Mental Health Archives - AllPaths Family Building

Kerri’s Journey: The gap between what’s offered and what we need

by AllPaths Family Building | Nov 4, 2025 | Family Building Story, Infertility, IVF, Mental Health, Podcast

This episode features Kerri Bicskei, an active duty military spouse, psychotherapist, and founder of the nonprofit organization Mindful Warrior Alliance. Kerri shares her ongoing family building journey, taking both holistic and Western medical approaches before being...

Beyond the Checklist: Reclaiming Real Self-Care

by AllPaths Family Building | Aug 18, 2025 | Mental Health, Mind-Body Wellness

By Jessica Katz, Reproductive Mental Health Therapist Self-care is everywhere—marketed as the fix for feeling stressed and overwhelmed. But by the time we reach for it, we’re often already running on empty. What’s offered—tea, self-help books, manicures—can feel like...

Matt’s Journey: “I’m doing everything I possibly can to make sure her name never gets lost”

by AllPaths Family Building | May 27, 2025 | Family Building Story, Loss, Mental Health, Parenting After, Podcast

In this episode of the AllPaths Podcast, Matt Smith, founder of Wandering Soul Beer Company, shares his personal experience with stillbirth and how this profound loss directly inspired the creation of his brewery and its flagship beer, Melody Maker. Matt and his wife...

Rebecca’s Journey: “This is right for me and right for my family.”

by AllPaths Family Building | Apr 8, 2025 | Donor Conception, Family Building Story, Fertility Treatment, Mental Health, Podcast

In this episode of the AllPaths podcast, we’re joined by Rebecca Daddio, LCSW PMH-C and AllPaths peer group leader, to hear about her personal and professional journey through the complexities of family building. Rebecca shares her experiences with unsuccessful...

LaMone’s Journey: I became what I needed.

by AllPaths Family Building | Jan 28, 2025 | Family Building Story, Fertility Treatment, Loss, Mental Health, Podcast

LaMone Downey Leonard, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Founder and CEO of Rising Hope Counseling and Wellness joins us to discuss her family building journey. Her mission is to create safe and supportive healing spaces for those experiencing...

The Arc of Sex and Intimacy During Family Building

by AllPaths Family Building | Jan 23, 2025 | Mental Health, Mind-Body Wellness, Support

Guest Post by Elliott Kronenfeld, Ph.D., LICSW, CST In this exciting age where families look different and are being built by all types of people, the ways to parenthood are many. For LGBTQ+ folx, there are options for fertility preservation, adoption, foster care,...