gathering 2022

In the next few episodes, we have pulled from past interviews to introduce you to some of the women you will meet at Gathering 2022.

Meet Betsy Beaman! In her episode today, we talk about her story, the moment she discovered she had a son, anxiety and the importance of mental health, normalizing the conversation surrounding miscarriage, and the most helpful tools in her healing journey.

Having served as the Gathering Hope board president, a table leader for our Gatherings, and an advisor to the organization, Betsy is a funny, no-nonsense mama and we can’t wait for you to meet her!

Slaying The Stigma: Changing the Narrative, One Mother at a Time, encourages survivors in their healing journey, while also educating others who are unfamiliar with the issues surrounding miscarriage & infant loss. Our hope is that one of these conversations will resonate with you and inspire you to share with others in your own community.

SHOW NOTES:

• Find us online!
  • GatheringHope.org
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • TikTok
• Timely Tender Totes
• Join our email list HERE.
• Have a suggestion for who we should interview next? Send us an email at info@gatheringhope.net.
• Gathering Hope is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. To support this podcast and our mission to provide resources and community to miscarriage, stillbirth & infant loss survivors, click HERE. 

In the next few episodes, we have pulled from past interviews to introduce you to some of the women you will meet at Gathering 2022. 

Raised in Richardson, TX, Stefani Hohman now resides in Fort Worth, with her husband of 15 years, Marc. They have 5 children ranging from 14 to 3 years old, with their daughter Wren in Heaven. She is a professional photographer and is also in her final year of college to be an elementary teacher. She loves plants, paper planners, thrifting, camping, volunteering with PTA & Gathering Hope, watching her kids play sports and her family’s yearly tradition of going to Galveston.

“I learned about Gathering Hope a few months after losing Wren in 2018 and attended my first Gathering that fall. My anxiety almost held me back from coming, but I went ahead and signed up because I really needed something to look forward to.

I loved that there was going to be worship time and having the opportunity to listen to speakers. But just getting to go share my story with a table of other women who had also experienced loss was the icing on the cake. And exactly what I needed to help propel me through my healing.

Halfway through my second Gathering, in 2019, I knew I was signing up to be a table leader the next year. Last year, I served as the lead for the table leader team and the rest is history.”

Slaying The Stigma: Changing the Narrative, One Mother at a Time, encourages survivors in their healing journey, while also educating others who are unfamiliar with the issues surrounding miscarriage & infant loss. Our hope is that one of these conversations will resonate with you and inspire you to share with others in your own community.

SHOW NOTES:

• Find us online!
  • GatheringHope.org
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • TikTok
• Timely Tender Totes
• Join our email list HERE.
• Have a suggestion for who we should interview next? Send us an email at info@gatheringhope.net.
• Gathering Hope is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. To support this podcast and our mission to provide resources and community to miscarriage, stillbirth & infant loss survivors, click HERE. 

If you've ever wondered where grief, science and faith intersect, Natasha Smith is someone you need to meet. On today's podcast, we learn how God is guiding her healing journey, through trauma and loss. Natasha talks about stuffing her pain down inside for almost 20 years and how bringing the hurt and pain into the light of a safe community helped to process her suffering. We discuss how the power of presence, not advice or opinions, is sometimes what's needed most in helping another grieving person. You'll also get a peek inside her upcoming book that connects grief, brain science, academic research, and faith with tangible ways that you can process your own grief. Natasha’s book will be released by Intervarsity Press in summer 2023.   

Natasha Smith is a wife, mom of 4, an engineer turned homeschooler, writer, speaker, and podcast host. She is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Counseling with a focus in theology and psychology from Liberty University. Jesus and coffee are her favorites, and she shares biblical hope for every season daily across social media @imnatashasmith. 

To continue the conversation, we invite you to share this video and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Connect with us at GatheringHope.org, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook or TikTok.

• Find us online
  • GatheringHope.org
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Facebook Community Group
  • Gathering Hope Linktree
• Find Natasha online
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Website
• Timely Tender Totes
• Join our email list HERE.
• Have a suggestion for who we should interview next? Send us an email at info@gatheringhope.net.
• Gathering Hope is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. To support this podcast and our mission to provide resources and community to miscarriage, stillbirth & infant loss survivors, click HERE. 

If you are a survivor, we encourage you to join us at our annual Gathering where we honor our babies and our unique motherhood. Early Bird tickets are available at GatheringHope.org/gathering-2022. 

Settle in for the intimate story of Justina Oldehoff and her son, Carter. Born fighting, Carter's life was the catalyst for Justina to care for other NICU and bereaved families. In this interview, Justina is normalizing the complex feelings of bereaved moms. She's also open about the emotionally complex experience of another high-risk pregnancy after loss, while simultaneously grieving for Carter. Listen as she's honest about how brutal grief can be, while beautifully weaving hope into her story of trauma and loss.

Justina is a mom to two preemie boys, 24-weeker Carter in heaven and 29-weeker Aron who is a happy, healthy two-and-a-half-year-old, and wife to Dan of 13 years. She is a healthcare administrator in Colorado who loves to travel, write, read, and do yoga. Through their foundation, Carter's Cause, her mission is to provide hope, encouragement, and resources to NICU parents, bereaved parents, and their support systems.

To continue the conversation, we invite you to share this video and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Connect with us at GatheringHope.org, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook or TikTok.

• Find us online
  • GatheringHope.org
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Facebook Community Group
  • Gathering Hope Linktree
• Find Justina online
  • Carter's Cause Instagram
  • Carter's Cause Facebook
  • Carter's Cause Website
  • Linktree
• Timely Tender Totes
• Join our email list HERE.
• Have a suggestion for who we should interview next? Send us an email at info@gatheringhope.net.
• Gathering Hope is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. To support this podcast and our mission to provide resources and community to miscarriage, stillbirth & infant loss survivors, click HERE. 

If you are a survivor, we encourage you to join us at our annual Gathering where we honor our babies and our unique motherhood. Early Bird tickets are available at GatheringHope.org/gathering-2022. 

Welcome to Slaying the Stigma, a podcast focused on changing the narrative of pregnancy and infant loss, one mother at at a time. On this episode, we welcome Chelsey Schnell, founder of Evermore Blooms, as she shares with us how she combined the love of her children, Ava and Orion, with her entrepreneurial spirit to create a nonprofit organization that gifts a beautiful bouquet of flowers to moms on important days like due dates, after a miscarriage. She also shares the details of walking through baby loss and how her faith grew through that experience. Chelsey is also an enthusiastic, passionate leader who has most of The Office memorized, can't turn down a good piece of plain cheesecake, and believes with her entire soul that iced coffee is a year-round drink. You won't want to miss this heartfelt interview that embraces both laughter and tears! You can learn more about Evermore Blooms at Evermoreblooms.org.

This series is designed to empower and encourage survivors in their healing journey, while also educating others seeking to understand the unique issues surrounding miscarriage, stillbirth & infant loss. By highlighting women who vulnerably share their stories, our hope is that one of these conversations will resonate with you and inspire you to share with others in your own community!

To continue the conversation, we invite you to share this podcast and subscribe. Connect with us at GatheringHope.org, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook or TikTok.

If you are a survivor, we encourage you to join us at our annual Gathering where we honor our babies and our unique motherhood. Tickets are available now at GatheringHope.org/gathering-2022.

Join our private Facebook group, Gathering Hope: A Community for Moms After Pregnancy and Infant Loss where you can meet other mothers and find support: https://www.facebook.com/groups/850363201806229

We know that pregnancy loss is lonely, but you are not alone. We're survivors, too...let's walk through this together!

Find Chelsey online at Evermore Blooms website or on social media, Instagram or Facebook.