AllPaths Podcast
Welcome to the AllPaths Podcast, where we support and celebrate all of the different ways there are to grow your family.
Each week we’ll talk with different members of the AllPaths Family Building community, sharing stories, hearing from experts in this space about fertility treatments and family building options, learning about current family building advocacy and how to get involved, and exploring incredible resources.
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Faith vs. Fertility
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy a copy of Faith vs. Fertility through the AllPaths Bookshop, a portion of your purchase supports our work at no extra cost to you. In this episode, we welcome Dr. Harrell Jordan, a nurse educator and author who...
A Financial Transaction and a Gift from God
In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we sit down with Ruthie, a Boston-area school counselor and educator, to discuss her incredibly complex and high-stakes journey to motherhood. Ruthie’s story begins at age 34, when she and her husband, Chris, faced immediate...
You May Feel a Bit of Pressure
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy a copy of You May Feel a Bit of Pressure through the AllPaths Bookshop, a portion of your purchase supports our work at no extra cost to you. In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, hosts Emily and Liane sit down...
Grief Shared Is Grief Divided
In this episode of the AllPaths Podcast, we are joined by Rachel Spekman, a therapist and career strategist from Massachusetts. Rachel shares her arduous three-year journey to motherhood, which involved multiple fertility treatments, multiple losses, and navigating...
So Now What?
In this episode, we speak with Lana Manikowski, an author and certified life coach who navigated a seven-year infertility journey that ended at age 44 after multiple rounds of IUIs and IVFs left her without a baby. Lana candidly discusses her decision to forgo further...
Law School, Lymphoma, and a New Path
In this episode, we welcome Rijon Charne, the founding attorney of Sunray Fertility Law. Rijon’s specialization in reproductive health law was a direct result of her personal experience as a cancer survivor and the educational and financial hurdles she faced during...
A Different Ride for Everyone
In this episode, Kristy Koser, a licensed professional clinical counselor specializing in reproductive mental health, shares her family building journey. After years of struggling with infertility and experiencing multiple miscarriages during IUI and IVF cycles,...
Bar Bathroom Trigger Shots and a Side of Fries
In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we welcome Jacqueline Fitzpatrick, who offers the rare perspective of being both a seasoned IVF nurse with over 15 years of experience and a former IVF patient. Jacqueline shares the candid details of her family building...
Sex, (IVF) Drugs, and Communication
In this special Valentine’s Day episode of the AllPaths podcast, host Emily is joined by her husband, Andy, for a candid conversation about the impact of fertility and family building challenges on relationships. Now 20 years into their marriage and parents to...
Dr. Carmel’s Journey: Get Curious
In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we sit down with Dr. Carmel Wiseman, a fertility optimization specialist who acts as a "detective" to uncover the hidden barriers preventing people from growing their families. Dr. Carmel shares her eight-year journey, which...


