Unclassified Woman

Justine Brooks Froelker is a Licensed Professional Counselor, who has a private practice in St. Louis, Missouri.  She is the author of the book and blog, Ever Upward.  She is an advocate for breaking the shamed silence surrounding infertility, loss, and recovery.  Justine writes for St. Louis Health and Wellness and Huffington Post and makes regular TV appearances on the midday show, Great Day St. Louis.  She went through costly infertility treatments and now lives “child-free,” but not by choice.  In this episode, you will learn the following: How Justine reacts to the ever-present question, “Well, why don’t you just adopt?” How to apply the grieving process to loss that isn’t commonly acknowledged or understood. How Justine recommends navigating through a journey like hers. How relationships can become “casualties” of the journey and what true empathy is. Why people don’t know how to respond to infertility that doesn’t end with a happy, bouncing baby. Two “Motherhood Myths” that are prevalent in today’s so