I share my childless story and how I dug deep into my experience with yoga and embodiment practices to reconnect with myself, find self-compassion and move towards acceptance of myself and my body.

Even if our journeys to childlessness aren’t the same, I know the mind-body connection is crucial in uncovering the confidence needed to step forward on the childless path.

I have known about the concept of self-acceptance and self-love for a long time; it has been a big struggle to feel this. Being childless, not by choice, plays a big part as, for many years, I resented my body and desperately wanted my situation to be different.

And even though I'm closer than I've ever been in the past, I feel self-acceptance and a feeling of belonging is an ongoing daily awareness and practice.

My journey to being childless deeply affected my self-confidence, my relationship with my body and how I felt about myself. Self-compassion practice has been foundational in building myself back up.

My journey to childlessness involved multiple miscarriages, unexplained infertility and a chronic illness that led to a hysterectomy.

This experience left me disconnected and distrustful of my body. I had the profound sense that it had let me down and that I couldn't count on it. It wasn't, and couldn't, do what I witnessed other women's bodies doing all around me, and I felt less than for it.

In this episode, we talked about childless journeys, reconnecting with the body, the importance of seeing our experiences reflected around us, and more.