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Media volunteers needed
National Fertility Awareness Week 1-5 Nov 2021 is one month away and we need your help. We will be highlighting the following five themes during the week and we need people happy to share their experiences in these areas with the media (you can be anonymous). If you are able…
Living without children – Webinar for World Childless Week
Living without children – Webinar for World Childless Week Wednesday, 15th September at 6:30pm Join author Lesley Pyne and a counsellor from the British Infertility Counselling Association and Debbie Howe, BICA counsellor to discuss moving on from treatment and living without children. This webinar is to mark World Childless Week. Register…
Pursuing other meaningful life goals
It is not worth spending all that time on nothing but childbirth! I certainly don’t want my whole life spent on nothing but childbirth! Developing and pursuing other meaningful life goals helps most people to reach acceptance of their unmet desire for children. However, despite desiring to ‘move on’, some…
Acceptance
Compared with others, our experience is not that easy, it’s difficult. However, we will let it go because we need to continue with our life. Reaching acceptance takes time and many people sustain a strong hope to have (more) children for a long period of time, which can sometimes go…
Meaning making
Infertility has sent me on a spiritual journey in search of my lost soul When faced with loss, we will always try to make meaning of our situation. The search for meaning implies reaching some form of understanding of why loss happened and how it impacts our life. With this…
Research showed that…
... there are three important tasks that help most people come to terms with their unmet desire for children: making meaning of their experience, developing acceptance of their reality, and refocusing life on other fulfilling goals Actively engaging with these will help you to adjust and renew your sense of…
Scheduled More To Life Meet Ups
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More To Life Meet Ups
When living without children wider social interactions often bring intrusive questions or unwelcome insensitive comments. It is therefore small wonder that many choose to withdraw from their known social network and patterns. More to Life recognises this and aims to offer support to find meaning in life beyond children and…
There’s More to Life Than Having Children
In association with Fertility Network UK More to Life has joined forces with Fertility Fest to create a new event for the childless community. Featuring a host of special guests from the ‘Childless Not By Choice’ community including Fertility Fest’s Jessica Hepburn who will be talking about her new book…
More to Life Meet Up – Hertfordshire
If you are childless not by choice and live in or around Hertfordshire you are very welcome to join this meet up in St Albans. You will meet with others who are going or have been through similar experiences to chat and have some fun! Contact us at cat@fertilitynetworkuk.org for…
Beyond the Comfort Zone. Refinding yourself after fertility treatment.
My name’s Fi and I don’t have children. Over the years, this statement has produced so many different feelings. There was relief up until my mid 20s when I was in the carefree stage of finding out who I was and deciding what I wanted to do when I grew…
Dealing with Involuntary Childlessness
A full day event by Kelly Da Silva of Dovecote enabling you to connect with other people dealing with involuntary childlessness. The day will provide you with tools and strategies to be able to manage your situation and feelings. It will also include a therapy group session of EFT/Tapping. *…
More to Life Meet Up
More to Life is a community for men and women who are childless not by choice and we are hoping to get lots of you together at this event to meet each other and members of the More to Life team. It is primarily a social occasion but there will…
2018 Webinar Series – Planning for Ageing Without Children
Planning for Ageing Without Children by Kirsty Woodard Kirsty has over 23 years working with and for older people, from managing healthy living centres for older people to working with Age Concern England (now Age UK) on social care policy and service development models. In 2014 Kirsty founded Ageing Without…
Conceiving Histories Exhibition
A review by Kerry, More to Life Member The Peltz Gallery, Birbeck College, University of London This exhibition came about partly because literary historian, Dr. Isabel Davis, was curious as to whether “something that hasn't happened could have a history?” Working alongside Artist, Anna Burel, they have produced what initially…
2018 Webinar Series – Cancer & Infertility
Emily is an Ex NHS health psychology specialist and coach. She supports people to move forward from cancer and lead gentle lives. A cancer survivor with her own infertility story she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in understanding the complexities of these two life traumas. This webinar Coping…
2018 Webinar Series – Acceptance
Andreia Trigo was diagnosed with infertility at the age of 17. The diagnosis made her question her identity as a woman, self-image, self-worth, her role in a relationship, in family and in society. Using logotherapy and neurolinguistic programming, Andreia was able to create perspective, find meaning and live a fulfilling life…
#childlesshour on Twitter
Created in 2017, each and every Tuesday evening at 8pm #childlesshour, hosted by Walk in Our Shoes, is an opportunity to meet others who are childless not by choice on Twitter. The conversation is fast, fun and varied and has already brought people more information, inspiration and confidence. Whether you…
Coping with Christmas
Join Jody Day, the Founder of Gateway Women, on this free, live video webinar on: ‘Coping with Christmas’ Saturday 2nd December 2017, 6-7pm GMT Limited numbers so make sure you register today. Click here to find out more. http://gateway-women.com/workshops/coping-with-christmas-a-free-live-online-webinar-with-jody-day-sat-2nd-december-2017-6pm-gmt/