Barren not Broken

Faith, Fertility & Finding Hope

A Doctor’s Perspective how couples can approach decision making, mindset, next steps while navigating faith. 

This was a powerful conversation that we hope encourages and inspires you. 

Dr. Collins is Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist at Center for Reproductive Endocrinology
Center for Reproductive Endocrinology  Yale University School of Medicine. 

The Rolfs have grown to respect him, his faith and practice greatly. 

Thank you to Twelve 12 ministries for allowing us to share this interview from their October 2024 event. We are grateful for our friendship with this ministry and Dr. Collins

Remember no matter the barren places in our lives we do not have to live broken. 

Childless not Purposeless

In this episode we get the opportunity to talk with Chris and Megan Rea of No Small Life & Make Love Work,  as they share their journey of navigating infertility and childlessness not by choice, within their marriage and faith community. We will hear how they were able to experience loss while developing a deeper faith but also some of the boundaries they had to create within their community in order to walk through this time in a more healthy way. They remind us that they may be childless but they are not purposeless. Be sure to visit them at nosmalllife.me and makelovework.me for more about their story and for resources if you are walking through this journey as well!

Stepping Forward Together With Hope

In this first episode of the newest Barren Not Broken Podcast season you will hear from our founders Jason and BonnieRuth Rolf. They will guide us through a conversation centered around "Stepping Forward Together in Hope". They reflect on the challenges of the past year and embrace the possibilities of a new one. They dive deep into the journey of healing and resilience, while giving  practical tools with the purpose to encourage couples facing infertility, loss, or childlessness not by choice. This episode will leave you inspired and remind us that, no matter the barren places in our lives, we do not have to live broken.

Childless Women Are Too Busy

BonnieRuth had an incredible chat with Sheri from Awaken Worth Podcast. The conversation centered around how we as women often judge ourselves and others with how busy we are. Comparing the plates we juggle whether we have kids or not, whether we are married or single.... When really why do we feel the need to be busy.... Are we self aware, are we hiding, are we avoiding, are we scared, are we insecure...? What is our busy centered around and how do we live balanced healthy lives as women while championing each other instead of tearing each other down. 

You will love Sheri!! BR always walks away from conversations with Sheri feeling inspired towards growth, challenged to engage and encouraged for how far she has come. 

Sheri helps women who are childless not by choice, to awaken their worth in a world that makes
them feel inadequate. Her passion is inspiring these women to live full and joyful lives of meaning
instead of lack.
After 3 miscarriages and 6 years of infertility, Sheri's coaching background and spiritual training
led her to discover a process for navigating the grief, the triggers, the feelings of exclusion and the
lack of purpose and meaning.
She packaged up this process into a formula that she teaches in 1:1 coaching and in her group
experience. Women leave her programs feeling empowered with practices they'll come back to
for a lifetime.

Grief Does Not Define Us (Part 2)

Peyton from Slaying the Stigma and Co founder of Gathering Hope and BonnieRuth from Barren Not Broken and Co founder of Legacy Place are bringing us a powerful podcast collaboration. Both ladies show us not only sharing their story but vulnerably inviting us into their personal grief journeys and how they have navigated that with their spouse, family and friends. They ask each other a series of questions both bringing their own perspective, experience and honesty to the table. There are several just WOW moments for both ladies as they gleam from each other, not holding back and giving practical tools. Grief does not have to define us and there is a way through it. 

Grief Does Not Define Us (Part 1)

Peyton from Slaying the Stigma and Co founder of Gathering Hope and BonnieRuth from Barren Not Broken and Co founder of Legacy Place are bringing us a powerful podcast collaboration. Both ladies show us not only sharing their story but vulnerably inviting us into their personal grief journeys and how they have navigated that with their spouse, family and friends. They ask each other a series of questions both bringing their own perspective, experience and honesty to the table. There are several just WOW moments for both ladies as they gleam from each other, not holding back and giving practical tools. Grief does not have to define us and there is a way through it. 

Finding Hope & Promise Through Secondary Infertility

Vivian Smith & BonnieRuth Rolf

This chat gets REAL! We do not hold back. It was such an honor to have Vivian share with us with such vulnerability how she has navigated, faith, family, marriage and medical trauma while facing Secondary Infertility. She comes at it from a very  honest place yet leaves us with such a perspective of hope and promise in who God is.

Finding Hope & Promise Through Secondary Infertility (Part 1)

This chat gets REAL! We do not hold back. It was such an honor to have Vivian share with us with such vulnerability how she has navigated, faith, family, marriage and medical trauma while facing Secondary Infertility. She comes at it from a very  honest place yet leaves us with such a perspective of hope and promise in who God is.

Endometriosis - Bonnie Ruth Rolf and Robyn Corcoran (Part 2)

Join Bonnie Ruth and her friend Robyn Corcoran.

Both women have lived years and years with the horrible disease, Endometriosis. Robyn shares her story with us. She reveals the devastation this disease has caused her with such vulnerability. While also providing a perspective that will help others walking through this. She has not let Endometriosis beat her in spite of its many efforts. We hope that as we share it will bring encouragement to your story. No matter the barren places in our lives, let's not live broken. 

Endometriosis - Bonnie Ruth Rolf and Robyn Corcoran (Part 1)

Join Bonnie Ruth and her friend Robyn Corcoran.

Both women have lived years and years with the horrible disease, Endometriosis. Robyn shares her story with us. She reveals the devastation this disease has caused her with such vulnerability. While also providing a perspective that will help others walking through this. She has not let Endometriosis beat her in spite of its many efforts. We hope that as we share it will bring encouragement to your story. No matter the barren places in our lives, let's not live broken.