Exploring the adventure of elderhood without motherhood…
With Jody Day, psychotherapist, and ‘founder of the childless movement’ at Gateway Women, and author of Living the Life Unexpected: How to Find Hope, Meaning and a Fulfilling Future Without Children.
Recently sixty myself, I write about the shame associated with ageing in a female body, rooting out internalized ageism, confronting the terrifying ‘Who’s going to take care of me when I’m old?’ issue, building local communities of care, developing intergenerational relationships, challenging the ‘default caregiver’ narrative and much more…
Because how do we age well together in a time of civilizational collapse?
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You’ll get an email when I post a new essay or interview on my Substack, and when registration opens for one of my free Fireside Wisdom with Childless Elderwomen webinars.
New essays are currently free to read for a short period of time, and you can access everything with a paid subscription, which I’ve priced much lower than many other Substacks to make it more accessible.
So why choose a paid subscription?
I believe the work I’m doing (here and elsewhere; all unpaid) is changing the narrative (and will change the practice) of how we organise and live out our old age, whether we’re non-parents or parents.
Paid subscribers get access to my full 4-year archive of essays and, in the near future, access to events/offerings exclusively for paid subscribers.
Your financial support helps me with my research costs (my book bill alone makes my accountant weep), and the costs of running the ‘Fireside Wisdom’ sessions, which each cost me a couple of hundred dollars/pounds, without factoring in any of my/our time.
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Find me online…
You can find me on ‘Notes’ (Substack’s own social media) as @JodyDay here, and also on Instagram @ApprenticeCrone. I also host the private Childless Elderwomen subgroup in the Childless Collective Community (where reduced/donation memberships are available if that suits your circumstances better). You’ll find links to all the rest of my work, including my book Living the Life Unexpected: How to Find Hope, Meaning & a Fulfilling Future Without Children on my Gateway Women website or via my Linktree.
