![]() ![]() First of all, can I say thank you to York University for inviting me to give this lecture as part of the project “ Grief: A Study of Human Emotional Experience” and to Professor Matthew Ratcliffe, Dr Louise Richardson, Dr Emily Hughes, Dr Becky Millar and Eleanor Byrne for creating this incredibly important project which I hope will bring the study of grief to a much wider audience. I would like to warmly welcome Jody to speak with us now. This afternoon she will share with us what she’s learned about how to understand, support and advocate for those grieving the living loss of involuntary childlessness. She is a TEDx speaker and former Fellow in Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School. EMILY HUGHES: Jody has worked individually and online with thousands of childless women over the last decade through her organisation Gateway Women. To see this video on the University of York project: įULL TRANSCRIPT OF TALK (REFERENCES AT END)ĭR. Short link to share this page with others: bit.ly/gw-grief-lecture In this talk, psychotherapist, author and childless campaigner Jody Day, who has worked individually and online with thousands of childless women over the last decade through her organisation ‘Gateway Women’, will share what she has learned about how to understand, support and advocate for those grieving this ‘living loss’. The grief of involuntary childlessness is a form of what Doka (1989) termed ‘disenfranchised grief’ – a grief which is not socially recognised or acceptable. Yet despite these figures (which often come as a surprise to many), the experience of involuntary childlessness is a silent one and the non-death grief of childlessness is often missed or dismissed by grievers themselves, their families and communities, and often, sadly, by the helping professionals around them too. ![]() There are similar, if not greater numbers of childless men too. For more about the project go to: Extract: On average, one in five women in the developed world is reaching midlife without children, 90 per cent of those not by choice, with the greater part of them childless by ‘circumstance’ rather than infertility. The overarching aim of ‘Grief: A Study of Human Emotional Experience’ is to develop a detailed, wide-ranging, and integrated account of what it is to experience grief, focusing on aspects of grief that are of considerable theoretical and practical importance but remain poorly understood. The disenfranchised grief of involuntary childlessness: A living loss that society dismisses: a talk by Jody Day, psychotherapist, author and founder of 'Gateway Women'ĭelivered 4th March 2021 for York University’s ‘Grief: A Human Emotional Experience’ – a 4-year AHRC-funded project for the Department of Philosophy, University of York, UK. ‘Why Your Story matters’ – a free GW Masterclass with Australian author Sian Prior, hosted by Judy Graham & Sarah Roberts ‘Spinsterhood Reimagined’ – Jody Day interviewed by Lucy Meggeson ‘Why Does Dismantling Pronatalism Even Matter?’ Jody Day interviewed on New Legacy Community Radio ‘Embracing Childless Elderhood’: Jody Day’s talk at the 2022 Childless Collective Summit Letters to Our Younger Selves with the #NomoCrones for World Childless Week 2022 ![]() The Menstruality Podcast – Episode 54: Finding Hope and Meaning When You’re Childless-not-by-choice with Jody Day This Mythic Life: The Hagitude Sessions – Episode 5: Dr Sharon Blackie interviews Jody Day Fireside Wisdom with Childless Elderwomen on ‘Renewal’: Solstice 2022: Wed 21 December Revolutionizing Your Single Holidays (aka ‘the festive season’), a free GW Masterclass with Jody Day, Shani Silver, Sasha Cagen, Yael Wolfe & Nicola Slawson ‘Why is Policy Engagement Essential for People Without Children?’ Christine Erickson, Founder of the New Legacy Institute in conversation with NLI Advisors Jody Day, Dr Robin Hadley, Therese Shechter and Nandita Bajaj ![]()
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