Grief on the fertility journey doesn't just refer to the loss of a pregnancy, although that is traumatic and necessitates healing. It also refers to the loss of a dream. As females, we're raised looking forward to getting married and having kids. It's the tagline to every Disney Princess movie you ever watched -even the empowered ones!

So, when you encounter challenges to making that happen, you lose your ability to confidently look forward to that time in your life. There's a part of your dream that dies. That doesn't mean you're giving up. Hell no. If you're reading this and listening to this show, then I KNOW you're NOT giving up. It doesn't matter if you've been diagnosed with PCOS, endometriosis, "old" eggs, thyroid issues, recurrent miscarriage, unexplained infertility or some other awful diagnosis, you're going to become a mom. BUT, the dream of it being simple, splendid and romantic gets crushed under the weight of infertility. Today's episode looks at the intrinsic aspect of grief within every struggle to conceive and offers 5 essential steps for building the resilience required to deal with anything your journey throws at you.