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Creating a Legacy When You’re Childless Not by Choice
Ways to Leave Your Mark and Make an Impact Without Children WILL I BE FORGOTTEN? If you’re childless not by choice, the idea of legacy...
Carrie Brauninger
Aug 17, 20253 min read
How to Support Yourself Through Grief When You're Childless Not by Choice
1. Acknowledge That This Is Grief This is not an overreaction. You are not being “dramatic” or “selfish". What you're feeling is grief—a...
Carrie Brauninger
May 31, 20252 min read
Are You Feeling Lonely?
Here Are 3 Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Yourself Through the Moment If you’re feeling lonely, especially as someone who is...
Carrie Brauninger
May 31, 20252 min read
Getting Invited to a Baby Shower: A Guide for the Childless Not by Choice
So you've been invited to a baby shower....when you are childless not by choice it can be a complicated decision whether to accept or...
Carrie Brauninger
May 30, 20254 min read
What Now? A Blueprint for Healing When You're Childless Not by Choice
Grief is complex. And when you're childless not by choice, that grief often lives in silence. There’s no funeral, no formal goodbye, no...
Carrie Brauninger
May 30, 20253 min read
Childless Not By Choice: Are These Feelings Normal?
THESE FEELINGS SUCK (AND THEY ARE NORMAL)! Bitterness Sadness Indifferent Angry Depressed ...
Carrie Brauninger
Oct 16, 20233 min read
SINGLE AND/OR CHILDLESS NOT BY CHOICE: ALTERNATIVE SELF TALK IDEAS FOR TOXIC STEREOTYPES
Much of the stigma and negative self talk associated with being childless not by choice or single and childless not by choice is due to...
Carrie Brauninger
Oct 10, 20233 min read
Coping With Childlessness
We approaching that time of year where the triggers related to being childless not by choice get more consistent. Lots of child centered...
Carrie Brauninger
Oct 4, 20232 min read
Childless Not By Choice: First Steps to Acceptance
What are your goals? What do you want? What do you want your future to look like? These are questions that are essential for moving...
Carrie Brauninger
Aug 27, 20232 min read
Childless Not By Choice: ENVY
When you are grieving being childless not by choice it can be extremely difficult seeing others around you live the life that you wanted....
Carrie Brauninger
Aug 27, 20232 min read
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