175: The MOTHERHOOD SPECTRUM + The Power Of Being CHILD-FREE with Ruby Warrington

Today we're talking to Ruby Warrington all about being a Woman Without Kids, being "a village person," and the nuances of being child-free (by choice or by circumstance).

IN THIS EPISODE, we get extremely candid as we talk about:

• The ways the parenthood vs. non-parenthood discussion has evolved, and ways it hasn't
• The "motherhood spectrum" vs. the motherhood binary
• Other people's opinions and cultural expectations / "noise" around motherhood, and how that affects us
• Our inner "noise" around motherhood, and how that affects us
• A new spin on the conversations around love and regret
• Navigating grief when you wanted to be a parent but it wasn't in the cards (childfree by circumstance)
• How to create a movement that matters
• ...and SO much more! 

Ruby Warrington is a British-born author and editor, perhaps best known as the creator of the term “sober curious”. Her 2018 book and million-download podcast of the same title has helped to spearhead a global movement to reevaluate our relationship with alcohol. Her latest book, Women Without Kids, asks: “Instead of continuing to paint childfree women as sad, self-obsessed, or somehow dysfunctional, what if we saw them as boldly forging a first-in-a-civilization vision for a fully autonomous womankind? What if being a woman without kids was in fact its own kind of legacy?” Ruby's other works include Material Girl, Mystical World, The Numinous Astro Deck, and The Sober Curious Reset. With more than 20 years of experience as a lifestyle journalist and editor, Ruby is also the founder of self-publishing imprint Numinous Books and is known as a true thought leader in the “Now Age” wellness space.

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Find Ruby at https://www.rubywarrington.com/ and on Instagram @rubywarrington

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