{"podcast":{"title":"The Kids or Childfree Podcast","slug":"the-kids-or-childfree-podcast-6725428","podcast_index_feed_id":6725428,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/497933/rss","website_url":"https://www.kidsorchildfree.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/c/7/8/2c78ed175c360c8388c4a68c3ddbc4f2/FINAL_PODCAST_ART.png","author":"Keltie Maguire","episode_count":107,"summary":"Should I have kids? If you're on the fence about whether or not to have kids, this is your podcast. Each week, host and Clarity Coach, Keltie Maguire, will interview a wide-ranging host of different voices — from best-selling authors to outdoor adventurers to health experts — about their personal Kids or Childfree decision and the topics that run alongside this choice. From new and long-time moms to the currently ambivalent to those who are childfree by choice, you'll get to hear the answers to all the questions you can't seem to get straight answers on. What's it really like being a parent? What happens to childfree people when they get old? Do people who don't have kids regret it? Can you ever really be ready to have a child? And perhaps most importantly: How can I make my own Kids or Childfree decision?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T04:18:27.784400+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-kids-or-childfree-podcast-6725428"},"episode":{"title":"106. Tyece Wilkins-Amadi on Cultivating Creativity in Motherhood","slug":"106-tyece-wilkins-amadi-on-cultivating-creativity-in-motherhood","published_at":"2026-06-03T13:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-kids-or-childfree-podcast-6725428/106-tyece-wilkins-amadi-on-cultivating-creativity-in-motherhood","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-kids-or-childfree-podcast-6725428","url":"https://81cffad0-1139-4cb7-be39-26dc670a9d20.libsyn.com/106-tyece-wilkins-amadi-on-cultivating-creativity-in-motherhood","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/81cffad0-1139-4cb7-be39-26dc670a9d20/KM_-_EP_106_-_Podcast_Audio.mp3?dest-id=4261233","summary":"In our first guest conversation of Season 8, Tyece Wilkins-Amadi gives us a unique view into her inner landscape as a mom to toddler twins — plus how her experience intertwines with themes of identity, ambition, and creativity. Hear us discuss: How Tyece shifted from absolutely not wanting kids to becoming a mom to twins (1:16) The early days of caring for two newborns — and how she managed the juggle (16:30) The lessons she learned from making the wrong childcare decision (27:41) How Tyece makes space for her writing — and why motherhood and creativity go hand in hand (31:27) The unique challenges and joys of raising twins (49:10) About Tyece Tyece Wilkins-Amadi is a mother of toddler twins, a wife to a Dodgers-loving Californian and a writer exploring motherhood, ambition, and the quiet negotiations of a creative life. Her work sits at the intersection of care and becoming, where questions of identity, meaning, and worth are continually rewritten. Drawing from her background in workplace culture and well-being, she writes essays that linger in the liminal spaces between striving and rest, clarity and confusion, and the life we planned versus the one we're living. Her writing is an ongoing attempt to name what often goes unsaid, and to imagine more spacious, human ways of living, working, and creating. As mentioned in the episode Last call for our On Demand Fan sale ! Get our full collection of On Demand classes for $269. Save your seat for an upcoming Kids or Childfree Workshop . Find Tyece on Substack, at Ampersand Motherhood: substack.com/@ampersandmotherhood Her Instagram handle is @tyunscripted Read the piece that inspired this podcast conversation: Tyece's tending \"Toward a Truer Life\" essay: ampersandmotherhood.substack.com/p/tending-toward-a-truer-life Read Ch…","meta_description":"In our first guest conversation of Season 8, Tyece Wilkins-Amadi gives us a unique view into her inner landscape as a mom to toddler twins — plus how her…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3717,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-kids-or-childfree-podcast-6725428/episodes/106-tyece-wilkins-amadi-on-cultivating-creativity-in-motherhood/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-kids-or-childfree-podcast-6725428/106-tyece-wilkins-amadi-on-cultivating-creativity-in-motherhood.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}