Living with Less: Getting Intentional and Essential

12/31/24 • 32 min

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 day one supporter about how to downsize for a life of adventure. Listen in to hear...

💪 Our brutal Marie-Kondo-on-steroids approach to shedding stuff
🗺️ The logistics of long term travel without a home base
🔮 How Essentialism (not Minimalism) helped us focus on what really matters
📚 And some big news (HUGE) from the We are Childfree team!

If you're worried about facing unwelcome questions this festive season, check out our FREE Childfree Holiday Survival Guide 🤶👍

Links
Podcast: Cool aunt energy, with environmentalist, atheist and big, blended family member Marie Fisher
Podcast: Life done differently, with Lisa Jansen
Masterclass: Create Your Childfree Life Vision
Book: Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
Book: How to Be Childfree by We are Childfree! Sign up for updates 🙌

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If you're worried about facing unwelcome questions this festive season, check out our FREE Childfree Holiday Survival Guide 🤶👍

If you have a problem you'd like the community's help with, email [email protected] with "Ask WAC" as the subject line.

Questions from We are Childfree members get priority! To jump the queue, get episodes a week early, and find your community of childfree cheerleaders, join us at www.wearechildfree.com/join/ 🙌

Previous Episode

AWA (Ask WAC Anything) Part 2: How To Live Your Best Childfree Life

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 this vital project. Listen in to hear...

💝 How to navigate friendships and dating when you're childfree
😱 What to do if you fear aging alone
🦸‍♀️ The We are Childfree origin story
🧌 The worst trolls and how they'll never stop us!

If you're worried about facing unwelcome questions this festive season, check out our FREE Childfree Holiday Survival Guide 🤶👍

Links
Podcast: Don’t fear regret, with Orna Donath Podcast: The Search for Close Connections: Making Friends in Your 40s
"They were best mates. Then one had a baby, while the other struggled. Two brutally honest takes on what happens when motherhood affects friendship" in The Guardian
Childfree Wealth

Die With Zero
Podcast: You are enough, with Dr Kate Tomas

We are Childfree: Building Bridges

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Ask WAC: He doesn't want me to get a tubal ligation

“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 her decision to get permanent birth control surgery. There’s tons of great advice from the childfree community here, about negotiating this tricky subject with your partner, what to do if they seem to be sitting on the fence, and owning what is ultimately your choice, for your life.

If you have a problem you'd like the community's help with, email [email protected] with "Ask WAC" as the subject line.

Questions from We are Childfree members get priority! To jump the queue, get episodes a week early, and find your community of childfree cheerleaders, join us at www.wearechildfree.com/join/ 🙌

Links
Childfree Stories: My Body Their Choice

Podcast: Don’t fear regret, with Orna Donath

Journal: Do childfree people regret their choice?
Journal: Happy World Vasectomy Day!

Resource: The Childfree Friendly Doctors List

Resource: Sterilisation Binder Guide