IVF This Podcast Episode 210: IVF This and Trauma Bonding

Hope can feel like a double-edged sword during infertility and IVF: something we're told to hold onto, then something we blame when heartbreak comes. Join me as we talk about "hope hangovers," why we ...

28 Sep 28min

Join me today as we talk about Emotional Load Shedding during infertility and IVF—how mental and emotional overload builds, why carrying can feel like control, and how to decide what actually requires...

14 Sep 28min

Join me today as I introduce the new IVF This Framework! A way to understand and navigate the four emotional terrains of infertility: grief, anticipation, hope, and identity. Because before we can fig...

31 Aug 42min

Join me today as we explore absurdism through the lens of infertility and IVF. We talk about why humans desperately search for explanations when we're suffering, why closure may be more myth than real...

13 Jul 21min

Join me today as we talk about performative coping during infertility and IVF—the exhausting pressure to look okay, stay strong, and keep moving forward. We explore self-gaslighting, emotional honesty...

29 Jun 17min

Join me today as we talk about symptom spotting during IVF through the lens of hypervigilance — why the nervous system becomes obsessed with searching for "signs," how body surveillance takes hold dur...

15 Jun 14min

Join me today as we talk about "happiness boundaries" — the invisible emotional rules many people develop during infertility and IVF around joy, hope, and feeling okay. We explore why happiness can st...

1 Jun 17min