Episode 37: Childfree Living and Designing Your Own Path with Emily Paulsen
Emily Paulsen, host of Curious Life of a Child-Free Woman and founder of a brand studio, joins Laura for a refreshingly honest conversation about building a life outside the default script. Emily shares how she moved from naively confident to genuinely grounded in her choice to be child-free — and why that journey took nearly two decades. Together, they dig into the tension between child-free and parenting communities online, why representation matters for unconventional life paths, and what it really means to fill your time with intention. Laura also opens up about her own evolving identity as she moves in with a partner who has kids. The conversation wraps with a reminder that delayed experiences, scarcity mindset, and waiting for the "right time" are the real enemies of a life well-lived.