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Awakening Worth in Childless Women
Sheri Johnson
149 episodes
2 months ago
I started this podcast back in 2020, thinking it was about grief. I was focusing on miscarriage. It was called Love and Loss. And then as my own journey evolved, as I had to accept that I was never going to have children, I realized that I had so much more to talk about than just the grief. And as I worked with childless women, I began to see something deeper. Beneath the grief was this equally aching emotion – and a belief: I am not enough.” I am not good enough. ...
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I started this podcast back in 2020, thinking it was about grief. I was focusing on miscarriage. It was called Love and Loss. And then as my own journey evolved, as I had to accept that I was never going to have children, I realized that I had so much more to talk about than just the grief. And as I worked with childless women, I began to see something deeper. Beneath the grief was this equally aching emotion – and a belief: I am not enough.” I am not good enough. ...
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Mental Health
Education,
Self-Improvement,
Health & Fitness,
Alternative Health
Episodes (20/149)
Awakening Worth in Childless Women
149: Becoming Myself: What I Learned From the Women Who Never Became Mothers
I started this podcast back in 2020, thinking it was about grief. I was focusing on miscarriage. It was called Love and Loss. And then as my own journey evolved, as I had to accept that I was never going to have children, I realized that I had so much more to talk about than just the grief. And as I worked with childless women, I began to see something deeper. Beneath the grief was this equally aching emotion – and a belief: I am not enough.” I am not good enough. ...
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5 months ago
29 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
148: Did You Know That You've Been Part of a Revolution?
So many women try to fix the pain of childlessness by avoiding baby showers, cutting off triggering friends, or demanding others say the “right thing.” But what if the true revolution isn’t about protecting yourself from the world… but reclaiming your place in it? In this second episode of our 3-part closing series (so go back to ep. 147 if you haven't listened to it yet), we unravel the common mistakes women make when trying to relieve the pain of being “othered.” We revisit the work you’ve ...
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5 months ago
23 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
147: 7 Signs There's More to Your Childless Grief Than You Think
I make a BIG announcement at the beginning of this episode so tune in to find out more about the future of the Awakening Worth Pod. And then, the rest of the episode is for the childless woman who wonders why she still feels stuck in grief after letting go of motherhood. It's not just grief you’ve been carrying. It’s the deep, unspoken belief that your worth was tied to becoming a mother. In this opening chapter of our final 3-part podcast series, I share the personal realization that c...
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5 months ago
37 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
146: The Invisible Struggles of Menopause as a Childless Woman
When you're childless, midlife and menopause can feel like much more than a biological transition. It's a spiritual reckoning. Especially when the world thinks that the only value women add after menopause is "grandmother" - and you don't get to be one. In this deeply honest episode, we’re naming what few dare to say: that for childless women, midlife and menopause come with a unique, often invisible layer of grief. Not just hot flashes—but heartbreak. Not just hormone shifts—but identity shi...
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6 months ago
28 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
145: Five Unique Steps to Navigate Mother's Day
I know that Mother's Day is one of the toughest days of the year for us women without kids.​ When I went through my first couple of Mother's Days, I followed all the advice I heard online.... Just stay off social media. Just pretend it's just like any other day. Do something nice for yourself. ​ These were all things that worked to help me push through the day, but really just amounted to band-aid solutions. They didn't actually me to fully let go of the triggers leading up to i...
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6 months ago
32 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
144: The Biggest Lie You've Been Told As a Childless Woman
What if the very thing you thought disqualified you from living a meaningful and powerful life… was actually the very thing meant to ignite it? In this episode, I’m speaking directly to the woman who didn’t get the life she planned. The one who didn’t become the mother she dreamed of being—and wonders if she’s now supposed to just sit on the sidelines while everyone else builds, leads, and creates. If that’s you, I want you to know: you were made for more. I’m dismantling the deep and painful...
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6 months ago
19 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
143: The Huge Cost of Being a "Good Girl" as a Childless Woman
What if I told you that being being a people pleaser might be the very thing holding you back from feeling free, worthy, and at peace in your own life? This episode is for the high-achieving, childless woman who is tired of over-functioning, over-giving, and still never feeling like enough. If you find yourself wondering… “Am I being selfish?”“Do people think I have it too easy?”“Should I be doing more?”…then you are going to resonate with this conversation. Here's a big truth we unpack: Peop...
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6 months ago
29 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
142: The Myth of the Selfless Woman: Why Childless Women Feel the Need to Prove Their Worth
You don’t have kids, but somehow you’re still hustling to prove you're a good woman. Why? We live in a world that glorifies selflessness—and if you're not a mother, the pressure to perform it in other ways is real. This episode is a wake-up call to the invisible ways you're trying to prove your worth by over-giving. ✨ What if everything you've been taught about what makes a woman “good” is actually a trap? I'm pulling back the curtain on a cultural myth that affects millions of women—e...
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7 months ago
20 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
141: The Secret to Setting Guilt-Free Boundaries as a Childless Woman
Most women think that if they just knew what to say to set a boundary, aka say "no", they will start doing it. That's actually what's keeping them from getting time back for what they really want. The media conversations about setting boundaries are reinforcing this belief, and missing a critical piece that is stopping women from setting them. First, they tell you that you should set better boundaries. That's not helpful because most women already know they should, but either think it's...
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7 months ago
56 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
140: It's Not Grief That's Keeping You Stuck
This is something most childless women don't realize, and it's the thing that is keeping them stuck. The grief you feel as a childless woman is real, but there’s something much bigger at play. So many childless women I talk to tell me they feel stuck. They think it's grief. But they're wrong. I'm going to tell you why and the key to becoming unstuck. The truth is, there are silent forces that have affected the way you view yourself, and they are the culprit. They are constantly running in the...
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7 months ago
25 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
139: How to Stop Holding Back Your Opinions About Parenting
Do you ever find yourself in a conversation about parenting and, even though you have advice to share, you’re afraid to speak up because you’re afraid someone will say, ‘You can't possibly understand—you don’t have kids.’ You might feel invisible in family gatherings, stop yourself from contributing to kid-focused discussions, or apologize and add disclaimers before sharing your perspective, like, "I know I don’t have kids, but…’ It's very important that you start speaking up in these s...
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7 months ago
23 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
138: Loneliness Isn’t the Problem—It’s How You’re Trying to Escape It
Tired of feeling lonely as a childless woman? Most childless women feel lonely at some point or another. Loneliness is an uncomfortable feeling not only because it feels like you don't belong, but also because society today has conditioned us to believe that there's something wrong with us if we're lonely. Today we are flipping the script on loneliness. Loneliness is not a character flaw. It's just a sign that you're craving true connection. The problem is, if you're lonely as a c...
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8 months ago
41 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
137: The Unconventional Way to Feel Equity at Work For Childless Women
If you're frustrated with workplace structures, experiencing inequities, or feeling envy towards mothers or other women - this episode is for you. This is Part 2 of a discussion I had with my sister, Jen, about women in the workplace and the experiences of both mothers and childless women. This episode might ruffle some feathers. Jen and I are going to lay out why the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (or dismantling of them right now in the US) might not matter. ...
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8 months ago
1 hour 4 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
136: The Untold Power Struggle: Women, Work & Motherhood
I've been avoiding this topic, but it's time we talk about it. At some point along the way, most of my clients mention "work", and how being childless can be a unique experience in the workplace, no matter what kind of workplace it is. It's International Women's Day as we publish this episode, and with that comes renewed vigour for gender equality in the workplace. On today’s ep, my sister, Jen, who is a leadership coach and expert in boundaries and busy-ness, joins me to flesh out what...
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8 months ago
53 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
135: How to Make the Agonizing Decision to Stop Trying
If you wanted to have kids and you're here now, at some point you have to or had to make a very tough decision. What I’ve found is that it doesn’t matter whether you’re single, partnered, tried IVF, on the adoption route, never tried anything – we all are faced with a decision at some point. If you end up on the childless path, at some point, you decide to stop trying. On today’s episode, I talk about the decision, the process, and what happens after you make it, so that you can feel mo...
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8 months ago
37 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
134: When Motherhood Was a Someday Thing....Until It Was Too Late
You're the woman who was kind of ambivalent about having kids...until it was too late. Maybe you thought, "Someday I’ll have kids. When the right person comes along. When I have my career in place. I have time." That was me. And suddenly I was out of time. The feelings you might have felt and still be feeling are slightly different than if you desperately wanted kids and couldn't, or you never wanted them. I'm going to talk about these nuanced emotions today, and what you can do t...
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8 months ago
40 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
133: Are Guilt and Self-Sabotage Keeping You From Being Happy as a Childless Woman?
Send us a text Why do we hold ourselves back from the lives we truly want? And more importantly, how do we break free from this cycle? Today, we are talking about something that quietly but powerfully shapes the way we live—guilt. This emotion affects childless women in unique ways. And sometimes, it turns into self-sabotage. In this episode, I'm going to help you: Identify any guilt you might be harbouring, knowingly or unknowinglyDiscover how it might be leading you to unwitting...
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9 months ago
28 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
132: What to Do When You Feel Like No One Understands You as a Childless Woman, with Jen Reimer
Send me a text and tell me what you're struggling with the most! Many of my clients grapple with this feeling that no one understands or has compassion for what they're going through. I might ruffle some feathers with my advice for you. But it's worth listening to the end, because when you do this, your life will transform. I'm talking with my sister, Jen Reimer, about compassion - receiving it, giving it, and having it for yourself. We get into where this seeming lack of compassion ste...
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9 months ago
1 hour 14 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
131: How to Love Your Body That Didn’t Birth a Child
Send me a text and tell me what you're struggling with the most!Struggling to accept and love our bodies, especially when they haven’t done what society expects, is a theme that has been emerging inside my Women of Worth program. Are you content with your body that didn't birth a child? Or do you feel that it has somehow failed you? From ancient ideals to modern media, we’ve been told that motherhood is fundamental to being a woman. So, when that’s not part of your story many women...
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9 months ago
31 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
130: Childless Women Get Tired Too
Send me a text and tell me what you're struggling with the most! It's not just parents who get tired. Childless women do too and when they are honest about feeling tired, that feeling is often invalidated by parents. We couldn't possibly be as tired as someone who has kids, right? And yet, childless women feel just as busy, burned out and fatigued. Why is that? In this solo episode, you find out: why we feel guilty when we resthow you can redefine rest in a way that ...
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9 months ago
29 minutes

Awakening Worth in Childless Women
I started this podcast back in 2020, thinking it was about grief. I was focusing on miscarriage. It was called Love and Loss. And then as my own journey evolved, as I had to accept that I was never going to have children, I realized that I had so much more to talk about than just the grief. And as I worked with childless women, I began to see something deeper. Beneath the grief was this equally aching emotion – and a belief: I am not enough.” I am not good enough. ...