Happy and Childless

Marc Reklau is an international best selling author who has written 11 books and sold over half a million copies. We talk about his journey in the last 8 years, from jobless to living his dream life. Marc provides insight into the tips and techniques he uses to access happiness now which involves creating habits and taking action each day.
What are we here for? Why are we here? Marc believes it is to make experiences, develop as a human being, learn as far as you can and to be a good person.
There are no short cuts however with new habits and regular practise happiness can be achieved. You can train to be happy if you give yourself permission to be so.

Tansy accepted her childfree life, which was not by choice and moved on from an 8 year journey through a gruelling and emotional adoption process. We talk about what life looks like now, how a weight has been lifted and the joy and excitement which has returned to her life. This derived from acceptance, re-finding her passions and allowing new and purposeful experiences and events to enter her life.
Tansy is an author, qualified nutritionist and mindfulness blogger with an aim to inspire others to break free from food rules and diet mentality and to experience the joy of eating without overthinking, guilt and shame.
We discuss the idea of perceiving the world as a tactile and experiential thing without all the imposed beliefs and expectations and quite simply that our purpose is to be happy and experience life fully. It is not necessarily about the outcomes we achieve but being present in and enjoying the journey.

Marilisa Beatty is a shining example of how to not just survive but to thrive post an infertility struggle. Further to years of frustration, Marilisa and her husband decided to “choose life” and embrace their next chapter in life.

Marilisa is CEO of 2 businesses and was crowned Mrs Pennsylvania 2020. Her outlook in life is to work hard and go for your dreams but the key is you are in control and can steer your own life in whatever direction you desire.

Her “Bigger than Infertility” Project was driven from her selfless approach to life and her willingness to share her skills and gifts with the communities around us.

Katy Seppi is designing an unexpectedly childfree life after infertility. After her hysterectomy in 2017, Katy started Chasing Creation to provide support, resources and community for those who are involuntarily childless. In this episode, I will be talking to Katy about the decision to walk away from IVF and what life looks like now. We will discuss how life does look exciting again following years of indecision, pain and grief. We explore 5 key areas - Grief, Community, Therapy, Happy and Childless Life Matrix and Envisaging your Plan B. We believe these areas are so important to consider to enable yourself to make the very difficult decision to move forward with life in addition to how each of these 5 areas plays an essential role in the road to recovery.

Through Chasing Creation, Katy offers a monthly, virtual Childless Support Cycle, Childless Chat Webinars and online workshops.

For ten years Aisha was consumed with infertility and trying to conceive - she underwent surgery for endometriosis, had numerous failed rounds of IVF and multiple miscarriages. Aisha's strength to walk away from infertility and instead embrace a childless life is truly inspirational. We discuss how our stories are so different yet we are united in the same feelings, experience and now ability to embrace our lives with optimism and positivity. Aisha wants to empower others on a similar journey through her writing and coaching and is continually raising awareness about taboo subjects and offering her community 1:1 support.
The definition of a "Happy" life means different things for different people and that is the beauty of diversity but we discuss how we transitioned through the "messy" times to a much brighter now.