Childfree Elder Rae: “Be Your Own Best Friend”

Childfree Elder Rae: “Be Your Own Best Friend”

June 1, 2026 · 1h 25m

About this episode

Rae shares her journey of self-discovery and empowerment as a childfree elder.

Rae is a legend! From birth, she’s always been very sure of who she is and what she wants, feeling a powerful sense of inner strength - an absolutely no maternal instinct 🙅‍♀️ Now 72, she was the baby of her family, but always treated like an adult, especially by her pharmacist father, who supplied her with the contraceptive pill among his other support. Rae seized the opportunity to create a life of her own, working behind the scenes in TV, training as a handwriting expert and now campaigning as an animal rights activist. Rae has gathered around herself a feathered family, anchored by her husband Bob AKA Daddy Bird! And while theirs is a beautiful love story which will end in a graceful green burial, Rae’s sense of self holds strong. We completely co-sign these words of wisdom: “be your own best friend and be ready to be there when no one else might be”. Get ready to meet an absolute icon 💎 Join the waitlist for Hearth , an intimate live programme for childfree women who are ready to stop carrying the questions alone, and start finding answers together. Next cohort coming soon from We are Childfree! Support our mission of celebrating childfree lives by becoming a Dolly Patron…

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Host: Zoë Noble

Guest: Rae

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