Playwright and Screenwriter, Sonhara Eastman, gives you an in-depth look into the anger, shame, envy and hope of someone battling infertility by sharing her own experiences.
Ovulation, Pregnancy & Science
Sonhara chats with infertility veteran and scientist, Amy Beckley, who discovered how to heal herself and build a family.
3/6/2023 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
Planning, Praying and Hoping
Sonhara talks with author Ana Rhoden about hormonal imbalances and her path to conception.
1/19/2023 • 21 minutes, 24 seconds
Laughing through the pain
Sonhara talks with comedian, actress, and writer Daheli Hall about her upcoming show, where she shares her journey on not getting pregnant.
12/2/2022 • 27 minutes, 17 seconds
Army Wife: Fighting Endometriosis
Sonhara speaks with Stephanie Frazier, an actress, and army wife fighting endometriosis.
11/10/2022 • 31 minutes, 20 seconds
The Bloodline: Myths & Healing from a Cyst
Sonhara talks with registered Nurse, Shenae Dawkins, about health myths, healing from a cyst, and loving yourself.
10/27/2022 • 24 minutes, 16 seconds
Fashion & Fertility
Sonhara talks with Dalia, founder of 6 feet of fashion about fashion, fertility, weight loss and options when conceiving.
4/28/2022 • 24 minutes, 53 seconds
Counseling & Infertility
Sonhara talks with Andrea Bryman of Bryman Counseling about mental health, infertility and counseling.
3/31/2022 • 32 minutes, 18 seconds
Yoga & Fertility
Sonhara chats with Kiyona, a yoga instructor and fertility advocate, on a path to wellness; mind, body, and spirit.
3/3/2022 • 22 minutes, 6 seconds
Matchmaker: Egg Donor & Surrogates
Sonhara talks with Jenna Deford of the Guidance Agency where they discuss egg donors, surrogates, and matchmaking services.
2/3/2022 • 17 minutes
Non-Toxic: Designing a safe space to optimize fertility
Sonhara talks with Debra of Vegan Design about creating a non-toxic home-life to optimize fertility.
9/29/2021 • 26 minutes, 55 seconds
Pregnancy After 40
Sonhara talks with attorney and founder of Pregnancy After 40 about conceiving and the misconception that women aren't fertile in their 40's.
8/26/2021 • 47 minutes, 4 seconds
I'm a Motherf@#$ing Superstar so where are my babies
Sonhara talks with Actress & Director, Valeka Jessica about her fertility journey, where she gets very candid on the ups and downs of conception.
8/19/2021 • 54 minutes, 18 seconds
The Colorless Womb
Sonhara talks with author Kim Gowdy about her path to becoming a mom and why it's important to look beyond color.
7/6/2021 • 31 minutes, 26 seconds
Single Ladies: You are so beautiful! Do you have kids?
Sonhara talks with her friend who is currently single and wants to become a Mom.
6/1/2021 • 24 minutes, 41 seconds
Hidden Gems: A Holistic Approach
Sonhara talks with Reid Forrester, owner of Hidden Gems about infertility, holistic practices, and the power of the womb.
5/20/2021 • 35 minutes, 8 seconds
The Effects of Mother's Day & Re-positioning to become a Parent
Sonhara chats with best friend Missy and sister Kianne to discuss the effects of Mother's Day and repositioning to become a parent.
5/9/2021 • 38 minutes, 45 seconds
Coming to Term
Sonhara talks with Screenwriter, Nzinga Kemp, about the rocky road to carrying full term while balancing a career in Hollywood.
1/14/2021 • 24 minutes, 23 seconds
Non-viable: Let's talk secondary infertility
Sonhara talks about secondary infertility with Poet and Teacher @brittanyrogers, who discovered the difficulties of conceiving after birthing two children.
12/23/2020 • 16 minutes, 23 seconds
Let's talk PCOS
Sonhara Eastman talks with Essence Payne Randle, founder of Cajun Cysters about PCOS and walking for awareness.
12/3/2020 • 22 minutes, 45 seconds
Starbucks, Dancing & Infertility
Screenwriter, Sonhara Eastman, talks with Dancer Princess Johnson about her infertility battle and how Starbucks paved the way for her to start a family.
11/19/2020 • 27 minutes, 42 seconds
We can wear white!
Sonhara talks with media specialist Tanika Gray about her struggle with fibroids and why we can wear white!
6/15/2020 • 24 minutes, 10 seconds
Keeping it Real: Road to Recovery
Sonhara shares her road to recovery and details the hardship of parenting alone when her husband travels extensively for work.
5/22/2020 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
A Fight to the Finish: Not so perfect birth
Sonhara Eastman, along with her husband, recap their 7-year fight to conceive and share the life & death labor and delivery experience that led to a near emergency c-section to keep their daughter alive.
4/19/2020 • 57 minutes, 28 seconds
IVF, Pregnancy & Survivors Remorse
After a long break, Sonhara Eastman is back to share where she's been, along with her tough decision to continue with IVF, which resulted in pregnancy after nearly seven years of trying!
4/7/2020 • 33 minutes, 37 seconds
Increase your chances of conceiving!
Sonhara Eastman chats with author Lisa Hendrickson-Jack on increasing your chances of conceiving.
5/28/2019 • 39 minutes, 9 seconds
Soul Food Sunday: Mother's Day Isn't Always Happy
Sonhara Eastman shares her experiences with Mother's Day and offers ways to cope.
5/12/2019 • 18 minutes, 48 seconds
Semen Secrets: a wife's silent struggle
Author TJ Peyton shares thoughts from her new book, Semen Secrets, and gives tips on how to deal with infertility when it's not you, but your husband.
5/6/2019 • 26 minutes, 39 seconds
What is MRKH? And how does it impact fertility!
Sonhara Eastman chats with journalist Janay Cook of Sistah's Surviving Infertility who discusses MRKH and how it impacts the body and fertility.
4/29/2019 • 22 minutes, 18 seconds
Climbing the Corporate Ladder & Fighting for a Family
A conversation with Brooklyn and Keisha, who are best friends climbing the corporate ladder together but interestingly enough did not share their infertility woes while one another until one of them was facing a medical emergency.
3/23/2019 • 34 minutes, 38 seconds
Don't Just Accept Bad News
An encouraging conversation with, Assata Nzingha, who, at the age of 21, was given a diagnosis of being infertile, had PCOS and was also suspected to have cervical cancer. Devastated, because she always wanted to be a mom, she changed the trajectory of her life by researching foods that were harmful to the reproductive system and started to eliminate them incrementally over time. By the age of 40, she had 4 children.
12/6/2018 • 19 minutes, 18 seconds
Life After a Miscarriage: How to Cope
Actress, dancer and choreographer, Olivia Crosby, shares her journey of overcoming a miscarriage and how she found her silver lining through it all.
7/8/2018 • 16 minutes, 21 seconds
Soul Food Sunday Edition: There's more than one path to becoming a mother
A Mother's Day conversation with television producer, Denise H., who shares her journey on how she became a mother through adoption. Her faith and fortitude will open your hearts to other paths of becoming a mom.
5/13/2018 • 50 minutes, 46 seconds
Try This/Try That
Sonhara Eastman shares some of the things she has done to try to get pregnant and gives her opinion on what she thought was beneficial or not.
4/9/2018 • 21 minutes, 14 seconds
How do Men deal with Infertility? - Part Three
Sonhara Eastman and her husband share how infertility affects their marriage and the best way to rebuild what has been broken.
2/24/2018 • 29 minutes, 24 seconds
How do Men deal with Infertility? - Part-Two
Sonhara Eastman continues to chat with her husband and tries to understand why Men have a hard time accepting that they too can be the problem.
2/24/2018 • 29 minutes, 13 seconds
How do Men deal with Infertility? - Part One
Sonhara Eastman chats with her husband to better understand how men deal with infertility.
2/24/2018 • 37 minutes, 10 seconds
Soul Food Sunday Edition - 1/21/2018
An honest conversation with my parents, Harry A. Dawkins III & Sondra Dawkins, to hear how they and other parents cope with seeing their children go through the painful process of infertility.
1/22/2018 • 38 minutes, 26 seconds
My IVF Process: Part Two
Sonhara Eastman talks in-depth about her IVF process; the cost, the results, and the aftermath.
12/31/2017 • 25 minutes, 18 seconds
My IVF Process: Part One
Sonhara Eastman talks in-depth about her IVF process; the cost, the results, and the aftermath.
12/31/2017 • 25 minutes, 34 seconds
Coming Out of the Shadows
Meet playwright, Sonhara Eastman, and hear about her nearly six-year battle with infertility and why it's important that Black Women speak up when it comes to this issue.