Jody Day
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With more than 25-years' experience as a communicator and entrepreneur in the creative industries, Jody brings her wide range of business and personal experiences to her writing and consulting projects as a 'brand ventriloquist'. Passionate about projects that change lives, her favourite currency is meaning.
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jodyday

Jody is also the Founder of Gateway Women an organisation to support, inspire and empower women those women who hoped (or are still hoping) to be mothers but it hasn't worked out. She's given this tribe of women a new name: the #nomos (not-mothers) and a mission statement:
We may not be Mums but we care, we count and we ROCK! We are the #nomos.

Blog Entries by Jody Day

The Gifts of Grief: Saying Goodbye to Lost Babies

(5) Comments | Posted 12 September 2012 | (23:50)

This Saturday in Exeter Cathedral sees the first 'Saying Goodbye' service of remembrance for babies lost at any stage of pregnancy, at birth or in early years. This is the first of seven cathedral services this year, with up to 22 services planned by the end of 2013 in the...

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Death By Cupcake: The Fetishization of Motherhood

(8) Comments | Posted 3 September 2012 | (22:37)

It is perhaps not a coincidence that as having a child has become an unattainable option for many women and couples, the trappings of motherhood have become fetishised.

From the designer buggies (a Range Rover buggy anyone?) to the cult of the yummy mummy and her yoga-flat tummy (what...

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Surviving the Childless Weekend Blues

(1) Comments | Posted 5 April 2012 | (00:52)

There, it's said. Weekends can be absolute hell as a single, childless woman. "They creep up on you," said one friend recently.

Many of us are so busy with work commitments and after-work activities Monday-to-Friday that we can't wait for the peace and quiet of the weekend in order to...

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Why the Rich Are Rushing to Give Their Money Away by Good Friday

(7) Comments | Posted 2 April 2012 | (01:00)

Whilst worrying about your tax bill is a fairly common anxiety for most of us, for wealthy people with a philanthropic bent, there's now the added pressure of giving as much of it as possible away before Good Friday (6 April) in order to be sure of receiving the maximum...

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