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The Sage Sayers

A weekly podcast on ways to stay calm and compel others as you communicate. Along with executive communications tips and strategies, we interview intriguing individuals who've found the "Sage approach" by finding gifts, opportunities, and knowledge within trying situations. New Zealander show host, Debbi Gardiner McCullough, has written on social and business trends and struggles for the Economist, the Guardian, and Financial Times of London. She's a self-retired college professor of writing, an executive communications and narrative coach. Visit her at: www.hangingrockcoaching.com

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The Gifts and Opportunities of Fertility Treatments. One Woman’s Story

November 02, 2023 • Debbi Gardiner McCullough • Season 3 • Episode 20

My guest today wants to share her story (anonymously for her privacy) of two fertility treatments she has undertaken (the second still in progress) and the gifts, the learning, and the opportunities she has found along the way. Her motivation: Wanting to plan ahead to ensure she can have a family, when she’s ready. And she’s part of a larger and growing trend.

World over more women are having fertility treatments through egg retrieval and freezing. The Pew Research Center’s new September survey found 4:10 adults, around 42% of Americans say they’ve used fertility treatments or know someone who has—a 33% uptick from five years ago. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization’s April 2023 report cites infertility affecting 1:6 people globally.

Our interview shares the thought process, the system and processes, the challenges, but also the joy that comes from self-advocacy and taking charge of what we really want.

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