As childless people we love talking with other childless not by choice people. Sarah Lawrence is our co-founder and a trauma-informed person-centred counsellor (MBACP) at After The Storm. She works exclusively with people who are childless. In this article she talks about self compassion and reflects on a podcast episode with Karin Enfield De Vries on how we may choose to transform ourselves as childless not by choice people.

In April 2025, we explored one of the more quietly devastating aspects of childlessness not by choice: the loss of friendships. There’s a growing library of material around childlessness and the connection with grief, identity, and acceptance, but we’ve found that the unstable ground of friendships and how they fade, fracture, or disappear entirely is a conversation that remains largely in the shadows.

You’ve been asking, and here they are, the 2025 topics for the Full Stop podcast covering more themes around childless not by choice. Guest enquires are now open.

If you haven’t thought about childlesss people in your workplace on World Mental Health Day and checked your content is inclusive, because we all have mental health, then that’s an exclusion. How do you flip it so everyone’s mental health is recognised?

It was quiet enough for me to ask the same man if that bothered him. If, on a wet September Monday afternoon, he might be fed up because the person who passed the window went into the shop over the road?

"But the next person or the person after that will stop here because we're a book town," he said knowingly.

Congratulations, you’ve scored a slot on a podcast. Maybe it’s the Full Stop? Here’s some advice that we’ve gained from our experience and gathered from our podcast community to help you get the best from your podcast guest opportunity.

Podcast guesting is an opportunity that allows people to tell their story and share their work. It can humanise the story through tone and voice and catch the attention of the audience. A podcast, according to The State of Marketing report by Hubspot, lists them as the fifth highest ROI (return on investment). Here are ten reasons why a podcast guest slot is a great opportunity.

It’s been long overdue, we’re delighted to announce an update!

For context, this is click bait (and a disclaimer, I’m not a Swiftie). I’m sure that in reading this, you might want to say ‘chill, Berenice, it’s just them making money through clicks and traffic’.  That’s very true but it’s also dismissing the targetting of a demographic where grief is present. Newsweek telling the world that we’re all terrible role models for circumstances, physical or medical events that aren’t our fault is extraordinarily hurtful. 

Sharing our words for Mother’s Day with Bibi Lynch

It’s perfect for people who listen to the Full Stop podcast and would like to get more involved in the longest running podcast for the childless community.

As with all groups comes the introduction. Like many who are childless, not by choice, I think about the words long before I say them. Being too honest can instantly create judgment or pity.

Why we’re supporting the United Nations IWD2024, and why you may wish to as well. Further reading provided.

Episode themes for 2024

Our December podcast is always popular even in August. Here’s how you can take part in sharing a holiday message with our audience.

Men’s health and well-being are at the heart of Episode 57 of The Full Stop podcast “Why is nobody talking about childless men?” It will be released for International Men’s Day on 19th November 2023 on our website and all major listening channels across the world.

We collaborate, never compete, and invest in supportive relationships which is the best way to help all who are childless.

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