#51: Kylie Lambert: The Choice to be Child Free

This week’s episode took me into a conversation I didn’t even know I needed. I sit down with the incredible Kylie Lambert, she's a counselor, a deeply grounded woman, and someone who has chosen to live boldly and intentionally child-free. And while I personally don’t share the same perspective on choosing a child-free life, this conversation invited me into a level of curiosity, compassion, and connection that felt profound. This conversation allowed me to truly see her, her humanity, her heart, and the emotional landscape behind her and her husband’s decision. It was one of the most thoughtful, expansive exchanges I’ve had on the show. We explore grief in ways most people shy away from, the kind of grief that changes how you move through the world and how you show up in your closest relationships. We talk about how grief can shift power dynamics, soften edges, and force you to rely on communication and trust in ways you never have before. Together, we dive into what it looks like to surrender and have you husband lead within a relationship, to navigate big decisions as a team, and to let yourself be vulnerable when everything in you wants to shut down. Kylie shares with so much honesty about the emotional duality of choosing a child-free lifestyle...the freedom, the grief, the questions, the pressure, and the deep intentionality behind every part of it. What struck me most was not her choice itself, but the clarity, the integrity, and the communication that got her and her husband there. Listening to her made me appreciate just how diverse, layered, and deeply personal our paths toward purpose can be. We talk about societal expectations, identity, criticism, biological reactions, and what it looks like to build a community of women who support one another even when their lives look completely different. And throughout the entire conversation, I found myself leaning in to truly understand. If you’ve ever navigated grief, wrestled with major relationship decisions, questioned your identity, or wanted to better understand the stories behind choices that differ from your own, this episode will broaden your heart in the best way. It’s grounded, intimate, open, and so deeply human. If you're curiosity begs to be quenched on our declining birth rates: Click here to listen to the Modern Wisdom Podcast   Connect with Me! Podcast: @diariesofabossbabepodcast Coaching: @cultivate_with_KG