How to Help Your Friend Struggling with Infertility

My friends didn’t know how to help me when I was struggling with infertility. They didn’t know what to say, and so they said nothing. When I was in the thick of infertility—IVF cycles, miscarriages,…

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Childfree Not by Choice: No Kids, No Shame – A Manifesto

Embracing the Childfree Not by Choice Identity I never imagined I’d be writing publicly about being childfree not by choice. For the last year, I did not even have that phrase. I thought, “I am…

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Will They Remember Me? A Legacy of a CFNBC Aunt

I’ve come to realize that being a Childfree Not by Choice (CFNBC) aunt is one of the deepest ways I’ve shown up in the world—with love, with intention, and with a hope to be remembered.…

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Toxic “Never Give Up”

“Never give up.” Wasn’t that what we’ve been told all our lives? Weren’t we told that “Losers never quit and quitters never win”? Well, I’m calling that the “Toxic Never Give Up” culture. Sometimes, you…

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