Does it sometimes feel like no matter what you do, you and your fertility just can’t seem to get along? Do you wish you were more like BFFs than “frenemies?” When you are struggling to conceive, your relationship with your fertility (which includes all of our girl parts and such ) can get down right […]
Relationship with your fertility on the rocks? Do this. Read More »
Are you a woman who keeps her word? Who lives with integrity? Who does what she says she is going to do? Who is disgusted by liars and excuse makers? The woman everyone looks to in order to get the job done? If so, gold star for you. I’m proud of you. Now, let’s up
Women with integrity on this journey do this. Read More »
Do you ever feel like you are stuck in a never ending spiral of agonizing over every detail on your journey? Sucks doesn’t it? It will gobble up your days, ruin a perfectly good date night with your partner (if you even do that anymore), it will suck the life out of your friendships, and
This habit will keep you stuck in misery Read More »
Do you ever feel like managing your expectations on this journey is a full time job? One minute you allow yourself to get excited about next steps or promising results. The next you tell yourself you shouldn’t get too excited in case you get disappointed? Maybe you use expectations to beat yourself down: “It HAS
Are your expectations reasonable? Here’s a test. Read More »
Would you rather admit to criminal activity than have your friends, family, or co-workers find out you are struggling with fertility? I know that may sound extreme, but for many women it’s not far off. I was one of them! I would have rather admitted to drug use or gun running before letting people know
Shame and isolation getting to you? Read this. Read More »
As I write this, I am looking out onto Kapalua Bay on the island of Maui, where my husband and I have been celebrating our Baby Moon. I have been thinking a lot about what I would share with you this week and the divine inspiration I got was to share one of the most
The power of yes and no Read More »
Women around the world share with me how exhausted they feel from being pulled in a thousand different directions on this journey. They feel lost in a cacophony of voices telling them to do “this” or “that,” while their own voices are lost in the mix. They end up chasing every shiny object that comes
The key to creating certainty Read More »
I would never think that advice I got in my 10th grade Driver’s Ed class would ever apply to my fertility journey–but it absolutely did! It would have been nice if I had made the connection sooner. I remember on the first day of class (as I sat there in my head to toe Esprit
Driver’s Ed wisdom for your journey Read More »
Do you ever feel like while indeed you and your partner are on this journey together, the two of you are having wildly different experiences? When my husband and I were knee deep in our journey, there were times when we’d be sitting at our clinic and I’d want to check him for a pulse,
Get your man to understand. Read More »
It’s that time of the week again when we get real–real real. Over the past week, I’ve been organizing the content for my book (YES, my book!) and in doing so I was reminded of an aspect of my old mindset that was freakin’ T-O-X-I-C. I’m sharing it with you today, so you can start
A key label to read on your journey. Read More »
