Story Time with Author Amy Mattes

Today's episode is all about Amy's journey with infertility! I myself haven't had this experience, so I really appreciate Amy's vulnerability with her experience to help me better understand what I didn't before! Sharing and Listening to each other's life experiences is how humans best learn to love ourselves and each other more fully!How she dealt with the feelings of failure around her body’s functions. Menstrual shame vs loving your menstrual cycle. The coldness of the medical procedures she endured.The Marital pressures of conceiving or not. The deep loneliness she felt which led to profound beauty. Her difficult experience with hormonal contraceptives. The magic of our menstural cycles and other relationships women and girls have with their bodies. The how empowering the “pill” was in the beginning, but how it’s turned into something else entirely. The damaging messages woman receive from their care providers, peers, and society about infertility. How she navigated personal relationships with people who love her but don’t understand what she was going through.how her experience helped her see the bigger picture of life which helped her understand that she’s enough even without a motherhood experience. How pregnancy, birth and early motherhood has been for her thus far, especially through Covid lock down Her journey of infertility has inspired the writing and publishing her current fiction novel and future novel.The importance of being real in a largely phoney culture. We ended with some good chuckles. To check out Amy's website and written work, click here https://www.amyjmattes.comFor Amy's Instagram click here https://www.instagram.com/amyjmattes/To checkout and sign up for my Patreon Page click here https://www.patreon.com/wtwwg?fan_landing=trueWhere The Wild Women Grow Instagram click here https://www.instagram.com/wherethewildwomengrow/ Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.