You don't have to carry this alone.
A circle of chairs. Real voices. People who know — without needing you to explain.
The words people finally said out loud.
I thought I was the only one.
Week four was when I stopped apologizing for crying.
My husband finally talked.
The third IUI was the one that broke something open in me — not the failure itself, but the silence after. Nobody knew what to say, so nobody said anything. And I didn't know how to ask.
Me too.
I kept saying 'we're fine' until I wasn't.
She cried. I didn't know I had permission to.
The dinner party question.
"So when are you two having kids?"
I stopped going to baby showers. Then I stopped explaining why.
There is a grief that has no name.
Finding this group was the first time I exhaled in eight months.
I'm not doing IVF again. I needed a place to say that without justifying it.
Nobody prepared me for the waiting.
I'm single. I'm 38. I'm tired of being told to relax.
The room got a little softer.
I brought my grief and they made space for it.
We don't have a baby. We have each other now.
These are real words from Journey members, shared with permission. Names are never used. What's said in the circle stays in the circle.
Simple. Soft. No performance required.
Find your circle
Choose in-person or virtual. Tell us where you are in the process — currently in treatment, between cycles, post-treatment, or just beginning to explore. We match you with people in a similar place.
Groups meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and Saturday mornings.
Come as you are
Sessions are 90 minutes. Eight people maximum. A licensed facilitator holds the space — not to fix, not to advise, but to make sure every voice lands. You don't have to talk. You can just be in the room.
No homework. No worksheets. Just honest conversation.
Stay as long as you need
Some people come for a month. Some come for a year. Some take breaks and return. There is no graduation, no pressure, no timeline. The chair is yours whenever you need it.
$65 per session. Sliding scale available — ask us.
Next available sessions this week — Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
People who've been in the room themselves.
Every facilitator at Journey has lived experience of infertility — as a patient, a partner, or both. They are licensed clinicians. They are also just people who know.
Dr. Mara Osei
LCSW, Certified Perinatal Mental Health Specialist
"I went through four years of unexplained infertility before my daughter was born via donor egg. I know the specific exhaustion of carrying a hope that won't stay still. I facilitate because this work matters to me in a way that goes beyond professional."
James Whitfield, MA
Licensed Professional Counselor
"I came to this work as a partner. My wife and I navigated three years of treatment, and I spent most of it not knowing how to hold my own grief without diminishing hers. I facilitate the partner-inclusive circle because I needed it and it didn't exist."
Priya Chandrasekaran, LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
"Single parenthood by choice after infertility is its own particular journey — the grief is real, and so is the strength it takes to choose yourself. I hold space for people navigating this path without a partner, and for those still deciding."
The chair is waiting.
Three questions. That's all we ask. No intake forms, no insurance codes, no explanations.
Not ready yet?
The Journey Letter arrives once a month. It's not a newsletter. It's a note — short, honest, written by one of our facilitators. Sometimes a reflection. Sometimes just something they wanted to say.
"I almost didn't come the first week. I sat in the car for ten minutes. I'm glad I went in."
— Journey member, 14 weeks
Sliding scale available
Sessions are $65. If that's a barrier, ask us. No one has ever been turned away for cost.