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For years, I’ve wanted to do something to support other childfree women in business and finally I’ve done it – I’ve created a community for childfree women in business. Virtually every business owner will tell you how important it is to find community and to find people who get it. And the reality is that building a business when you have children is different to when you don’t. That’s why there are so many business communities for mums. In comparison, there are a lot less communities for women without children and I decided to do something about it. Keep on reading to find out WHY I created a community for women without children in business.
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WHY I CREATED A COMMUNITY FOR CHILDFREE WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Why support childfree women?
I didn’t just wake up a few days ago and decide I wanted to support other women without children in business. I can trace back my interest in the childfree experience and supporting other childfree women back to 2018. At the time, I was starting a podcast with the fabulous Verity Brown. At the time, we were both single and childfree. As we looked for names for the podcast, it became so apparent to us the negativity that surrounds women who are single and who are childfree. In the end, we called the podcast ‘Free and Figuring It Out’, which I feel was a positive way of thinking about not having anyone else in your life and just working out how to be an adult in this world.
Through that podcast, I ended up connecting with lots of other single and childfree women – some employees, some entrepreneurs – and it was evident that many felt left out (sometimes in small ways and sometimes in big ways). After the podcast closed I didn’t have an obvious way to continue conversations about being childfree, but occasionally something would happen and I would feel called to talk about being childfree on social. Every time I did I thought “I should be doing more?”, but I just couldn’t work out how.
Fast forward to 2025, and I saw a LinkedIn post by Sophie Lee where she had written about women without children needing better representation (you can read the original post here). As I went through the comments, I realised there were other women commenting, childfree women, who I was in other business communities with but had no idea they were childfree. The post made me think again “How can I be helping other childfree women in business”, but now with the realisation that there were other women I was connected to, in business communities with, but had no idea were childfree made me realise just how invisible childfree women are.
Why can childfree women be invisible
One of the reasons why it is EASY to feel like you are the only, or one of the only, in certain spaces even when you aren’t is because some things are visible and some things are invisible. For example, it’s not uncommon for me to be one of the only black or brown faces in a room. Now that is easy for me to tell and it is easy for other people to tell.
When creating Free and Figuring It Out, I remember having a discussion about the problem being, from a marketing perspective, that single, childfree women are invisible.
Someone who is married might happily post a picture of them in their wedding dress and they might share that they are Mrs X in their bio. Whereas a single person can post photos of just themselves and you never know what their relationship status is and they are A LOT less likely to mention in their bio that they are single. (Side note… if you know a woman who is brave enough to put single in their bio let me know because I can’t imagine how horrendous their DMs are).
The same is true for childfree women. A woman with children might post pictures of their child(ren). Even if they block out the actual faces of their child(ren) we’ll still know that they are a Mum. They might talk about being a Mumpreneur, Mompreneur or Mumboss. Again, this means they are easy to identify. Whereas, there isn’t an equivalent for women without children. Just because I don’t post photos with children doesn’t mean I don’t have them. Just because I don’t call myself a Mumpreneuer doesn’t mean I’m not a Mum (plenty of Mums hate those types of terms). And so alas the childfree women is invisible unless you decides to make a thing about it.
The reality of being childfree woman in other women in business communities
Some people will argue that there are plenty of women in business communities and why do childfree women need a space that is just for childfree women. Well there are two main reasons. The first is because for some childfree women the experience in other women in business communities and the second is because the experience of building a business is different depending on if you have children or not. I’ll cover the latter in a moment, but let’s dig deeper into the reality of being a childfree woman in other women in business communities.
Earlier this year, I went to an event that was predominantly for women in business. During the day, wrapped up books were handed out to everyone. If you’ve come across me before you’ll know I am a massive reader (you can check out my book blog here) so I was excited to see what I received. I eagerly opened my book to reveal I had been given a copy of ‘The Unmumsy Mum’. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. But it got me thinking, imagine if it hds been another childfree woman, a woman who wasn’t childfree by choice, a woman who being childfree is painful had received a book. They’ve come for a day to work on themselves and their business – and BAM motherhood is thrown in their face.
This is just an example, but the reality is that for many women in business spaces, motherhood comes up a lot. Yes, there are the obvious conversations about the reality of being a Mum and juggling being a parent and a boss. But there are also the subtleties – the fact that the community calendar becomes empty in school holidays or that events/trainings happen between 10 and 2, so everyone can do the drop off and pick up. Now I’m all for trying to make communities as accessible as possible and of course you want as many members as possible to be able turn up for events, trainings, workshops etc. But as a childfree person, it can feel like communities are designed for Mums, rather than them.
Building a business with and without children is different
As discussed it can be hard for some childfree women in general women in business communities because how much motherhood pops up. But the other reasons why childfree women deserve their own community is because building a business with and without children is different. That is why there are so many communities for Mums. For example, for years now I’ve delivered trainings for SocialMums, founded by Gemma Lloyd.
There are so many communities for Mums, depending on whether you are looking for one in your geographical area, based around your expertise or around the type of business you have. And I’m all for it. I absolutely understand that Mums want a place to connect with other Mums who get it. But childfree women should have that opportunity to be in a space with women who get them.
Where they can shout from the rooftop about building a six, seven or even eight-figure business to build crazy wealth – without being challenged or judged because they don’t have children to pass it down to.
Where they can talk about being tired – without being told they don’t know what being tired is because they don’t have children.
Where they can discuss how to do even more work in the school holidays, as that isn’t a time they want to take off or travel during.
The list goes on.
There is no denying the life of someone with and without children isn’t different. So why should there be so many groups for those with, but hardly any for those without.
It makes no sense to me, which is why I’ve created a community for women in business without children – introducing The Unbound.
The Unbound – The community for childfree women in business
Co-founded with Sophie Lee, The Unbound is the business community for women who don’t have children (or who want a space where they aren’t defined by them).
The Unbound is a space for women who:
- Run their own business (and it can be ANY type of business)
- Don’t have children, or want a space where they aren’t defined by them
- Value growth, freedom and creating their own version of success
- Want to connect with like-minded business women who “get it”
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That’s it. You now know why I created a community for women in business without children.
From the conversations that happened before the community opened to the conversations I’ve had since it is so clear how needed The Unbound is.
If you are a women without children in business and would love to be around other childfree women who are building businesses come and join us
And if you know any other childfree women in business, please help us spread the word.
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