Non-Mom May Week 2

Coming up: a full 7 days of community building

We’re coming off a strong showing for the first week of Non-Mom May. So many people chimed in on comments.

This upcoming week is particularly special because it ends with my birthday! But first some highlights from the first 5 days:

Non-Mom May Highlights

We kicked the week off with introductions. A few of the people who will be featured throughout the month chimed in with mini intros, we talked about what makes us laugh really hard, and today we’re talking about our worst dates (and someone is celebrating their divorce-iversary!).

Feel free to join in and comment on any or all of those posts.

Of course there are also the offers participants are promoting. Scroll down for updates to the list.

This Week’s Non-Mom May Prompts

Here are the prompts to engage with this week:

1. Shout out all the non-childfree people who support you

2. Share a meme or funny post about being a non-mom

3. Recommend an adult-only place to visit in your city

4. What is your very favorite letter of the alphabet?

5. Share your fave LVMC episode

6. What's advice you'd give to your younger self?

You can guess that #5 falls on my actual birthday 😜 And this is a reminder that there’s no post next Sunday.

Bonus: this week’s LVMC episode guest is Amanda B. She’s our featured non-mom for Tuesday, which is coincidentally when that episode will drop. The topic of the episode: finding community. Sound familiar?

Meet the Non-Moms

This week’s featured non-moms for May 6 - 11. Find out more about each of them daily on IG:

From left to right top row: Kelsie, Amanda, Yovy. Bottom row: Wilmarie, Paulette (me!), Talia

You can follow everyone on Instagram:

• Kelsie: https://www.instagram.com/simplybentley/

• Amanda: https://www.instagram.com/6degreesofcats/

• Yovy: https://www.instagram.com/yovy_d/

• Wilmarie: https://www.instagram.com/life.without.kids/

• Paulette: https://www.instagram.com/pauletteerato/

• Talia: https://www.instagram.com/talia.mole/

If any of these names are familiar it’s because they’ve also been guests on the podcast (or are about to be!). Scroll down to related reading for more info.

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Non-Mom Offers for May

New offers and an update added below! Check back next Sunday for any changes and additions.

1. Katie from the Ditch the Ick podcast is offering a free guide: The "Oh Hell Yes" Guide to Loving Yourself (Better than that ex you should have swiped left on). Click here to grab your copy.

2. Amber is offering a free landscape design consultation. Contact her through her website Studio 317 Designs.

3. Since May is Asian American Heritage Month, musician LAZOU of the duo 23rd Hour is offering 20% off when you buy music or merch until May 31st. Use the code NONMOM20 on 23rdhr.com. Also listen to her podcast, Nuances: Our Asian Stories (it’s really good!).

4. Vanessa & Daliyce, the voices behind the Claiming Zero podcast, are hosting a book club and a childfree retreat. Join their Patreon to get the details.

5. Rena’s book, "The Sex You Want" is available in paperback, e-book, and audiobook wherever books are sold! You can buy your copy here. She is also currently open for new clients in her intimacy coaching program.

6. Yovy is available for speaking opportunities, if you are looking for a cultural speaker or lecturer. Email her.

7. If you’re you a small biz owner, DIYing your graphic design for your marketing, then Leanne is offering a free, monthly one-hour Graphic Design Clinic. See upcoming dates at thegraphicdesignclinic.com.

8. *Update* Save the date: on May 14 Wilmarie will host a free workshop to share the "Kid-free Blueprint Framework" she developed. The workshop is designed for women who have made the choice to be childfree but still struggle with feeling fully confident and at peace with their choice. Register here.

9. Theresa invites you to subscribe to the LatinasB2B newletter and stay empowered, informed and courageous!

10. *New* Not Mother’s Day is an anonymous account that strives to normalize talking about being childfree NOT by choice. So over the next two months, she is highlighting companies that take a compassionate approach to both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, and calling out those that don’t. She asks that you send her any Mother's or Father's Day marketing emails (good or bad!) to me them at notmothersday@gmail.com.

11. *New* Emma runs Los Audio, a biweekly newsletter that rounds up in-person radio, podcasting, and other audio events in the Los Angeles area. Subscribe to hear about all things audio in LA and meet a West Coast audio community. It's free!

12. *New* Dr. Angela is my counterpart in the Black community as she has some swag! Pre-Order your Power II Tee and/or your Womanhood Tee by 5/19. Be bold, be fierce, be confident - BE YOU - by showing your childfree pride! Pre-order at NoBibsBurpsBottles.com today! Don’t miss out!

Get Featured

There are still 3 days left if you want to be featured! Fill out the very short application. It’ll be a blast!

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