Badass Fertility

The doors to the BFP close TOMORROW (click HERE to join) I want to make sure you get ALL the information to make the BEST choice you can.  It’s a big decision, and I don’t take your investment of time or money into the BFP lightly.  In fact, I’m honored to walk beside you on your journey out of chaos, into clarity and onto the smartest path to your baby.  After speaking with many new members this...

With the holidays coming it’s really hard to stay in a good headspace when you’re on the fertility journey. From anxiety about family gatherings, to disappointment, even grief, that you aren’t where you hoped to be, this can be a dreadful time of year. But it doesn’t have to be. What if rather than being the hardest time of year, this moment ushered in the possibility of an entirely different and...

If you’ve been trying everything to become a mom and nothing is working, then it’s time to pull out your top-secret weapon for success on this journey. On today’s episode, I’m talking about why success on this journey requires a different set of tools than in other areas of your life. We’re taking a little qui z to see if you’re maximizing ( or neglecting ) your secret weapon on your journey. And...

With Thanksgiving in the US fast approaching and the holiday season coming right up after that, there’s a lot of dread, anxiety and mixed emotions among women in the BFP community. Odds are, you’d hoped 2024 would be your year. You envisioned having a baby at the family holidays or you dreamed of finally having a pregnant belly and getting all the attention you've been giving other people for year...

You've probably heard a some scary statistics or gotten your share of skeptical looks from doctors and other experts on this journey. That's probably why you may find yourself saying things like: "I waited too long" or "I'm running out of time" or "This just isn't going to happen for me." If you’ve had failed IVF treatments, suffered from a miscarriage, been told you have unexplained infertility o...

This week’s Badass Fertility Podcast, Ep 77. is one you’re going to want to download and play on repeat. It’s the best fertility pep talk you ever heard. It’s short, it’s sweet and it’ll be the reminder you need when you start to doubt yourself and your “chances” of becoming a mom. Listen to it, download it and play it on repeat when you need it. This five minute reminder will lift you up and reaf...

What do doctor’s do when they struggle to get pregnant? On today’s episode of the Badass Fertility Podcast, we sit down with women’s health and holistic health expert, Dr. Katie Wood. Dr. Katie is a pharmacist who views fertility through a multi-dimensional lens. She developed this perspective through her frustrations on her own journey to get pregnant with her daughter.   In this episode you’ll h...

Elevated stress, feeling out of control, feeling like you (or your body) is being controlled by someone or something else..., these are all some of the most wonderful parts of the fertility journey. (Just kidding.) They suck. On today's episode I'm sharing the hard won wisdom of women who've walked this path and become moms despite having the odds stacked against them. After listening, you'll know...

Amy Beckler joins us today on the Badass Fertility Podcast to share her hard-won wisdom and insights on the journey to her rainbow baby.  The truths she uncovered on her path to her rainbow baby are truly priceless.  She shares with us: The depth of darkness that came over her when she lost her first pregnancy.  The surprise she experienced when she realized how many women suffer the same thing. ...

There’s so much information out there, it’s no wonder women who are struggling to get pregnant or carry to term experience elevated stress and anxiety.  And let’s be honest, it’s not the information itself that’s stressful it’s the pressure of making the “right” decision.  But that “pressure” puts us in a state of fear that can make us more susceptible to the wrong choice.  And then whole cycle re...

Every woman on her journey to her baby has had at least one moment where it felt like time was her enemy. Most of us have at least one moment like that everyday. There's fear that we: waited too long have "old" eggs will have "geriatric" pregnancies should have started sooner and the list goes on and on. This is totally normal and expected, especially when you consider most of us have heard about...

On this journey we spend a lot of time thinking that we’re doing things “wrong” and we obsess about being "perfect." We imagine that when women are getting closer to their baby they suddenly feel confident ALL the time. We think:  Their stress has melted away They’re radiant They’ve stopped feeling jealous or resentful  While it IS true that women who master the tools in the BFP feel calmer, more...

What do women who beat the odds learn on their journey to success? There are nuggets of wisdom I hear over and over again among women who get pregnant after joining the BFP. So, I want to share 10 of those nuggets with you today. If one or two of them resonates, write it down! Repeat it. OWN it. To learn more about how to embody and LIVE these pieces of wisdom, I'm teaching my 3-step system for ex...

We’re sitting down with the incredible BFP Alumni Rosey. Diagnosed with “unexplained infertility” for basically her entire ten-year journey, Rosey never really knew why she wasn’t getting pregnant. Struggling with primary and then secondary infertility, Rosey encountered numerous obstacles that might have made her give up on her dream of becoming a mom. Starting out at 33 years old, she was optimi...

There’s a simple tool that smart, creative, professional women overlook all the time on this journey, only because it’s easy to miss. There’s SO much demanding our attention at any given moment when we’re trying to get pregnant. Even the most focused person can get sidelined from the simple stuff that makes a significant impact. On today’s *bonus* episode I’m sharing one of the most basic and most...

When BFP member Adrienne decided to have a baby, she and her wife were told their odds of conceiving with either of their eggs were low.  Adrienne was told she was in early menopause at 34 years old.  But Adrienne and her wife refused to be defined by the numbers. They did their research, advocated for themselves and overcame numerous setbacks on their journey.  And now they’re expecting TWINS. On...

Sometimes it feels like the ideas we hear about can seem pretty abstract and therefore hard to achieve. Statements like “find your feminine to amplify your fertility” sound pretty…, (but… wtf does that really mean?) This week, I’m taking you with me on the journey to my daughter, who I had naturally at 40 after miscarriage, failed egg retrievals and being given less than 5% odds.  I’m sharing my f...

The two-week-wait (TWW) doesn’t have to be a time of dread. No matter where you are in your journey to become a mom if you're: trying naturally doing IUI cycle transferring an embryo working with a surrogate whether you've been trying for 6 months or 6 years, the time between ovulation and your period is always a roller coaster.  It's totally normal: You just want to know, am I pregnan...

Becoming a mom is something most women expect will happen at some point in their life. But what happens when reaching that dream, or having that expectation, turns into a far off hope or a flat out nightmare? For 1 in 6 women struggling to conceive stress levels are higher than in the average population. Anxiety is common. And fear of the future becomes normal. All of this makes getting pregnant h...

In today’s episode of the Badass Fertility Podcast we sit down with Laura Watson, fertility coach and mother of two egg donor conceived children.  Laura endured multiple unsuccessful rounds of IVF, egg retrievals with no genetically normal eggs and several heartbreaking pregnancy losses. When she entered the world of donor eggs at 40, she felt “relieved” Despite her clarity on the choice that felt...

2024 is halfway over, but there’s still time left to make this the year you get pregnant.  You’ve probably done all of the practical things to try and make it happen.  This episode is going to cover some highly effective tips that you may not have considered.  These may seem a little “woo-woo” but I’ve seen them work wonders for the women who apply them (including myself), and I’m excited to see w...

On today’s show we sit down with Kathleen Magnus. Kathleen has an incredible fertility journey that involves being pregnant 11 times in 8 years, including one stillbirth. Today she has two healthy kids (with another on the way). Kathleen has studied under a line of energetic fertility experts and now uses what she learned to serve other women on the path to their babies. When she found the renowne...

On today’s episode of the Badass Fertility Podcast we sit down with Dr Susan Fox. As a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine and 5 Element Acupuncture for the last 23 years, Dr. Fox specializes in women’s health and fertility. We dive deep into the mind body connection exploring how everything from our personalities to our periods can be explained, understood and optimized using this 5,000+...

It’s totally intimidating when you’re heading down the IVF path and don’t know what to expect or even how you got to this place. You have a lot of questions and are probably turning to Dr. Google more than you expected asking: What are the odds of conceiving on the first IVF cycle? What are the odds of having twins with IVF? What age is the best age to get pregnant with IVF? Is _(fill in age)__ to...

On today’s episode of the Badass Fertility Podcast we sit down with functional fertility expert and nutritionist, Olivia Mitchell. Olivia brings a wealth of wisdom and critical insights on how to get and stay pregnant even if you've been given an infertility diagnosis.  In fact, she challenges that term arguing it’s medically inaccurate and prefers the term “sub-fertility” because it indicates...