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Lisa Kissane

15
Apr
Lisa sitting in a giant chair at Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, which has the words ‘Head Gardener’ etched into the top.

Blossom and Frost: Welcome to British Springtime!

Do you like to grow stuff?  I do. It’s one of my favourite middle-age pastimes. Growing from seed makes
5 min read
13
Apr
The eyes and nose of a Caucasian face with one blue eye visible. The face is covered in red, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink paint.

Every One of Us Is A Unique Work of Art — Whether We Have Kids or Not

Childlessness is a palette, not a spectrum According to mainstream society, we can use several labels to describe our parental
4 min read
01
Apr
A faded image of a group of people with hands in the air + definition of the word community: a unified body of individuals; such as a group of people with a common characteristic or interest

Creating a Business Community for the Childless and Childfree

Why do people still ask “Do you have kids?” when they meet someone new? Don’t they know it has
5 min read
26
Mar
Lisa is walking away from the camera wearing hiking clothes and holding two walking sticks, she's crossing a wooden slatted bridge over salt plains

Limited or Limitless? Where’s the line?

Can we break through barriers with nothing but a positive mindset? “It’s almost impossible to be honest and boring
5 min read
19
Feb
Two women sitting back to back on a fallen log in a forest. Both have their eyes closed and are holding a single stem flower.

Am I Childless, Childfree or a Proxy-Parent (and why does it even matter)?

Before I found the childless community in 2021, a couple of years after making the decision to stop trying to
7 min read
13
Feb
A row of people are silhouetted in front of a setting sun, they're holding hands.

Finding Belonging in the Social Media Age

As a 40 year old superfan of the pop band Bastille, I often find myself singing along to their haunting
4 min read
13
Feb
A woman is walking along a snow covered path in a forest; she's wearing a long red coat and has a black rucksack on her back.

Embracing the Fear of a Flourishing Writing Life

It was my first (adult) failure as a writer. I started Beth Kempton’s free Winter Writing Sanctuary course and
6 min read