S4 Ep11: Being Child-Free

Lovely listeners, this might be our most emotional episode yet. We've recently been speaking a bit more on the podcast about our experiences with being child-free, so you might already know that, for numerous reasons, neither of us have kids, despite wanting them. And from the amount of messages we get, we've realised how common this experience is, despite how isolating it can feel. So in this episode, we're getting real about our experiences, and where we're currently at with this. We're also chatting to the incredible Jody Day, aka the BEYONCE of Childlessness, about her advice on grief and what a childless future can look like.  p.s. as you'll hear in our chat, we're aware that child-less and child-free are meant to have different definitions. We're currently more comfortable using the term 'child-free' for ourselves, so that's what we're using in the episode title. It's absolutely not to take away from anyone who's child-free by choice, it's just where we're currently at in our "journey" xx   Resources: Gateway Women: https://gateway-women.com  World Childless Week: https://worldchildlessweek.net Jody's Book: https://gateway-women.com/book/  Show Notes Get your live show tickets here! We have tickets left for our shows on: ✨Monday the 30th October (The Halloween Special) ✨Tuesday the 21st November (Girls Night Out) ✨Wednesday the 20th December (The Christmas Party) 🙏 You can support us on Patreon for £1 a week to get ad free and early episodes: https://www.patreon.com/goloveyourself 🙏 Or support us on Apple Podcasts for £1 a week to get ad free and early episodes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... 📧 If you'd like to contact us, you can email: golove@crowdnetwork.co.uk 📷 Or follow us on Instagram: @goloveyourselfpod ❤️ Join our Facebook group to connect with other listeners: https://www.facebook.com/groups/51272.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Go Love Yourself! It’s the show where we’re all learning to love ourselves a little more 💖 Laura Adlington (left, 2020 GBBO Finalist) and her best friend Lauren Smith (right) grew up in the 90s and 00s when low rise jeans were high fashion, Bridget Jones was the poster fat girl and diet culture was rife. Now, we’re unlearning everything we’ve been taught about body image, acceptance and confidence, and this podcast takes you along for the ride! From self-love, to the other kind of self love (wink wink nudge nudge) we’re here to help you feel happier, more confident, and part of the best community on the internet. Join us EVERY TUESDAY as we talk about everything from diet culture to dating, mental health to social media, fashion and giving zero f***s about what people think.. Come to our Christmas Party on 20th December (https://www.seetickets.com/event/go-love-yourself-live-the-christmas-party/bush-hall/2756624) 📧 Contact: golove@crowdnetwork.co.uk 🌈 Instagram: @goloveyourselfpod (https://www.instagram.com/goloveyourselfpod/) 💕 Facebook Group: Go Love Yourself Community (https://www.facebook.com/groups/512729816871689) 🌻 Laura's Instagram: @Laura.Adlington (https://www.instagram.com/laura.adlington/) 🌺 Lauren's Instagram: @itslaurensmithy (https://www.instagram.com/itslaurensmithy/)