The Semantics
To some people, maybe even most, the term childfree describes those who have chosen to not have children or the childfree by choice group. Whereas, childless describes those of use who have tried but cannot have children.
Our Infertility Rap Sheets
Ever Upward is growing. My world is expanding. My recovery is strengthening. Which also means my shamed silence is triggered more often. Even though my shame resilience has grown as a result of my practicing recovery.
Stork Parenting’s Authors & Experts Interview
I am very grateful to Stork Parenting for their feature on Ever Upward. Stork Parenting allowed me to share my mission through their Authors & Experts Interview feature. I am still pinching myself to be even be associated with such great people and authors themselves!
The Tablespoon of Shame
No matter the tablespoon of shame in our lives, this sense of love and belonging can still be felt by all of us. It is in all of the daily practices we must choose in order to find this for
My Story as Featured on Life Without Baby
Grateful. Lucky. Blessed. Today, the Life Without Baby blog featured my story.
The Dates Seared into Us
I have always known the power of the dates that will haunt us forever as I often remind my clients of this. It is not uncommon that we begin to struggle some; anxiety is higher, depression is heavier or we
14 Reasons This is Just the Beginning
For my first televised interview on the book and blog, Ever Upward, I was blessed enough to be interviewed by Virginia Kerr of KMOV's Great Day St. Louis. I have appeared monthly on Great Day for over four years, in
You Don’t Have to be Ever Strong
The infertility world is very much focused on women; in the treatments, in the education and in breaking the silence. However, the statistics are growing that men's factor infertility could be the case in one third to one half of
The Nail in the Floor
Sometimes our scarred imperfections are super visible. Sometimes our scarred imperfections define all of us and our whole story. But, sometimes our scarred imperfections are only visible upon a closer look.