by Merle | Jan 17, 2019 | Book Reviews
Seven Ways to Cope With Infertility: A List Inspired by Two Stellar Memoirs by Merle Bombardieri, MSW, LICSW author of The Baby Decision Even though Raleigh, North Carolina and Sydney, Australia are on opposite sides of the globe, prize-winning authors Belle Boggs...
by Merle | Sep 5, 2018 | Childfree Life, Counseling, Merle in the Media
Scared to Have a Baby? New York Times reporter Hannah Seligson interviews me on millennials’ ambivalence about parenthood. She features my Baby Decision workshops and the book. The print version appeared in the Style section on 8/30/18, but the article also appears...
by Merle | Jan 22, 2018 | Relationships
Take a look below at five typical gifts of childfree people. Which ones resonate? How can you make the most of them so your life will be as satisfying as possible? Whether you have been childfree for a few years, have recently made the childfree choice, or are leaning...
by Merle | Jun 10, 2017 | Childfree Life, Communication, Counseling, Parenting
Kayla Sheets, genetic counselor and hostess of Vibrant Gene, brings intelligence and playfulness to our discussion about finding the wisdom and courage to make either decision. I demonstrate my “Chair Dialogue” technique for cutting through ambivalence to reveal a...
by Merle | Jun 9, 2017 | Communication, Counseling, Fertility, Parenting
After the interview described above, Kayla facilitates a lively panel: a childfree man in his 60s, a midlife working mother of two, and the show’s own 25-year-old producer who was shocked, when she did my “Chair Dialogue” exercise, to discover a reversal...
