Michael Hughes tells the story of himself and his wife, Vicky, their personal tragedy of childlessness not by choice and they how transformed their suffering into participation in an international support network for couples who have been unable to have children. He describes the many personal, emotional and social implications for people in a similar situation in our society today and the growing network of peer support now in place. Michael has pioneered a peer support group for childless men who had little or no voices in the past.
Biography
Michael and his wife identify as childless not by choice after 15yrs of trying to have children. They made it through the other side, where many don’t and now he plays a role on a global scale of helping others come to terms with a life without children. He is one half of a childless marriage, one third of a podcast that explores the many facets of the childless experience, he blogs the male perspective at www.marriedandchildless.com and along with a man in the UK developed a peer support group for childless men, giving them a safe space to talking about the grief of childlessness.
The Full Stop podcast
https://www.thefullstoppod.com/
https://pod.link/1465954146
Married and Childless (blog)
https://www.marriedandchildless.com/
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