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Episode 142 - It’s okay to do the fertility journey differently

Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.

Release Date: 06/18/2024

Episode 165 - HELD IN HER STORIES: When control stops working show art Episode 165 - HELD IN HER STORIES: When control stops working

Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.

Ahhh – you don’t want to miss this one! The 2nd episode in our HELD IN HER STORIES series is for the woman who’s smart (Like, scientist smart), resourced, doing all the things… and still feeling anxious underneath it all. Today I’m talking to a member of FMBM with a PhD who came into fertility like it was a science experiment — 5 rounds of IVF, deep in the research, treating her body like a problem to solve. And then she walked through IVF and miscarriage… and had to learn how to trust her body again after loss. This convo is raw and so, so validating. We get into: That belief:...

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Episode 164 - HELD IN HER STORIES: Amber’s Story – Worth Isn’t a Number show art Episode 164 - HELD IN HER STORIES: Amber’s Story – Worth Isn’t a Number

Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.

I’m thrilled to share something brand spankin’ new with you — a special Fertile Ground podcast series called HELD IN HER STORIES. These are real conversations with women inside my program, Fertility Mind-Body Mastery, who are rewriting and rewiring what it means to trust life, their bodies, and themselves. Each story is a living example of what happens when we stop trying to “get it right” and start letting ourselves be held — by the messiness of our emotions, the safety of community, and the unseen forces conspiring in our favor. In today’s chat – I sat down with Amber, a...

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Episode 163 - Support doesn’t make you weak —it makes you a f*cking force! show art Episode 163 - Support doesn’t make you weak —it makes you a f*cking force!

Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.

Let’s talk about a belief that’s quietly running the show for so many brilliant, high-achieving women trying to conceive:   ✨ “If I get support… if I make this easier… then I won’t be/feel worthy of my baby.”   I believed that for years.   But it’s a bullshit lie — and it’s one that’s keeping way too many brilliant, sensitive women stuck in cycles of shame, burnout, and isolation.   In this week’s episode, we’re naming it all. The stigma. The pressure. The perfectionism.   And we’re diving into the shocking research that reveals just how...

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Episode 162 - My hot take on Unexplained Infertility (It’s not what you think) show art Episode 162 - My hot take on Unexplained Infertility (It’s not what you think)

Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.

I’ve noticed more and more people online saying “there’s no such thing as unexplained infertility.” That if you just test enough, fix enough, try enough… you’ll find the root cause.    And although that may sound comforting to some — I respectfully and fully — disagree.   All those years I was TTC, I do not believe my body was missing something that I could have found in a test.   I believe I was being asked to trust something deeper.   To stop playing the martyr.  To stop micromanaging every second of my life in the name of “doing...

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Episode 161 - The moment she realized it wasn’t “just her” who wanted this baby… show art Episode 161 - The moment she realized it wasn’t “just her” who wanted this baby…

Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.

I have to tell you about one of the most powerful full-circle moments I’ve ever witnessed in my coaching career — and now you get to witness it too. In the latest coaching call of the Fertility Mind-Body Mastery, something magical happened. One of my longtime clients — who just completed her third (!!) round of FMBM — shows up to her very last call… with her newborn baby in her arms Baby Daniel. (Yes — partly named after a good man. My husband Dan, actually ) But that’s not even the most touching part. She opens up about a powerful force she felt all throughout trying to...

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Episode 160 - When actually getting pregnant feels scary. (Even when you really want the baby) show art Episode 160 - When actually getting pregnant feels scary. (Even when you really want the baby)

Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.

Let’s cut the fertility fluff. You say you want the baby. And I 100% believe you. But the real question is: Does your nervous system—the bodyguard of what gets let in—believe it’s actually safe to receive this? This week’s episode is not for the surface-level manifesting girlies. This is for the woman who’s done so damn much and still feels like she’s stuck in fertility purgatory. Because here’s what no one tells you:  Sometimes, it’s not the heartbreak you’re scared of anymore. It’s the vulnerability of letting yourself have it. This episode will hit if: You...

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Episode 159 - Honoring Pregnancy Loss show art Episode 159 - Honoring Pregnancy Loss

Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.

If you’re not in the space to hear about pregnancy loss, please take care of yourself and skip this one. But if you’ve been through it—or are in it right now—this is for you. My intention is to honor you. To walk beside you. To name the sacredness of this experience in a world that often doesn’t know how. In this episode, I share my own story: a pregnancy loss I had this past December. I’ve had two healthy boys, and three miscarriages—each one a portal that cracked me open. This most recent one, especially. Not from fear, but from surrender. Pregnancy loss brings you into...

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Episode 158 - Entering your season of restoration and receiving show art Episode 158 - Entering your season of restoration and receiving

Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.

This week’s episode is for the woman who has been through a lot lately. Has life asked you to carry more than most in the past season of your life? You’ve been the strong one. The responsible one. The one with deep resilience. You still show up — even when your heart feels shattered. Even when no one notices how much you’re really holding. And maybe you’re starting to wonder… What happens if I stop holding it all? What happens if I don’t keep over-giving, over-doing, over-functioning? That’s exactly what we’re talking about on the podcast this week: Entering Your...

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Episode 157 - How mind-body work makes IVF 1000x better show art Episode 157 - How mind-body work makes IVF 1000x better

Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.

Out of 156 podcast episodes, I’ve never done one on IVF—which is honestly kind of wild.   And if I’m being really honest with you… I think it’s because I’ve been so careful with this topic. I know how deeply emotional IVF is, and I never want to add to anyone’s pain. But this year, I made a promise to myself: to speak my truth fully. Because when I hold back out of fear, I also hold back from the women who need to hear this message.   Here’s the truth: IVF isn’t just a medical process—it’s a deeply emotional one. And yet, so much of the focus is on...

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Episode 156 - You can hold space for your future baby, and still hold space for yourself show art Episode 156 - You can hold space for your future baby, and still hold space for yourself

Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.

This weekend, something happened with my sweet 17-year-old Yorkie-Poo, Abby, that really hit me hard and made me reflect on how we all react to uncertainty.  As we got ready for our Sunday family walk, Abby did something she’s never done before — she sat there, refusing to move. For the first time in her life, she didn’t want to go for a walk. I panicked: Shit. My girl is really slowing down. What does this mean about the future? In that moment, I was flooded with fear—not just about her future, but about my own. The uncertainty of what was happening to her made me feel unsafe. I...

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One of the main teachings inside of my book, Fertile Ground, is that: 

 

There are 1000’s of different paths you can take to conceive your baby 💕

 

The problem is that we get caught up in how we’re supposed to do it according to culture and the mainstream fertility industry. 

 

For example, think about how people usually talk about getting ahead in education and business. Most people will tell you the way to go is to head off to a four-year college and get that degree. But there are tons of other routes, like vocational training, online courses, or just learning on your own. 

 

Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs are both college dropouts. Beyonce and Oprah didn’t even bother.

 

There is another way. Life is a LOT more abundant than that one, narrow path culture convinces you to take.

 

Problem is, most people stick to the traditional and “acceptable” way of doing things, even though there are plenty of other paths that will lead to a similar (if not better) destination. 

 

We’re trained to do this, even if the mainstream path causes: 

 

  • Burnout

  • Stress

  • Overwhelm 

  • Or just doesn’t feel right.

 

This week’s podcast is to reveal to you that there is another way to your baby. Another approach. 

 

I know – first hand – how scary it is so go against how everyone else is doing it. 

 

But I also know – first hand – that I would not be where I am today, if I continued to follow what everyone else did. 

 

Me and my nature were not made for the normal way of doing things. And if you’re reading this, I don’t think you were either.

 

We’re safe to be different. 


Ready to feel the relief? Click here to listen to this week’s podcast and build the safety you need to do things your own damn way.