46 episodes
The Waiting Well - Infertility, Faith-based Encouragement, Trying to Conceive, Fertility Courtney Duinker, Infertility Warrior, Wellness Coach, Mentor for TTC Women
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5.0 • 149 Ratings
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Are you constantly asking God, why me? Why am I not getting pregnant? Why I am going through infertility?
Are you scouring the internet for answers for how to navigate infertility and trying to conceive as a Christian? Are you looking for faith-based support on your fertility journey because no one in your circle really knows what you’re going through? Do you wish you could be at peace with God, your story, and learn to see the goodness of God in your waiting season?
In this podcast, you will find faith-based encouragement and support for your TTC & infertility journey, whether you’re navigating IVF, IUI, fertility treatments or simply just waiting, you do NOT have to walk this road alone.
Hi, I’m Courtney Duinker, host of the Waiting Well Podcast… I remember how it felt five years in to our infertility story, standing in the aisle of Target right after a failed IUI treatment, holding back tears as I reached for a box of tampons when a couple who was clearly expecting came down the aisle. They were smiling as they talked while holding a new pack of diapers. My heart sank. I couldn’t help the one question bubbling to the surface as my heartache over not conceiving overwhelmed me…. will it ever be my turn? I felt forgotten, lost and wanted to tap out of the roller coaster of infertility we seemed to be stuck on.
I didn’t know how to find peace with God. I wrestled to believe or see His goodness. And at one point, my faith felt completely shattered. I felt so alone in our pain & suffering. As we faced questions around treatment options, I was so confused. What was God’s plan? What were we supposed to do? I so desperately wanted to honor God even with our fertility journey. But I wrestled with how.
This is what led to creating The Waiting Well.
A virtual “well” where TTC women can come together and be equipped with God’s Word, encouraged, challenged and ultimately supported as we learn to wait well on God’s timing.
Each week I’ll share faith-based encouragement from my own infertility journey, provide information from expert guests on navigating infertility/TTC, powerful testimonials, answer common questions with scripture and share top tips on stewarding your health through this demanding journey.
My mission is to equip you to live an “even if” life… Even if God doesn’t answer my prayer, or grant me this desire to be a mother, I will still praise Him. He is still good. And my life, my identity, my worth is a sure thing I find in Him alone.
If you are ready to take back control of your life, find peace with God, joy in the in-between spaces and thrive in your waiting season, then meet me at the well girl. We’ve got some intentional growth to do.
Connect with Me:
Instagram: @sownwithstrength
Work Virtually w/ Me on your Health + Fitness Goals: https://bit.ly/healthywithcourt
The Waiting Well Free FB Community Group: https://bit.ly/waitingwellcommunity
Join my Email List & Receive a Freebie (my Fav 5 Bible Verses to Help You in the Wait): https://bit.ly/purposeinthewait
Email: hello@thewaitingwellpodcast.com
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45 | 5 Habits to Help You Create Peace while TTC as a Christian
Hi Friend, do you feel a total lack of peace with God's timing and this season of waiting while TTC? Then this episode is for you!
This week on The Waiting Well we are discussing 5 habits that you can DO (yes DO!) to help you begin cultivating peace & health while TTC as a Christian! Sometimes I just want to DO something to feel better - this is exactly that type of episode! Let's DO something and watch God at work!
You can find more info on the 4 Week Gut Protocol Challenge I talk about in this episode by filling out this form with your email: https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/aprilgutprotocol
I will have a TTC focused group only for those who join this challenge walking that path to be connecting specifically with other women too!
Reminder ** I am not a doctor or a medical professional. All thoughts shared on this episode are my personal experience/opinion and in no way am I saying this gut challenge will lead you to a pregnancy but research shows that gut health is PART of the whole that impacts fertility.
If you are struggling with your thoughts and emotions around your TTC journey, I highly recommend snagging my
Finding Hope through Infertility / TTC Masterclass - This masterclass will walk you through what you can implement today to start living in peace and joy during the waiting season - really growing closer to God despite the journey. I can't recommend it highly enough and it's on discount right now for only $25 to snag today! Grab that here: https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/HX2jMFL3?coupon_code=GIFT
Or snag our 2nd Masterclass focused on MARRIAGE through TTC! Thrive in Marriage through TTC Masterclass can now be purchased and accessed as well for $37!https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/AA3zxPNv
^^ you can also snag the Finding Hope through TTC (transforming your thoughts while waiting) Masterclass for only $20 extra instead of the original $37 cost when you enroll for the Marriage Class as a discounted bonus!
Instagram: @courtneyduinkerConnect: courtney@sownwithstrength.com
website: https://courtneyduinker.com/
If today's episode inspired, equipped or challenged you in anyway, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts! This helps to show this podcast to other women who are alone in navigating infertility. I also send out a fun package to someone who leaves a review each week! Leave a review here, please! -
44 | Alone in a Sea of Baby Showers: Coping with the Struggle as Everyone Around You Embraces Parenthood
Hi Friend, are you feeling alone in a sea of baby shower invites? Maybe you're expected to host them for close friends or family and struggling through your trying to conceive journey while everyone around you is beginning to embrace parenting? Then this episode is for you!
This week on The Waiting Well we are discussing how to cope with the struggle of feeling alone when everyone around you is announcing pregnancies, having baby showers and embracing parenthood.
If you are struggling with your thoughts and emotions around your TTC journey, I highly recommend snagging my
Finding Hope through Infertility / TTC Masterclass - This masterclass will walk you through what you can implement today to start living in peace and joy during the waiting season - really growing closer to God despite the journey. I can't recommend it highly enough and it's on discount right now for only $25 to snag today! Grab that here: https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/HX2jMFL3?coupon_code=GIFT
Or snag our 2nd Masterclass focused on MARRIAGE through TTC! Thrive in Marriage through TTC Masterclass can now be purchased and accessed as well for $37!https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/AA3zxPNv
^^ you can also snag the Finding Hope through TTC (transforming your thoughts while waiting) Masterclass for only $20 extra instead of the original $37 cost when you enroll for the Marriage Class as a discounted bonus!
Instagram: @courtneyduinkerConnect: courtney@sownwithstrength.com
website: https://courtneyduinker.com/
If today's episode inspired, equipped or challenged you in anyway, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts! This helps to show this podcast to other women who are alone in navigating infertility. I also send out a fun package to someone who leaves a review each week! Leave a review here, please! -
43 | Afraid to Try Again for a Baby? 3 Steps to Overcoming Fear around TTC after Disappointment
Have you struggled with fear of trying again to conceive? Maybe fear because you keep feeling disappointed with negative pregnancy tests? Maybe fear because you just experienced a miscarriage? Maybe fear because your first baby took a long time and hard road to conceive and you're afraid to try for a second?
This week on The Waiting Well we are diving into fear - fear of trying to conceive again, identifying what fear is, and what God's Word has for us here.
If you are struggling with your thoughts and emotions around your TTC journey, I highly recommend snagging my
Finding Hope through Infertility / TTC Masterclass - This masterclass will walk you through what you can implement today to start living in peace and joy during the waiting season - really growing closer to God despite the journey. I can't recommend it highly enough and it's on discount right now for only $25 to snag today! Grab that here: https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/HX2jMFL3?coupon_code=GIFT
Or snag our 2nd Masterclass focused on MARRIAGE through TTC! Thrive in Marriage through TTC Masterclass can now be purchased and accessed as well for $37!https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/AA3zxPNv
^^ you can also snag the Finding Hope through TTC (transforming your thoughts while waiting) Masterclass for only $20 extra instead of the original $37 cost when you enroll for the Marriage Class as a discounted bonus!
Instagram: @courtneyduinkerConnect: courtney@sownwithstrength.com
website: https://courtneyduinker.com/
If today's episode inspired, equipped or challenged you in anyway, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts! This helps to show this podcast to other women who are alone in navigating infertility. I also send out a fun package to someone who leaves a review each week! Leave a review here, please! -
42 | Should you move forward with IVF? Q & A from a Christian who did IVF
Have you been told IVF might be your best option for conceiving but you're just not sure if it's the right step for you? Are you curious to learn more about IVF because you think it could be something that would be a next step for you?
This week on The Waiting Well we are diving into a little question and answer on all things IVF as well as answering the question should you pursue IVF as a next step on your journey or not? Tune in and let's chat more about it!
If you are struggling with your thoughts and emotions around your TTC journey, I highly recommend snagging my
Finding Hope through Infertility / TTC Masterclass - This masterclass will walk you through what you can implement today to start living in peace and joy during the waiting season - really growing closer to God despite the journey. I can't recommend it highly enough and it's on discount right now for only $25 to snag today! Grab that here: https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/HX2jMFL3?coupon_code=GIFT
Or snag our 2nd Masterclass focused on MARRIAGE through TTC! Thrive in Marriage through TTC Masterclass can now be purchased and accessed as well for $37!https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/AA3zxPNv
^^ you can also snag the Finding Hope through TTC (transforming your thoughts while waiting) Masterclass for only $20 extra instead of the original $37 cost when you enroll for the Marriage Class as a discounted bonus!
Instagram: @courtneyduinkerConnect: courtney@sownwithstrength.com
website: https://courtneyduinker.com/
If today's episode inspired, equipped or challenged you in anyway, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts! This helps to show this podcast to other women who are alone in navigating infertility. I also send out a fun package to someone who leaves a review each week! Leave a review here, please! -
41 | Are your Iron Levels Keeping you from Getting Pregnant? Guest Interview with my Naturopath Dr. Zen
In this Episode, I interview Alissia Zenhausern- Pfeiffer, commonly known by her patients as Dr. Zen, who I worked with to get pregnant naturally with our second! We discuss what it looks like to work with a Naturopathic Doctor and how that differs from working with a Reproductive Endocrinologist, what came up specifically on my bloodwork and how iron plays a role in trying to conceive!
Dr. Zen is a licensed naturopathic doctor board certified in naturopathic endocrinology and the founder of NMD Wellness of Scottsdale, a premier naturopathic medical practice that focuses on helping women to take a proactive approach to their hormone and fertility health. Dr. Zen has been featured as a lead expert in Forbes, Shape Magazine, and Instyle and is deeply passionate about bridging the gap between traditional and natural medicine in the world of fertility. She works with a variety of hormone related issues including PCOS, endometriosis and unexplained infertility.
Her goal is to help more women get back into the driver’s seat of their own health to make lasting transformational changes to their health to bring more cute and adorable babies into this world. Originally from Switzerland, Dr. Zen has seen the importance of providing patients with integrative approaches to their health and has helped hundreds of women along their fertility journey with her top rated course, Fertility Foundations.
Social Links:
Website: nmdwellnessofscottsdale.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drzennmd/
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drzen_nmd
IVF mini-course she offers: here
If you are struggling with your thoughts and emotions around your TTC journey, I highly recommend snagging my
Finding Hope through Infertility / TTC Masterclass - This masterclass will walk you through what you can implement today to start living in peace and joy during the waiting season - really growing closer to God despite the journey. I can't recommend it highly enough and it's on discount right now for only $25 to snag today! Grab that here: https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/HX2jMFL3?coupon_code=GIFT
Or snag our 2nd Masterclass focused on MARRIAGE through TTC! Thrive in Marriage through TTC Masterclass can now be purchased and accessed as well for $37! https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/AA3zxPNv
^^ you can also snag the Finding Hope through TTC (transforming your thoughts while waiting) Masterclass for only $20 extra instead of the original $37 cost when you enroll for the Marriage Class as a discounted bonus!
Instagram: @courtneyduinkerConnect: courtney@sownwithstrength.com
website: https://courtneyduinker.com/
If today's episode inspired, equipped or challenged you in anyway, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts! This helps to show this podcast to other women who are alone in navigating infertility. I also send out a fun package to someone who leaves a review each week! Leave a review here, please! -
40 | Caroline's Testimony: Overcoming Idolizing having a Baby while still Actively Trying To Conceive as a Christian
In this episode, my sister in law Caroline shares her journey with trying to conceive and overcoming idolizing having a baby! Her and my brother are two of the healthiest people I know, and yet they made more changes in their lifestyle to truly open up the path for conceiving in God's timing!
She shares how God changed her heart while still actively trying to conceive and what process worked for her to conceive!
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If you are struggling with your thoughts and emotions around your TTC journey, I highly recommend snagging my
Finding Hope through Infertility / TTC Masterclass - This masterclass will walk you through what you can implement today to start living in peace and joy during the waiting season - really growing closer to God despite the journey. I can't recommend it highly enough and it's on discount right now for only $25 to snag today! Grab that here: https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/HX2jMFL3?coupon_code=GIFT
Or snag our 2nd Masterclass focused on MARRIAGE through TTC! Thrive in Marriage through TTC Masterclass can now be purchased and accessed as well for $37!https://sown-with-strength.mykajabi.com/offers/AA3zxPNv
^^ you can also snag the Finding Hope through TTC (transforming your thoughts while waiting) Masterclass for only $20 extra instead of the original $37 cost when you enroll for the Marriage Class as a discounted bonus!
Instagram: @courtneyduinkerConnect: courtney@sownwithstrength.com
website: https://courtneyduinker.com/
If today's episode inspired, equipped or challenged you in anyway, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts! This helps to show this podcast to other women who are alone in navigating infertility. I also send out a fun package to someone who leaves a review each week! Leave a review here, please!
Customer Reviews
I needed this
I just happened to search “infertility” and Courtney popped up. I’m so glad she did. For 2 mornings now I’ve started with her words. To feel lonely during this process is an understatement. It’s amazing someone’s words can impact my heart this much. Infertility is painful. Community can be found anywhere and here it is.
Must listen
This podcast is what my soul truly needed through our infertility journey. Christ centered guidance to navigate the lows and celebrate the highs. Thank you!
This podcast saved me
I can even begin to explain how much hope this podcast has given me while dealing with infertility. It has helped me to grow stronger in my faith and see the situation from a new perspective.
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