Sex After Infertility & Grief Part 1 with Mina Starsiak Hawk and Stephen Hawk

Mina Starsiak Hawk is the star of HGTV’s Good Bones which wrapped its eight-season run this October 2023. Mina has also been seen on HGTV’s Rock the Block and A Very Brady Renovation. She is the co-founder and owner of Two Chicks and a Hammer and hosts the podcast Mina AF. 

Stephen Hawk is a certified nutrition and fitness expert and the owner and founder of Hawkfit.

In this episode, Mina and Steve open up about their struggles with infertility. We talk about listening to our gut and instincts and then taking action. After six months of trying to get pregnant with their second child, Mina knew something was not right. That is when they decided to begin their journey with IVF.

Steve opens up about the loss of his mother, father, sister, and best friend – all of which occurred over a very short amount of time. We talk about grief and resilience and how to persevere despite huge personal losses. We talk about pain and how to sit in the discomfort of it all. We talk about how to hold space for others and how important that is. 

We delve into what to say and what not to say to someone who is grieving. We talk about people's discomfort with silence and how you don't always need to fill things with words. How powerful it can be to be able to sit in the silence and bear witness. 

This is an incredibly personal and intimate conversation that I feel honored to have been a part of.

You can find Mina at @mina_starsiak_hawk and Steve at @hawk_fit_.

You can find Mina's Podcast here.

You can find Amy at @amymarcs.

You can find the show at @sexafterpodcast.

Sex After with Amy Marcs is produced by @thechrisderosa.

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