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June 24, 2025 32 mins
Let’s talk about a belief that’s quietly running the show for so many brilliant, high-achieving women trying to conceive:
 
“If I get support… if I make this easier… then I won’t be/feel worthy of my baby.”
 
I believed that for years.
 
But it’s a bullshit lie — and it’s one that’s keeping way too many brilliant, sensitive women stuck in cycles of shame, burnout, and isolation.
 
In this week’s episode, we’re naming it all. The stigma. The pressure. The perfectionism.
 
And we’re diving into the shocking research that reveals just how little emotional and mental health support women TTC are actually receiving — even though up to 40% meet the criteria for anxiety or depression, and less than 7% get help.
 
Let that sink in.
 
So many women are suffering in silence — doing everything “right” on paper, while quietly breaking inside.
 
In this episode, I share:
✨ Why shame is sneakier than we think — and how it’s the biggest barrier to change.
✨ All the ways perfectionism makes you think you’re being a “responsible good girl” when really, you’ve  just been taught you need to prove your worth.
✨ The trap of believing “ease = not enough effort = highly unlikely to create new outcomes”
✨ How “waiting to feel better once you’re pregnant” is secretly delaying what your body needs now
 
This one’s juicy, honest, and full of truth bombs you didn’t know you needed.
 
Listen now!
 
Because support is not a f*cking  luxury. It’s part of the medicine.  And you don’t have to suffer your way to your baby.
 
Not anymore.
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