Thrive Solo The One Where I Talk To Psychotherapist, Nanette Riendeau
Jan 16, 2024
01:25:50
In this week’s episode, I’m talking to the wonderful Nanette Riendeau.
Nanette is a psychotherapist living in Illinois, US. She is married, but spent several years as a single woman having married relatively late in life. She is childfree by circumstance and shares this aspect of her life on her Instagram page @childlessgrace.
Topics that Nanette & I cover are:
- how Nanette is passionate about helping other childless women;
- the relationship that Nanette thought would result in children, but subsequently ended;
- what she learnt through her master’s degree in Women’s Spirituality;
- how desperately she wanted to grow and birth a baby, as well as be a mother;
- Nanette’s journey of self-discovery and personal growth during her single years from age 37 to 44;
- the ‘secret’ that women actually get better with age;
- how Nanette felt it was the pandemic that finally closed the door on her having a baby;
- her advice for those women who are grieving not having children;
- knowing that you are the observer of your thoughts, not your thoughts themselves;
- how we always romanticise the paths in life that we didn’t take;
- how cultivating our relationship with ourselves is one of the most important things;
- social media, and the concept of ‘likes’;
- how so many people don’t ask us about our lives if they don’t involve partners and kids;
- the damaging narrative that you 'haven’t been chosen’ if you’re single;
- the importance of understanding that our worth is inherent;
- the awesomeness of Taylor Swift.
Follow Nanette on Instagram:
@childlessgrace
Check out Nanette’s coaching website:
https://coachingwithnanette.com/
Check out Nanette’s therapy website:
https://therapywithnanette.com/
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