Michelle (Malka) Grunstein, LMFT CATC-IV, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how she has always known that she wants to be a mother, how she decided that by the time she was 30, if she didn't meet someone, she would take steps to do this by herself and her multiple failed relationships including a broken engagement.

Rachel Shanken joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her journey to becoming an adoptive parent, something she never envisioned herself doing, the heartbreaking conversation as a single woman in her 30s when her doctors said that she may never have biological children and how she got married, but then struggled through the ups and downs of umpteen failed cycles to try to get pregnant.

Ellie Levi, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her story of becoming a SIM: Single Intentional Mom to her 3 year old daughter, Ayelet HaShachar, her thought process and emotions about each stage of the process and the experience of being one of the first to her freeze eggs in her community.

Elissa Felder joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her years of primary infertility, coupled with the devastating loss of her infant son, her book, “From One Life to the Next Life: The Sacred Passage After Death,” which has become a lifeline for those navigating the churning waters of grief and her raw, soul-baring journey from paralyzing grief to living a life infused with purpose and passion.

Shirel Korobkin and Shani Weinmann Kay join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the realities of the fertility community in Israel, one year after October 7th, what the last 365 days has been for them personally and as individuals who have taken active roles in trying to hold space for others and advice on how we can best support.

Aliza Tropper, LMHC, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the emotions that come up during the quest to build a family, the guilt, shame, sadness, anxiety, inadequacy, etc., and how they manifest, and suggestions on how to make these deep feelings more manageable, like self-soothing, mini-breaks, reaching out for support and even medication if things become too overwhelming.

Tee Simpser joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her 6 years of primary infertility, heartbreaking disappointments, life-threatening complications and all kinds of insensitive comments and how she saw herself in the Chana/Penina story from the Book of Shmuel (book of Samuel), as she longed to be a mother, while watching everyone else around her get pregnant.

Esther Rollhaus, MD, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about all aspects of reproductive psychiatry, the reasons why someone would reach out, how meds are used as an adjunct to therapy, and myths about medication.

Rachel Daar Cohen joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about a powerful, raw, and deeply emotional story of resilience after a tremendous amount of struggle, her struggle with infertility, trauma, grief, addiction, and endometriosis and how kindness is so important as we never know what people are really going through.

Chavie Bruk joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about pain and the way it changes over time, her and her husband's permanent infertility, adopting 5 children at different ages and her grieving the loss of a biological child.

Peri Lyman joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her two amazing daughters, her experience getting asked if she’s a grandmother yet and the questions that make her crazy, and how it feels to be asked insensitive questions.

Ricki Steiner joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her primary infertility journey this far, why she decided to start talking openly about her struggles on social media, how she feels when people tell her they’re praying for her (with a whole sidebar on her relationship with G-d right now).

Talia Mizrahi, Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist Certified Grief Educator, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how to talk to children about grief and loss, sharing news in a way that is developmentally appropriate for each child, and normalizing the greiving process for children by explaining that you may be sad one day and not the next.

Rabbi Elchanan Poupko joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about his recent piece about the insensitivity in the orthodox community to people who are struggling to have a child, his personal story of infertility and the pain he and his wife carried for all those years, and how their infertility challenges made him a passionate voice for those who are still in the trenches.

Rachel Goldberg LMFT, PMH joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about binge and restrictive eating habits and how that can affect fertility, the reasons why disordered eating or exercise can cause fertility issues, the guilt and shame that go along with this these diagnoses, and the small changes suggestions people can make to try to get them out of a destructive feeding pattern.

Reva Schlanger Peyser MS, RD, CDN joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about a myriad of issues surrounding fertility in regard to body image and eating disorders, how people feel like their body is failing them during the struggle to build a family and how people might use eating, nutrition, exercise to try to take back some control.

Curt Sechrist joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about his fertility journey, with the backdrop of becoming part of the Jewish community, his experience of being exposed to more of Jewish culture and religion, and how that became an even bigger part of his life when he met his future husband, Adam, why they chose to adopt instead of pursuing surrogacy, and their adoption process and the incredible journey that brought them to their son.

Rabbi Karen Glazer Perolman joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her upbringing, her passion for her job as a community rabbi, and having a stillbirth, her baby, Leo, who she lost, what grief looks like when your job is to hold people in *their* pain and how she has managed to get through all of it.

Shira Collings joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her personal experience with recurrent pregnancy loss (4 heartbreaking losses), how navigating grief is hard enough after a loss, as most people don’t truly understand what a grieving person needs and the added layers of being part of the queer community, which brings up other ways that people can feel isolated and alone.

Rob Reider joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about the stillbirth of his daughter, Lila, in December 2017, how he dealt with the grief and overwhelming heartache, and how he and his his wife, Tehila, got through those early weeks (spoiler alert- they were both a mess).