Exploring Elderhood without Motherhood with Jody Day, the ‘founder of the childless movement’ at Gateway Women, psychotherapist, and author of ‘Living the Life Unexpected.’

Gateway Elderwomen is an emerging project of mine that chronicles the experience of elderhood without motherhood. Currently, the project mostly consists of the quarterly free Fireside Wisdom with Childless Elderwomen Sessions I host with the #NomoCrones (nomo = not mother + crone is not an insult!). It’s an area I’ve been involved in for the last decade starting with my work as one of the original founders of the (now UK charity) Ageing Without Children.

Gateway Elderwomen Website Page

You might also be interested in my Instagram profile @ApprenticeCrone where I share inspiring role models of old age, and do my bit to #DisruptAgeism.

I’m keen to know what it is about your own experience of ageing into cronehood you’d like to explore (and yes, I’ll be exploring why we need to reclaim the word ‘crone’!)

In the meantime, please read and share with other women ageing without children - because hopefully, we’ll all be #NomoCrones together!

Feel free to reach out to me by email at jody@gateway-women.com or connect/follow me on LinkedIn @jodyday

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Where to find me

You’ll also find me on Instagram @ApprenticeCrone and @GatewayWomen, and in the private Childless Elderwomen subgroup in the Childless Collective Community (where reduced/donation memberships are available if that suits your circumstances better). You’ll find links to all the rest of my work, including my book 'Living the Life Unexpected: How to Find Hope, Meaning & a Fulfilling Future Without Children’ on the Gateway Women website. Chapter 12 of my book is all about the experience of ageing without children. This newsletter will continue that journey…

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Apprentice #NomoCrone (nomo=not-mother+crone is not an insult!) Cusping sixty and exploring elderhood without motherhood. Author of 'Living the Life Unexpected', psychotherapist, TEDx-er x 2, dog bed, cat staff.