Life Beyond Parenthood

Therapy For People Without Children Involuntarily Due To Life Circumstances or Infertility

Reach Acceptance, Reclaim Your Strength & Embrace Your Journey To A  Reimagined Future Filled With Contentment & Joy

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Is This For You?

Both Women & Men Who Are Childfree Not By Choice: 

Whether by circumstance or infertility, the loss of the dream and reality of parenthood can shake the very foundation of your identity. But you are more than your ability to conceive. You have now found a guide to support you on a transformative journey of self-discovery, helping you reclaim your strength and find fulfilment in the life that still lies ahead without children.

 Your story may not have unfolded as expected, but it is no less remarkable. Let me help you redefine your purpose, cultivate resilience, and discover the beauty that awaits you beyond parenthood. Together, we'll embark on a transformative path towards self-acceptance and a life of profound meaning.

Whether Your Situation Is Due To:

IVF Trauma

IVF takes its toll: emotionally, financially, physically, socially and mentally. Sometimes, enough becomes enough to handle.

Pregnancy Complications

 Still birth, recurrent miscarriages and or ectopic pregnancies may mean that biological parenthood is not a reality any longer. 

Life Circumstances

Perhaps career came first, relationships didn't work out, finances don't allow, lack of access to treatment, lack of family support, age-related concerns. They all add up to the same result - you without a child.

Unexplained or Medical Infertility

Whether you have a chronic illness that means having children is not an option or you cannot get any answers as to why you can't or couldn't fall or get someone pregnant. It can be confusing and painful.

Partner- Related Issues

Maybe you were unable to find a partner at the right time or you found the right partner, but they already had kids or didn't want any. Maybe your partner is infertile or has health issues that make bearing and raising children difficult.

Personal Life Trauma

Personal trauma especially of a deeply personal nature can impact our decision not to have children, but may not take away the ache of that loss of either biological longing or social belonging. 

 You can overcome this pain, trauma and heartbreak with support.

You are probably feeling any one or a combination of the following emotions: 
  • Anger or Rage
  • Shame
  • Guilt
  • Mistrust
  • Lonely
  • No longer sure who you are
  • No longer sure what you can offer your partner or the world
  • Don't know where to turn or where to go
  • Like a social perahia
  • Broken in two, devastated
  • Rejected
  • Like a failure
  •  Deep, crushing despair
  • Grief
  • Hopeless
  • Depressed
  • Traumatised
  • Anxious
  • Misunderstood
  • Drinking or eating too much to cope
  • Pressured to have the answers, to tell people, to find a way
  • Hiding away from or pushing everyone away
  • Like you no longer have a personality, because you have been consumed by this for years

You are not alone.


I have heard the horror stories that people in your situation have told me about going to therapist to get support only to feel more violated and worse by the end of it, because they don't understand.


You won't get that from me.


Mostly, because, I am you.


I've gone through all those emotions, all the despair, loss, hopelessness, the panic attacks, the breakdown of my marriage as result of involuntary childlessness.


And, I have also come through the other side and created a new life, a new future and I am happier than I have ever been at any other period of my life.


That's why I am confident that if you are ready, I can support you and help you work through this and come through it curating, creating and embracing a new plan for the future.


One where you are content, at peace and filled with a new purpose. One where you don't crumble when someone stupidly asks that question or the anniversary of the time that happened... where you feel like yourself again, on a path that brings you joy, in your way.


What Can You Expect To Feel & Experience Instead?

By working together, you can expect the below outcomes:

01

Healing & Acceptance

Move from a place of grief and longing to a state of acceptance, understanding that your worth and happiness are not defined by parenthood.

02

Increased Self Esteem & Confidence

Feel more secure in your value and contributions to the world as you embrace a new future.

03

New Sense of Identity

Explore and embrace your realigned values, passions, characteristics. Set personal goals, find new hobbies, things that feel good for you. 

04

Meaning & Purpose

Discover what fulfills you, what feels filled with purpose and meaning that will help you fall in love with your life again.

05

Improved Relationships

Improved communication skills will enhance relationships with partners, family, and friends, leading to deeper and more meaningful connections. Including boundary reinforcement.

06

Contentment & Peace

Reduced stress, reduction of trauma impacts, prioritised well-being and mental health, bringing peace of mind and feeling more settled.

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Testimonials & Reviews

 Laura, I have never met a therapist like you who never gives up. If solution a doesn't work, you move all the way through the alphabet to find something that will. It's rare to find a therapist so invested in ensuring that I get the result I want or actually, in my case, didn't know I needed. 
You're one in a million. Deepest thanks.

 

I needed to tell you that I got that new job! I have even put an offer in on a house, on my own!


I couldn't have done that before. I have surprised myself with how much more confident I am feeling and I may even start dating again. Who knows, new me does things old me would never have done. Chat soon.

Laura, I want to thank you for giving my son his life back. He is a different, much happier person. I really appreciate what you have done for him. 

Hello, I am Laura, Life Reset Specialist.


Having choice taken away from you is really tough, questioning your femininity or masculinity as a result of that choice being taken from you impacts the human psyche and soul like very little else.


Healing and building a new dream are both possible.


It's even possible to laugh again, have a social life, have a relationship that's not about cycles or lack of effort.


And that well meaning aunty, who has the knack of picking at the already frayed nerve, well... either she can go and do one or you can easily set boundaries for yourself around situations like that.


I am ready to be your guide on this journey. I have both professional qualifications and the lived experience to help reset your life and embrace a new future.


Whether you have been through one trauma or multiple years of trauma and challenge, it doesn't change the fact that your future can be different to your past.


Therapy works, when you are ready.


Transformation and letting go are all possible. Whether it takes you 6 months or 6 years - your journey is uniquely yours. Healing is not linear.


The one thing that you will get from me, as your therapist, is authenticity and honesty. If I think you're not ready, I will say. If I think you can do it, I will say. If I think you are hiding, I'll call you out.


One of my gifts as a person and as a therapist, is the ability to really see through you, to have you be seen in a way no one else has ever seen you, probably not even yourself. I am naturally intuitive and thanks to some early life trauma, I am hypervigilant that means I miss very little.


What that means for you is the space to bring all yourself and never be judged and when you can't say or feel it, I can help you access it in a new way. What can be acknowledged and made conscious, can be healed. What remains dormant and in the driving seat can be rewired to lessen it's power.


So if you're ready to take the first step, schedule your free Reset Your Life Consult with me. It's a 45 minute conversation to see if we're a good fit together to get you the healing and reconnection you need.

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