158. A Journey Through Infertility (with Alice Matagora)

God Hears Her Podcast

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Society & Culture, Bible, Womensministry, Womensbiblestudy, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Women, Female

4.9 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Guest Bio: Alice Matagora lives in Southern California with her husband RJ, her children Regi and Clementine, and her dog Daisy. With two young children in this season of life, Alice is a naptime writer and storyteller. She invites others to find the beauty in the broken and hope in God as she shares her story of God's redemption in the midst of the brokenness in her own life—infertility, grief and loss, mental health struggles, childhood trauma, generational trauma, racial and ethnic identity, and marriage. Alice has worked with The Navigators in disciple making ministry for nearly twenty years, with experience in college ministry and cultural competency training. She currently leads a Leader Development Initiative for The Navigators that develops leaders all over the world. She’s also a licensed marriage and family therapist. Combining all of her professional experience and her passion for disciple making, Alice's book How to Save the World: Disciple Making Made Simple, featuring original Barna research, seeks to equip and empower everyday people to make disciples of Jesus wherever they live, work, and play.

Show Summary: What’s been your longest trial? Are you in a waiting season? Or are you going through something that feels like it has no end in sight? Alice Matagora has been through multiple trials, including a seven-year infertility journey. During those seven years, God was working to heal her past wounds and change her mindset on motherhood. Join host Eryn Adkins as she gets to know Alice Matagora during this God Hears Her conversation.

Notes and Quotes:

“I learned how to have roots—how to have a relationship with Jesus.” —Alice Matagora
“God is so kind and a master author in writing our stories of pain to lead us to the right place at the right time.” —Alice Matagora
“God used infertility to address these lies I had about motherhood.” —Alice Matagora
“The enemy wants to use our past to impact the way we see ourselves in the future.” —Eryn Adkins
“You will never fail if you put your hope in the Lord.” —Alice Matagora

Verses:

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. —Psalm 73:26
“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.” —Mark 11:22-23

Links:

MOMCON: https://www.momcon.co/
The Navigators: https://www.navigators.org/
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown: https://www.amazon.com/Gifts-Imperfection-Anniversary-Features-brand-new/dp/1616499605
God Hears Her website: https://www.godhearsher.org/
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Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/
Alice’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicematagora/

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0:00.0	I think God used infertility to address these lies that I had about motherhood to get me to the place where I wanted kids.
0:10.8	You know, I went from like, no, they were going to ruin my life, my body, my marriage, all that.
0:14.4	Like, the longer I didn't have them, the more I wanted them.
0:19.2	And then the more I was like, wait, why do I feel like they would ruin my life?
0:23.5	You know, where is this coming from?
0:25.2	And I feel like that's where God could insert in remembering his truth.
0:33.5	You're listening to God Hears Her, a podcast for women where we explore the stunning truth that God hears you, he sees you, and he loves you because you are his.
0:44.7	Find out how these realities free you today on God Hears Her.
0:49.8	Welcome to God Hears Her. I'm Erin Atkins.
0:53.4	For this conversation, I had the privilege of talking
0:56.4	with Alice Madagora. We recorded this conversation while we were at the 2023 MomCon
1:02.5	conference in Chicago. Alice and her husband walked through seven years of infertility together.
1:09.5	While they were walking through those years, she learned
1:12.2	multiple lessons that prepared her for motherhood and healed parts of her personal journey.
1:18.8	So let's kick it off by asking Alice, who she was as a little girl.
1:25.6	Well, Alice, as a little girl, you can't see me, but I am second generation
1:30.5	Taiwanese-American. So my parents were immigrants that immigrated over here. I was born in Connecticut.
1:35.5	My first language was Mandarin and grew up and learned English with my parents.
1:41.5	How old were you? Oh, you know, I mean, just like born. As I was learning to speak,
1:46.1	they were learning the language too. So you all learned together. I made me like the kind of
1:51.7	translator in a lot of ways for the family. So I grew up in Rochester, New York, upstate New York,
1:58.3	home with the garbage plate, which sounds as delicious as, it's just, it's
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