I am so pleased to share this chat with Shaun Greenaway. He and his wife tried to conceive for four years, before he was diagnosed with azoospermia (no sperm detected).
This was a totally devastating diagnosis and I'm so grateful to him for being so open about how he dealt with this when there was no support that he could find available at the time.
Shaun takes us through the story all the way through to how he ended up as a male fertility advocate and speaker, the book that changed his life and how he recently trained as a transformative coach (like me!) so he could take his support for men even further.
Shaun is really keen to break the stigma and get men talking. PLUS raise awareness that male factor infertility is equally as prevalent as female factor and unexplained: it is an equal split. Fertility is not a 'women's issue'.
If you are a man who is struggling with infertility, please know that you are not alone.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Shaun's Knackered Knackers Instagram account
The Knackered Knackers website
Fertility Life Raft Membership
Paths To Parenthood - Support and Connection for Donor Conception (discount for Life Raft members)
Join the Life Raft membership here
Life Raft IG account here
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Om Podcasten
Hi. I'm Alice.
After my own fertility journey I wanted to support and empower other people facing one too. I needed:
powerful tools to cope
crucial information
must have mindset hacks
connection to a community who got it
So, on board my podcast the Life Raft this is what you'll find.
It's a totally safe space, so you can get cosy and listen to warm, honest, sometimes funny, inspiring and uplifting conversations with leading life coaches; mindset experts, thought leaders, real life patients plus topical news and so much more.
I am determined to make this all just feel much less scary or overwhelming for you, less lonely and much more manageable, whatever your story. It is time to radically change the narrative for people going through all this (and our wider society).
Also, I promise never, ever to tell you to 'just relax'. Not on my watch.
PLUS when you subscribe, rate and review I'll send you a big box of chocolate brownies OK?? The more ratings and reviews we receive, the more people will find it and hopefully use it to build their own Life Raft. (*alright the brownies were a big fat lie, but I will send you a LOT of virtual love).
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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Take care,
Axx