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Published: Aug. 22, 2024, 3:10 a.m.

Hello, and welcome to episode 166 of the Childless not by Choice Podcast. My name is Civilla Morgan. My mission is to recognize and speak to childless not by choice women and men around the world, reminding you, us, that we can live joyful, relevant, fulfilled, childless not by choice, lives.\xa0\xa0

Whether you have children or not, thank you for tuning in!\xa0\xa0

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What is today\u2019s show about?

My Interview with Jody Day. Update time!

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Intro:

JODY DAY is the English/Irish founder of\xa0Gateway Women, the global support & advocacy network for childless women, and is often described as the founder of the \u2018childless movement\u2019. An author, two-times TEDx speaker, thought leader and psychotherapist, she\u2019s known for her best-selling Living the Life Unexpected: How to Find Hope, Meaning and a Fulfilling Future Without Children (PanMac 2016/2020) and increasingly for her popular Substack, \u2018Gateway Elderwomen\u2019 which explores the adventure of elderhood without motherhood.\xa0

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Jody\u2019s been a World Childless Week Ambassador since its inception in 2017, and was chosen as one of the BBC\u2019s 100 Women in 2013 & as a UK Digital Woman of the Year in 2021. She was also a founding and former board member at the UK Charity Ageing Without Children, and is a former Fellow in Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School.\xa0

After a lifetime in London, she now lives by the sea in West Cork, rural Ireland, where she\u2019s working on a novel (featuring a childless heroine of course!) and developing her\xa0Gateway Elderwomen project. She is managed by a small white terrier called Parsnip.

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Body of episode:

• Are you still a part of AWOC?

• Working on a novel

• Substack\u2014Gateway Elder Women

• \u2018Women without children are that village\u2019.--Jody Day

• We still pay taxes.

Research links:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/11/19/growing-share-of-childless-adults-in-u-s-dont-expect-to-ever-have-children/

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https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/07/25/the-experiences-of-u-s-adults-who-dont-have-children/

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https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/10/05/rising-share-of-u-s-adults-are-living-without-a-spouse-or-partner/

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https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/11/19/growing-share-of-childless-adults-in-u-s-dont-expect-to-ever-have-children/

Christine Erickson\u2019s New Legacy Institute

Gateway Woman is now The Childless Collective\xa0

Mutual aid projects

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Articles/links of interest:

https://childlessnotbychoice.net/episode-90-my-interview-with-jody-day-founder-of-gateway-women/

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https://childlessnotbychoice.net/episode-143-the-things-men-talk-about-my-conversation-with-dr-robin-hadley/

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https://gateway-women.com/living-the-life-unexpected-2nd-edition-world-blogtour-1-19th-march-2020/

Special thank you to:

Jody Day, Founder of Gateway Women

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Jody Day\u2019s Contact Info:

https://gateway-women.com/

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website: www.gateway-women.com

substack: https://jodyday.substack.com/

instagram @gatewaywomen & @apprenticecrone

free download of intro & chapter 1 of Jody's book: bit.ly/free-ltlu

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FYI:

Spotify now allows podcasters the ability to respond to listener comments.

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