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EPISODE · Jan 29, 2026 · 35 MIN

Is motherhood for me? Meet the women who are childfree by choice

from Just Between Us with Jennifer Zamparelli · host Irish Independent

In this episode of Just Between Us, Jennifer Zamparelli is joined by counsellor and psychotherapist Margaret O’Connor (specialist in parenthood ambivalence and decision-making) and Niamh Madden, founder of Sisterhood, a community for child-free women in Ireland. Together, they unpack the pressure to follow the “default” life script, what it means to feel uncertain, and why a joyful, meaningful life can look many different ways — with kids or without. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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