrist.comThank you so much for listening, we would love to hear what you thought of the chat today. If you can, do post a review and if you’ve enjoyed the podcast, then subscribe to get the latest episodes and share far and wide.

From social pressures and challenging the patriarchy to the grief of infertility, Yvonne John is an author and activist for childless women. She wrote her book, Dreaming of a Life Unlived, out of anger for those who were not being heard or listened to. She’s inspiring, funny and honest about her journey, and the pressures that can come from being a woman of colour. Yvonne shares her grief journey, and how she is now embracing a life without kids.Yvonne’s blog is called Finding My Plan B – info findingmyplanb.comYvonne is a graduate of Gateway Women (GW) year-long Plan B Mentorship programme and is a trained facilitator of the GW reignite weekend workshops. If you enjoyed this chat, please do subscribe and post a review. We'd would love to hear what you think. Thank you for listening.

Welcome to the brand new 1in5 Podcast, a space to explore all sides of leading a life without children – whether it’s by choice or by circumstance. Hosted by Geeta Pendse, in this first series, we’ll be exploring a whole range of subjects from the pressures of social expectations, the biological clock, infertility, ambivalence around parenthood and embracing a life without kids, in whatever shape that comes. And we have some incredible guests sharing their journeys.The first episode lands at the end of Jan – subscribe wherever you get podcasts and let us know what you think. Thanks for [email protected]