Welcome to our world – Christmas without a family I’m presently sat here writing a blog, in deepest, darkest tier four (for those of you not in the UK, 'lockdown').…

'Comparison is the thief of joy'- Theodore Roosevelt. We’re built to constantly compare, but it really can do a number on your joy, your ambition and…pretty much anything you set…

The art of a good clear out, to help you establish who you are I think there are many tough things about facing up to childlessness, and actually going through…

There’s no getting away from it, we’re facing a lockdown (by another name), during the darkest and coldest months and I’m already missing my nearest and dearest I was scrolling…

Overthinking it and moving on…time to ramble on It’s no coincidence that I’ve tried to start this bloody blog five times before I settled on this one, simply because I…

Don't wait for a migraine - choosing to press pause I’m sitting here with a head feeling like bruised cotton wool, after another hormone-induced migraine, trying (and failing) to ignore…

If we don’t meet the milestone markers that others expect, does that mean we don’t graduate to being a 'proper' adult? There isn’t much I remember from around the time…

It wasn’t until this concept came up as an episode for the podcast that I realised what bothered me about childlessness and not having a family. If you put legacy…

What’s that Nelly? What are we going to do about the elephant in the room around ageing without children? My partner and I were talking the other day about what…

Counselling can be one of the hardest, but most rewarding things you’ll ever do, but it can sometimes feel like a crap on a cupcake. If you’d asked me way…