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Louise Joy Brown Favorite

My Online Introduction to Louise Joy Brown

Posted on August 17, 2015August 18, 2015 by Pamela Tsigdinos

As I wrote in this new essay published on Medium, it was perhaps only a matter of time before the lives of Louise Joy Brown, now 37-years old and residing in Bristol, England, and mine finally intersected.Jessica Hepburn, noted UK author and blogger, was the one who brought us together in a blog post titled…

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New Philosophy: Everything To Gain

Posted on December 16, 2014December 12, 2016 by Pamela Tsigdinos

How is it that the mind is so much more agile and able to turn over ideas and philosophies with such ease … in the pre-dawn? With rain falling softly against the window at 5am, and my iPad lighting up the room, I swiped my screen to find a Sunday Review piece called Abundance Without…

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Go To The Head of the Class

Posted on June 7, 2012May 9, 2015 by Pamela Tsigdinos

When was the last time you got some recognition for all your hard work? Your late night introspections? Your fertility-challenged epiphanies? All that and much more have contributed to your bona fide goddess growth in the wake of infertility. Gold stars for all my dear Internets, my nomos, my non-moms, my infertile readers working hard to recover and reinvent,…

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Free To Be You and Me

Posted on September 23, 2011August 14, 2014 by Pamela Tsigdinos

I’m not sure what possessed me to write it. Was it my cumulative annoyance at People magazine for devoting so much editorial real estate (for instance every week!) to celebrating all aspects of parenthood (hey – how about some equal time, People editors)? Was it the veiled tone of pity, the whiff of judgment, or…

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Betty Ford Taught Me To Confront Stigma Head On

Posted on July 9, 2011February 4, 2017 by Pamela Tsigdinos

“It was like going to a party you’re terrified of, and finding out to your amazement that you’re having a good time.” That’s how Betty Ford, who passed away today at 93, described her life in the White House during one of the most turbulent times in U.S. history. I was 10 years old when…

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Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell Meets Anne of Green Gables

Posted on September 3, 2010October 1, 2018 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Some weeks are routine and barely rate a mention. The people look the same. Conversations cover the usual territory. No insights … And then this week. It’s been positively trippy with insights and validations of our ‘truth.’ I’ve had a steady stream of conversations and emails — from Finland to Rhode Island to Southern California…

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When Barren is Fruitful

Posted on April 29, 2010May 3, 2016 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Today’s fertile women have yesterday’s infertile women to thank for the development of the mighty Pill.* That’s right. Our barren peeps have apparently had quite the societal impact. I learned about the Pill’s paradoxical beginning in a recent Time cover story. In researching the Pill’s consequences, writer Nancy Gibbs notes that in 1952 the country’s…

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Spring Break, Spring Cleaning and Springing Forward

Posted on March 13, 2010September 22, 2016 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Spring is almost here! What does that mean for you? Me? I’m counting the days until we leave for Ireland where the hills are always gloriously green. (Yes, there will be rain so I’ve picked up a new water-repellent, hooded jacket to keep me from getting soaked to the skin). Most of all I’m looking…

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We Have to Believe It to See It

Posted on February 28, 2010June 1, 2015 by Pamela Tsigdinos

Editor’s Note: In the days following The New York Times profile about my experience “Facing a Life Without Children When it Isn’t by Choice,” I heard from women and men from around the world. Among those who reached out to me was Dr. Wendy Rogers who, it turned out, lived just a few miles away….

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