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Life Without Children

I Would Have Been a Terrible Mother

I wanted a baby more than anything, once

Sep 3

A woman is sitting on a bank of rocks next to a river, legs folded up with her hands on her knees. She’s resting her head on her hands with her face tilted towards the camera and eyes closed.

Sep 3

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Really Honest Business

Embracing Your Freelance Peers as Colleagues

Build a support network based on collaboration, not competition

6d ago

Embracing Your Freelance Peers as Colleagues

6d ago

Lisa Kissane
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Life Without Children

How My Mental Health Was Impacted by Childlessness

And why my brain and body are grateful I never had kids

Oct 15

A woman is facing away from the camera with her hands spread wide above her. She is looking out to the ocean as the sun sets in hues of peach and pink.

Oct 15

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Life Without Children

The Healing Power of the Childless Community

Finding belonging at the Storyhouse Theatre Childless Festival

Oct 12

Lisa (author) is on the left, standing beside Sarah Lawrence and Berenice Howard-Smith who are co-hosts of the Full Stop podcast and community. All three women are smiling boradly.

Oct 12

Lisa Kissane
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Life Without Children

Am I Childless, Childfree or a Proxy-Parent?

And why does it even matter?

Oct 2

Am I Childless, Childfree or a Proxy-Parent?

Oct 2

Lisa Kissane
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Life Without Children

Why I’m Desperate To See a Major TV Show Drop the Toxic Hope of Having Children

When will the entertainment industry acknowledge the childless-not-by-choice?

Sep 16

Why I’m Desperate To See a Major TV Show Drop the Toxic Hope of Having Children

Sep 16

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Books Are Our Superpower

My Lifelong Love Affair With His Dark Materials

A tribute to the books by Philip Pullman

Sep 10

My Lifelong Love Affair With His Dark Materials

Sep 10

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Life Without Children

Starting a Small Business as a Non-Parent Entrepreneur

Because belonging isn’t just for our personal lives

Sep 10

A group of five woman sitting on a fallen log over a river. Their backs are the the camera and one of the women is has her hand in the air doing a peace sign, while another is making a heart shape with her hands. The background is a mass of trees with sunlight shining through onto the river.

Sep 10

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Books Are Our Superpower

What’s More Important - Happy Ever After or Accurate Representation?

Why does popular fiction ignore the childless?

Sep 7

What’s More Important - Happy Ever After or Accurate Representation?

Sep 7

Lisa Kissane

So What If I’m Co-Dependent With My Dog

It’s not like I have a baby to project my love onto.

Sep 7

Lisa is on all fours on a pink yoga mat. Pan, the dog, is in front of her on his back, looking very happy and comfortable. Lisa is smiling and using her left hand to stroke the dog’s belly.

Sep 7

Lisa Kissane

Lisa Kissane

Childless not by choice networking host. I write about whatever pops into my head, but mostly non-parenting, TV and books.

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