Strong. Healthy. Empowered.
In this episode of SHE MD, Mary Alice chats with her close friend Katie Lee Biegel about her emotional journey through IVF, pregnancy struggles, and the ultimate joy of motherhood. Katie opens up about her deeply personal battles with infertility, the heartbreak of failed IVF attempts, and the resilience it took to persevere. She reflects on the pivotal advice from her doctor to stop self-blame and dispels the myth that stress alone causes infertility. Katie also candidly discusses her experience with postpartum anxiety and the critical importance of mental health support for new moms. The conversation touches on Katie's flourishing career, her West Virginia roots, and how her love for food blossomed into a career. Katie also introduces her latest venture, Kind of Wild Wines, an organic wine line that reflects her commitment to quality and sustainability.
Katie Lee Biegel is a mother, cookbook author, television food critic, chef, entrepreneur and novelist. She served as a contributor to several magazines and TV shows, including Iron Chef America, an American cooking show competition, where she was a judge in 2007. She is a co-host of Food Network's talk show The Kitchen, and the host of Cooking Channel's Beach Bites with Katie Lee. As co-founder of Kind of Wild, she is passionate about making wines that are certified organic, certified vegan, zero sugar, lower calorie, and contain no harmful additives or flavor enhancers.
