Mel Brown is a talent success manager, a trained celebrant and host of her own podcast, Mel’s Monday Musing. She describes herself as childfree by choice but can see children in her future. As a woman in her mid-thirties who is open to parenthood, in our chat Mel shares the pressures that come with dating when it feels like the biological clock is ticking.

We dive into dating, exploring options such as egg-freezing and why Mel is asking herself if it is selfish to have children in a world of environmental uncertainty. As Mel is very much open to having kids, we do explore topics such as fertility and parenthood, which may not resonate with everyone. But as always my aim with this show is to explore all sides of life without kids in the present, even if that might change in the future.

If you’d like to learn more about Mel’s work as a celebrant you can go to https://www.melbcelebrant.co.uk/ or listen to her podcast Mel’s Monday Musings on your podcast app. And you can find Mel on Instagram @melbrown0110.

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