Whether you're navigating your own identity as a childless aunt or uncle, or seeking to be a better friend to someone who is, this Full Stop podcast episode offers a rare and thoughtful space to reflect on a topic that isn’t talked about that much. How do we be involved with children and look after ourselves and our relationships with the adults?

We spent an extraordinary amount of time earning a living. You maybe in an office, factory or a key worker. Employed or working for yourself. Perhaps you left the office and set up alone only to find that there’s other forms of inequality (Digital Mums anyone?!) We’d love to hear from you about the challenge you’ve faced or continue to experience.

It felt like I had to take part. And then I was floored as I was asked to say a little about myself. I'm childless, is there more?

We want to make sure that when we’ve published the episodes, our community finds it. We want to be a voice for all, and out there are millions of people who might benefit from our words and the advice of our guests. Can you help?

We’ll be publishing show notes for each issue. They’re embedded into the RSS code which means they pop up in whichever player you use to listen to us. To make it easier to find more information, here’s a run down of the links for Episode 1 ‘Speaking Out’ which featured Jody Day as our special guest.

We promised you a thank you for all your support and here it is! Michael cast his magic talents over the extra content we recorded for episode 1. We’re sharing it with you today exclusively on our website

We really do need to allow space for men to talk about childlessness not by choice. Here on The Full Stop we’re dedicating our August podcast to men when Michael will lead Episode 3.

We're super excited to share our first podcast recording for the childless not by choice community! It's the long-awaited intro podcast episode where we've shared five questions, in a kind of audio version of those 'get to know you' questions