Episode Summary

In this episode Jennifer shares a check-in and love note to her community as Mother's Day approaches. She knows how difficult the holiday can be for women on a fertility journey, and offers gentle, practical ideas for navigating the day in a way that honors wherever you are.

Key Topics Discussed:

• Mother's Day can be an incredibly painful time for women who are trying to conceive or have experienced pregnancy loss, and it's okay to feel all of it.
• The holiday comes with unavoidable noise - ads, emails, store displays - and Jennifer wants you to give yourself permission to opt out, unsubscribe and step back from social media if you need to.
• Mother's Day brings its own complicated layers when it comes to our relationships with our own mothers, and Jennifer speaks openly from personal experience.
• If you can't sit the day out, Jennifer offers practical strategies for getting through it,  from limiting your time to planning ahead for the moments when feelings hit hard.
• Ways to spend the day that feel nourishing and restorative, including leaning on your comfort list, spending time in nature and connecting with your support system.
• Jennifer reminds listeners who have partners to let that person in, because they're navigating the day too.
• She closes with a loving challenge and journal prompts to help you reflect on how you can mother yourself this Mother's Day.

Journal Prompts:

• This Mother's Day, I can mother myself by ________________________________.
• My ideal way to spend this Mother's Day is ________________________________.
• My ideal day is _________________________________________________________________.

Connect with Jennifer:

• Schedule a free Fertility Support Session
• Follow Jennifer on Instagram for more tips and insights: @jennredmondinhc

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