#NoBibsBurpsBottles: The Stories of Childfree African American Women

Charise Bennett is the Founder and Chief Confidence Officer of the Best Me Ever Movement. As a Self-Love Strategist, she helps women grow in confidence to walk in purpose and achieve their goals.As an author, speaker, and humorist, Charise combines creative storytelling, clever wordplay, and Christ-centered principles to deliver content that is designed to not-only amuse audiences, but to uplift and build community, as well.Through the Best Me Ever Bootcamp, Charise equips women with the tools necessary to transform the way they see themselves; from being their worst enemy to becoming their biggest fan through the power of self-love.“No one is better equipped to become the best version of you, than you!” -Charise BennettYou can follow Charise on Instagram @bestmeevermovement and on Face Book @charisebennett.

Jada Howze is a 21 year-old college student at Winthrop University. Her major is Integrated Marketing in Mass Communications. Jada is passionate about dogs, race and identity, and being unapolgetically childfree. Her future plans are to work with social media and use her photography platform to showcase dogs and take pictures for clients. She is interested in focused on art, especially music and her favorite instrument to play is the piano! In this episode, Jada shares her personal choice of being childfree as a young women in her 20's and how she deals with being told she will change her mind; her interactions with friends in her age group and their views on parenthood and being childfree; auntie life, her intimate partner and his views on a childree lifestyle, and the legacy she hopes others will follow. You can follow Jada on Instagram @jtography20. We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode and all other episodes! Please SHARE/FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE!!!!! Please give us a *FIVE STAR* rating if you love our podcast.  It truly helps our podcast grow and reach more people.  Thank you in advance for listening and for your continued support!  FOLLOW US ON ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA!  Instagram: @nobibsburpsbottles   YouTube: @nobibsburpsbottles   Twitter: @nobibsburpsbott   Website: www.nobibsburpsbottles.com

Dr. CarolLaine Garcia is a 37 year-old, Afro-Latina, who currently lives in Dallas, TX. Growing up as a multi-identity Dominican immigrant in the US, she grew up having so much beef with who she was and what life had been. Even as she progressed in her education and career, she struggled to accept who she was and what she had lived through. Four years and a deeply transformative experience later, she broke free from self-loathing and found the courage to leap into a life of deep meaning, wellness, and empowered femininity. In this episode, Dr. Garcia shares about her unorthodox family, bad menstrual cycles, heart break and healing, getting her tubes tied, falling in love with her hair, and being unapolgetically childfree. You can follow Dr. Garcia on Instagram @drcarollainemgarcia and her website at DrCarolLaineMGarcia.com. We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode and all other episodes! Please SHARE/FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE!!!!! Please give us a *FIVE STAR* rating if you love our podcast.  It truly helps our podcast grow and reach more people.  Thank you in advance for listening and for your continued support!  FOLLOW US ON ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA!  Instagram: @nobibsburpsbottles   YouTube: @nobibsburpsbottles   Twitter: @nobibsburpsbott   Website: www.nobibsburpsbottles.com

Tiffany Dunlap is a childfree sistah born and raised in Charlotte, NC and currently lives in Greensboro. Her full-time career is as a social worker with a focus on low-income housing. She directly works with all aspects of the family (children, adults and seniors).

In this episode, Tiffany shares her thoughts on foster care (which is very near and dear to her), the worth of a woman as she sees it, the pressure of societal expectations, and how unhealthy it is for Black women to live for everyone else but themselves. You can follow Tiffany on her Instagram @cocobeauty81. Thank you for listening to Tiffany Dunlap!

We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode and all other episodes! Please SHARE/FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE!!!!! Please give us a *FIVE STAR* rating if you love our podcast.  It truly helps our podcast grow and reach more people. Thank you in advance for listening and for your continued support!  FOLLOW US ON ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA!  Instagram: @nobibsburpsbottles   YouTube: @nobibsburpsbottles   Twitter: @nobibsburpsbott   Website: www.nobibsburpsbottles.com