Today we share Fertility Friday’s episode on the difficult topic of dealing with infertility.  Lisa’s guest is Sheridan Voysey, who is a writer, speaker and broadcaster. His books include Resurrection Year: Turning Broken Dreams into New Beginnings, Resilient, and the award-winning Unseen Footprints.  Sheridan shares his personal experience of making it through infertility from the male perspective.

Topics discussed in the episode include:

• A look into Sheridan and his wife Merryn’s ten year infertility and adoption journey
• How their journey led Sheridan to write his book, Resurrection Year
• How Sheridan dealt with the grief and loss of their unsuccessful dream of having a child
• Sheridan’s advice for couples struggling with infertility
• The importance of putting your marriage/relationship first during this challenging time
• Ways to deal with one partner wanting to stop trying and the other wanting to continue
• How dealing with fertility issues can affect men in various aspects of their lives
• The importance of also remembering to check in with men to see how they are feeling and dealing with the fertility struggles
• Ways men who deal with lower sperm count can connect with others to know that they are not alone
• How those who have gone through the infertility journey can use their trial to help guide, inspire or comfort others going through it
• The importance of remembering there is so much more to you than your parental status

Click here for the podcast and full episode.