37. Rachel Honeyman on When Plans Change

The Kids or Childfree Podcast

In this conversation, Rachel Honeyman shares her personal Kids or Childfree journey, including how she changed her mind about not wanting kids, the fertility journey that ensued when she decided to pursue motherhood — and what life looks like today as a childless-not-by-choice woman. You'll hear Keltie and Rachel discuss:

• Why Rachel originally decided not to have kids — and what made her change her mind.
• Her experiences with fertility challenges and IVF — including the emotional toll of these experiences, the impact on her relationship with her husband, and the importance of mental health and therapy in her healing process.
• How Rachel made the difficult decision to close the door on children.
• The different perspectives and feelings Rachel and her husband had about parenthood and their fertility journey.
• The role that entrepreneurship has played in her life without kids, and the empowerment she found in jujitsu.
• Why the Kids or Childfree decision is almost always not a single decision, but a series of decisions.
• How Rachel is doing today, two years after deciding to stop pursuing motherhood.

As mentioned in the show: Find Rachel online at honeybebold.com. You can also connect on LinkedIn at: linkedin.com/in/rachel-honeyman

About Rachel: Rachel Honeyman runs honeybebold, where she and her team build bold brands and websites for mission-driven, female-owned service businesses. She runs a podcast called Bold Women in Business. Rachel’s an avid traveler, writer, martial artist, women’s self-defense teacher, and bunny mama to Luna and Lupin, but she cannot keep a plant alive and shouldn’t be allowed to keep buying them. She and her husband are childless not-by-choice after an arduous infertility journey.

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