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For those of you reading and connecting with this blog - first note - You Are Not Alone - I see you and feel with you. Infertility and pregnancy struggles can be a long and lonely journey for many. The stigma associated with infertility can also make the grief and loss that much harder, and the wide range of emotions can make it hard to process. Coupled with the fact that not many talk about it, the secrecy, shame and isolation that goes with infertility struggles can affect your mental health. My infertility struggles followed the same path as many.

You may have heard of Lavar Ball, the powerhouse dad, media personality and businessman, who seems to be the face (and mouth) behind the Ball family basketball dynasty. All three of Lavar’s sons are basketball prodigies – with one recently drafted as the second pick in the first round to the Los Angeles Lakers and the other committed to playing basketball at UCLA.

Several years while on vacation, I read Daring Greatly by Brene’ Brown and it changed my life. I connected with so many of the things she was writing about – perfection, shame, vulnerability - and found myself using the book as a roadmap for “showing up and being seen” in my life.