Hopeful Heart, Peaceful Mind: Managing Infertility

In Hopeful Heart, Peaceful Mind: Managing Infertility, author Carol Fulwiler Jones, MA, conveys warmth and compassion as she walks readers through the challenges of managing their infertility. Writing in a clear, conversational style, Jones addresses the array of emotional upsets many infertility patients experience, inspiring them to continue on their journey to build a family. A psychotherapist, Jones is uniquely qualified to provide this much-needed support. Since 1992, she has specialized in counseling clients who have been diagnosed with infertility and are undergoing treatment for the disease. She herself received treatment for infertility for eight years, and her empathy for infertility patients rings loud and clear in her counseling, writing, and teaching. In Hopeful Heart, Peaceful Mind, readers will learn techniques to improve their physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Jones includes detailed information on yoga, meditation, mindful breathing, and other practices to promote inner peace. She discusses how couples can communicate effectively as they make important decisions about medical treatments, whether to share information with family and friends, and when and how to talk with their child about his/her conception. She shares ways in which couples can rekindle the intimacy they shared before infertility treatment. Patients often feel isolated during treatment. They are frustrated when they see others easily getting pregnant and having babies. Often, friends and relatives tell them what they should be doing to have children. Stressful situations seem to occur daily. In her book, Jones shares numerous personal stories from her infertility clients; these accounts will be most helpful to readers. Knowing they aren t alone, and hearing how other individuals handled problems similar to their own, will be comforting and useful. A number of mental health professionals and physicians specializing in reproductive medicine have praised Hopeful Heart, Peaceful Mind: Managing Infertility, calling it a gem of a book, a powerful must-read for infertility patients.