We are Childfree
Episodes
Love Is Bland - But You'd be a Great Mom!
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Spoiler alert for Love Is Blind Season 10! And yes, we know he’s called Mike - but sometimes it’s hard to tell these guys apart 😅 Zoë dives de...
No Regrets: Childfree Elders Share a Message of Hope
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast is back! Zoë and James check in from the Canary Islands, taking a break from our Childfree Elders Project to share some inspiration and h...
Finding peace after childlessness with "apprentice crone" Jody Day
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Jody Day, an icon, an inspiration, and a pioneer in creating community for non-parents 💝From the episode:- how Jody worked through her childle...
What to expect when your friends are expecting
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We spill the childfree tea on the complicated feelings that come up when we find out our friends are pregnant. It’s something almost all of us will ...
Life is a risk, with 73-year-old world traveller Maria Coffey
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Coffey has lived A LIFE. She started travelling in her teens, desparate to escape safe, settled life in the UK and see the world. From Morocco t...
Ask WAC: How do you tell kids you’re childfree?
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A listener asks: what do you say when a child asks, do you have kids?This one goes out to all the cool aunts, childcare professionals, and our wonderf...
Ask WAC: External pressures or authentic desires?
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OK this one’s a doozy! Even if you’re sure you want kids, society’s going to try and pressure you to doubt yourself and change your mind. And wh...
Ask WAC: Help! I’m losing my friends to parenthood
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We rally round a childfree couple whose friend groups are now full of parents, with little time for anything but their kids. This is such a tricky pro...
Ask WAC: He doesn't want me to get a tubal ligation
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Now I wish I'd never brought it up but mostly I'm sad and feel quite alone.”We help out a childfree woman whose partner is pushing back against h...
Living with Less: Getting Intentional and Essential
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered how van life or any kind of long term travel really works? Like, practically speaking? In this episode we answer a great question from a...
AWA (Ask WAC Anything) Part 2: How To Live Your Best Childfree Life
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a very special episode, part 2 of our AWA - Ask WAC Anything 🙌We welcome your questions about how to live your best childfree life and t...
AWA (Ask WAC Anything) Part 1: A Childfree Love Story
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a very special episode, part 1 of our AWA - Ask WAC Anything 🙌We welcome your questions about us, our relationship, our childfree choice...
Don’t fear regret, with Orna Donath
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a very special episode of the podcast! I interviewed Orna Donath, the author of Regretting Motherhood, for an exclusive We are Childfree membe...
Finding fulfilment, with 53-year-old childfree trailblazer Lydia
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Lydia, a 53-year-old childfree trailblazer who welcomed us into her wonderful home in Athens, Greece, and opened up about her two decade journey ...
How do you decide to be childfree?
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do you decide whether to have kids or not? That's the question from a self-proclaimed fencesitter that we put to the We are Childfree community fo...
How do I tell my partner I'm childfree? (Re-release)
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do you decide whether to have kids or not? That's the question from a self-proclaimed fencesitter that we put to the We are Childfree community fo...
Will I regret being childfree? (Re-release)
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do childfree people ever regret their decision? That's the burning question we put to the We are Childfree community for this classic episode of Ask W...
How do you create your childfree future?
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“How do you pave the way for your childfree future?”We help out a childfree woman who’s facing down 40 and wondering what it means for her futur...
We both wanted kids but I’ve changed my mind!
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We both wanted kids but I’ve changed my mind - how do we talk about this?”The childfree community shares their advice and experiences with some...
How do you steer the conversation away from kids?
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“How do you steer the conversation away from kids?”Listen in as the childfree community rallies around someone whose friends have kids going off t...
Help! My coworkers keep asking if I have kids!
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“My new coworkers keep asking me if I have kids. What should I do?”That’s the burning question we answer with the help of the childfree communit...
Putting my life first, with Natasha den Dekker
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha is a British-Asian woman who was born with a bicornate uterus, who found out at 21 that carrying a child to term would be very difficult and d...
Life done differently, with Lisa Jansen
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are Childfree community member Lisa Jansen is really living up to her idea of a “life done differently”.Based in New Zealand, Lisa left her cos...
Bonus Podcast: Ask WAC - How do you decide to be childfree?
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you decide whether to have kids or not? That's the question from a self-proclaimed fencesitter that we put to the We are Childfree community fo...
Bonus Podcast: Ask WAC - Will I regret being childfree?
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do childfree people ever regret their decision? That's the burning question we put to the We are Childfree community for the very first episode of Ask...
Childfree was chosen for me, with Sari Botton
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Author Sari Botton calls her hysterectomy the best thing that ever happened to her, a true blessing. An older Gen Xer, she never felt entitled to choo...
Getting vulnerable, with Xander Marin
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The first man we’ve ever had on the pod! We’ve had a lot of requests to hear from couples about how they navigate the childfree choice together, s...
Bonus Podcast: Introducing The Childfree Tea!
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Here's your first sip of Childfree Tea, the brand new bonus podcast from We are Childfree! Join founders Zoë and James for an emotional update on the...
Life just gets better and better, with Cindy Gallop
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cindy Gallop is the older childfree role model we all need! She calls herself the “Michael Bay of business” because she likes to blow s**t up - mo...
Classic We are Childfree! Navigating ambivalence, with clarity coach Keltie Maguire
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy some classic We are Childfree! My conversation with clarity coach Keltie Maguire is one of our all-time most popular episodes - we still hear fr...
Dreaming of utopia, with Laura Zalenga
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Like a lot of artists, portrait photographer Laura Zalenga is a dreamer. She imagines a future when generations live together, so the older people she...
Create a life together, with Melanie Hunter
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It can be hard trying to decide if you want children or not, and it can be doubly difficult when there are two people involved in the decision. That’...
Life on your own terms, with Eva zu Beck
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eva zu Beck knows more than most about finding the courage to put yourself out there as a strong, childfree woman. She’s a solo adventure traveller ...
We're just humans with hormones, with Emma Hollen
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I invited Emma Hollen onto the pod because of a super-entertaining Twitter thread about her struggle to get a tubal ligation, and her eventual success...
Unfertilized eggs, with Jerra Latrice Mitchell
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jerra Latrice Mitchell is such an inspiration! She knew she was a teenager that she didn’t want kids, but later when she was diagnosed with fibroids...
Finding Acceptance, with Anna Brooke
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Brooke was born with a health issue which means that pregnancy and childbirth could be very dangerous for both herself and the child. Over time, ...
Go for your dreams, with Jenny Castano
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For Jenny Castano, being childfree is so much more than a lifestyle choice - it’s meant having the freedom to create the life she’d always dreamed...
Totally Tubular with Caitlin Durante
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are Childfree is back for season 2 with one of my dream guests! Caitlin Durante is an LA-based comedian and co-host of the Bechdel Cast, which take...
Best of the pod! Navigating ambivalence, with clarity coach Keltie Maguire (repost)
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Keltie Maguire is a clarity coach who's originally from Canada and now lives in Germany. It's only in the last six months, as she nears her 40th birth...
Best of the pod! Taking the road less-travelled, with 65-year-old clinical psychologist Shelley (repost)
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley is a clinical psychologist and second-wave feminist who's been fighting for our rights since the 70s. She was an early beneficiary of Roe vs W...
Best of the pod! What if...? with novelist Donna Freitas (repost)
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Donna Freitas' new novel, The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano, the eponymous heroine faces a dilemma. Before she got married, her husband promised he...
Best of the pod! Spread your wings, with feminist wellness advocate Doreen Caven (repost)
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Doreen Caven was raised in a Catholic household in Nigeria, and she was a baby feminist even before she knew what the F-word meant. At an early age, s...
Best of the pod! Escaping cultural expectations, with Mohita Solanki, an Indian in Australia (repost)
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mohita Solanki was born in India, where pronatalism is everywhere. Her parents hoped their daughters would have children one day, but also insisted th...
Best of the pod! No regrets, with 78 year-old childfree trailblazer Marcia Drut-Davis (repost)
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1974, Marcia Drut-Davis appeared on TV news show 60 Minutes, explaining to her in-laws and the American public watching that she’d decided not to...
Best of the pod! You are enough, with Dr Kate Tomas (repost)
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For 20 years, Dr Kate Tomas has worked with badass women and non-binary people to radically improve every element of their lives. In this open and emp...
Best of Season 1!
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating an amazing year for We are Childfree, and an amazing first season of the podcast! 🥳 I was lucky enough to speak with 20 inspiring women...
Navigating ambivalence, with clarity coach Keltie Maguire
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Keltie Maguire is a clarity coach who's originally from Canada and now lives in Germany. It's only in the last six months, as she nears her 40th birth...
Taking the road less-travelled, with 65-year-old clinical psychologist Shelley
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley is a clinical psychologist and second-wave feminist who's been fighting for our rights since the 70s. She was an early beneficiary of Roe vs W...
Being our full, true selves, with actor and doula Elizabeth Ho
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Ho is an actor who you might have seen on the Netflix stoner sitcom Disjointed featuring an up-and-coming star called *checks notes* Kathy B...
What if...? with novelist Donna Freitas
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Donna Freitas' new novel, The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano, the eponymous heroine faces a dilemma. Before she got married, her husband promised he...
Overcoming childhood trauma, with Dana (part 2)
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is part two of my conversation with the incredible Dana, who came through childhood abuse and infertility to create a fulfilling and rewarding li...
Overcoming childhood trauma, with Dana (part 1)
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy part one of my conversation with the incredible Dana, a Filipino immigrant to the US who overcame childhood trauma to make sure that the kids in...
"Normal" doesn't exist, with non-binary, neurodivergent Daze
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daze used to think they had two options: become a homeschool mother on a farm in the valley where they grew up, or become a nun. Instead, they left th...
Smashing the patriarchy, with queer feminist sex writer Imungu Kalevera
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Imungu Kalevera defies the expectations for Kenyan women in a few ways. She's queer, childfree and a self-proclaimed career feminist, all of which mak...
Creating a chosen family, with Barbara Krulik
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara Krulik has lived a life! An independent curator and cultural manager, she came of age in New York, where like-minded creatives formed the core...
The personal is political, with Chinese feminist Siyu
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Siyu is an only child of China's one-child policy, born in a very traditional part of the country. Yet, her parents never pushed her towards motherhoo...
Tubal ligation at 23, with Daniela Echeverry
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniela Echeverry is a 23 year old Colombian woman who recently received permanent birth control. I spoke to her six months after her tubal ligation, ...
Spread your wings, with feminist wellness advocate Doreen Caven
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doreen Caven was raised in a Catholic household in Nigeria, and she was a baby feminist even before she knew what the F-word meant. At an early age, s...
Escaping cultural expectations, with Mohita Solanki, an Indian in Australia
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mohita Solanki was born in India, where pronatalism is everywhere. Her parents hoped their daughters would have children one day, but also insisted th...
No doubts, with journalist Sarah Chebaro
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Chebaro has already done a lot with her life! An avid traveller, Sarah was born in Kuwait, and has lived in England, Spain and the Netherlands. ...
Finding your life purpose, with singer-songwriter LiLi Roquelin
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter LiLi Roquelin is living her best creative life. Back in France, teenage LiLi was discovering her passion for making and performing m...
Choosing your path, with opera singer and life coach Fiona Finsbury
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fiona Finsbury is an opera singer, yoga teacher, life coach - and a big believer in the power of intention. One day, she sat down to plan her goals fo...
No regrets, with 78 year-old childfree trailblazer Marcia Drut-Davis
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1974, Marcia Drut-Davis appeared on TV news show 60 Minutes, explaining to her in-laws and the American public watching that she’d decided not to...
Cool aunt energy, with environmentalist, atheist and big, blended family member Marie Fisher
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marie Fisher comes from a big, blended family, and is one of 12 siblings! She’s an aunt to 13 nieces and nephews, and tries to be a role model for t...
There’s nothing holding me back, with 22 year old Rubi Chauhan
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rubi Chauhan calls herself “the most uncommon Indian you will ever encounter”. She was born in a small village in Austria, and moved to Vienna to ...
Another way to mother, with traveller, teacher and artist Vicky Harris
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vicky Harris has travelled to 45 countries in the last 20 years, teaching English and soaking up inspiration for her vibrant feminist art. Along the w...
You are enough, with Dr Kate Tomas
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For 20 years, Dr Kate Tomas has worked with badass women and non-binary people to radically improve every element of their lives. In this open and emp...
We are Childfree Trailer
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to We are Childfree, a podcast about childfree people and the lives we lead. Meet your host, Zoë, a proud childfree woman, as she lifts up th...