The Suffering Olympics: When Grief Turns Into a Competition
This post explores how comparison and toxic positivity complicate grief and why your pain deserves space, no matter what others are going through.
Why Orange? National Infertility Awareness Week
Therapist Ginny Lupka reflects on the meaning of National Infertility Awareness Week and the emotional reality of infertility for both women and men. She explores how grief, stigma, and identity intersect - and how awareness and empathy can ease the burden of reproductive loss.
On Matrescence and the Rite of Passage into Motherhood
Charlotte therapist Ginny Lupka explores the concept of matrescence — the emotional, physical, and psychological transformation into motherhood — and reflects on how recognizing parenthood as a rite of passage can reshape the way we support new parents.
Navigating Your Reproductive Story
Charlotte therapist Ginny Lupka explores reproductive stories, disrupted expectations, and navigating grief and acceptance when fertility, parenthood, or reproductive timelines don’t unfold as imagined.
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