Screw the Timeline: Childhood Trauma, Healing, and Living Child-Free on Your Own Terms with Kelsey Wood, LMFT

In this episode, I'm bringing back my very first podcast guest ever, the brilliant Kelsey Wood, and honestly? This conversation felt like therapy, wine with your best friend, and a permission slip all rolled into one.

 

Kelsey is a licensed therapist who works with women navigating the ripple effects of childhood trauma, and she is not here to give you the soft, sanitized version of healing. We got into the real stuff — starting with her viral "Lioness vs. Golden Retriever" therapy approach and then diving headfirst into what it actually feels like to live child-free in a world that keeps asking when you're going to change your mind.

 

Whether you chose this path, love someone on this path, or life chose it for you, we're talking about all of it — the freedom, the grief, the friendships that start to feel awkward once everyone has a stroller, and the quiet confidence that comes from building a life that's genuinely yours.

 

We also got into the forgiveness myth — because if you've ever felt pressured to forgive someone just to "move on," Kelsey has something really important to say about that.

 

This one's for every woman who's tired of defending her worth, her choices, and her version of a full, meaningful life. You're going to feel so seen.

 

 

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