This is StRest! In this episode, Kerstin Lindquist welcomes TV host and beauty expert Courtney Cason to share her deeply personal journey through infertility, IVF, miscarriage, and motherhood.

With raw honesty, Courtney recounts the emotional and physical toll of fertility treatments—including egg retrievals, hormone therapy, IUI, and the devastating loss of a pregnancy just before Christmas Eve. Together, she and Kerstin open up about the unspoken grief that comes with infertility, the invisible weight of reproductive struggles, and how motherhood after loss brings its own complexities.

They discuss the financial burden of fertility treatments, the hidden emotional side effects of hormone medications, how to support friends and family navigating infertility, and the complicated feelings surrounding pregnancy announcements after miscarriage.

Courtney also shares her mindset shifts, health practices after years of fertility treatments, and how she balances a thriving career with the demands of motherhood today.

If you’ve ever faced fertility challenges, supported someone going through it, or struggled to find hope after heartbreak—this episode is for you.

Chapter Breakdown

00:00 – Who Loses a Baby on Xmas Eve?

02:45 – Courtney Cason: QVC to CBS

06:09 – Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Quit Job

10:07 – Dark Fertility Web: IVF + DOR

14:48 – IVF Starts: Stims + Embryos

21:34 – Pregnant Again, No Heartbeat

23:13 – Rainbow Painting, Hope Returns

25:12 – Last Embryo: Grief + Pressure

31:24 – Blog Therapy + Small Wins

44:24 – Stress Non-Negotiables, New Arc

Work with Kerstin

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