The Waiting Walk

Send a text Healing Into My Power  In this episode, I talk about healing quietly, reclaiming your power, and learning who you are becoming while life feels uncertain. This episode is an honest reflection on growth, waiting, and choosing softness without giving up hope.

Send a text In this episode, I share the unexpected pause we didn’t plan for after our transfer was canceled due to new medical concerns. A raw conversation about disappointment, numbness, and choosing not to silence hope when plans suddenly change.

Send a text Waiting is hard — and sometimes, in the middle of it, we quietly shrink our hope to protect ourselves. In this episode, I share a powerful reminder about why we don’t have to silence our hope, even when the answers we’re waiting for haven’t come yet. Let’s give our hope permission to take up space, even in the waiting.

Send a text A little miracle update on our Waiting Walk 🤍✨

Send a text In this episode of The Waiting Walk , I share how a health scare became a wake-up call to truly listen to my body. From changing my diet and journaling my “five joys” each night to speaking daily mantras over my uterus (yes, really!), I discovered the power of belief, intention, and self-love. Join me as I open up about the moment everything shifted — how trusting my body helped bring...

Send a text  ✨ In Between Entry: The Soup Season 🍲 No big IVF updates — just soup. Lots of it. This week on The Waiting Walk , I’m sharing how cooking has become my way of waiting — stirring, tasting, and finding comfort in the little things that grow with time. Because sometimes, hope simmers slowly… like soup. 💛 

Send a text  📚 In Between Entry: The Books Beside My Bed Lately, I’ve been finding comfort in stories — letting books keep me company in the waiting. Each one offers something different: perspective, suspense, empowerment, and hope. A reminder that, like every good story, life takes time to unfold. 💛 

Send a text  🌱 In Between Entry: Changing My Habits This season isn’t just about changing my thinking — it’s about changing my doing. I’m reflecting on the childhood habits that have followed me into adulthood and learning to reshape them into something gentler, more intentional, and worthy of modeling for our future children. One small, meaningful habit at a time. 💛 

Send a text This week on The Waiting Walk , I reflect on World Childless Week (Sept 15–21) and the silence that often surrounds infertility and childlessness. From Googling National Shark Week to realizing how rarely these conversations happen, I dive into why community matters—and how sharing our stories can lift us up. I also share how joining Dr. Kelsey Duncan’s free Fertility Bootcamp is helpi...

Send a text In this heartfelt episode of The Waiting Walk , I open up about the question that’s been echoing in my mind: Who am I now? For years, teaching was more than a career—it was my identity. Stepping away from the classroom left me searching for a new version of myself, trying on different roles that never quite felt like “me.” As I share the early stages of my IVF journey, I talk about wha...

Send a text This is Part 2 of her story—if you missed Part 1, it’s worth going back so you can walk with her from the very beginning. IVF brought both relief and new challenges. Jen describes the grind—the daily shots, the scheduling, the endless waiting—and the impossible decisions she and her husband faced when treatments didn’t go as planned. Together, Jen and her husband Ryan weighed the risks...

Send a text Today’s diary comes from Jen. Her walk begins with years of debilitating fibroids, two surgeries, and four failed IUIs. What she thought were ‘next steps’ turned into roadblocks again and again, until IVF became the only path forward. This is Jen’s story. 

Send a text Happy Gotcha Month, Frankie! In this episode, I share the joys, chaos, and lessons from our first month with our new puppy, Frankie. From potty training adventures (and a 10 a.m. whiskey moment) to navigating life with our queen cat Ella, this season has been full of laughter, patience, and unexpected growth. We also reflect on the August pause from fertility treatments, embracing this...

Send a text Today’s diary comes from Jamie, podcast host of Over 40, Fabulous and Pregnant . Her walk begins with nearly three years of trying to conceive—a journey filled with highs, lows, and everything in between. Along the way, she leaned on mindset shifts that kept her moving forward and created resources to empower other women, from journaling tools to expert Q&As. Her story is one of re...

Send a text This episode is a reminder that the in-between waiting isn't empty...it's where the quiet MAGIC lives. 

Send a text  Today’s diary comes from Rachael. Her walk begins with months of uncertainty before becoming a mom at 38. Now, she carries the emotional weight of trying for a second child. Along the way, she leaned on lifestyle shifts—like the Whole30 diet—to reconnect with her body. This season, without medical intervention, brings another chapter of waiting. This is Rachael’s story. 

Send a text Something unexpected ran into our lives! 

Send a text Turning 40 came with questions I didn’t expect—about motherhood, career, identity, and what it really means to be “on track.” In this honest and hopeful episode, I unpack the quiet grief of unmet timelines, the beauty of redefining success, and the deep, unexpected richness of a life I absolutely adore. Until next time- breathe, walk gently, and hold onto hope. 

Send a text  A weekend in Nashville taught me something I didn’t expect-you don’t have to wait for the “perfect "moment to live fully. Joy can show up right in the middle of uncertainty…..if we let it. Until next time-breathe, walk gently, and hold onto hope. 

Send a text  One year ago, we said “I do” in the middle of the summer heat. Today, I’m reflecting on our first year of marriage — the joy, the waiting, and the gift of walking hand in hand with my best friend, my teammate, my safe place. Here’s to us, and to year two: you and me, against the world.  Until next time- breathe, walk gently, and hold onto hope.

Send a text Today we’re talking about what it’s like to start round two of IUI. Doing it all again-the early mornings, the ultrasound, the blood work, the meds, and all the waiting. This episode is about the routine, the feelings, and the small stickers of hope that keeps showing up-even when we’re tired. Until next time-breathe, walk gently, and hold onto hope!

Send a text In this episode, I talk about the quiet sacrifices that come with another round of IUI-like giving up the little routines that made life feel normal. From missing happy hour with my husband, to trying fertility acupuncture for the first time. This is about slowing down, tuning in, and making space for healing. If you’re in the middle of waiting, hoping, or just trying to breathe throug...

Send a text In today's episode, I'm going undercover. I'm Detective Google, and I'm cracking the case of: am I pregnant.....or just suffering from a severe case of Google-itis!? You don’t have to walk this alone. Until next time-breathe, walk gently, and hold onto hope! 

Send a text In this episode, I open up about what it's like to pause the workouts, the routines, and the movement I've always used to feel like me. Sometimes, it feels like losing a part of my identity. But maybe.... slowing down is helping me come back to myself in a whole new way.  You don’t have to walk this alone. Until next time-breathe, walk gently, and hold onto hope! 

Send a text In this raw and honest episode, I share the emotional rollercoaster of being present in the moment-feeling fear, uncertainty, and yet holding on to hope. Join me as I navigate the complex feeling that come with waiting and believing in the possibility of a new beginning.  You don’t have to walk this alone. Until next time-breathe, walk gently, and hold onto hope!