Hannah's Heart

Marie isn’t just a licensed counselor. She has also personally experienced the stress and anxiety of infertility. She now owns her own practice and helps others everyday. In this episode she shares several practical grounding techniques and tips for stress management to help couples deal with the pressures surrounding infertility. Oh and did I mention that she loves Jesus with all her heart? Every tip and trick is based in research and built on a Biblical worldview.

Marie was desperate to have a baby. It was all she could think about. Even when an emergency medical situation landed her in the hospital, she wasn’t worried about living–just whether or not she could still have a child after the procedure. Chaos and anxiety ruled in her mind…. until one day God captured her heart and filled her with a genuine joy and contentment that cannot be explained. Don’t miss her powerful story!

After 13 years of infertility and multiple rounds of fertility treatments, Allyn Ann was blessed with two precious children of her own. Now she has started a non profit to help other families afford treatments that help build families. To find out more about the grant process, visit defiantlyhopeful.org

Infertility and child loss never seems to stop affecting you. It even impacts the way we mother! Host Anne Cockrell returns from maternity leave to discuss having another baby after infant loss and some of the beautiful “God winks” that helped heal her heart as she welcomed baby Nora into the family.

Having medical problems or a disability not only makes trying to conceive difficult, it can also fill couples with a lot of fear about parenting. Kendra and her husband Eric discuss Eric’s disability and how God has used it to make him more like Jesus. They also discuss how they have overcome many parenting obstacles through God’s power and grace.

“When I thought I would be chained to my grief the rest of my life and I would just be "stuck" forever, our good God broke those chains and gave me true freedom in my grief.” These are powerful words from Stephanie Moeknkoff who lost her precious baby girl at just 32 weeks. Listen as she tells the powerful story of God rescuing her from the shell of a person she had become and allowing her to find freedom in the middle of her grief.

Beckett’s Blessing Box is a nonprofit organization that supports families who’ve lost a baby or child. It was founded in 2021 after Taylor and Linlee Morton lost their first son, Beckett to a placental abruption. Their mission and prayer is that these boxes provide comfort and tangible resources to help families grieve well while pointing them to Jesus in the midst of their heartbreak.

After 4 failed IUIs, a failed round of IVF, an ectopic pregnancy and a failed embryo adoption– Meagan and her husband were left wondering if they’d heard correctly from God. Somehow in the middle of all the closed doors and heartache, the Pearsons found peace and a path forward.

Yahweh Jireh is a Hebrew phrase that means “the Lord will provide.” Kendra and Jade discuss how anyone struggling with infertility can turn to the Lord to provide physical and emotional needs in the middle of the storm. They study the powerful story of Abraham offering his son Isaac on the alter where the phrase comes from.

Adoption is a sacred and holy calling. But it’s not without its difficult moments when you lock yourself in the bathroom to cry for a few minutes while setting a timer! Kenzie Killough knows all about the extremely high highs and the very low lows of adoption and she is passionate about sharing her powerful story with others to encourage others on their journey. Don’t miss this episode.