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From Infertility to Adventure Activism with Jessica Hepburn
Speak From the Body
English - July 21, 2019 02:18 - 30 minutes - 36.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAlternative Health Health & Fitness Medicine body grief health intuition pilates wellness embodiment fertility miscarriage movement Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode is with Jessica Hepburn, author of ‘The Pursuit of Motherhood’ and ‘21 Miles: Swimming in the Search of the Meaning of Motherhood’. Jessica is the co-founder of Fertility Fest, the world’s first arts festival dedicated to fertility, infertility and the science of making babies. Jessica is also an ‘adventure activist’ and has run the London Marathon, swum the English Channel and will attempt to climb Mount Everest.
In this episode we talked about:
Enduring 11 rounds of IVF in a decade, including pregnancy losses and a late ectopic pregnancy. Going through fertility challenges in secret whilst professional success as a theatre director Writing as a therapeutic process The creation and growth of Fertility Fest, www.fertilityfest.com Brene Brown on vulnerability and shame https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability?language=en Sharing and speaking your truth Showcasing art made by artists who have personal experience of infertility and fertility treatment The reality that the success rates of IVF are not high and it doesn’t work for everyone, everytime Being inclusive in the voices in the infertility/ IVF conversation Fertility is not just about women, men are 50% of the equation Calling for better fertility education in schools Returning to a childhood dream of swimming the English Channel Attempting to become the first woman to complete the ‘Pond to Peak Challenge’ Parallels between endurance challenges and going through IVF The pleasure and joy of food
Jessica’s two books:
The Pursuit of Motherhood: https://amzn.com/1783061871
21 Miles:Swimming in the Search of the Meaning of Motherhood : https://amzn.com/1783528559
You can find out more about Jessica at www.jessicahepburn.com
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