Parenthood Clarity With #ChildfreeByChoice Clarity Coach Keltie Maguire
Dear Shandy
Sharleen Joynt & Andy Levine
4.9 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Today's conversation has been a loooong time coming! So many of your questions over the last 2 years have swirled around whether or not to become a parent, or seeking #parenthoodclarity. Since Shandy is far from qualified to give you advice on the matter, we're thrilled to be joined by clarity coach Keltie Maguire who also happens to be #ChildfreeByChoice. Obviously none of us can answer this deeply personal question for you, but what we can do is have a conversation. We chat about everything from how Keltie came to make her decision, the shades of grey of uncertainty, "but who will look after you when you're old", and our thoughts on regret. Just as this is personal for you, it's personal for Shandy, too, so please respect us and each other when discussing.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Welcome To Clarity Coach Keltie Maguire!
3:07 - Getting To Know Keltie
5:03 - When And How Did She Decide To Be Childfree?
14:07 - Does She Get This Question As A Clarity Coach?
17:30 - How Much Does She Think Her Lifestyle Has Informed Her Decision?
20:30 - Her Thoughts On The Following: "Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it’s what you want before you commit.”
24:44 - Does She Find People Get Defensive When They Hear Her Choice?
26:01 - Advice For Dealing With Friends And Family Who Judge Or Don't Accept Your Choice?
29:03 - How Did Her Parents/In-Laws Handle Her Choice?
31:24 - "But You Would Make Such Great Parents"
33:36 - "But Who Will Look After You When You're Old?"
36:23 - Freedom
39:28 - The Happiness Quotient
43:27 - Why Is It Such An Emotional Topic?
45:06 - Regret
51:45 - What Are Her Husband's Feelings?
55:06 - The State Of The World
1:01:54 - Are We Overthinking This?
1:04:52 - Shandy Debrief
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| 0:00.0 | All right. Let's go have a baby. Let's let's go make some babies. Yeah. I'm gonna go put a baby in you. |
| 0:12.4 | Welcome back to Dear Shandy listeners. Hello, Andy. Hello. How are you today? Doing okay. How are you? |
| 0:18.3 | Only okay today. I'm doing exactly okay. Oh wow. Okay. Yeah. Is that because of what we're about to |
| 0:24.3 | talk about or is it just? Oh no, just it's an okay day. It's neither good nor bad. I'm reading |
| 0:29.2 | into it too much. Well, we do have a very exciting guest here today who I whose DM's rather |
| 0:36.5 | isolated into. I made a I made a move on our desk today because I have for months now. I would |
| 0:42.7 | even say maybe even over a year. I have been wanting to talk about this. And it's been hard to |
| 0:49.2 | find the right guest for this. It mattered a lot to me that they hit a couple of key points. |
| 0:56.4 | And so when I found Madame Kelty McGuire, I was like, please, please, please, please, come on, |
| 1:01.9 | our podcast. And she was ever so kind. Madame is a suggest French. That sounds like she'll |
| 1:07.6 | Kelty McGuire. It's not like I think you're in the wrong line. Or she is actually in Munich. So |
| 1:13.9 | I should have said, Frau Kelty McGuire. Anyway, he's gone. Okay. So our guest today is Kelty McGuire |
| 1:23.8 | who is a clarity coach and the founder of the seven-week online course titled Get Clarity. |
| 1:29.5 | She is also child-free by choice. This combo of things makes her really an invaluable guest, |
| 1:35.5 | I think. And she can be found on Instagram at Kelty McGuire. That's K-E-L-T-I-E-M-A-G-U-I-R-E. |
| 1:43.0 | Kelty McGuire, as he said, Andy. And at her website, Kelty McGuire.com, all linked below in the |
| 1:50.0 | description. Kelty McGuire. Like, for some reason, can't just say Kelty. I have to say |
| 1:54.7 | McGuire. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. And my last preceded your |
| 2:00.0 | introduction. So I snuck in there, but I had someone actually say to me yesterday, she said, |
| 2:05.2 | oh, you're Kelty McGuire. She goes, I don't recognize your face. She's an entrepreneur here in Munich, |
| 2:09.5 | but she said, I know the name. And I thought, oh, well, isn't that nice? Yes, that means. |
| 2:14.4 | It's always cool when your reputation precedes you in any kind of way, especially when you do what |
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