Feeling left out because you don’t have kids is one of life’s cruelest aches.

It can feel like friends, family, and community are all moving forward while you’re left standing still. You feel unseen, misunderstood, all while carrying a weight that few people notice.

This episode is about that hidden ache.

We talk about the loneliness of infertility and the silent spaces where we wonder if we’ll ever find our place again. We talk about how painful it is to watch other people’s milestones pass you by while you’re left holding your breath..

We unpack an idea from Brene Brown’s Braving the Wilderness. We look at fitting in vs, belonging.

“Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be in order to be accepted. Belonging, on the other hand, doesn’t require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are.”

In infertility, the pressure to fit in can be overwhelming, and yet it often leaves us feeling more alone than ever.

So what does it look like to belong instead? In this conversation, we talk about how belonging begins when we show up honestly, when we find spaces and people where we don’t have to hide the hardest parts of our story. If you’ve ever felt left out, alone in your longing, or wondered where you fit when your path looks so different, this episode is for you.

You are not alone here.