Slow Swimmers & Fried Eggs

Turn Toxic Thoughts into Empowering Thoughts during the Infertility Journey

Cheers, dear readers,   We’ve all done it – woken up on the wrong side of the bed with toxic…

5 years ago

Cathy versus the Cheesecake… Hooray for Metaphors!

Ahhhh the amazingness (and sometimes anxiety) of the holidays. Here in America, the holiday season officially kicks off with Thanksgiving!…

5 years ago

5 Reasons You Should Take Care of Yourself First

Cheers, dear readers, Sometimes we need to take a mental break and a breather for our own sanity and self-preservation.…

5 years ago

Numbing Out – It’s the New Fad

Cheers, dear readers, Motherhood is not every woman’s dream but for those who find themselves unintentionally childless, it’s a painful…

5 years ago

Infertility is not just for Christmas

I should have had a baby this Christmas but it wasn’t meant to be – I’m sure many of you…

5 years ago

And then there was one …

Cheers, dear readers, As I mentioned in my last blog post, medical procedures often focus on the biological level only,…

5 years ago

Acknowledging the “hard” in the decision to adopt or not

Cheers, dear readers,   I was recently having a deep conversation with a great friend where we discussed our childhood…

5 years ago

How will you “Rise Strong” after a fall?

Cheers, dear readers, These past few posts, Eric and I have shared the challenging “oh-my-goodness-roller-coaster-of-emotions-how-on-earth-do-we-deal-with-them” it can be when our…

5 years ago

Combatting the dirty little secret of infertility: Shame

If there’s one thing I know for sure is that being diagnosed with and struggling through infertility can bring up…

5 years ago

Expressions of Love and Loss Through Community, Art and Writing

Cheers, dear readers,   A couple of months ago (my how time flies!) I had the opportunity to meet up…

5 years ago