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Infertility Awareness with Erin & Stephen Mitchell
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In honor of Infertility Awareness Week, Sarah sits down with crowd favorites Erin and Stephen Mitchell from Couples Counseling for Parents to discuss how trying to conceive, infertility, and pregnancy loss affect relationships. From self-blame to communication breakdown, this honest conversation explores navigating this incredibly difficult journey and having hard conversations with yourself and your partner.
Erin and Stephen are the cofounders of Couples Counseling for Parents, a company focused on providing access to research-informed, psychologically sound online education for couples. Both have a clinical education—Stephen, a PhD in medical family therapy, and Erin, a master’s degree in counseling psychology—and they have a combined 23 years of experience providing counseling and education. They have been married for 16 years and have three kids.
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Chapters
1. Infertility Awareness with Erin & Stephen Mitchell (00:00:00)
2. Introduction to Infertility Awareness (00:00:10)
3. Expectations vs. Reality of Conception (00:01:10)
4. Communication Breakdowns When Trying (00:04:24)
5. When Sex Becomes Scheduled (00:08:56)
6. The Blame and Shame Cycle (00:15:26)
7. Setting Boundaries for Fertility Talk (00:24:37)
8. Male Factor Infertility Conversation (00:32:22)
9. At the Will of Our Bodies (00:39:19)
10. Finding Connection Through Vulnerability (00:45:35)
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