Incredibly Wanted Gretchen Hill

In this episode of Incredibly Wanted, Gretchen shares the next chapter in the story and what happened after her marriage ended. Gretchen, Bonnie and Sam talk about how new experience change your perception of what’s possible. Gretchen explores a new relationship while beginning the process of trying to get pregnant using donor sperm. The process of ICI insemination at home is discussed as well as the emotional roller coaster of waiting for pregnancy results while trying to conceive. This episode is filled with twists and turns.

Topics Include:
 
Finding light in the darkness through gardening 
Meeting an old friend that becomes a pillar of support 
Talking with a new partner about the decision to start a family solo
At home ICI insemination using donor sperm
The emotional rollercoaster of waiting for pregnancy results 
Gretchen’s thoughts on how to talk to a future child about their origin story

Bio: 
Gretchen Hill is a writer, life lover, adventurer, flower grower, creative entrepreneur and lives in MA with her two great loves - her dogs, Bodhi and Stanley. But beyond the things she does, she’s a storyteller at heart. Gretchen tells stories about womanhood, love, friendship, family, spirituality, sobriety and making a life that feels touched by magic.
 
Let’s Connect on Socials: 
Instagram: @ms.gretchenhill
Instragram: @incrediblywanted
Website: gretchenhill.com
 
Guest Bio: 
 
Sam is a former pro dancer + fitness expert turned performance coach, host of the Full Out podcast, and guide for ambitious women who are ready to live their lives full out and be their fully expressed + powerful selves so they can have it all: the man, the money, the magic (and everything in between). 
 
Instagram: @Samanthajoharvey
Instagram: @FulloutPodcast
Youtube: Samantha Jo Harvey

Dr. Bonnie Goff is a developmental psychologist with a profound dedication to understanding the intricate nuances of human growth and behavior through the lense of neurobiology. Raised in a fundamentalist Christian cult, she now uses her childhood experience and academic expertise to help others better understand their own unique life path. 
 
Instagram: @drbonniegoff
TikTok: @drbonnieGoff
 

Welcome to Incredibly Wanted.
 
In this next episode, the story of Gretchen’s journey towards motherhood continues. shares how the experience of quarantine during the Covid pandemic impacted her desire for family and describes the moment she knew she needed to acknowledge this desire. Gretchen, Sam and Bonnie discuss their individual experiences grieving their marriages when they ended and the healing process afterwards.
 
Topics Include:
How the Covid quarantine increased Gretchen’s desire to start a family
The importance and difficulty of being honest about your desires, even when there is a lot at stake
The courage it takes to follow your path when you know it’s right
Grief and healing when marriages end
Self-judgment for going after what we want or need
Growing and changing while in partnership
The importance of Inner Child healing in preparation for motherhood
Feelings of shame after divorce and receiving support
Listening to your intuition before marriage
Reaching a place of gratitude after experiencing loss through divorce
 
Bio: 
Gretchen H ill is a writer, life lover, adventurer, flower grower, creative entrepreneur and lives in MA with her two great loves - her dogs, Bodhi and Stanley. But beyond the things she does, she’s a storyteller at heart. Gretchen tells stories about womanhood, love, friendship, family, spirituality, sobriety and making a life that feels touched by magic.
 
Let’s Connect on Socials: 
Instagram: @ms.gretchenhill
Instragram: @incrediblywanted
Website: gretchenhill.com
 
Guest Bio: 
Sam is a former pro dancer + fitness expert turned performance coach, host of the Full Out podcast, and guide for ambitious women who are ready to live their lives full out and be their fully expressed + powerful selves so they can have it all: the man, the money, the magic (and everything in between). 
Instagram: @Samanthajoharvey
Instagram: @FulloutPodcast
Youtube: Samantha Jo Harvey
 
Dr. Bonnie Goff is a developmental psychologist with a profound dedication to understanding the intricate nuances of human growth and behavior through the lense of neurobiology. Raised in a fundamentalist Christian cult, she now uses her childhood experience and academic expertise to help others better understand their own unique life path. 
Instagram: @drbonniegoff
TikTok: @drbonniegoff
 

Welcome Incredibly Wanted.
 
In the first episode we learn about Gretchen’s early days of sobriety and how it impacted her views on motherhood, reconnecting with her spirituality, and how these changes began to impact her marriage.  We meet her friends, Bonnie Goff (Developmental Psychologist) and Samantha Jo Harvey (Mindset Coach) and listen in as they discuss their individual experiences contemplating motherhood, facing fears and limiting beliefs about what life must look like, pursuing motherhood later in life, spirituality, stopping hormonal birth control and connecting with natural cycles, and lots more. 

Topics Include:
Gretchen’s desire to reclaim her story
How sobriety impacted Gretchen’s sense of self related to motherhood
Gretchen begins to dream of a baby and shares it with her husband
How their own mothers shaped their perspective of motherhood
Learning from their own upbringing and societal expectations and doing motherhood differently
Discussing whether or not they wanted children at earlier points in their lives
How lived experiences has supported their own growth and outlook on motherhood
Gretchen attends her first Full Moon Circle and connects with the Sacred Feminine for the first time
Stopping hormonal birth control and experiencing natural cycles
A disastrous trip to Hawaii and Gretchen’s marriage begins to change

Bio: 
Gretchen Hill is a writer, life lover, adventurer, flower grower, creative entrepreneur and lives in MA with her two great loves - her dogs, Bodhi and Stanley. But beyond the things she does, she’s a storyteller at heart. Gretchen tells stories about womanhood, love, friendship, family, spirituality, sobriety and making a life that feels touched by magic.
 
Read more: gretchenhill.com
 
Let’s Connect on Socials: 
Instagram: @ms.gretchenhill
Instragram: @incrediblywanted
Website: gretchenhill.com

Guest Bio: 
 
Sam is a former pro dancer + fitness expert turned performance coach, host of the Full Out podcast, and guide for ambitious women who are ready to live their lives full out and be their fully expressed + powerful selves so they can have it all: the man, the money, the magic (and everything in between). 
 
Instagram: @Samanthajoharvey
Instagram: @FulloutPodcast
Youtube: Samantha Jo Harvey

Dr. Bonnie Goff is a developmental psychologist with a profound dedication to understanding the intricate nuances of human growth and behavior through the lens of neurobiology. Raised in a fundamentalist Christian cult, she now uses her childhood experience and academic expertise to help others better understand their own unique life path. 
 
Instagram: @drbonniegoff
TikTok: @drbonniegoff

Welcome to Incredibly Wanted. 
In this short episode, Gretchen Hill introduces herself: a single woman on a journey to become a mother on her own and shares how this podcast came to be. Join in as we embark on Gretchen’s fertility journey together, walking into the unknown and having meaningful conversations along the way about donor conception, IVF, redefining motherhood, healing after divorce, spirituality and in a broader sense, conversations about womanhood. This is a story about feeling the pull of life and choosing to follow it without knowing exactly where this road leads. 
Bio: 
Gretchen Hill is a writer, life lover, adventurer, flower grower, creative entrepreneur and lives in MA with her two great loves - her dogs, Bodhi and Stanley. But beyond the things she does, she’s a storyteller at heart. Gretchen tells stories about womanhood, love, friendship, family, spirituality, sobriety and making a life that feels touched by magic.
 
Let’s Connect on Socials: 
Instagram: @ms.gretchenhill
Instragram: @incrediblywanted
Website: gretchenhill.com