Encore: S02 Ep 3 - Diane’s Infertility Struggle
Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch
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4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Hey, Fellow Travelers! This week we're in session with Diane, who has been struggling with pregnancy loss and infertility as she and her husband try to have a second child. She wonders how to deal with her grief, the envy and guilt she feels about friends' and family's pregnancy announcements, and what it means that she and her husband are dealing with this rollercoaster of emotions so differently.
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| 1:04.8 | Hey fellow travelers, I'm Laurie Gottlieb. I'm the author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone |
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| 1:13.4 | And I'm Guy Winch. I'm the author of Emotional First Aid and I write the dear guy advice |
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| 1:29.4 | themselves better and make changes in their lives. So sit back and welcome to today's session. |
| 1:35.2 | This week our fellow traveler struggles with the heartbreak of infertility and pregnancy loss. |
| 1:40.0 | I had a really really really hard time with that loss. I was probably a month out from surgery |
| 1:46.4 | when my brother and sister-in-law announced they were pregnant. It really kind of sucked the |
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