Catalyst for Courage was founded to be able to provide individualized support, resources, tools, knowledge, and a whole lot of encouragement and hope for those who have experienced infertility, pregnancy or infant loss, or are navigating life after infertility and loss. 

I'm your host, Lindsay Blair. I am a certified trauma specialist, infertility coach, and birth and bereavement doula with a passion to support others with stories like mine. When I experienced my first miscarriage in May of 2014, I didn’t know a single person who had gone through what I was going through. When I was referred to a fertility specialist in 2015 for recurrent pregnancy loss, I had no idea what to expect. When I started my first round of IVF in 2017, I had no one to help me prepare for the roller coaster of hormones and emotional ups and downs I was about to embark on. When I was pregnant for the 9th time after so many years of infertility trauma and repeated losses, I didn’t know how I would ever be able to manage my anxiety I felt or the triggers I faced on a near-daily basis. Catalyst for Courage was born out of a desire to be able to give others the support, knowledge, tools, and community I wish I had when I was going through the darkest, hardest, and loneliest parts of my story. 

I hope this podcast can ignite even just a spark of courage or a flicker of hope for you. You are not alone in your pain. You are not alone in your anger. You are not alone in your doubt. You are not alone in your waiting. You are not alone in your suffering. You are not alone in your grief.

Wherever you are in your journey, you are welcome here just as you are. Your anger, your fear, your doubt, your confusion, your questions, your weariness, your anxiety, your trauma, your pain, and your suffering are all welcome here. I have no expectations for you and I’ll never put a timeline on your healing. I’ll just be right here, holding space for you and holding onto to hope for you- I’m believing that your story isn’t over and that this won’t always feel as hard as it feels right now.

Thank you for letting me share the heart behind this podcast with you. I hope this podcast will be a place where you can come each week to find support, ignite hope, and take courage. You are not alone, friend. 

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