Life Beyond Infertility

#036: Rita Utterback - Helping Women Heal Chronic Bloat and Painful Periods Without Restrictive Diets

Rita's struggles with endometriosis + chronic digestive issues are WHY she became a functional nutritionist + women's health + wellness coach. She knows first hand how frustrating it can be to go to the doctor to get answers, just to be told your labs are "nOrMAL" even though you have a plethora of symptoms (like a crap ton of food...

#035: Lana Manikowski - Life After Infertility Coach and Childless Not by Choice Advocate

After 7 years of fertility treatments and a lifetime of dreaming of motherhood, Lana Manikowski faced the realization that she would not be a mom. The years that followed were full of loneliness, self-judgement and confusion about living a childless life.

Then she discovered Life Coaching and everything changed. Through the powerful coaching t...

#034: Julie DeLucca Collins - TEDx Speaker, Confidence Coach & Infertility Survivor

Today, we're diving into the realm of confidence, entrepreneurship, and personal growth with none other than Julie DeLucca Collins. She's not just a speaker and business coach, but a beacon of empowerment for women everywhere. Known for her top selling book, confident you, Julie has graced the stages of prestigious media outlets like Fox and ABC...

#033: Ben Walker - Procrastination and Mindset Coach 

On today's episode of the Life Beyond Infertility podcast, I'm bringing you a fellow coach, friend, fantasy fanatic and Penn State fan, Ben Walker. Ben is a former musical theater actor turned life coach for procrastinators. He specializes in finding the ROOT of your procrastination. Getting you out of your own way and building goals and action plans you'll actually do!

He has s...

#032: Donna Fields - From Growing Up With A Narcissistic Mother to Award-Nominated Teacher  

Donna is an author, podcast host, teacher/trainer, and creator of the award- nominated website: scaffolding magic.com. She travels the world giving talks and workshops to facilitate educators to create dynamic learning environments in which students develop agency and the skills that will make them viable in the future and professional worl...

#031: Lexy Leigh - Peace of Me Podcast - Being Childfree by Choice and a Stepmom

Like most of us, Lexy just wants to live her best life. 

Have you ever felt something so compelling that you couldn’t ignore it? Maybe you weren’t sure what was calling from within, but there was a spark looking to be ignited.

For years, Lexy knew she wanted to create a platform that could connect people around the world in conversation. An outlet to f...

#030: Samantha DelSignore - The Surrogacy Compass - a journey through surrogacy

Samantha and her husband turned to surrogacy to help create their family after experiencing infertility and is on the podcast to share their journey.

They are currently expecting twins and Samantha started a surrogacy coaching business to help other Intended Parents navigate the complex and beautiful journey to parenthood via surrogacy.  Connect with S...

#029: Erica Cadavid - The Mommy Healer - EMDR Therapist & Perinatal Mental Health 

While Erica did not personally deal with infertility, she did have a very traumatic birth. Through that she saw the lack of mental health support from medical professionals for pregnancy, labor and postpartum care, which lead her to finding her niche as a therapist. She's a RCSWI in Florida as well as a certified birth doula. She's also an EMDR...

#028: Ali Prato - host of Infertile AF Podcast, Fertility Rally & Now Published Author! 

If you're in the infertility space and haven't heard of Ali Prato's podcast, InfertileAF, I think you've been living under a rock. 

Ali is an infertility warrior and advocate who went through secondary infertility before having her second child, Sonny, through IVF. Ali’s podcast, Infertile AF, which was founded in 2019, has released more...

#027: Rachel Van Thyn - Rabbi and Board-Certified Chaplain 

Today, I'm excited to have Rachel Van Thyn as my guest. Rachel is a board-certified chaplain and chaplain educator, who has been providing emotional and spiritual support to individuals and couples going through fertility struggles. She also has a personal experience with IVF, which she went through during the COVID-19 pandemic while working as a front-line hospital worker...

#026: Dr. Maddy Roth & Inspire Pelvic Floor Therapy

Is sex painful for you at your “entry point”?

Do you suffer from leakage?

Chronic UTI’s, endo pain, erectile dysfunction, hemorrhoids?

If you answered yes to any of those…what if I told you you could benefit from pelvic floor therapy…

Excuse me, what?

Yeah, I had never heard of this type of therapy either until I met today’s guest, Dr. Madison Roth, or Maddy as she...

#025: 

We're kicking off a new series on the podcast - Ask the Audience! 

I'm hitting the streets asking people who’ve dealt with infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy loss etc. one question each episode.

It’s a way to gather advice from people who’ve actually been in the trenches of infertility. Not people who haven’t but think they know what it’s like.

In this first episode of the series we're answering the question: "What I Wish I...

Remember being taught the 5 stages of grief in school?

No? Ok, here's a quick recap: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally, acceptance.

But why doesn't this popular model help us when we're dealing with infertility or pregnancy loss grief?

In this podcast episode, I explore why the five stages do not fully capture the experiences of those facing, and ending a fam...

#023: Ever wonder what your parents think when their child goes through an infertility struggle?

If they’ve never experienced it themselves, how can they relate to you to provide support and comfort? What helps and what doesn’t in terms of advice and opinions?  Should a parent even offer them in this situation?

It’s something I’ve always wanted to know, and in today’s episode I have a VERY special guest to answer those questio...

#022: While pursuing parenthood through "non-traditional" methods, a lot can feel completely out of your control.

Whether facing fertility treatments, an adoption process, or third-party reproduction, you may feel like you have way too many choices to make - with none feeling quite right. Layering on that...

#021: For those of us who’ve gone through infertility, joy isn’t something we’re used to feeling right? Discipline, grit, heartache, hopelessness, sure, but here's the thing — no one wants to live in those emotions forever. Isn’t it time we get to look forward to things again? How can we find or rediscover joy this new year? How can we make this year our most fulfilling yet?

We're kicking off the year and a new season with a shor...

#020: This episode mentions childhood rape and a short, graphic depiction of miscarriage. Listener discretion is advised.   

You are not your trauma.  What comes to mind when you hear that phrase? 

For today’s guest, Harriet M. Harris, it means overcoming childhood trauma at the hands of a family friend. It means realizing those demons she thought were slain, resurfacing as an adult battling secondary infertility. 

But it als...

#019: You've just turned 50 and moved across country two weeks earlier. Over the next 10 days you find yourself in the ER, twice. With various symptoms, including a racing heartbeat. Got high blood pressure and a bladder control issue. After scores of tests and a trip to the cardiologists, it's determined that outside of hormones, due to menopause. There's nothing seriously, physically wrong with you. There is however, a serious is...

#018: *This episode has mentions of infant loss, termination by choice, and traumatic miscarriage. If you find any of these triggering, please consider skipping this episode. Listener discretion is advised.  

You're 20 weeks pregnant and the unthinkable happens. You go for a routine ultrasound and to find out the results of the genetic testing you had done a few weeks ago. What should be a happy time ends up being a day where your ...