AllPaths Podcast
Episodes
Dr. Crawford’s Journey: "I'm a Physician, But I'm a Person First"
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we welcome Dr. Natalie Crawford, a board-certified OB/GYN and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) specialist who practic...
Carrie’s Journey: Polypectomy, Peer Support, and Paying for IVF
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we welcome Carrie Van Steen, a parent through IVF and professional in the fertility field. Carrie details her personal family building...
Dr. Durant’s Journey: "I became my own case study"
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Fallon Durant, a Laboratory Supervisor in the embryology lab at Boston IVF. Dr. Durant shares the seven-year journe...
Rachel’s Journey: Knitting Him Into Existence
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a conversation with Rachel Wilson, a therapist, yoga and meditation instructor, coach, and most recently, a postpartum doula and...
Kristin’s Journey: Becoming the IVF “Fairy God-Sister”
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we welcome Kristin Dillensnyder to discuss her family building journey and her subsequent work in the fertility space. Kristin, a form...
Kerri’s Journey: The gap between what's offered and what we need
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Kerri Bicskei, an active duty military spouse, psychotherapist, and founder of the nonprofit organization Mindful Warrior Allian...
Elizabeth & Maria’s Journeys: The Art of Healing
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest episode, we welcome Maria and Elizabeth, the co-founders and co-directors of The ART of Infertility, to share their personal experiences...
Becca's Journey: "Leave all your assumptions at the door."
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Becca Levin Nayak, an attorney specializing in adoption and assisted reproduction in Pennsylvania. Becca shares her own...
Courtney’s Journey: Liberating Yourself from Uterine Shame
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we welcome Courtney, a current PhD student at the Fletcher School of Tufts whose research focuses on the intersections of conflict, r...
Marea's Journey: Redefining Family Through Relationships, Commitment, and Connection
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode features Marea Goodman, a licensed midwife, parent, co-author of the book Baby Making for Everybody, and founder of PregnantTogether...
Elizabeth’s Journey: From Number One to a Voice for Many
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re celebrating the 50th episode of the AllPaths Podcast. For this milestone, we welcome special guest, friend, colleague, and AllPaths ...
Colleen’s Journey: “Where are the casseroles?”
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features longtime member of the AllPaths community Colleen, who shares her journey through the emotional devastation of recurrent pregnan...
Maggie’s Journey: Hope in French Fries and Leap Days
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we welcome Maggie Stryker, a former AllPaths group attendee and current volunteer to share her journey. Maggi...
Kristen’s Journey: “Out of the bedroom, out of my body, out of control”
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Kristen Darcy, a long-time professional in the fertility industry, shares her personal family-building journey, whic...
Mirna’s Journey: From Struggle to Inspiring Hope
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Mirna Nova, founder of Fertility Inspired, about her 12-year-long journey to parenthood. Mirna opens up about her early ...
Olivia’s Journey: Finding Answers, Playing It Forward
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the AllPaths podcast features Olivia King, a Rhode Island-based singer-songwriter who, through sharing her fertility struggles on soci...
Trystan’s Journey: A trans uterus is NOT an uninhabitable environment
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AllPaths Podcast, we speak with Trystan Reese, a father of three, advocate, educator, and an "all-around nerd" when it comes to...
Alexis’ Journey: Reframing the Concept of Family
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the AllPaths podcast features a conversation with Alexis Eyler, the Executive Director of On Your Feet Foundation, a nonprofit organiz...
Heather's Journey: "It's not because you ate the cheese."
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the podcast features Heather Smidt, owner of Wander Well Acupuncture in Lexington, MA and longtime AllPaths community member. Heather ...
Valerie’s Journey: From Hospital Gowns to Powerful Art
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with Valerie Imparato, a lawyer and artist originally from Haiti, currently living in Somerville, Massachusetts. Valerie shar...
Amanda’s Journey: Did somebody give my uterus a one-star rating?
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the AllPaths podcast features Amanda Nordberg, a volunteer for the Footsteps for Family Building Walk, who shares her struggle with re...
Meg's Journey: From the Pain of "Barren" to the Power of “the Barreness”
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we invite Meg to share her continuing journey through recurrent miscarriages, unsuccessful fertility treatmen...
Jessica’s Journey: Chutes and Ladders
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Jessica Katz, licensed clinical social worker and certified perinatal mental health therapist, and parent to an egg-donor concei...
Lisa’s Journey: A Safe Space to Say the Unsayable
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we welcome Lisa Rosenthal, President of the AllPaths Family Building Board of Directors. Lisa shares her deeply personal and often cha...
Bruce’s Journey: "Whose Tummy Did I Come Out Of?"
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the AllPaths podcast features Bruce, an attorney in the Boston area. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Bruce and his husband built their fam...
Annika’s Journey: “My wife knocked me up.”
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we welcome Annika, an attorney specializing in assisted reproductive technology (ART), who offers a unique perspective as both a prof...
Will’s Journey: An IVF Insider’s Path to Parenthood
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we speak with Will Baird, a father of three who grew up with a unique perspective on family building. Will sh...
Jodi’s Journey: One from Each Column
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features speaker and author Jodi Mitchel Tolman, who shares how she and her husband navigated multiple paths over six years to build thei...
Matt’s Journey: "I'm doing everything I possibly can to make sure her name never gets lost"
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AllPaths Podcast, Matt Smith, founder of Wandering Soul Beer Company, shares his personal experience with stillbirth and how th...
Shannon’s Journey: "This Is Your Body, This Is Your Life"
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we welcome guest Shannon Cook to share her journey. Shannon recounts her experience navigating fertility stru...
Lauren C's Journey: IVF Finds a Way to Humble You
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Lauren Hart Clancy, a perinatal advocate, AllPaths peer group leader, parent through IVF, and co-chair of the 2025 Footsteps for...
Lauren D’s Journey: Our family is now complete to what WE define as complete
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Lauren Delaney, a co-chair for AllPaths’ annual Footsteps for Family Building Walk. Lauren shares about the roads she...
Dr. Styer’s Journey: It's a privilege to be part of my patients' stories.
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we welcome Dr. Aaron Styer, a reproductive endocrinologist, medical director of CCRM Boston, and AllPaths Board Member. Dr. Styer sha...
Erin and Stephen's Journey: For Some People, It's Not a Straight Line From A to B
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode featuring Erin, a longtime AllPaths group leader, and her husband Stephen offers a raw and unfiltered look at their decade-long struggle ...
Annie and Gene’s Journey: From Infertility to Innovation
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Annie and Gene Carelli, a married couple and licensed Pharmacists from the Philadelphia area, join us to share their family’s story and the inspirin...
Rebecca’s Journey: “This is right for me and right for my family.”
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we’re joined by Rebecca Daddio, LCSW PMH-C and AllPaths peer group leader to hear about her personal and pr...
Karen’s Journey: “I was so focused on being pregnant that I lost sight of wanting to be a mom.”
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features an in-depth discussion with Karen about her journey through infertility and adoption. She openly shares the challenges she faced...
Marissa’s Journey: Reproductive plans should never be small talk
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Marissa Hathaway, MPH, Doula, and owner of The Lemon Grove, delves into her background and her transition from global health to becom...
Lea’s Journey: “I hadn't felt like I had belonged in the infertility community before.”
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode features AllPaths volunteer Lea, a Boston-based biotech professional and leader of our Trying for Another Peer Support Group. After ...
Megan’s Journey: Becoming Parents After Cancer Was Worth the Wait
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Scherer joins us to share her family's journey through cancer and infertility, which then led to the creation of the nonprofit organization, Wor...
Kerry’s Journey: "How do I feel hope and trust in my body?"
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we speak with Kerry Hinds about her family-building journey and her work as a fertility yoga teacher. Kerry shares her journey, strugg...
Ginanne’s Journey: Children should never feel like there was something shameful or weird about how they were born
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, London-based American author and journalist Ginanne Brownell recounts her challenging journey of infertility, miscarriage, donor conc...
Jillian’s Journey: You’re young and healthy, just try again!
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Jillian, an ER/ICU RN, Organ Donation Coordinator, and Nursing Supervisor/Educator and AllPaths peer group leader, whose journey...
Annie's Journey: "Something I've always felt really grateful for is how wanted I was from the very start."
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Annie, an ENT resident with a unique perspective on medicine, identity, and family. Born to two moms through donor i...
Joe’s Journey: “There’s nothing elective about infertility”
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Advocate, founder of Grain Fertility, and father through IVF, Joe Cody shares his family's journey which spanned four years and included multiple...
LaMone’s Journey: I Became What I Needed
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LaMone Downey Leonard, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Founder and CEO of Rising Hope Counseling and Wellness joins us to discuss her ...
Alison’s Journey: “My heart was missing a piece and it was you.”
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A Connecticut native who now calls Massachusetts home, Alison is a second-grade teacher and solo parent of one. Alison walks us along her path to beco...
Janene's Journey: “Everyone is deserving of a family.”
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we explore Janene Oleaga’s work as a family formation attorney and reproductive rights advocate. Janene's deeply held belief that everyon...
Kate’s Journey: Celebrating 10 years as Executive Director of AllPaths Family Building
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Weldon LeBlanc, Executive Director of AllPaths Family Building, shares her journey of an unexplained infertility diagnosis, loss, and her path to...
Danielle’s Journey: “I’m not interested in miracle stories anymore.”
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle shares her story of trying to conceive over 40, navigating fertility treatment, donor egg IVF, and the anxiety of becoming pregnant after yea...
Stephanie’s Journey: I needed someone to say, “You had a baby, he passed away. Do you miss him?”
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Propa City Community Outreach founder Stephanie Crawford shares her family story, from the heartbreaking loss of her first son at 39 weeks to finding ...
Jen’s Journey: “Families are built on love.”
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A born and raised New Yorker, social worker Jen Rachman shares her family’s story from an ovarian cancer diagnosis that sadly left her infertile in ...
Liane’s Journey: “I think we’ve just been fired by our IVF doctor!”
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liane Moccia’s story encompasses an infertility diagnosis, becoming a parent via IVF, as well as how her personal journey sparked a passion for holi...
Julie’s Journey: It began several states ago.
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Founder of Building Military Families Network, Julie Eshelman shares about her ongoing family building journey, one that spans many years and states, ...
Kelly’s Journey: Hurry up and wait.
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Soule shares about her ongoing journey and the difficulty of not knowing what’s next for her family. From processing IVF not working and a cha...
Staci’s Journey: Zigzag to the finish line.
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
CEO and Founder of Family Source Consultants (FSC), Staci Swiderski shares her personal journey as an intended parent, welcoming a son via gestational...
Andy’s Journey: Mourning the loss of what you thought your family was going to be.
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Lamb shares his story of male infertility, mental health struggles, and the reinvention of who he was and what really mattered in life and family...
Jennifer’s Journey: Still a family, just a family of two.
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Redmond shares her story of infertility, loss, and embracing life as a family of two, how her own fertility journey has influenced her person...
Polly’s Journey: Someone shouldn’t have to experience tragedy for things to be equal.
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Director of Family Advocacy at GLAD and recipient of the 2024 AllPaths Advocacy Award, Polly Crozier shares her own challenging family building story,...
Haya’s Journey: Unexplained Infertility - So Many Variables and Unknowns
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Boston-based healthcare product strategist with a passion for social impact and community building, Haya shares her story, from unexplained infertil...
Introducing the AllPaths Podcast
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 diff...