Valeria interview Danielle Aitken the author of Sarah’s Story: Life After IVF: A Story Of Personal Triumph And Spiritual Growth
Sarah’s Story depicts one woman’s journey before, during and most importantly after infertility by sensitively giving a heartfelt account of the reality and the emotional rollercoaster that is IVF, but it is much more than that. The story serves as a metaphor for anyone struggling to overcome adversity, as it shines a light of hope which leaves the reader feeling empowered by the ability we all possess to bring ourselves back from the depths of despair. Sarah’s Story will move you from tears of sorrow to tears of joy as it provides a compelling insight into human potential and a person’s capacity to turn their life around finding hope, meaning and inspiration where none previously existed.
As a highly experienced nurse and midwife, Danielle Aitken has spent over twenty years working at the cutting edge of IVF in Australia. Now a counsellor and clinical hypnotherapist running a successful private practice, Danielle assists people to move through trauma and crisis by helping them to discover their inner strengths. When she is not writing, she is passionate about empowering people to achieve their goals and reach their true potential by working with the principals that are explored in the latter part of Sarah’s Story.
Sarah’s Story, is a work of fiction based on the cumulative common experiences of countless numbers of women and men that Danielle encountered over twenty years of working in the area of infertility. This story is an inspirational narrative about self-discovery and transformation. It’s a powerful story of love, life and resilience that leads the reader from the innocence of naivety through the emotional turmoil of unexpected despair and grief, then emerges out the other side as it skilfully illuminates human potential to triumph over adversity.
After working in the infertility industry for over 20 years Danielle experienced first-hand the devastation that infertility can wreak on individuals, couples, friends and extended family alike. It can often be an insidious and unrelenting issue and there are many relationships that do not survive the experience. Danielle has utilized the insight and knowledge that she has gained on her own journey and sensitively displayed this throughout the pages of Sarah’s Story.
Danielle is blessed to be a mother of three beautiful children; Lachlan, Morgan and Rachel and stepmother to Jack. Grandmother to Imogen, Audrey and Brooklyn and she is currently excitedly awaiting the arrival of my fourth grandchild and she never takes this privilege for granted.
The purpose of writing this book was to shine a light of hope in the darkness that illuminates the possibility that sometimes amazing outcomes can be born out of the deepest despair and each and every experience can provide us with valuable wisdom from which to create a new beginning.
Danielle has just completed my second book; “THE RIPPLES. What Lies Beyond.”
