SURPRISE! Bonus episode time! Today I am talking with my dear friend + Executive Director of RESOLVE New England, Kate Weldon LeBlanc.  RNE is dedicated to providing education, support and advocacy to those facing challenges in building their families. Kate's personal experience with infertility, as well as her passion for justice + advocacy is why she is able to support and facilitate change in the lives of those impacted by infertility in the New England area.

On this week's episode I discuss how to get what you need from your friends and why it is important to be able to identify and communicate these needs (especially when going through infertility).  We discuss the biggest struggles you told me that you are having in your friendships right now, and share the simple techniques that will help you to get clear on what you need and the skills to effectively communicate these needs to your friends.

In this episode I am talking with Andrea Syrtash. Andrea is a Relationship Expert and the Founder of pregnantish.com, the first media company helping singles, couples & LGBT navigate fertility treatments and infertility. Andrea and I talk about her experience of being "pregnantish" for 7 years, the ups and downs of her surrogacy story, and she shares her best relationship advice for anyone going through infertility.

This week I discuss how to get what you need in your relationship and why it is important to be able to identify and communicate these needs (especially when going through infertility). I share with you the simple techniques that will help you to get clear on what you need and the skills to effectively communicate these needs to your partner. And I discuss what your partner can do to ensure that they are listening in a way that makes the one they love (YOU) feel genuinely heard and understood.

In this episode I am talking with Jennifer “Jay” Palumbo. Jay is a freelance writer, public speaker, infertility/women’s rights advocate, former stand-up comic, author of the blog, The 2 Week Wait, and proud IVF Mom. We discuss unexplained infertility, IVF, her passion as a women's health advocate, the challenges that come with being open publicly in the fertility community, and what it is like to parent a child with Autism after going through infertility.

This week I am sharing your emails. We discuss the inequality between men and women in regards to infertility, the silence around male factor infertility, the importance of continuing the discussion around race and economic privilege when building a family, the complex issues of disclosure and donor conception and how to create a life you love after infertility.

Today I am speaking with renowned women's health and wellness expert, Aimee Raupp. We discuss Aimee's modern family building story, that included delaying motherhood until later in life, natural ways to support your fertility well into your 40's, how acupuncture, diet, and Chinese medicine can optimize your health and your fertility, what autoimmune disease is, signs you may be suffering from one and what to do if you suspect you are and the importance of having faith and believing in your body.

I am talking with Angelique Panagos, writer, foodie and nutritional therapist, with her own successful  practice in London where she specializes in female health, stress and digestion. Angelique shares her personal struggle with her body that included multiple eating disorders, PCOS and Hashimoto's disease, the challenges she faced when trying to become pregnant including multiple pregnancy losses, and how she was able to heal herself through food, and through the nourishment of her mind and soul.

In this episode, I am talking with Natascha Dea, an American photographer, artist, writer, publisher, producer and author of the book Waiting. We discuss her five year long battle with infertility, that included eight rounds of treatment with five doctors in two states, how she turned pain into art, and how she, her husband Todd and her mother in law Lois are redefining the modern family. She shares what she has learned about love, loss, hope and how she is finding beauty even in the darkest moments.

Today I am chatting with---YOU. I share with you why this past week has kind of sucked, how one text message from a friend helped me help myself out of my funk and why it is so important to get quiet, ask ourselves what we need and then actually give ourselves permission to have it...whatever "it" might be.