When Sandy was 21, she stepped into the road and was hit by a car. She learned super young that she could die in surgery, so after 9 major reconstructions and a year in a wheelchair, she promised herself, “ I’m going to live my life the way I want to live my life. I need to make choices that I love.”

Now 62, Sandy’s choices have brought her to life on the road, travelling across the US and Canada with her two poodles, her laptop, and… not much else! She’s shed her possessions, society’s expectations, and is now free to live a life that’s fully hers. Truly inspirational 😍

Podcast: Life is a risk, with 73-year-old world traveller Maria Coffey

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Should you break up with your friend when they won’t forgive you for missing their baby shower? That’s the question from someone who had to stay home to look after their sick dog - and is now being given the silent treatment - that we put to the We are Childfree community for this episode of Ask WAC!

How do you reconcile with a friend who expects you to celebrate all their milestones but never returns the favour? Should you even bother? Can childfree folks ever hope to stay friends with parents once they have kids? Listen to find out!

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Sandy is living proof that there’s more than one way to be childfree! She used to struggle with ambivalence about having children, always feeling different to the other girls, but still feeling the same pressure to become a mother one day. After a lot of time and money spent on trying to get pregnant, it was in her late 30s that Sandy accepted and started to embrace a life without children.

That’s about the same time that a professor recognised Sandy’s community work in Montreal, and recommended her for a master’s program in social work - giving her a direction that has nothing to do with having children. She’s come out several times - as genderqueer, as pansexual, and childfree - and now lives in a platonic life partnership with a friend, and they care for each other and their ageing families 💞

This conversation reminds us that, no matter how complicated life can get, you can still find yourself, and the people and things that you care about. And that is enough.

Visit Sandy’s website to find out more about her and her work.

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“Feel the fear and do it anyway” could be the motto of 67-year-old aussie legend Karen. She’s skydived despite her fear of heights, dived with sharks even though she didn't quite trusting the cowboys running the operation, and tried stand-up comedy - because of her terror of public speaking 💪

For Karen, being childfree has meant freedom. Freedom to leave her husband who thought she’d change her mind and only wanted to dim her (intense) light. Freedom to move on a whim, from Adelaide to Singapore, and then Hong Kong. And freedom to date men as young as her friend’s grown-up children ❤️

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Whatever you wish for your childfree life, we hope this conversation inspires you to not let fear stand in your way!

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The alt right media is asking, "Why do the 'child-free' want EVERYBODY to devalue motherhood?", and warning women that "The Childfree Dream Is A Scam"... But who's selling who, and what are they peddling?

In this ep, we meet the two genders of modern conservative media, Blaze and Evie, and dive deep into their grift: tricking you into giving up on feminism and becoming a trad-wife-in-training. Their ultimate goal? The Motherhood Scam.

This one's so shocking, James' jogging pants flew off! (...the front of our camper van...) Listen in to find out the state of modern motherhood, why patriarchy wants to keep the truth from you - or at least make you shut the eff up about it - and how, as ever, childfree women are getting the blame 🤬

Blaze: Why do the 'child-free' want EVERYBODY to devalue motherhood?

Unladylike podcast: Gender War Games Pt. 1: Womanosphere Rising with Diabolical Lies

Evie: The Childfree Dream Is A Scam

We are Childfree podcast: Taking the road less-travelled, with 65-year-old clinical psychologist Shelley

@peanut on Instagram: The 2026 Motherhood Index

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Rae is a legend! From birth, she’s always been very sure of who she is and what she wants, feeling a powerful sense of inner strength - an absolutely no maternal instinct 🙅‍♀️

Now 72, she was the baby of her family, but always treated like an adult, especially by her pharmacist father, who supplied her with the contraceptive pill among his other support. Rae seized the opportunity to create a life of her own, working behind the scenes in TV, training as a handwriting expert and now campaigning as an animal rights activist.

Rae has gathered around herself a feathered family, anchored by her husband Bob AKA Daddy Bird! And while theirs is a beautiful love story which will end in a graceful green burial, Rae’s sense of self holds strong. We completely co-sign these words of wisdom: “be your own best friend and be ready to be there when no one else might be”.

Get ready to meet an absolute icon 💎

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