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Mother’s Day can be deeply painful for women whose babies never made it into their arms. In this deeply personal episode of Soul Medicine, Dawn Stilwell opens up about pregnancy loss, miscarriage, invisible grief, and the emotional aftermath that so many women are expected to carry quietly.

Through her own experiences of miscarriage-related loss, Dawn speaks candidly about trauma, medical experiences, guilt, anger, shame, loneliness, and the complicated reality of grieving a child the world never fully got to meet.

This episode is for the mothers who still remember due dates.
For the women who still wonder “what if.”
For those who were told to “move on,” “try again,” or reminded that “everything happens for a reason.”

You are not dramatic.
You are not weak.
And you are still a mother.

This conversation may be emotional for some listeners. Please listen gently and with care for yourself.

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