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THE EMPTY CRADLE
A healing and supportive service for involuntarily childless women WELCOME Does this sound like you? You, (or a part of you), deeply desired children, or perhaps you weren't quite sure, but now that motherhood hasn't, (or isn't likely) to happen, your heart is bruised, perhaps even broken. You might be carrying the trauma, shame, and heartbreak, perhaps even anger, guilt or shame, of knowing you may or will never be a mother, never be the mother within the mother-child human dyad, nor will you be primarily responsible for raising another human being to adulthood. Perhaps being a biological parent was part of your dream and it hurts not the meet your own biological child. Perhaps donor, fostering or adoption were not possible or desired by you. Perhaps you didn't want to go it alone or just didn't have an option. However you got here, you know that you will not meet you own children, nor raise them to adulthood. You'll never be a mother or share connecting social spaces as a parent. Perhaps you're in a life you didn't want or never expected, and you might be wondering about purpose, meaning, ageing, legacy and possibilities for your life now. When you try to speak about it, you might be shut down by uncomfortable silences, insensitive comments, perhaps even micro-aggressions about you and your life. You might rarely receive empathy and care and might feel unsupported, isolated or misunderstood. It might feel very painful, and very private, so you'd like to some personal individual support. You might be tired of struggling alone and yearn to connect with other women who get it. You might consider joining one of our group programs. Please know. You're not alone. We know this, because it's our story too. The Empty Cradle offers specialized support for women who ~ had hoped to be mothers ~ are transitioning to permanent childlessness and ~ hope to thrive, perhaps even flourish as older childless women. The Empty Cradle offers online counselling, group workshops and programs, resources, and the power of a loving community. Come join us... As we make sense of this together Woman without kids?
Childless? Childfree? However, you describe yourself... However, got you here... Not being a mum bruised your heart, in fact, it probably broke it. We get it. We live with similar heartache. Yet, here we are... crafting humble, and sometimes joyful lives without kids. Come join us, as we work this out... ~TOGETHER ~ 
Supports women, who had hoped to be mothers, to grieve the loss and craft lives of connection, meaning and joy.
We hold space for you to understand and grieve the losses, make sense of things, deal with difficult emotions or complex social situations, perhaps even broken relationships. We help you to renew and find yourself again, and craft a beautiful life with or beyond childlessness. However you got here, we support you to grow (and perhaps even flourish) as an older childless woman. WE OFFER
* individual counselling and mentoring for involuntary childless women *in person and online group workshops, webinars, courses and programs with additional individual and group support * community education, conference presentations and public speaking * media articles, podcasts and other resources * in-service professional training & consultations for the ART sector, general clinicians, counsellors and therapists. * other (as requested) 
CONNECTING WITH US
IS ONE OF THE FEW PUBLIC VOICES REPRESENTING THE PERMANENT INVOLUNTARILY CHILDLESS LIVED EXPERIENCE.
MEDIA, PODCASTS, PUBLIC SPEAKING, PUBLISHING SPECIALIST TOPICS: Involuntary childless perspective on: Population and social policy Childlessness by circumstance and infertility Psychological care during and following fertility treatment Health and wellbeing of involuntary childless people Permanent involuntary childlessness Involuntary childlessness grief and renewal Life as an older, childless woman Stigma, social inclusion and exclusion Emotional triggers and microaggressions toward involuntary childless people Workplace inclusion and ageing without children Research and public policy Other on request ARE YOU INCLUSIVE OF INVOLUNTARY CHILDLESS PEOPLE? When you engage with others, do you assume they are either parents or childfree by choice? If so, you might be excluding the lived experience of up to 15-18% of the adult population. That's actually a lot! We are daughters, sisters, friends and colleagues. You might be unintentionally triggering our grief and trauma, or implementing policies based on stigma and stereotypes that exclude us. You might be wondering how to support us better. PLEASE REACH OUT. 
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Come, join us as we travel this path together...
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What our clients are saying...Finding The Empty Cradle was such a relief. The day I walked out of the IVF clinic, I was shattered, numb, I felt totally alone. No one around understood what I was going through. Talking to Sarah helped me understand that I was in deep grief, how to handle it and most importantly, that my reactions were normal. |
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