On this week's episode, Saige continues speaking with Shira Scott Astrof, who created the rescue, The Animal Rescue Mission (ARM.) Shira shares where ARM's rescue animals come from, how they find animal abusers and how ARM handles those situations. Shira also talks about there being both responsible owners as well as irresponsible owners who are living on the street as well as living in homes. We hear from Shira about how amazing it is to see animals find loving and happy homes. Follow Shira &am...
Jul 22, 2025•13 min•Season 8Ep. 14
On this week's episode, Shira Scott Astrof, who created the rescue, The Animal Rescue Mission (ARM,) discusses the financial costs of starting an animal rescue as well as navigating personal finances when dedicating so much time to the rescue. Follow Shira & The Animal Rescue Mission: https://www.theanimalrescuemission.org/ https://www.instagram.com/shirascottastrof/ https://www.instagram.com/theanimalrescuemission/ If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gl...
Jul 08, 2025•22 min•Season 8Ep. 13
On this week's episode, Shira Scott Astrof speaks about how dog fighting still happens, how to handle the emotional side of fostering, what people can do to help and the importance of fostering. Follow Shira & The Animal Rescue Mission: https://www.theanimalrescuemission.org/ https://www.instagram.com/shirascottastrof/ https://www.instagram.com/theanimalrescuemission/ If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA This is part 2 of 4 revisitin...
Jun 24, 2025•10 min•Season 8Ep. 12
On this week's episode, Saige revisits her conversation with Shira Scott Astrof. Shira is the founder of the dog rescue, The Animal Rescue Mission. She shares her experience with founding the rescue and rescuing dogs who largely come from abusive situations. Follow Shira & The Animal Rescue Mission: https://www.theanimalrescuemission.org/ https://www.instagram.com/shirascottastrof/ https://www.instagram.com/theanimalrescuemission/ If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: h...
Jun 10, 2025•20 min•Season 8Ep. 11
On this week's episode, Saige shares the news that she will be getting foster kittens soon! She tells us about some of her considerations when going into fostering as well as the typical steps that a kitten takes during and after being fostered prior to landing at their forever home through the rescue that she's associated with. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://w...
May 27, 2025•6 min•Season 8Ep. 10
On this week's episode, Saige shares the story of coming across a deceased cat that was recently hit by a car. She tells us what she did 1) for the dignity of the cat and 2) in order to help provide closure to a potential family that might have been looking for their cat. Trigger warning: this episode covers the topic of animals passing away/getting hurt. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/...
May 13, 2025•6 min•Season 8Ep. 9
On this week's episode, Saige speaks with Emily, who is the Marketing and Communications Manager at Lucky Dog Animal Rescue, which is based in Washington, D.C., with a rescue campus in South Carolina. On today's episode Emily shares insight on why it's important not to go to backyard breeders and if you choose to go a breeder, how to know if it's ethical. Emily and Saige also discuss there being purebreds for adoption and what puppy mills are. Lucky Dog Animal Rescue's website: https://www.lucky...
Apr 29, 2025•19 min•Season 8Ep. 8
On this week's episode, Saige speaks with Emily, who is the Marketing and Communications Manager at Lucky Dog Animal Rescue, which is based in Washington, D.C., with a rescue campus in South Carolina for part 2 of 3 episodes with Emily. On today's episode, Emily tells us about the sad realities of euthanasia in shelters, what stray hold laws are, what surrendering an animal means for that animal potentially being euthanized and the difference between private and county shelters. Lucky Dog Animal...
Apr 15, 2025•17 min•Season 8Ep. 7
On this week's episode, Saige speaks with Emily, who is the Marketing and Communications Manager at Lucky Dog Animal Rescue, which is based in Washington, D.C., and also has a rescue campus in South Carolina. This is part 1 of a 3 with Emily and on today's episode, Emily and Saige discuss what led Emily to working full time in animal rescue and how Lucky Dog Animal Rescue works as far as where their animals come from, their full time staff and volunteers, their locations and their veterinary sup...
Apr 01, 2025•14 min•Season 8Ep. 6
On this week's episode, we are joined by Jackie for part 2 of our conversation about adopting her dogs. She tells us about her experience with both rescues that she adopted from on Long Island, NY, including the time it took to be approved and the cost to adopt. If you're considering adopting and located on Long Island or in the surrounding area, take a look at the rescues' information and adoptable animals below! NY Safe Haven Animal Rescue: Website: https://nyshar.org/ Facebook: https://www.fa...
Mar 18, 2025•20 min•Season 8Ep. 5
On this week's episode, we are joined by Jackie, who shares her story of going to a puppy store and a breeder to buy her dogs when she was younger. She tells us about now knowing what happens to animals being bred and not giving in to that when going to expand her fluffy family as an adult. We'll hear about her journey to adopting 2 dogs, including waiting to take on the responsibility of a dog. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find ...
Mar 04, 2025•16 min•Season 8Ep. 4
On today's episode, knowing that 2 of her remaining 3 foster kittens in her care will be adopted the following day, Saige shares what it feels like to anticipate saying goodbye. She shares why this goodbye feels less nerve-wracking than saying goodbye to their brother previously. Saige also discusses her opinion on why bonded kittens should be adopted together and kittens should generally be adopted out together with another kitten. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: htt...
Feb 18, 2025•8 min•Season 8Ep. 4
On this week's episode, Saige tells the story of saying goodbye to her foster kitten, Twizzler. She shares details about how the adopter came into the picture, where the goodbye took place, the toughest parts about the send-off and the fact that it is the best ending to see a foster animal get adopted. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/saigejones...
Feb 04, 2025•12 min•Season 8Ep. 3
On this week's episode, Saige explains what she learned about animal adoption, breeding and euthanasia, which led to her caring about animal rescue and animal adoption. She shares how she got involved and why it's important. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/saigejonespodcast/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/c/SaigeJones Season 8 is focused on anim...
Jan 21, 2025•10 min•Season 8Ep. 2
Welcome to season 8! This season, we are focused on animals. We'll be talking about Saige's passion for animal rescue, highlighting your animal adoption stories and exploring related animal loving and animal advocacy topics together. Let's honor If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/saigejonespodcast/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/c/SaigeJones Season...
Jan 07, 2025•5 min•Season 8Ep. 1
On today's episode, Saige wraps up the 2024 podcast year with gratitude toward you and all that we've covered regarding egg freezing and fertility. Cheers to all that has been, currently is and is coming! If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/saigejonespodcast/hl=en https://www.youtube.com/c/SaigeJones Season 7 is focused on fertility, egg freezing, ...
Dec 24, 2024•6 min•Season 7Ep. 31
On today's episode, Saige talks about not having what you imagined you'd have by a certain age, not being where you imagined you'd be by a certain stage, etc. She discusses how hard this can be yet how so many people are in this boat, it's just not as easy to see these situations as it is to see the highlight reels of people's lives. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en http...
Dec 10, 2024•6 min•Season 7Ep. 30
On today's episode, Saige discusses normalizing the feelings that come along with parenting in tough moments and knowing that it's okay if not every moment is blissful. Disclaimer that Saige is not a parent; she is speaking from her experience talking with parents as well as from her perspective empathizing with parents. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.insta...
Nov 26, 2024•5 min•Season 7Ep. 29
On today's episode, Saige discusses some of the factors that may come up when contemplating parenthood such as when to know if you're ready, financial stability and ensuring you have enough time for your children to create the best possible foundation for their future. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/saigejonespodcast/?hl=en https://www.youtube...
Nov 12, 2024•12 min•Season 7Ep. 28
On today's episode, Saige discusses the importance of keeping an open mind when looking into egg freezing, including potential risk factors. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/saigejonespodcast/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/c/SaigeJones Season 7 is focused on fertility, egg freezing, infertility, infertility awareness, alternative paths to parent...
Oct 29, 2024•8 min•Season 7Ep. 27
On today's episode, Saige shares her advice for setting expectations when going into an egg retrieval. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/saigejonespodcast/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXVrJCdyVUA&list=PLASp6ebzdxxnllVviFlWjkY4cZOZJQP7s Season 7 is focused on fertility, egg freezing, infertility, infertility awareness, alternative pa...
Oct 15, 2024•6 min•Season 7Ep. 26
On today's episode, Saige shares whether she shared that she was freezing her eggs while she was going through the process and some factors that came into play. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/saigejonespodcast/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXVrJCdyVUA&list=PLASp6ebzdxxnllVviFlWjkY4cZOZJQP7s Season 7 is focused on fertility, egg fr...
Oct 01, 2024•5 min•Season 7Ep. 25
On today's episode, Saige discusses whether she knew anyone freezing their eggs when she did and whether she knows anyone doing so now. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/saigejonespodcast/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXVrJCdyVUA&list=PLASp6ebzdxxnllVviFlWjkY4cZOZJQP7s Season 7 is focused on fertility, egg freezing, infertility, infe...
Sep 17, 2024•5 min•Season 7Ep. 24
From the perspective of someone who did freeze her eggs, Saige shares insight and perspective on what to consider if you're thinking about freezing your eggs. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/saigejonespodcast/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXVrJCdyVUA&list=PLASp6ebzdxxnllVviFlWjkY4cZOZJQP7s Season 7 is focused on fertility, egg free...
Sep 03, 2024•6 min•Season 7Ep. 23
On today's episode, Saige shares whether she thinks that egg freezing is painful in any way from her experience. From her perspective, she breaks down what could potentially hurt into 3 buckets. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram.com/saigejones/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/saigejonespodcast/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXVrJCdyVUA&list=PLASp6ebzdxxnllVviFlWjkY4cZOZJQP7s Season...
Aug 20, 2024•8 min•Season 7Ep. 22
On this episode, Kayla disusses the financial responsibility of freezing her eggs. She also talks about the heavy weight that she was burden by at the beginning of the process along with how her emotions changed. Kayla expresses the feeling of mourning the reality that things aren’t going to happen the way that she imagined, which so many people can relate to. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials: https://www.instagram...
Aug 06, 2024•17 min•Season 7Ep. 21
On this episode Kayla sheds light on her personal life outside of egg freezing. She discusses realizing that the quiet girl wasn't her in her late twenties, learning to advocate for herself and being a bisexual female. Regarding egg freezing, she tells us about how her clinic functions, the egg freezing process at that office and how she felt about her clinic. Trigger warning: we discuss the number of eggs that Kayla had retrieved. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: http...
Jul 23, 2024•26 min•Season 7Ep. 20
On this episode, we are joined by our guest, Kayla, who shares her egg freezing story. She talks about always wanting to be a mom, her conversations with her OBGYN and not wanting to be reason for potentially not being able to have kids some day when she could have helped herself. Kayla also speaks candidly about the hard conversations that she had with her then-partner about their future and shares why her relationship ended. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://f...
Jul 09, 2024•19 min•Season 7Ep. 19
In this episode, surrogate Liz shares what was involved in the planning of the day-of-birth and the logistics that go into this as a surrogate with intended parents. She shares the details about who was in the room, the involvement of the parents during delivery and seeing the parents with their child for the first time. Liz also tells us about financial compensation as a surrogate. If you are interested in hearing more from Saige via email: https://forms.gle/HfTeCv72Xgr1Ac4EA Find us on socials...
Jun 25, 2024•25 min•Season 7Ep. 18
In this episode, surrogate Liz shares all about how she was matched with her intended parents and she breaks down each step of the process. She tells us about how both the surrogate and the intended parents have a choice when choosing who to move forward with, why she chose to work with an agency and about her experience advocating for herself. Liz also shares what led her intended parents to pursuing surrogacy, the logistics around the physical distance between them and their involvement in her...
Jun 11, 2024•19 min•Season 7Ep. 17
