Embrace Fertility

Episode 92: Well that sounds really bizarre. What I’m really trying to say is that I get so excited about the fact that we now understand how people become traumatised, what happens to the mind and body during a traumatic event and therefore we now have knowledge and understanding of how to clear that trauma. So I get excited about the fact that instead of spending your whole life being traumatise...

Episode 91: My favourite part of my favourite magazine is the back page of Stylist magazine the free magazine you get on the London underground.

This page is called 'A day in the life" and features a different ordinary women each week sharing her entire day from when she wakes up to when she goes to bed and also shares an alternative life path if she wasn’t doing what she does. In today’s podcast...

Episode 90: Another inspiring and informative fertility expert interview today for you. Charlotte Grand is a qualified and registered Nutritional Therapist trained in functional medicine. In her practice, she focuses on root cause, individualised nutrition and optimal health to give her clients the best chance of conception and a healthy baby. She works with a diverse range of clients, from those...

Episode 89: I’ve been so angry for 10 days now since the overturning of Roe versus Wade. The injustice and completely illogical decisions that are being made. My feed was full of heartbreaking stories and I just couldn’t move past the anger. I funnelled that anger into educating myself and then sharing that information to try and help in some way. This will continue over the coming weeks and month...

Episode 88: On Wednesday I spent a delightful three hours at the Healing Business summer solstice business retreat. I was in my garden under a giant umbrella on Zoom and it was so lovely to dedicate that time to reflect on the previous months and set intentions for the months ahead. In this episode I discuss how it is so easy to look back and only register the things that we haven’t done, haven’t...

Episode 87: You may be shouting at the screen and saying “Yes of course I do I’m trying to conceive.” However today I’m talking about making allowances for the beginning of your cycle so that if you’re not pregnant like you hoped you give yourself time and space to deal with the disappointment and sadness and also any physical symptoms you may experience. Whilst I was trying to conceive I ended up...

After nine years of supporting women through the emotional and physical challenges of long-term trying to conceive I want to share why positive pregnancy result is not the goal you should be focusing on.

Episode 85: In my last podcast I talked about what we can be doing physically, emotionally and energetically to support ourselves and everyone being impacted by the war in Ukraine. In this episode I talk about how even small acts of kindness can rewire our brain, impact our immune system and be an antidote to depression. This is the book I reference: The five side effects of kindness - David Hamil...

I feel sick and shocked and so angry about the events unfolding in Ukraine. This podcast episode talks about how even if you don’t know anyone who is being personally impacted these events are impacting all of us emotionally and energetically. I talk about what we can physically do to help and also what we can do emotionally to support our own mental health through this time and then send that out...

Episode 83: We are back for another fertility expert interview series with my lovely friend Robyn Birkin. We met online a couple of years ago and bonded over our love of science backed mind-body techniques that stop you going back shit crazy while trying to conceive! In today’s episode Robyn shares her own journey through IUIs, IVF and miscarriage. Her experiences of mediating with monks and what...

Episode 82 : I’ve just spent a rather delightful hour at Sound Bath! In this episode I talk about what a Sound Bath is and then the importance and benefits of consciously choosing to relax our mind and body as deeply as possible. I share some free relaxation resource suggestions and then talk about what to do if you find it incredibly difficult to relax and can’t even remember the last time you fe...

Episode 81: Today I share the things I wish I’d known at 15 when I was put on the contraceptive pill for painful periods, at 19 when I was diagnosed with endometriosis and told it was highly unlikely I would be able to conceive without doing IVF. I share what I wish I’d known when I was pushed into doing repeated rounds of fertility treatments when I was really struggling with my mental health. An...

Episode 80: In this first episode of 2022 I talk about my intentions for the support I would like to offer you over the coming months, including three free fertility summits I’m taking part in and a free class that I’m running on the 25th of January entitled ‘How to double your chances of conceiving.’ I talk about how most people set New Year’s resolutions and they’re all about adding something in...

A little Christmas message for you as I’m out in the woods and thinking of you.

Episode 78: Expert Interview with Jennifer Robertson Jennifer is a fertility coach and has helped women all over the world transform their mindset and take back control of their life in the midst of infertility.  She is also author of The Injustice of Infertility, a deeply inspiring and raw account of her own seven-year fertility journey.   Throughout her own fertility journey, Jen disco...

Episode 77. Me: I was chatting to some of my friends today and the Christmas stress and overwhelm has commenced. Husband: What is there to get stressed or overwhelmed about? Little podcast for you exploring the various nuances of this conversation and what we can learn from it over the coming weeks as the Christmas frenzy builds. I’ll be talking about how you can make the coming weeks easier by as...

Episode 75: Something a little different for you today. Last week I have had two clients reach out to me, both who were mid IVF cycle and both had been given bad news from their clinics. Information that means that although they are still in the race their chances had diminished. Both were struggling with how to cope with the racing thoughts and what ifs? that come part and parcel with the phone c...

Episode 74: Fertility Expert Interview Series. If anyone has watched 'Comedians in cars getting coffee" you will know the vibe I am intending to create with these fertility expert interviews! Like-minded people coming together and talking about a host of topics that they are incredibly passionate about. Each of the six fertility experts that I’m going to be introducing you to over the coming weeks...

Episode 73: I’d just had one of the most powerful therapy sessions of my life! Part of my professional commitment as a hypnotherapist myself is to ensure that I am attending to my own emotional needs and getting therapy on anything I find triggering in the sessions I do with my clients. This is to ensure that I am not bringing my own BS to the table while supporting others. This session was on som...

Episode 72. “I just feel so jealous and angry all the time. This isn’t me. I want to move past this.” “I can’t stop crying. Infertility is all I ever think about and it’s impacting my work and my relationship.” “I am terrified of getting pregnant again and can’t imagine ever getting past that six week scan.” “I want to energetically align with conceiving and call in my baby but I feel like I’m sto...

I’m running a free mind-body fertility event this week would you like to join me? ‘From Surviving to Thriving’. ♥ Day 1 : Living in survival mode. Does it feel like you are living in a constant state of uncertainty? In this workshop I’ll explain how going through infertility impacts our brains, nervous system and mental health.  ♥ Day two : Reset. Re-educate. Reaffirm I will show you how to calm y...

Episode 70: Today I share a case study of working with a fertility client and the type of shift that is possible using the mind-body techniques I specialise in. I also talk about how next week I’ll be hosting a brand-new three day event to inspire and uplift. This is for you if you feel like you are on a hamster wheel. If month after month goes by and it feels like nothing is happening. You’re sca...

Episode 69: Going through infertility can be emotionally traumatic, add in invasive medical procedures, investigations and surgery and our bodies can experience physical trauma. Having specialised in mind-body fertility therapy for the past eight years I have supported women (and on occasion their partners) through infertility, PCOS, endometriosis, low sperm and azoospermia diagnosis, anxiety...

Episode 68: When someone starts working with me I always ask them if they have any concerns or fears around being pregnant, going into labour or giving birth. Our popular culture teaches us that birth is painful and in most cases an emergency scenario.  Think of three birth stories you know and I imagine at least one will be from a film or TV show. Our subconscious mind’s sole purpose Is to k...

Are you telling yourself that you are ok when you’re really not? One of my biggest regrets while ttc was living month to month pushing myself telling myself it would all be okay as soon as I got pregnant. But I didn’t get pregnant 44 times! And once I got pregnant and then I miscarried. If someone said to me that I would be trying for 46 months I would have got myself support so much sooner. In th...