Podcasts about holistic fertility

On today's episode of The Wholesome Fertility Podcast, I am joined by fertility expert, acupuncturist, and conscious work practitioner, Lorne Brown @lorne_brown_official. Originally a CPA, Lorne's personal health journey led him to discover the transformative power of Chinese medicine, ultimately changing his career path. Now, as a leader in integrative fertility care and the host of The Conscious Fertility Podcast, Lorne bridges the gap between science and spirituality to help individuals optimize their fertility and overall well-being. In this episode, Lorne shares how conscious work plays a powerful role in fertility, explaining how subconscious beliefs and emotional resistance can impact reproductive health. He discusses the mind-body connection, the importance of inner healing, and how shifting from stress to flow can create profound changes. Whether you're on a fertility journey or simply looking to align with your highest self, this conversation is packed with insights on conscious transformation, holistic healing, and the power of perception.   Key Takeaways: Lorne's personal journey from accountant to acupuncturist and fertility expert. How Chinese medicine and holistic healing transformed his health and career. The mind-body connection and how stress impacts fertility. How subconscious beliefs shape our reality and can either block or support conception. The power of inner work and emotional healing in reproductive health. How shifting from resistance to receptivity can improve fertility outcomes. The role of consciousness in creating meaningful change in health and life. Insights from The Conscious Fertility Podcast and how Lorne helps patients find balance through a holistic and energetic approach. Guest Bio: Dr. Lorne Brown @lorne_brown_official is a leader in integrative fertility care, blending Chinese medicine, mind-body healing, and cutting-edge therapies. A former Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), his personal health journey led him to acupuncture, herbal medicine, and holistic fertility support. As the founder of Acubalance Wellness Centre, he introduced low-level laser therapy (LLLT) for fertility and pioneered IVF acupuncture in Vancouver. He also created Healthy Seminars, an online education platform, and hosts The Conscious Fertility Podcast, where he explores the intersection of science, consciousness, and reproductive health. Websites/Social Media Links: Learn more about Lorne Brown, visit his website hereFollow Lorne Brown on InstagramListen to Conscious Fertility Podcast For more information about Michelle, visit www.michelleoravitz.com To learn more about ancient wisdom and fertility, you can get Michelle's book at: https://www.michelleoravitz.com/thewayoffertility The Wholesome Fertility facebook group is where you can find free resources and support: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2149554308396504/ Instagram: @thewholesomelotusfertility   -------- Disclaimer: The information shared on this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Please consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your health or fertility care. ----- Transcript: [00:00:00]  Welcome to the Wholesome Fertility [00:01:00] Podcast. I'm Michelle, a fertility acupuncturist here to provide you with resources on how to create a wholesome approach to your fertility journey. **Michelle Oravitz:** Welcome to the podcast, Lauren. **Lorne Brown:** Hey, Michelle, glad to be together with you over whatever we call this technology. I think yours is the Riverside. Yeah, I had a good time interviewing you for my Conscious Fertility podcast, so I'm looking forward to having more conversations with you because that was a lot of fun for me. **Michelle Oravitz:** It was a lot of fun for me too. And I actually it was really, really nice. And to see that we have very similar views just on reality and health and fertility, **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** it was a lot of fun. And so last week actually for everybody's listening, that was the first time we actually officially met via zoom. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. But we know each other. We're part of the, the ABORM, right? The Acupuncture TCM Reproductive Board of Medicine but yeah, [00:02:00] like the first time you and I had real conversation rather than chat conversation. **Michelle Oravitz:** Which is awesome. I **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** it. And I think that we're so aligned in so many ways. I think that we both love the whole bridging of science and spirituality. We're kind of nerds in that department. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** for people listening, I would love if you can introduce yourself. I know we also have, we started out with very different backgrounds. And went into acupuncture, you have like kind of a similar cause you started in accounting, right? **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, so, I am a CPA, so a Certified Professional Accountant back in the day they were called Chartered Accountants in Canada and because of health issues and having such a a response to Chinese medicine in particular eventually I, I was the, one of the controllers and tax guys at this time with ocean spray growers here in B. C. and I left that position so I could go back to school and study Chinese medicine as my second career. So that's kind of a little bit about my background. And then eventually **Michelle Oravitz:** [00:03:00] Like what made you think about doing Chinese medicine? **Lorne Brown:** I was ill. I had um, you know, back in the day, this is in the eighties and early nineties. So this Chinese medicine wasn't as available. This was before websites, right? Where you could really see what other people were doing and learning. And so I had severe gut issues, you know, diagnosis IBS, chronic fatigue, candida and you know, I got scoped through all each end and eventually and I tried different Western approaches and eventually it was the herb, Chinese herbal medicine actually that dramatically changed it so much. So, I mean, I have some memories. I did a bachelor of science first in math. That was my first thing. Then I went and did accounting in McGill. And and then I went and became a CPA, back then CA. They changed the letters for the designation. And I remember when I was at McGill I was already seeing alternative medicine doctors, in particular Chinese medicine. And I remember [00:04:00] s for the first time, how much clarity, because I had, I didn't realize how much brain fog I had. And so the clarity I had, I was in the classroom, I just realized how easy things were going in, and I was just remembering things, and I just felt like things were almost in slow motion in a good way, like a professional athlete when they can see the court. And physically, I just felt I had so much endurance, so much energy. I was just I felt great. And you know, when you've been feeling poorly for so long, That I thought that was normal. And then I got, you know, the illness was so bad while I was early days in my accounting studies at McGill. it interfered with my, my studies. It interfered my life. I almost couldn't get outta bed sometimes with the fatigue and the brain fog. And so I had an I had an aunt who was into this stuff. , I was, wasn't right. Remember, it came from Bachelor's Science Math in Duke County. I was, I think I was always open-minded. Look what I'm doing, but it wasn't kind of on my radar. And she's the one that suggested I see her Chinese herbalist. And you know, I was desperate. I was living in Montreal, Canada. She was living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. So [00:05:00] I, I got on a plane and flew to see her person because I wouldn't know who to go see right back then. And you know, through dietary changes and herbal medicine. It, it transformed my life and funny story because, you know, I do acupuncture like you do. I always had a fear of needles, right? I never was a big fan of needles. So the first time I was getting acupuncture, the acupuncturist who treated me, I have everybody lying down, but he had me sitting up on the table. Right on the treatment table. I was sitting and he's putting these needles in me and he's like, are you okay? I guess he could see I was going a little green and I'm trying to be, you know, tough guy. And I'm like, yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Next thing I know flop, I passed out on the table. **Michelle Oravitz:** do. **Lorne Brown:** So. Yeah. So now I receive it. I love it. Now I give it. But I did. It's a mind over matter, right? I did have that fear of needles, which is why I started with the herbal medicine. Most people like, Oh, I'll do acupuncture, but they maybe have an aversion to the herbs or the taste of the herbs. I was the other way [00:06:00] around. I got introduced to Chinese medicine through the herbal medicine. And then I was like, Oh, I'll try the acupuncture too. and, you know, I stuck with it, obviously. And, and eventually went back to school and now I can I receive it and I can give it and I have so much compassion for those who have a fear of needles, but usually if they come in and try it, they realize it doesn't feel like needles that you're getting. And now with technology, I have low level laser systems as well. So I can do laser acupuncture for those people that just cannot. Experience acupuncture because it's so stressful for them. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah, for sure. So that's that's one of the things or sometimes starting them out with baby needles because the baby needles are really, really, really super thin. You can barely feel it. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, I mean, I, I mean, I just give them the acupuncture for the first time and, and they're nervous. But, you know, they let me put in one needle, then another, then a third. And that's all I'll do for the first visit for people who have a big phobia. But like you and I know, and those that have received it, it's not like getting a [00:07:00] needle at the doctor when you get a shot or blood drawn. And so you really, you know, once they're in, it takes like a minute to put them in. Then you go and tell a beautiful rest, la la land for 30 to 45 minutes on the table. So all worth it for most. **Michelle Oravitz:** totally worth it. For sure. So talk about why you got into fertility specifically. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, and I'll keep it short, but it was, it was never my intention. My intention was to treat gut issues, digestive issues, because that's what brought me to the medicine. So I thought I'd be, and that's what I set out to do, IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's, colitis, severe bloating, constipation, diarrhea, that kind of stuff is what I thought I would be seeing. and I did see a lot of that, and in our medicine, when we treat, we do a very Detailed history and we treat holistically so we can't just focus on the gut health just like for fertility We don't just focus on the women's ovaries, right? We focus holistically and so most people that come to health professionals back then And [00:08:00] I started in 2000 and now still are female And so I'd always do a menstrual history and the the menstrual history is such a great guide for health, right? We can get so much information. That's why I prefer treating women over men. I treat both women who are menstruating. Help me diagnose them from a Chinese medicine perspective because I get so much information from their cycle history. And so as I was treating their bloating in their IBS, or they're alternating between, you know, constipation and diarrhea, or even colitis and Crohn's symptoms. They noticed their PMS went away, they noticed their menstrual pain went away, their irregular bleeding, the spotting, all those things changed. So I became popular. with women's health in general. So I was just doing women's health. So I was seeing people with perimenopause and menopausal symptoms and with painful periods. That was what I was seeing. And back then, again, the web wasn't a popular thing. I was advertising a magazine with a focus in women's health. And this woman who found me was going through an IVF and she was [00:09:00] going to see one of our colleagues, Randine Lewis, in Houston. So I'm in Vancouver and she flew to Houston to see Randine because this was before Zoom. And she, Randine told her she needs regular acupuncture at least once a week so she's going to enter herbal medicine. So she has to find somebody local because it wasn't reasonable or cost effective for her to fly weekly to Houston from Vancouver, right? Nobody was focusing on fertility, but she found me women's health. So she came to my clinic and told me her story and asked if I'd be willing to follow Randine's acupuncture prescriptions and her herbal suggestions and do that for her in Vancouver. And I kind of said cheek cheekily, but in a funny way, in a cute way, as a non aggressive way. So basically you want me to be like a monkey. And put the points where Randine tells you, tells me, and prescribe the herbs where Randine how Randine tells me. She goes, yeah. And I'm like, I'm in. That sounds great. I get to learn from somebody. Because what our audience doesn't know, [00:10:00] Randine was already focusing with fertility. And she had already had this draft book, which came out shortly after, called The Infertility Cure. First of many of her books. So, I thought it was a great opportunity to be able to learn from somebody with more experience and, and not have responsibility to the outcome. And so, and then women who are going through IVF and struggling with fertility, they talk and By 2004, I only would take reproductive health issues. That was all I would take because I was too busy, and I started hiring associates and training them because I couldn't handle the load myself. Now, here we are recording this in 2025 I have multiple associates in our clinic. And that do focus on fertility and myself personally, I still see a lot of reproductive health. But I'm so into the conscious work now. Cause I have low level laser therapy that we use for fertility, but I use that for so many other things. Brain health pain, pain injury. And I do a lot with pure menopausal symptoms. So, I would say, and half my practice, when I look at my [00:11:00] schedule is conscious work. Right? Is that mind body work? Half my practice is that. They still get acupuncture and low level laser therapy as part of the treatment but they're coming in with, I'm wanting belief change work. and I do see a lot of reproductive health, but I see everything now. So it's, it's kind of gone full circle. Because of the conscious work, because conscious work is my passion. And so whoever comes in the door that's looking for change, they may want a relationship change or want a relationship, job changes, finances. They want a baby, they want a healing. Basically, they want to be happy and they realize they can't get it from the outside. So they're looking for help on the inside to have that transformation. And that's why we use it for fertility because it's such a powerful tool when you can heal the mind, the body follows really well. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. No doubt. So talk about the conscious work, specifically. What does it entail? Mm-hmm **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, well, I'm trained also as a clinical hypnotherapist, and I've done a lot of what they call energy psychology modalities. So I'm trained in [00:12:00] Psyche, emotional freedom technique, Bankstein healing method, you know, energy type medicine. But from the clinical hypnotherapy perspective and what I would call conscious work, it's inner work. It's waking up to your true nature. It's waking up to what some people would call higher self, what they would call consciousness witness consciousness. You'd have to be open and appreciate that there's more to this world than meets the eyes. And so we have a Newtonian science world, what's considered a materialistic world, and those are things that we can kind of measure. And then there's the science, the new science called quantum physics. Which understands there's so much more to this reality than what we see and when you have these shifts inside it has your your perception to the world You see it differently and you can think of it as if you live in a building Let's say your your life is a building, you know On the first floor if that's where you live, you're going to have a certain perspective of what your neighborhood is And it's going to be very limited because you can only see from the first floor. And as you move up, if the 20 store [00:13:00] building, if you live above 10 and you start to live on the 15th floor, you have a different perspective of what is in your neighborhood than the person who lives on the first floor. And so conscious work is about kind of getting to a different perspective. I we know, you know, through so much more research now that we perceive the world. Through the lenses of our subconscious programming, you know, and so how we see the world is through the lens of our subconscious and that subconscious programming is is inherited and imprinted on us inherited like literally few generations before we know this through um, research on Holocaust survivors and their children and grandchildren. And we know this through the study, the cherry blossom study on mice were stressed and traumatized and it got passed down to their grand pups. I won't go into the study because it's **Michelle Oravitz:** and DNA. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, it gets tagged. It's not a genetic mutation, it's a tag. So it can, one generation get tagged, and one generation you can heal it. So, you see the world through the lens of your subconscious, and that lens is based on your history. And [00:14:00] so, I heard a teacher of consciousness once say, Reality's white snow, let's pretend that. And then you have red glasses. I have orange glasses. Some of the listeners have blue, green, white, yellow. We're all seeing white snow, but we're all experiencing it, perceiving it differently because of our lens. And if we want to have a different experience to see that reality, we got to change our lens. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yes. **Lorne Brown:** You know, or we're both fans of Joe Dispenza, right? We both run retreats, and **Michelle Oravitz:** we're Joe Dispenza groupies. **Lorne Brown:** yeah, I like, I like his work. I like his retreats and his books. And in his book, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, I think it's where he said it. I've read all of his books and been to many retreats, but I really liked how he said your personal reality is based on your personality. And you can't have, how do you expect to have a different reality if you bring your current personality into your future? You're gonna get the same thing. Right. And so this is about having that shift because, you know, we're going kind of into a rabbit hole here, but if you're open for it, **Michelle Oravitz:** No, I'm totally open for it. And my, my listeners are used [00:15:00] to it, **Lorne Brown:** okay, you know, God, I see they're allowed to, or Gandhi, I've seen this quote attributed to both, but it kind of goes like your beliefs lead to your thoughts, which lead to your feelings, which lead to your actions and behaviors, which lead to your habits. which leads to your destiny. Basically they're saying is your behaviors are always congruent with your beliefs. And when they conflict the program, the belief is going to win. And if you do a behavior long enough, it becomes your habit. So it becomes a reality. So we often want to go and work on the outside world. We often want to go work on a behavior, but the behavior stems from a belief or a program often unconscious. And so we'll self sabotage ourselves, even though we really want to lose that weight. We go and we diet, we exercise, but that's a behavior. But if you have a program that, you know, I'm not beautiful, right, or I'm not thin enough, then the subconscious wants congruency, and it will find a way to sabotage that. [00:16:00] Consciously or unconsciously, it'll happen. And so rather than going to work on the behavior, we go to work on the program, and then it flows down, and the behavior changes naturally. **Michelle Oravitz:** It's so true. And it's almost that, you know, that saying whether you think whether you Think you can or can't  **Lorne Brown:** you're right. Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** it's just a matter of what we choose and I think the key with this is that people don't even realize It's almost like they're so asleep in the matrix **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** is such a great movie, by the way, because of that reason, it really shows us how, if we just knew that that was the case, **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** had those beliefs and it impacts our reality, then we would make a difference. But I think the problem is, is not even knowing that it's even there. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. Well, of course, and I don't know if the age has changed, but it was my observation that around age 40, people start to realize that they need to do their inner work. the drug doesn't work anymore. The antidepressant isn't working, [00:17:00] or they're in a third relationship. It's not working. They change cities. Like it's not working. The changing the outside is only temporary. So somewhere around 40, maybe it's younger now cause things seem to be speeding up, but around age 40 people come in there and they don't know what they're looking for, but they know they're looking for it. And you and I have language for this, right? They're looking for inner work, conscious work, but they kind of know that I know by getting a new relationship, it's not going to help. I got it. Something's not right. about me. And I, you know, I'm going to give an example because the relationship one comes up a lot in my practice when people come and see me. and I share this as an example of self sabotaging programs and why I like the conscious work. And we can talk about how this plays with fertility as well and baby manifestation. This actually wasn't my patient, but it was somebody who shared it. And I loved this case so much because it, it really is a great explanation of of belief change. So She was around 45. She was a lawyer and she had become aware that she was somehow sabotaging relationships. No matter what [00:18:00] relationship she went in, like she would find some not such great guys in her opinion, but she actually realized she found some good guys too. But for some reason, even she knew there was a button and she, she knew she shouldn't push that button, but she would push the button even in her mind when she knew this isn't going to work out. And the, and the relationship would collapse. So at her clinical hypnotherapy session, She got regressed and in this regression, she's experiencing herself as a four year old and she's remembering her mom is making dinner for her and her older sister was around seven and she promises the girls that they get popsicles if they eat all their dinner. So her older sister. Eats her dinner fairly quickly and gets a popsicle. And she, she being for living in that theta brainwave living in the moment, it's not eating quickly. And all of a sudden she sees her sister with a popsicle and she goes, I want a popsicle and her mom's tired end of day. And she angrily says, no, you haven't eaten your dinner. You don't get your dinner to you. You don't get your popsicle till you finish your [00:19:00] dinner. And it probably wasn't said in a loving way. And this triggered the four year old. And like many four year olds, she got. You know, she had a little four year old temper tantrum, and that set off her mom, and then she got sent off. To her room without dinner and without popsicle. And in her story, she's thinking in her dialogue that mommy likes, mommy likes and loves my sister more than me. Mommy doesn't love me. I'm not lovable. And she has this aha moment when that program really started for her. I'm not lovable. Now, remember I said the subconscious and the conscious want congruency. The heart and mind want congruency. When it conflicts, the heart, the shen, the subconscious, wins. And so, she would have a relationship, and if this guy was doting and loving her, her subconscious goes, that's not who we are, we're unlovable. And she would Consciously or unconsciously sabotage the relationship. So in hypnotherapy work, we're able to bring her 45 year old self back and reparent doing her [00:20:00] child work and shift that. And I often say in my practice, I have a an approach. Notice, accept, choose again. Notice everything is neutral and we give it meaning. Neutral. She just did not get a popsicle. Neutral. The meaning she gave it was I'm not lovable, right? And children that are in theta, meaning they're in, they're sponges. They don't have that prefrontal development to discern things. They just take things in and we don't know why. But you know, if you're a product of divorce, which a lot of people are It's usually for the children. It does some form of scarring, subconscious scarring, right? Because the children feel like they're responsible. It's their fault. So guilt shows up or shame shows up. Not safe. So all these programs come up and when I distill them down, I see people that are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. I see people that can't afford my services, right? And based on what they get paid, right? And when you distill it down, the stories are, can be very different, but when you still it down, it's I'm not enough, right? I'm not lovable. [00:21:00] I'm not pretty enough. I'm not thin enough. I'm not smart enough. It's kind of, I'm not enough when you distill it down, whether you're worth a couple hundred million or whether you're scraping things together. So. Notice everything is neutral. We give it meaning. And when we believe in the story, we make it real. So this is not to believe in the story. And that's kind of that materialistic side, right? And we use these tools conscious work to go in and clean up the operating system. And here's an important point I want to share with our listeners is You know, you have this hardware, but the hardware functions depending on the software and I got multiple stories like this, but I'll give you a couple, you know, they have done research on those with multiple personality disorders and depending on the personality, right? One will need reading glasses. One will not. One's blood tests will be diabetic and the other one will not. Right? I mean.  **Michelle Oravitz:** to orange juice. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, when we allergic not so same physical body. So from a journalistic point of view, this makes no sense, but from a quantum perspective, it does. Right. And and we've heard people [00:22:00] with near death experiences. I've, I've heard through a colleague of one before, and I just, I'd met one recently, actually, and she's written a book on it, Anita, where she, yeah, it's great, right? **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. Yeah. **Lorne Brown:** So, you know, her story is she. Developed cancer, funny thing, not so funny, but she always had a fear that she would die and get cancer. So, you know, you got to be careful where you're putting your focus, right? She did everything she could to not get cancer. She got cancer and she was ridden with tumors and she's in the hospital and her husband's by her side. And the story goes that she goes unconscious. So they tell her, say goodbye. She, this is it. She's, you know. She's going to die and she's got, they got on some medications too, I believe for pain relief. And I think it was a day or two later, she opens her eyes and she has an experience of a near death experience where we won't go into it today where she sees other. Family members are beings, but not the personalities like she just knew who they were, but she realizes she's coming back and she knew she was coming back [00:23:00] different. It wasn't like a full lobotomy, like 180 degree turn, but she had a personality change, right? And she knew her cancer is gone. And when she woke up, she tried to convince her husband her cancer was gone. And he's like, you know, no, you know, they got the doctors. She was able to re Share stories of conversations that they had outside when she was in the coma in another room. She forbade him. She could, you know, she knew what the doctor's shoes look like, right? Everything. So **Michelle Oravitz:** that's that bird's eye view. **Lorne Brown:** she was outside the body, but her cancer went away without any medication. After that, she woke up from a coma. And her cancer just resolved herself. So there's that personality. So her personality changed and her physical body changed, right? Because of this and going back to our friend Joe Dispenza, Dr. Joseph Dispenza and your listeners check out his book. They're supernatural the placebo and breaking the habit of being yourself. That's a really good one breaking the habit Right. It's a good one to start with. He talks about you can use matter to change matter, which can be slow. That's for our fertility patients taking supplements. [00:24:00] That's IVF, that's diet matter, change matter, or you can use energy to change matter, which can be spontaneous. Like what happened with Anita, which when her cancer went away, right? Is it went away pretty quickly, right? **Michelle Oravitz:** There's people with well, we see it all the time at Joe Dispenza's work stage four cancer. It just, it goes away. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. So that's working with a different, dimension of yourself, right? If you want to speak. So the conscious work that I use is how to tap into that, how to tune into it. And it came from my experience, right? I, I've learned this and developed this from many people I've studied with. And I'm a kinesthetic learning. That's learner. That's why I've learned psych KFT, Marissa peers, rapid transformational therapy, Ericksonian The guy just. Love it, right? I think it started from insecurity. Not enough, not smart enough. So I kept on doing things which brought me my success outside, but inside it wasn't enough. So I kept on learning and learning and learning. And then eventually, you know, you're brought to your knees, which I was. debilitating anxiety. And I go in and do the [00:25:00] inner work and I have the transformation. And then I'm kind of at peace. Don't feel like I need to do too much. But now there's this new drive, this overflowing, wanted to share. It's a different feeling. It's comes from peace. It doesn't exhaust you. Right. And so I think on the outside, if I was looking at me, I looked. Similar as in go, go, go. Always learning, always doing right. But I was coming from fear and lack for many years, my doing and stuff. So my doing just got me more fear and lack because I could never feel that void. Now I'm going, going, going, but it's coming from feeling more whole and complete and I'm not attached whether I do it or not, right? I'm not attached to it so much. And but yet I'm still doing it. But now I feel Charged by it. **Michelle Oravitz:** That's so great. I mean, don't you see the yin and the yang too, in a lot of this **Lorne Brown:** Oh, yes. Yeah. Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** the harmony, the **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, and you got to keep going into the end So you then you have the young and it happens, right? So, you know, I go inside I become quiet and and then all of a sudden all this [00:26:00] activity and inspire thought comes through me And then I I want to go in and see if I can manifest it, right? **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. And everything kind of goes in pulses, you know, there's a, there's pulses, even with like experiences that we have in life, there's ebbs and flows. I think that we get impatient or we think that it's going to be forever, but nothing lasts forever. It's like the good news and the bad news, nothing lasts forever. **Lorne Brown:** Right? Yeah, it's the good news and the bad news. Yeah, in that sense, don't be attached. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah, true. **Lorne Brown:** Which is a practice. **Michelle Oravitz:** it is, and it's something that the ancients have been telling us this whole time. They've told us to go within, they've told us not to be too attached, to learn from nature, to learn from what's around us. to flow, flow with it. **Lorne Brown:** And a tip for our listeners, because again, I teach what I've experienced. Many people may be going, well, I've read these books and I know all this stuff and I haven't had a shift. I was that guy where I had read everything and took courses, but I didn't do the process work. I, I conceptually understood it. I could teach it. But I wasn't living it. And it wasn't until I actually did the process work that the [00:27:00] transformation started happening, the awakening started happening. And so that's kind of, you know, with my patients, when I work with them, they want to get in the head and understand, which I love. We got to understand when you understand the why behind it, they say that the how becomes easier. The why is, you know, how does it work? And then the how is, what are you going to do? But if it's just an intellectual discussion you'll have a mind shift. But you won't have a trait change. And what's the difference? A mind shift is that temporary, you feel excited, this makes sense. It feels excited, but it's a shift. It's like when you pull an elastic band apart, it's neuro elasticity, it stretches out, this feels good. But within an hour or two, or a day or two, it goes back to its normal shape. So you haven't made a neuroplastic change, you just made a mindset shift. And if you do that daily, multiple times, it eventually become neuroplastic. And what I mean neuroplastic is if you stretch out a piece of soft plastic and you let go, it stays stretched. So that's the trait change. So repetition or doing many things that create a mind shift regularly often will give you [00:28:00] neuroplasticity changes, right? That hold becomes a trait. That's that, you know, do certain actions over and over again. So that's one way. But then there's other. faster ways to do neuroplastic changes, which doesn't just require repetition. That is one of them, but there's other processes I use. Part of my hypnosis practices and other energy psychology tools is what they're often called now to help make that neuroplastic change, not just from repetition, but from doing these Process work and we call it process work because it's not it's not done. It's a it's a bottom up process versus a top down So i'm not a counselor a therapist. That would be somebody who's doing a top down Let's talk about this and there's some benefit to it. The clinical hypnotherapist perspective is a bottom up meaning Your tyra box said this once your issues are stuck in your tissues So when you have these emotions rarely does somebody say I feel it in my head It does happen once in a while. Most people feel it in their throat, in their chest, in their stomach. It's in your cells. And we got science to talk about [00:29:00] how the microbiome changes with stress and emotions. **Michelle Oravitz:** images of people, all people that were angry, all people that were sad. And they would notice that it would light up in certain spots consistently in the body, which is really fascinating. You can probably find it online. **Lorne Brown:** cool. Absolutely. And, you know, we know like we got serotonin receptors in the gut. Now the heart's being known as a, as a second brain may have more what the read off of it more than the brain and, and then dispensa and heart math talk about heart brain coherence. So we're. You know, I look at it this way is, you know, back in the day of Galileo and Newton, the days when we thought that the sun revolved around the earth and the earth was flat, it was hard for society to shift and science to shift, right? Cause everything we understood the way we could look, it was like, no, no, the world's flat. It look at it, you can tell, look, look outside, doesn't look round or look, look, you can tell that. the sun is going around the earth. Look in the sky. It's so obvious. And you [00:30:00] can't tell me the earth is spinning. We would feel it, right? And now today, most people realize that the earth is round, not flat. There are so few flatters out there. They realize the earth is spinning and that the earth goes around the sun. But there's your perception, you know, there's the first floor view. From my view, the sun is going around the earth. I see it rise and set, right? I can see it float around. I'm standing still. I'm pretty sure about it, but that's a illusion. It's not a complete correct perception on that first floor when you go to a higher floor. So in this case, when we go into space, We can see that it's actually the earth that goes around the sun and the earth is round. And then if we go to a higher floor, we're going to probably get a whole other understanding of what's going on in this human experience and purpose and what's your individual purpose. And people have spoken of it. I haven't tapped into that aspect. I've had those. Non medicated, so non psychedelic experiences where I've tapped into profound peace, where I've tapped into bliss.[00:31:00]  I've also, through psychedelics, I've only done it once, so I'll never do it again, where I tapped into my shadow, right? Accelerated my journey, but I wouldn't wish that upon anybody, going into my shadow work unprepared. **Michelle Oravitz:** 'cause if you, you have to be ready for it. That's **Lorne Brown:** I wasn't ready for it. I, I, I cheated. I cheated with psychedelics. And it put me into my shadow grateful now because and here's a litmus test for myself. So I share this with the listeners as well. If you. don't like your life now, then I'm pretty sure you're still living in kind of a victim mode. You don't like your past and you'll have all the evidence to say why you don't like it. And if you can love your past, no matter how bad it is, then I know you love your now. I know you love your life. Why? Because You realize that who you are today is based on everything that's happened to you and you and because you love where you are today, you would never want to change your past because you love your day. Doesn't mean you want to relive your past, but you're grateful for. You don't regret it because you love today. [00:32:00] But if you hate your past, then it's I'm pretty sure you really don't love it. your day. And there are some terrible things that have happened to people. And I've seen people who've had terrible acts done to them. They would never ask to go do it again, like, but they also say, I love my life now. And so I wouldn't change anything in my past. So that shows you that's healed, right? That vibration that's healed. And so, because there's only this moment. So I find conscious work powerful when you bring it to reproductive health. I want to quote our Randine Lewis friend who wrote the book, The Infertility Cure, many books, but I remember hearing her talk about when women get into a later stage of their reproductive years, especially into their forties she said, you know, at the beginning, you know, reproduction is, it's a, it's a youth game, Jing, we call it essence Jing, it's the physicality, right? You got to have good physicality and it, and that happens with the youth. We see it around us, right? Like, a 90 year old and a 20 year old, the same person or different [00:33:00] physically. But there's something about spiritual maturity and sometimes, and this is where it kind of ties into Dr. Jo Dispenza, matter change matter. So that's the physical, the Jing. And then there's energy that can change matter. And that's what we call the Shen, the spirit tapping into that consciousness. And she says, when you're younger, you can be spiritually mature because you have such good Jing, it overrides everything. And so you can be a drug addict. And you're 20s and getting pregnant all the time, right? Poorly eating, all that stuff. And then if you get into your 40s, the physicality you want, but it's not enough, you need to, as she said, have your shit together. So that's, I'm quoting her. And sometimes that's when we see what we call miracles. It overrides the physical. And you really need to do that spiritual, the spiritual maturity happens. And so, you know, have both. Add to that her excitement with donor egg back in the day when we were having this conversation was she couldn't wait to meet the Children that were born through donor egg cycles because she [00:34:00] says currently this was way back when in early 2000 people were born with either young mothers, so physically strong, spiritually immature. They're in their twenties, early thirties or they're born with women in the early forties. physically not as strong, but spiritually more mature. So they didn't have both. She goes, but with the donor egg cycle, they get the gene from the, the egg. So a physical, physically strong, younger woman, and they are gestated. And raised by spiritually mature women. It's going to be the first time where they get both strength from the physical and strength from the spiritual. So she was quite excited. It was a different perspective to look at the Dorae. She was like, I wonder what kind of children these are going to be, right? So,  **Michelle Oravitz:** amazing. And actually it's really interesting. I don't know if you've seen this yourself, but sometimes the donor egg and the child looks like the mother. **Lorne Brown:** yeah, well, not surprising. I, I, I can't quote you on this, but I remember that they've done this in animals where you put him in a different, like, I don't know, [00:35:00] a donkey into a horse or something like, and it comes out looking more like the the mother. Like the, the horse. So, because don't forget you start as, you know, You know, a bunch of cells, right, you know, when you go in and you're grown, so you are influenced because you're, you're taking in in Chinese medicine talks about this, the emotional well being of the mother during pregnancy will impact the nervous system and the emotional personality of that child. And so what you're eating and what you're doing is helping grow that child. So we have what we call prenatal Jing, you know, for our listeners. So you get that from the mother, the father, and then. throughout pregnancy. And then postnatal Jing is what you, what happens after you're born. So your diet lifestyle. And so everything is impacting you up until you're born. That's what we'd call your genes. And in Chinese medicine called pre pre pregenetic destination, right? Prenatal, prenatal essence. I don't know if I said, if I use the right word, prenatal essence or prenatal Jing is what happens. So, yeah, I love [00:36:00] that story that she looked a little bit like the mother, not surprising. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. And I've actually seen it because I, one of them she's somebody that I'm friends with on Facebook and she's also been on the podcast, Nancy Weiss. She's a spirit baby medium, is a whole other **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** topic. Right. But she. donor embryos and one of her daughters, she put a side by side picture of herself when she was younger and the daughter, and it was crazy. How similar they looked and then I've heard another story of somebody with freckles that she's had freckles But the mother of the donor did not and her husband did not So she always wanted a child with freckles and sure enough one of them got freckles  **Lorne Brown:** Very cute. Yeah, And that, there's so much things we don't understand and the donor egg cycle, I don't know if you've seen this, but with my patients, they only have one regret and it's a great regret that I've always heard when I've heard any regrets, I don't hear it often, but I hear it [00:37:00] and they say that the only regret I have is that I didn't do this donor egg cycle sooner because I don't, I realized I could have been with this baby I, I waited, I, you know, cause they're doing other things and understand there's a process to come to this place where you're ready to do donor a. But that's a great regret. Meaning they love this baby like from day from day one implantation, right? They have this connection. They're their mother. And and. It's, it's, that's great news, right? Cause so many people understandably have to get their head around about not using their own genetic material, right? And when you get there, when you surrender, which is part of conscious work, right? And the resistance drops and you get into flow and receptivity, the experience can be beautiful. And then regardless, even if you don't, when that baby's born, you're like, what the heck? I've been waiting for this forever. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yes. And that's another thing. So looking at the same thing from different lenses and different perspectives, and then you can kind of think, [00:38:00] okay, I may have wanted it to go this way, but perhaps it can go another way. And I'll still get the end goal, which is really to become a mother. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, that's the end goal. And that's what we want to focus on. And from the conscious work, you know, we, we hear so often in manifestation work and in teachers of consciousness, not to be attached to form an outcome. And I'm a practical guy. So the left brain, my math background, my accounting, I'm, what I would say my feet are on the ground and my header is in the clouds, not just, you know, some people either their head in their clouds. So some people in our industry just head in the clouds. So it's hard to bring it to this earth or my old profession as a accountant, the feet are on the ground, right? I feel like I'm, I'm doing both of that.  So. I want to share this because this worked for me. And again, I often share is, you know, it's easy to say don't attach to form an outcome. That's easy to say you're not the one that has, you want this form an outcome. So it's, you can't fool the universe. You can't pretend, right? Really pretend, but you can do [00:39:00] practices. And I have found this line and I didn't come up with this. I heard this from somebody else and I was like, brilliant. And it works for me and it's worked for hundreds of other people I've worked with this or something better. Yeah. I want this or something better that had such a different vibration to it because you didn't choose your desire So I will never say you can't have you can't want this You can't desire this because you didn't choose it. I I prefer chocolate ice cream over strawberry. I can't tell you why it's just it is I just like I want chocolate ice cream. I don't really want strawberry ice cream. It's just What is, and so, but when you have a desperate need for it, that if I can't have this, then you create resistance and that impacts the field and that cannot be healthy. But if you have a desire, you want it, but you also know you're going to be okay, whether you have it or not, that doesn't add resistance to the field. And so often we, cause if you get focused on has to be this way, then you're not leaving yourself open to other things that [00:40:00] can bring you that same experience. Right? Because what does the baby bring to you? Right? You know, why do you want the baby? What's it gonna bring? What's gonna be different? What are you gonna experience? You know this kind of work, right? Because then you could get little, I call them Drift logs or kisses on the cheek from the universe where you know what it feels like you're practicing what it feels like and it's This or this or something better and then all of a sudden it that same experience comes to you But it's a different manifestation physically. So you're like, oh You know getting that feeling and so you're you're starting to get it from other places as well You're experiencing it. And when I say get it from other places I want to use that loosely is you have learned to Elicit that experience inside of you and then you're starting to see it manifested on the outside so because you don't want to have to get it from the outside because again, then you're not whole and complete This whole work is about becoming whole and complete where it's cut. You are it's It's you're making it inside of it. You're tapped into a part of yourself higher than I guess the ego self to use that language. And then it becomes fun to [00:41:00] see if you can manifest it on the outside, but you're already experiencing the feeling. Hence it's easy not to be attached because you're already feeling the joy or the love or the nurturing of something else, right? And the being of service to something else, you're already bringing up that experience. So you don't need it on the outside, but then all of a sudden you see it on the outside and that just bumps it up a bit. It amplifies it. And so you get, but it's temporary, that amplification. And then when you come back to your set point, that set point is peace and joy anyhow. So you're good. **Michelle Oravitz:** So it's unconditional peace and joy. It doesn't have a condition on it. You choose to just have that. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** you can, and I think that that's the big thing is that people don't realize that they can actually do that. They could bring it up through just meditation and different practices that they can bring it up in themselves. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. You tap into that. And I mean, I've, I've had that. I have glimpses. I have experiences of it. And for now the language is I'm, I'm tapping into my true nature and everybody has this true nature, your witness consciousness, your higher self, you want to give it a word. [00:42:00] And. I think we might have talked about this when I interviewed you on the Conscious Fertility podcast, but it's not all positive. It feels good. You still get uncomfortable feelings. You're just not at the full effect of them. So you experience the sadness. You can experience fear. You can experience guilt or hopelessness, but it moves through you like a song on a radio, 90 seconds, and it passes through you. And then you're back to that peace. And So if you're able to not get into the story and you can experience it, you still feel these uncomfortable feelings, but there's a, there's could be an underlying peace or even beauty behind some of those feelings. You're just not at the full effect of them and they just don't last for, for weeks. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. Well, the untethered soul, I think that was like a big game changer for me, that book **Lorne Brown:** Michael Singer's book. Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** Singer, he's amazing. And I think that it really was about like allowing discomfort to happen without judgment, without that kind of good or bad, that neutrality, just kind of allowing it to happen. And I have an [00:43:00] example because I burned myself. I remember it was a Friday night and I was exhausted. I was so tired. I couldn't wait to sleep. And I burned my thumb. was like, man, and it was a stupid thing. Cause I was so tired and I touched something and I knew I shouldn't have done, it was just like, without thinking. And I was like, how am I going to sleep with this burning sensation? It was like the worst feeling ever. You know, it's like when you first burn yourself. And I remember thinking to myself, maybe it was like my higher guidance, something resist the burn. So I was like, okay, let me try this. literally felt, I closed my eyes and like, I imagined myself just kind of going through the fire with my hand and almost. Accepting it, inviting it, allowing it. And literally within five minutes, the burn went away. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, and that's the quantum. That's energy changing matter and you use the awesome word resistance Right resistance is futile to quote the Borg from Star Trek Resistance is futile for those Trekkies out there When you add resistance basically you amplify the burn you amplify the [00:44:00] suffering or take from the Buddhist quote pain is inevitable the burn hurts Suffering is optional. That's where you amplify and when you can lean into it versus it's counterintuitive because we should run away from it. We think, right? And I had that similar experience in the nineties. I I had read, I read dr joe dispenses book, but I didn't understand it. I kind of read it, but Didn't catch very much of it the first read and one day when I was studying to write the exams to become a chartered accountant, a CPA I had sadness come over me real, and it was a new thing. I wasn't something I really experienced this kind of sadness that I could recall. And I don't know why I did this, but there's again, another part of you leading the way here. I decided to, in the middle of the day, I had shared accommodations. I was living with a female and she had Yanni and the Ghetto Blaster. Back in the day, it was Ghetto Blasters. with cassettes, maybe CDs. She had some incense burners. So I lit that and there was like lavender rose in it. And I went in the [00:45:00] bath and just decided to experience the sadness. So as I'm listening to the sad music, there's some incense and candle lit in the middle of the day in the bath, hot bath. I'm so going into the sadness. Tears are rolling down my eyes. And in a moment I'm in full bliss. Like I'm like bliss. Like. But I I don't do drugs, but what except for that psychedelic experience, what, what a good high would be like, it was like, and honestly, if that's what it feels like, I understand why people would do drugs. It was just bliss. And I'm like, you know, try to be sad. Because I was like, this feels great. Can I be sad? I couldn't be sad. And it was only later I had that experience first. And then I read dispenses book. Sorry, not just Ben's, Eckhart Tolle's book, Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now is what I meant. And the line where he says, you, when you're present, you can't suffer, because when you're regretting the past or fear in the future, you're not in the present. But if you're in the present, he says, even sadness can be turned into bliss. And when I read that line in the book, [00:46:00] I had my aha moment because I had that experience. And now the process that I do in my conscious work is about lowering the resistance. Somebody says, what are you doing? You're tuning into your, your wist witness consciousness. You mentioned Michael Singer, the untethered soul. He often says he doesn't use tools or do tools, but he kind of does. And and I have a process that I believe brings down the resistance. My experience, people, I've worked with and then you have that flow and receptivity and sometimes I just have peace. Maybe it's at, you know, if my, if I'm frustrated or fear, it's a seven out of 10, it'll come down to say a two or one. So peace in an unhappy situation still, right? But peace. So the resistance is low. Yeah, **Michelle Oravitz:** flow in that moment. And it's interesting because I, my litmus test is, are you present? Really? That's the question. I, a lot of people that I work with is, are you present? Like, cause many times when they share things that are uncomfortable for them, they're not really in the present moment. They're either [00:47:00] expecting a future or thinking about a past or something that happens. So the present moment's always the antidote. To everything. If we **Lorne Brown:** present. And that's what the mind does. It's the nature of the mind. You can't get mad at the mind for thinking because that's its nature to be like getting upset with water for being wet, right? It's its nature. So you're fighting with reality. However, there's tools to help you get present and these uncomfortable feelings can become portals to presence. Right. And you're not wallowing them and, and embellishing them, you know, you're not inflating them. You're leaning into them and observing them. So I think what's happening, my experience, my understanding to this point is when we really get practice at noticing and observing them and accepting them, I think we're tuning, we go into present moment, but we do this by tuning into our witness consciousness because the mere fact of witnessing them, not, it shouldn't be this way. It's not fair, like getting into the head. But. **Michelle Oravitz:** neutral watcher. **Lorne Brown:** get into the watching, just getting practice at watching, then you [00:48:00] tune into your witness consciousness and that nature of you is peace and joy. So you tune into it. So wherever you put your energy is what's going to grow. So if you believe in the story and you're at the effect of the story, then you're You're unconscious and you're experiencing it. You're suffering right now. You've amplified the negative situation if you're able to observe it I'm not saying you'll like it. We're not doing a spiritual bypass here, but getting practice at observing at it I believe you tune into the witness consciousness and It's nature's peace and joy and the metaphor I use for this Michelle is when we so Tell me how this lands for you and I'm curious for your audience because this for me was my another aha moment just like what's going on here because I'm having these experiences and I want to have language to share with the people I work with. So if you buy an apple, you have to consciously you Michelle ego Michelle has to pick up the apple and chew it. But after that, Michelle, you're not going release salivary enzymes in your mouth. Like I got to do that. Nobody talked to me. Nobody talked to me. I'm getting acid into [00:49:00] my stomach now. Okay, I cannot. Walk up the stairs because my intestines are now absorbing the all these B vitamins or same thing when you sleep when you go to sleep You're unconscious. You're not breathing yourself. You're not pumping your blood Or pumping your heart circulating your blood your autonomic nervous system is doing this another part your subconscious program is doing this, right? The autonomic nervous system. Well same thing. I don't believe for me that I let go of these programs or emotions anymore. Not Lauren Brown ego. Just like I don't release the salivary enzyme. All I have, I believe it's my witness consciousness does this. It's what's metabolizing these uncomfortable feelings and old programs. And how do we do this? Well, first you have to make the unconscious conscious. So that's my notice step. Everything is neutral and then we give it meaning. Don't believe in the story. When you do, you make it real. So don't take it personally. Then I have multiple tools during the accepting part to surrender to what is, not fight it. Doesn't mean you're resigned to it. Doesn't mean you like it. We're just accepting that this is how I feel right now. And you [00:50:00] accept it and you start to observe it and get really, this is a skill. You get practice at observing it. And by that observing, you tune into the witness consciousness and it is what lets go the feelings. It's what metabolizes it. So, so. It's the intelligence. And so give it a conscious divine. I don't know if it's a part of me or part. I don't know. All I know is Lauren Brown is not doing it. Just like Lauren Brown gets to choose to bite the apple. Lauren Brown gets to choose to notice, not take it personally and observe it. That's all I do. The digestion of the apple is outside of my ego, my conscious mind, the digestion and the alchemy of these emotions where I was sad, went from sad to bliss. Right or go from fear to just feeling at peace. I'm not doing that I don't believe I let go of it and this ties into Michael Singers He says that these I don't know what he calls them Sankara's or something these these these energy blocks. They're [00:51:00] there So you're not experiencing your true nature You're all blocked up with these old programs and beliefs and feelings, but when they get released they move up and out You have this space now where you get to experience yourself. So that's how he describes it. Does, I mean, the, the metaphors and the concepts, yeah, the bottom line is you got to do the work you get. That's my point. It's nice to understand. A lot of us cannot confirm or prove anything, but when you have the experience, you don't care because the experience is peace and peace. It was nice. **Michelle Oravitz:** It is. **Lorne Brown:** I'm not at the, I'm not at the state, I'm not at the stage where I can equally treat fear and, and peace or fear and love together. Like some people say you get to a place where you don't, you don't judge either. You're, they're just vibrations. You're okay. I definitely prefer peace and joy and bliss over fear, shame, guilt, just so you know. Yeah. **Michelle Oravitz:** really our true default **Lorne Brown:** Yeah, **Michelle Oravitz:** is in that nature and that's the Buddha [00:52:00] nature. That's kind of like **Lorne Brown:** yeah, **Michelle Oravitz:** like form and we learn the other things. **Lorne Brown:** yeah, **Michelle Oravitz:** habituated through habits. So bringing this into fertility, which I think is actually very relevant, even though, you know, it's kind of like this big grand concept, it could totally apply to going through IVF, going through the resistance. And also in the IVF, you get so focused on the numbers and the analytical, where sometimes you need to kind of. move back and allow yourself the space and the, and to really take care of your wellbeing. And that's kind of like a, my big thing about that, which always tends to kind of fall in the back burner burner. **Lorne Brown:** yeah, yeah, you're going through the journey and anyhow, so that's all thing pain is Inevitable suffering is optional. I don't think anybody would want to go through an IVF However, if you're going through it, you could go kicking and screaming and suffer through it, or you can go through it and, and not amplify the difficulties of it. And that, again, is a skill set, because [00:53:00] IVF is not easy. As you know, the research shows it's like getting a cancer diagnosis or terminal diagnosis, infertility. So I want to clarify that we're not dismissing it. The conscious work is about being authentic. It's actually about feeling your feelings. However, with a different lens and developing a skill set, a process, so you can metabolize it, right? But yeah, if you're going to go on this journey, if you're in this journey, you didn't choose it, but you're in it. And so how do you use it as, as they say in the conscious teachings, how do you make it as, how is this happening for you versus to you? What does that mean? How do I get out of victim mode? Because it doesn't serve you to being accountable, responsible. What does that mean? Accountable responsible does not mean you blame yourself or you blame other accountable. Responsible means that if you're having the experience, then that's all you need to know that you're responsible for healing it because you're the one having the experience. If you if you it wasn't your responsibility, then you wouldn't be having that experience. And there's so many experiences [00:54:00] happening around the world at one time, and each individual is only aware of so many the ones that they're aware of that are triggering them that they're experiencing. That's, that's all you need to know that that means you're accountable, responsible for that. The stuff that's happening around the world that doesn't trigger you, it's not your responsibility to do the inner work around it. **Michelle Oravitz:** Yeah. Well, I mean, I can keep talking to you forever and of course we just talked about one subject, so perhaps I'll bring you back for other ones as well. But this is this is definitely the kind of thing that I'm very interested in and I nerd out on this all the time. It really is something I think about every single day. I think that it is when you really are bringing up your consciousness and becoming more aware in your life and. Really being the creator of your life or owning that you are a creator in your life I just think it brings another element of purpose and meaning everything. **Lorne Brown:** Yeah. We all want to be happy. And we think different things outside of us will make us happy. This work brings that kind of [00:55:00] happiness. And if, to kind of wrap this part up on consciousness from the materialistic and then the quantum perspective, you know, when we, when we're unconscious, or when we're in that state of fear, we don't feel safe, right? Then our body goes into survival mode, right? The fight or flight. And so, our resources are not available for healing. creativity and reproduction because they're in survival mode, you know, blood gets drained from the, the thinking brain goes, the blood gets drained from the digestion reproduction. And so, but when you feel safe, which is what conscious work is, so here's on the material level, you free up resources for healing, creativity, reproduction. And we know this, that the unsafe hormones of cortisol. and adrenaline and epinephrine, all those things affect inflammation, the body, the effect, your immune system, your hormonal system, your gut microbiome. And when you feel safe, you're releasing the

On today's episode of The Wholesome Fertility Podcast, I welcome Kerry Hinds @fertilebodyyoga, founder of Fertile Body Yoga, who shares her inspiring fertility journey and how yoga became an essential part of her path to motherhood. Kerry opens up about her struggles with infertility, navigating IVF abroad, and ultimately conceiving naturally after stepping away from treatments. She also discusses the benefits of fertility yoga for calming the nervous system, enhancing blood flow, and creating a supportive environment for conception. In this episode, you'll learn how yoga can help balance your nervous system, why feeling safe is essential for fertility, and practical ways to integrate fertility yoga into your daily routine. This heartfelt conversation is filled with wisdom, hope, and practical tips for anyone on their fertility journey. Key Takeaways:  Kerry's personal fertility journey and challenges with IVF The pivotal moment when she conceived naturally after stepping away from treatments How fertility yoga supports the nervous system and reproductive health The importance of feeling safe and creating space within the body Practical tips on incorporating breathwork, movement, and mindfulness for fertility Guest Bio: Kerry Hinds @fertilebodyyoga is a certified E-RYT, RPYT, Relax and Renew® teacher, fertility yoga instructor, and Reiki practitioner. She founded Fertile Body Yoga to support individuals on their fertility journeys. Drawing from her personal experiences with fertility challenges, including undergoing treatments and experiencing pregnancy loss, Kerry offers compassionate guidance to her students. She leads weekly fertility yoga classes and provides various mind-body support programs through the Fertile Body Yoga Virtual Studio. Kerry is also the host of the "Fringe Fertility" podcast, where she explores holistic and alternative approaches to enhancing fertility. Websites/Social Media Links: Learn more about Kerry HindsFollow Kerry Hinds on Instagram Listen to her podcast: The Fringe Fertility For more information about Michelle, visit www.michelleoravitz.com To learn more about ancient wisdom and fertility, you can get Michelle's book at: https://www.michelleoravitz.com/thewayoffertility The Wholesome Fertility facebook group is where you can find free resources and support: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2149554308396504/ Instagram: @thewholesomelotusfertility Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewholesomelotus/ ---------------- Transcript: # TWF: Kerry Hinds [00:00:00] Episode number 329 of the Wholesome Fertility Podcast. My guest today is Carrie Hines. Carrie is the owner and founder of Fertile Body Yoga, a virtual yoga studio that is dedicated to supporting women navigating their fertility journey. She offers both live stream and on demand fertility yoga classes. and small group programs that embrace the complete journey physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically, spiritually, and socially. Carrie has been teaching yoga for over 20 years and has been specializing, teaching, and training almost solely fertility yoga for eight years. Her classes and offerings are informed by her own experiences with pregnancy loss, years of IVF, and eventually completing her family with two children. Carrie has supported thousands of women on their fertility journey so far and is on a mission to help women conceive and birth with yoga and community. Carrie also [00:01:00] hosts Fringe Fertility, a podcast that highlights supportive fertility practices beyond the doctor's office. **Michelle:** Welcome to the podcast. Carrie. I'm so happy to have you. **Kerry:** Thanks for having me, Michelle. I'm so happy to be here and spend some time with you today. **Michelle:** Yes. I would love for you to share your story first of all I love fertility yoga. I always suggest for my patients and my clients to do it It's something that I've personally myself have been really transformed by yoga in general. Many different types of yoga, a huge believer in it. And I also think that it's a, I call it an intelligent exercise. It's something that's been around for thousands of years and [00:02:00] really is a medicine in its own. So I would love for you to share your story and how you personally went through your own journey, but also how you combine fertility with yoga. **Kerry:** Okay. Yeah. I'll try and be a little bit concise cause I could go on and on for the, for a long time about this topic. But you know, as many listeners out there, you know, I didn't really start thinking about having kids till I was in my mid thirties. I took me a while to find the person I wanted to share my DNA with. Right. So when I did, we got married we moved to Germany and We went to Germany with the intention of this would be a good time for me to have kids. He's going to do his PhD. Germany has so many great social supports for families and so on. So we're like, Oh, it's just skim the cream off the top of that social system. And so when we got there, as often [00:03:00] happens, things don't go as planned when it comes to fertility. So we rolled into IUI. So we tried for six months, we found a clinic and. You know, we lived in old Eastern Germany, so it was hard to find English speaking doctors. So it was a very interesting time of my life. Not only was it just stressful in general dealing with what's going on and is this ever going to happen to living in another culture, another country? I didn't have a ton of support around, but then trying to navigate a new language that I was not fluent in. at all. So, I, you know, had one amazing friend there who spoke fluent, fluent German, American woman. And she's like,I will help you. And she went into those appointments with me, **Michelle:** oh **Kerry:** did all the **Michelle:** What a great friend **Kerry:** I know, I know. It was so amazing because I was so [00:04:00] lost at that time trying to figure out, like, just what's going on, but then how to say it in a different language or understand it in a different language. So for anybody who's doing this, fertility journey overseas or is here in North America It's not your mother tongue English, and you're trying to figure it out, I see you, I understand how this can add an extra level of stress to it. So we. You know, during that time, I actually went and did a yoga teacher training cause I was like, this isn't working. I want to do something for myself. So let's go get a yoga teacher training. I'd actually been teaching yoga for years before this was, so I've been teaching yoga for 20 years far before, This, you know, all these 200 hour yoga teacher trainings that, you know, you can sign up for one. No problem now. But back then it was your teacher [00:05:00] tapped you on the shoulder and said, Hey, do you want to be like, let's do this. And so that's kind of how I started yoga. But then when I was in Germany, I was like, okay, I need to, let's make this legit, right? Let's go get the training. I love it. I was teaching in Germany and so on. So that was sort of the, the main integration of the yoga into the fertility journey was just taking that bigger step to get the certification. And then, yeah, we went, we did IUIs. The first IUI was successful in that I got pregnant and, you know, 10 week ultrasound, there was no heartbeat. So we lost that baby. Yeah, and it was again, different culture, different bedside manners, different, it was just so stark. That's the word I could use for it. Shocking. It was just like, okay. The baby has no heartbeat. We're booking you in tomorrow for a DNC. Be there at 6 a. m. [00:06:00] You know, there was no time to, to, to absorb what was, to breathe, to figure out what I wanted. it was just like this snowball that was just like, okay, this has happened. You're going to do this. You're going to be better than you're going to start again. And you're going to keep trying and trying. So that's a whole other rabbit hole we could go down. But yeah, it was, it was a lot. It was a lot. And so we ended up going to do IVF, and this was, you know, 15 years ago. So things were maybe a little different than they are now. LikeICSI was just sort of a, more of a thing, right? It's Ooh, we're going to do this new cool thing. ICSI. I was like, okay. And they're like, and then there's embryo glue and we'll glue your embryo to your uterus. And it was all cutting edge at this time. And We did it. We did many cycles frozen cycles fresh cycles. Yeah, so many cycles and [00:07:00] nothing stuck, right? We had been doing IVF for two years and we kind of just paused and said, Is this, do we want to keep doing this?is this how we envision our life to be? And we wanted kids for sure, but we also wanted to start living our lives again. So that was a very pivotal moment in our journey is when we stepped away from IVF. We said, okay, we're done. I had gained weight. I wasn't feeling like myself. My body was weirdly puffy in different places and just, I was unhappy and I was emotional and I was just like, let's. Let's, let's walk away. And I remember my fertility doctor at the time, he said, you know, your chances of getting pregnant naturally are like one in a hundred million. Like you shouldn't be walking away from IVF. And I was like, you know, I'm okay. Like [00:08:00] I just, I need a break. And I walked away and a month and a half later I was pregnant. **Michelle:** Wow **Kerry:** intervention. And then nine months postpartum, I also was pregnant again by accident because we thought we had our miracle baby, right? So we were like, okay, whatever. And then I was pregnant again and through the whole journey, I was using yoga for my body, but more so for my energetic health, my mental, emotional health. So when we ended up coming back to the U S and moving to Boston, that was one of the first things I did. I did a prenatal yoga teacher training and I said, Hey, can we do fertility yoga? And she's like,I don't, I'm sure. I have no idea what it is. Tell me what it is. I'm like, either do I, but I'll get back to you. And that's sort of how the fertility yoga started. And [00:09:00] nobody was really doing it eight years ago. It was, **Michelle:** It's true **Kerry:** Like, there was nothing. There was a few people, there was a couple books out on it but I really spent a lot of time explaining. what it was that we were trying to do when we were doing like a fertility focused yoga practice. So that's kind of the story. That's the evolution. **Michelle:** Well, I love the story. I don't love that you went through the suffering through the story But I love the fact that you can it Prove with your story that when people tell you when you hear from doctors that you have one in a million chance or whatever that is, that is not necessarily the truth. That is their opinion. They say it very factually, and I think that that's where it gets very confusing for people. They say it very factually, and I'm not dismissing what doctors say because a lot of times it could be very accurate or they can, but I, I, what I don't love is Is when things are predicted because the body can be [00:10:00] so unpredictable. And it can also show so many signs that defy what it's going to do. So that's where, you know, I say just have an open mind or getting a second opinion is great. So, but I do love hearing those stories because I think when people who are going through that now and are probably listening to fertility podcasts because they want to get. Answers and hear other people's stories and when they hear stories like that it sparks some hope in their hearts So I think that that's really important **Kerry:** Yeah, I often get Students they'll ask me well what was it like right because this is what we want This is people don't want to do IVF if they don't have to and they're like, what was it? what happened and I was like, I cannot tell you I can't tell you a hundred percent that it was the yoga that I was doing or you know All the other lifestyle changes I was doing but something came [00:11:00] together You magically all together at the right time and this baby happened and if I had to choose one word for it, it would be exhale because there was this feeling that my body was no longer having to perform like it felt safe because I wasn't going in for you know, all these procedures and like they're. You know, minimally invasive, but you're still like vaginal ultrasounds and people poking around down there and all the operations that come with it. Anesthesia, all those sorts of things. And yeah, it's, it's a lot. So my body was like, whew, thank you. Thank you. Let me just be. And I think the mental piece was just like that. I wasn't going to go back to it. At least anytime soon. So my, my body was actually believing [00:12:00] me, right? And I don't think it's It's something that you can fake. It's not a time, like I had to go through those two years of IVF and pregnancy loss to get to that point. I don't think that there's we can't just kind of skip over it and be like, Oh, I'm just going to think this now and I'm going to get pregnant naturally. So it's a process. That's it. you know, everybody's journey is different and we just need to give ourselves a little bit of space sometimes to integrate what's going on and give our bodies that exhale, which is so important. Mm. **Michelle:** I love that you say that because actually exhaling longer can simulate your, parasympathetic nervous system, which is the rest and digest mode, which many times the majority of us in response to life are in the fight or flight mode. And especially when we feel unsafe. And I love that you use the word safe because when we feel unsafe, Then [00:13:00] we're really not in a creative mode. We don't create even like mentally when we're not feeling safe. **Kerry:** Yeah. **Michelle:** When we feel safe, we're able to create, we're able to let go and our body's able to create, and that's a, it's a state of growth. So I love that you talk about that. And I think that one of the commonalities between yoga and acupuncture, which actually they're related in  many ways. And because it's really about moving the energy because yoga is connected to Ayurveda. Ayurveda has Marma points and yoga is actually a branch of Ayurveda. it's part of the medicine of the physicality of the body and moving the energy. **Kerry:** Yep. **Michelle:** Qigong is sort of the yoga of Chinese medicine. So it's very related. And I think one of the biggest commonalities or one of the ways I think it really works is it's all about the nervous system. **Kerry:** 100 percent it, the nervous system. Like when I, [00:14:00] even these days I, when I'm talking to somebody, I'm like, I'm talking to a person. Yes. But I'm interacting with a nervous system. So with the words that I'm saying my body language or how I look at them, right? Like it, it all is interacting with third nervous system. So how are we working with nervous systems? And when we show up, in fertility world supporting people. For me, the huge part of fertility yoga is how do we harness this parasympathetic, I call it rest, digest and reproduce. That's what I call it, just  **Michelle:** Yeah. I love that. Yes. **Kerry:** Because what it is, it **Michelle:** Yup. **Kerry:** It's what yoga is so good at, sadly, right? Like our Western culture view of yoga has been a little focused almost exclusively on exercise and gymnastic style yoga. But [00:15:00] really traditionally, like you said, it was about the marma. It was about the energetic lines running through you and wherever you find that imbalance, you can work with the energetic field to create balance again. And as you know, the Marma points and acupuncture and pressure points are like following very similar lines and it's powerful. But it's subtle, right?  **Michelle:** Right. it's **Kerry:** explain. Yeah, like it's hard to explain exactly what's happening but it is, it's so powerful and it can really be transformative for how we, how we navigate the journey as embracing that, the quiet side, the quiet side of things. **Michelle:** Yes. And I think that the way we connect with it is through feeling. Right. Because that is ultimately how we do it, but we can't feel or pay attention to what we're feeling when we're distracted all the time by the noise of the world. So we're constantly disrupted by the [00:16:00] noise. It's very disrupting actually for our nervous system. We don't realize it because we're so used to it. You could be used to things that are really not healthy for you and listen, you know, hearing the outside noise. And the loud noises of construction, you know, the normal life, if you're living in the city, the constant sirens and honking, and, you know, those things are actually very taxing on the nervous system. And they put us in a fight or flight mode because our bodies don't really recognize them isn't in the natural world. So it stimulates a more fight and flight response. So having that counter balance with practices like yoga. In calming the nervous system. And what I love about yoga is that it includes breath, all the things that really stimulate the vagus nerve mantra sound. So you're able to tune your vibration and breath. Which is also very calming because if you exhale longer, like there's certain controlled breath [00:17:00] where you're able to control your brain through breath and even movement, somatic energy work and emotions that we can at least much more easily, like that control, but manage with our  bodies.  **Kerry:** Yeah. I couldn't say it better myself, Michelle. That was perfect. I think one thing, right, like we, we, we know that the fertility journey is stressful. We know that life is stressful. We know that we're probably living in a heightened state in our sympathetic more than we, we would like to. And yeah, the yoga piece can just. hit so many things. And one thing we need to remember is that we are created like evolutionarily are, you know, we are more attuned to the stresses, right? For survival. So the loud, the loud noises, it [00:18:00] alerts us to look around and see, Oh, is there something coming for me? Or the bright lights and things like that. Like we're just constantly Like our bodies are looking out to keep us safe all the time. And we're tuned to that, right, that our bodies are naturally tuned to go in that direction. And there's way more stimuli that will take us that way. And then with the other side, the parasympathetic, we have to work harder and more intentionally to go there. And I think that is one of the things that is the hardest is you actually need to train the system to be more fluid. It's not the stress isn't going to go away. Stress isn't going to go away, but if you are training your nervous system to float more evenly back and forth between the two and taking the time to go parasympathetic as best that you can, whether it's with the breath or [00:19:00] with yoga or going for a walk in nature or anything like that You're rebalancing, but we have to make more effort that is just the way we're, we're built. And yeah, like things that will help us be calmer are like dim lights, quietude, support. So like lying down flat. So our body doesn't have to be alert, like even sitting, we have to be alert.  So we might not fall over weight. Unless you're claustrophobic, of course so yeah, there's lots of things that we can add, and yoga does that. Restorative yoga, which is a huge piece of how I teach fertility yoga it, that is what it does. those are the things that we're embracing when we do restorative yoga.  **Michelle:** I love restorative yoga. **Kerry:** Me too.  **Michelle:** Oh, it feels so good. It really just feels so good. And you know what? I love to. I remember taking a yoga class and the teacher after we're laying in Shavasana said, allow the ground to support [00:20:00] you. And I'm like, just the thought of that changes. My experience laying down right now **Kerry:** Yes. Yes I say that too in my yoga classes or I'm like the earth is coming up to hold you and you Let the earth hold you like it's like a two way street. It's like here I am I'm here, but you need to let go into it too. Yeah, it, there's so many wonderful things about restorative yoga. I mean, it's not the only part of fertility yoga the way I teach it, but it is definitely a huge part of what I like to emphasize to help train the nervous system that like,  Oh, Oh, I remember this place of calm and safety, right? And then if we can condition it with at the beginning of every Shavasana or every restorative yoga pose, you do three big, deep breaths, long exhales. The body then starts to put it all together. and [00:21:00] say, Oh, when she takes three big, long, deep breaths, it's time to relax. It's time to release and let go. So we can, there's so much we could do to support ourselves on that level, I think. But yeah, society makes it hard. **Michelle:** Right, so it's almost like a triggering relaxation response To something that you repeat over and over again I always say likeif you do meditation and you burn a specific incense That's clean or something that I'm even in the central oil Like diffuse a specific one every single time you start to meditate you're immediately going to It's almost like pavlov's dog. You're always going to associate it with meditation time and our scent brings us Right there because it's so connected our olfactory nerve, which is really responsible for our sense of smell Is connected to our brains directly **Kerry:** Yeah. And certain smells will be more grounding and, you know, so choose your smells. wisely, I would say, you know, where like,citrus [00:22:00] and high notes are a little bit more stimulating where like the deeper tones like sandalwood and like the earthy green trees, those sorts of things can just be really calming. And then plus the volatile oils that are in evergreen trees are calming to the nervous system. **Michelle:** Yeah. It's not amazing. **Kerry:** You know, so why not put those in your diffuser like use all the tools that you can and and and then things smell good **Michelle:** Yeah.  **Kerry:** like  I just  **Michelle:** who doesn't like that? **Kerry:** Yeah Yeah, **Michelle:** That's awesome. So just take people through, likeif they've never really heard of fertility yoga, like what differentiates fertility yoga from regular yoga  or other types of yoga? **Kerry:** Whoo. So the first I would say are the people that are in the class so it is just really dedicated to holding space for those that are trying to conceive and it can be anybody from, Oh, I'm just [00:23:00] thinking about it, but I, my periods have been a little weird all my life. I just want to get in tune with my body to those who have, you know, eighth round of IVF, like really deep into the journey. So I think the community piece is really important because, People like to be seen and understood. And when we do a check in at the beginning of our classes, even though it's online and there's all these little squares and so on on the Zoom room, people, you see people nodding and oh, and like sending hearts and doing all the things. And just creating community around that as opposed to if you went to a regular yoga class and you walked up to your teacher and said, Oh, by the way, I'm doing a stim cycle right now. They're not going to know what to do with you. They're not going to know how to keep you safe, nor are they going to know how to nurture that part of the cycle. So that's the 2nd piece is. Becoming or recognizing [00:24:00] where you are in your cycle and then matching the energies of that time. So follicular phase is a little more. Woo woo, woo hoo, right? Springtime, and follicles are growing, you have more energy because of the hormones, and an ovulation, you're just like the queen bee, right? So these are the energies that we would say, okay, if you're in the follicular phase, you're gonna do this twist, and so on, and blah blah blah. And then you would say, okay, oh, you're in the luteal phase, things are a little quieter, You might be pregnant, you're in the two week wait, you're post transfer, you're stimming, like all these things, then we need to be a little quieter with the body and give the pelvic area a little bit more space. So we would work with that and do some modifications for that. So really following the cycle. So when I'm teaching, I'm constantly, Okay, if you're in the follicular phase, you're going to do this. If you're in the luteal phase, you're going to [00:25:00] do this. So not only am I keeping people safe, but I'm also like finding the nourishing pieces as well. So it's like,I'm boosting that energy and keeping you safe where you wouldn't be able to do that in a regular class. And then the movement piece. Is really just like slow flow, somatic movement, a lot of it's pelvic centered, but not always because we hold tension and all different places in our body, the chakra system, the energetic system, right? We want it flowing as well as possible for many reasons. So it's lots of ooey gooey, juicy sort of moves in and around the pelvis. So what else did I forget? Oh, and of course the yoga wisdom part of it, right? The energetics, the, the wisdom. So I teach, I'm very thematic when I teach. So I will choose a theme and it may [00:26:00] come from yoga. For example, I did a class or I'm doing a series right now. We're doing an elemental series. So it's five weeks. Perfect. Five elements. Let's do this in yoga anyway, or in Ayurveda. So I'm like, we started with earth, like, why is earth, why is grounding important in fertility, then water and fire and so on. So, yeah, just bringing a new perspective into it, like something to be like, oh, okay, I get it. I get that, I need to be grounded and feel safe for fertility to I don't want to say be boosted, but to be, to feel safe, your body, or to be working at full capacity, whatever is happening in your body, your body needs to feel safe for the fertility hormones. Whew.  **Michelle:** I'm sure there's a lot more even that you might not even realize it, you know, because when we feel safe, I [00:27:00] mean, there's so many things that our bodies naturally do. And our bodies are so intelligent. And it puts us into a growth cycle in general, like our bodies are able to regenerate and repair when it feels like it's getting rest, the proper rest. So, also uh, something that I've noticed, and I do have some patients, it's really interesting because it kind of correlates with jaw tension, but it usually correlates with hip tension. **Kerry:** Hip and pelvic floor, probably. Yeah. **Michelle:** And so that's something that I always think about with fertility yoga is really kind of like getting that area more free because it correlates to the first and second chakra. And the first chakra is really that rooted chakra, the place that we feel safe, and that holds up the second chakra, which is really where our fertility is. So in order to have that active, you know, it depends on that foundation of safety. **Kerry:** Yeah. **Michelle:** So also the blood flow, I'm [00:28:00] sure. **Kerry:** Oh, yeah. Yeah. See, there's so much. I like so many things. But yeah, so that somatic slow flow movement that's pelvic centered, of course, it's like, it's energetic, like bringing energy in and like moving energy, which is really important when we're in our lifestyle of sitting stagnant a lot of the time. And yeah, the blood flow, Like this gentle squeeze and release, right? Like it's constantly bringing in new oxygenated blood into the organs of the pelvis. And I think often in yoga, we don't think, we don't think about the organ level. when we're moving our bodies. And that's what I love about the Ayurvedic yoga. It's more okay, this is happening in your body. let's look at the liver, right? So you're doing side bends and the liver and the spleen and just incorporating more of those, organs, like the systems of the body. It's not just about. the [00:29:00] large muscle groups and releasing tension, which feels great and is lovely and good for energy and marma points and things like that. But we can also work at the organ level and the hormonal level. **Michelle:** Yeah, for sure. And do you also include pranayama? Yeah. **Kerry:** I do breath work. I don't do we're going to do half an hour pranayama every time, but I will integrate breath work or pranayama techniques. When they're suited for the theme or what we're doing with our bodies, sometimes mudra as well. So like, let's, Which is our hand gesture. Yeah. It's like a seal. **Michelle:** again, see, it relates to the meridians and the energetic connections in the body. It's like our body's like a circuit. So putting our fingers together in certain positions will actually link that circuit and, and have it continue. **Kerry:** Yeah, yeah, and [00:30:00] I was never really into mudras  for quite a while of my yoga journey like I was like Oh, yeah, let's I'm gonna stick my fingers together do whatever all the things that you know Yeah, mudra and so on that you see all the time and then someone actually sat down and we we I learned and I experimented with like slowly touching your fingers together and then like you know, do you want to increase something or decrease something, et cetera. And it was actually very profound.  And that energetic piece, I believe it, and it's now Ayurveda as well. And in yoga, energy is the thing that connects. The element that connects body and mind. Right. We're always talking about body and mind, but what is it that's, that's going on to connect those two? It's the energetic body. And pretty soon I am hoping western science will get on [00:31:00] board. It slowly **Michelle:** It is. It's really fascinating. I mean, that's a lot of Dr. Joe dispenses. He's always talking about like energy frequencies, and he talks about how we can connect and he does a lot of scientific research on it actually. So he looks at the brain waves and how they respond to certain meditations and certain energy movements. He does also breath a specific breath. And a lot of people have Kundalini awakenings. That's what it, I mean, he doesn't call it that. He talks about it more scientific and he talks about chakras. He doesn't call it chakras. He calls it energy centers. And it's basically the same thing that we've been, you know, we've been taught years ago, thousands of years ago. And ultimately, I mean, people are having Kundalini rising. They, they see this light, they feel this incredible energy just shooting through their spine from the base. It opens up cause that's where the Kundalini of people haven't really learned about that. They say that there's this [00:32:00] dormant energy at the root of your spine. That's always there, but it's sleeping. And so sometimes  doing. Yep. And when we do breath work or certain types of exercises, it can actually awaken that when that awakens, a lot of people have spontaneous healing, spontaneous remission, and it's really fascinating. So his work is also very much based on quantum physics. And if you look at a lot of the old work and teachings of ancient cultures. They describe pretty much what we're learning as quantum physics. And it ultimately comes down to the fact that we are mostly energy and much, much, much, much less matter than we really think we are. We're like 0. 0000001. It's like a million tons of zeros. And then one, that's how our matter is. And if we actually Take it like the space actually is way more in between the [00:33:00] particles in our bodies and just what we  see. So it's kind of like an illusion. It's really fascinating. So we really are vibratory beings, which is why vibration sound really impacts our bodies. I can nerd. I  **Kerry:** I, I'm going to go, I'm going  to,  **Michelle:** all day long. **Kerry:** I know me too. Well, I, well, there's two things I wanted to talk about, but first I want to talk about space and spaciousness, openness. And I often say to my students, like magic happens in the space. So when we think about the body, We need space in our body, openness, spaciousness, for our body to function, right? between the synapses, there's a little gap, right? It's tiny,  but it's there. And that we have, we need to have space, the womb, let's not forget, that is space. openness, spaciousness, [00:34:00] right? we have to have space in our digestive track and air and things like that to keep it moving. And now I'm like going off the deep end and also Ayurveda of course, right? anything that is moving in our body is the air and ether element and ether is spaciousness, it's openness. And so I often emphasize this idea you in class of creating space. When we move our pelvis, we're creating space. We're opening up, we're releasing blocked energy, if you will, or like stagnant blood, like we are getting things moving. And when things are moving, the magic happens, right? Like the space, we need that spaciousness. Oh yeah. I  **Michelle:** that.  **Kerry:** Yeah. The **Michelle:** Well, it's, it's so cool. I mean, cause, cause that's one of the things that Joe Dispenza does is he first, he almost puts you in an induction with his [00:35:00] meditations and he says space, and he wants you to focus on like this endless space. But the reason why is there's a rhyme. There's a reason for everything that he does is that when our minds focus on space, it actually creates. I don't know how to how he described it. Actually. I mean, I go to so many of his stuff, but I don't remember everything but he said that when you do that, I think it takes you almost to a different mind. Mental frequency brainwave when you start to focus on space. **Kerry:** Well, so Yoga Nidra, which we had talked about previously, but Yoga Nidra, which is like a 5, 000 year old technique that the yogis came up with it is about, it is about that. It is about slowing down your brainwave to delta wave, which is what your brainwaves would be like if you were in deep sleep. And why do we love deep sleep so much? Because that's when we heal, that's when we [00:36:00] process and calibrate and so on. Our organs are doing their cleaning up and all that and it's so important and it's definitely related to fertility that deep sleep state. And Yeah, with Yoga Nidra, we're purposefully going there, but being conscious when we're there. So it's an experience that we would never do. We would never get to that state on our, on our own naturally. Like we'd either be in deep sleep or we wouldn't be in Delta. So this is what I love about Yoga Nidra. And like you were saying, just even the concept of thinking about. Space or expansiveness or you know, you're in an airplane, you look out the window and all you see is infinite space. it never ends. It just goes on and on and on. Right. But yeah, it does, slow us down. It slows down the brainwave so we can get out of the, the gamma or the, you know what we're in right now [00:37:00] talking. **Michelle:** Yes. And it also gives you a sense of freedom. You just feel this like sense of peace and freedom from that space. Cause then you're like, ah, you know, there's just so much, and there's so many possibilities and it's open. And so for people actually who have not heard of yoga, Nidra, can you explain what it is exactly? **Kerry:** Okay. So yoga nidra, like I said, it's thousands of years old. It has so many benefits. I mean, it's so many like deep healing, but also like physical deep healing, but also mental emotional. So it takes, you know, sort of these deeply ingrained, maybe even ancestral patterns that we have, we can start to change those patterns. The body can process all of those things. It's so, it's. It's, it's the Soma we say in yoga, it's the sweet nectar. [00:38:00] It's the nectar that we want for our bodies, especially during fertility, but also to for overall health and longevity. We want to have that sweetness and that nectar in us. And what I use it for, I do a ton of Yoga Nidra in classes. It is It is a progressive deep relaxation technique. It that it has been, Huberman has taken it and called it non sleep deep rest because it's more palpable to Western mind. So it's been an eye rest and all these things. So it's yoga nidra has been taken and repackaged in many different ways for our Western minds. I love the traditional one. Of course, I'm sure you probably do too. And. Yeah, you just, you go  ## Marker **Kerry:** progressively to put your body to sleep. So you go through body parts and you relax those body parts and we can, instill or implant a message. [00:39:00] We call it sankalpa, but you can call it whatever you want. Affirmation, it's not quite the right word. Intention maybe of what deep healing you want to happen. And that's sort of implanted throughout the deep relaxation part. And then yoga nidra is actually a state. It's not the progress of getting there. So yoga nidra is when you are, your body's asleep, you're conscious. But your brain is in these sort of Delta waves and sometimes you get there, sometimes you don't, and sometimes the journey is joyful to, to get there too, right? So it's not oh, you have to get to that state to get any benefit. You're still getting all that parasympathetic work going on. The body feels safe and protected. And most people feel very blissful. afterwards, they often say, Oh, it's like hypnotic that there's like this [00:40:00] hypnosis. And my voice too, I think it's like low and like kind of slow and steady. They're like, Oh, I just hear your voice and I start to relax. Right. So it is a really powerful tool. And if I were to choose one thing, like people say, what yoga pose should I do to help my fertility? If I could choose one thing I would say do Yoga Nidra for at least 40 days straight **Michelle:** Yeah, **Kerry:** and see what happens. I think it's perfect. And I have a program, 40 days, a 40 day program where you have the option to do Yoga Nidra every day if you wanted to, or meditation. So yeah, it's, it's perfect. It's really powerful. really **Michelle:** is so cool. And I'm excited actually to have you as a guest contributor to my fertility hypnosis toolbox. Soon. I know a lot of people, listeners are probably on there, so you guys I'll be very excited. I think by the [00:41:00] time this is out, probably going to  **Kerry:** it. to you. I promise. I will do it. I feel honored  **Michelle:** have time. you have time.  **Kerry:** Yeah, I  know. But I wanted to make it, this is me. I want to make it, I don't want to just maybe take an old recording that, you know, It's, you know, been out there for a while. Like I want to make new things for you and also like, where do we need the yoga nidra the most? Like the two week wait, perfect time, um, after law. So you know, I want to theme them so that there's it hits home for what people need the most. **Michelle:** Well, I'm so grateful for that and I'm grateful for this conversation. I think this is awesome. I can nerd out on this stuff  **Kerry:** too. Me too. Me too. I **Michelle:** I think we're on the same page. **Kerry:** I am **Michelle:** fascinating.  **Kerry:** nerdy about it. And, **Michelle:** Yeah. **Kerry:** and, I mean, I know, I love what you do. All the messaging that you're sending out there to those that are on this journey, I think it's so valuable and, [00:42:00] and needed. we need more voices that are like, here, right? here, **Michelle:**  the ancient stuff, kind of like the bridging that ancient wisdom, that ancient nurturing, really connecting with nature. Cause I know that you also are a big fan of nature and being out in nature. And I think that really just kind of coming home to like our authentic authenticity of, as humans, and sort of the tribalness that, you know, coming home to really our roots and the sacredness that we have also as women. I think that that's there's so much power in that. And I think that a lot of people are thirsting for that. And that's why I nerd out on this. I say, it's you know, I could say my brain nerds out now, but I think my soul nerds **Kerry:** Mm. Oh, I love that. Yes, my soul nerds out on it. That is so good. I love that. I'm gonna use it  if I  can't  **Michelle:** said, well, Carrie, like I, we had such a great conversation also on your podcast, **Kerry:** yes  **Michelle:** guys. Yes. I highly recommend you guys [00:43:00] check out her podcasts. Fringe fertility. So it is definitely like something that I highly suggest. Cause you're going to get more of this amazing conversation on there and she has other guests on there. So yeah, very  **Kerry:** thanks for the shout out for the podcast. Thank you. Yeah. Well, it was a pleasure to be here today and sharing this conversation. I could just do it forever and ever. **Michelle:** for sure. And also before we go, how can people find you? What are the best ways? **Kerry:** sure. So yeah, I have a website Fertile Body Yoga. So it's a virtual yoga studio dedicated to fertility. So fertilebodyyoga. com. That's probably the, the lead in place to find me. I'm on Instagram as well. I'm not a huge Instagrammer though. And lately, I'm feeling like I just might need to walk away because for my mental health. But I do have an Instagram account. It is fertile body yoga there. And yeah, like I'm always doing [00:44:00] some great collaborative workshops and I have a retreat coming up at the end of April. You can cut this out if it's not the right timing, but so an in person retreat in New Hampshire at the end of April with. Two lovely co creators. So that, that's the big thing. That is huge. This has been years in the making and it's  finally  **Michelle:** That's so exciting. Well, congratulations. That's really cool. **Kerry:** Yeah. Thank you. **Michelle:** Awesome. Well, Carrie, this has been a pleasure and we really do have great conversations. I could tell you that we definitely are very aligned in a lot of the way we view the body and really view the fertility journey. And also thank you for sharing your own experience and now sharing your story. Cause I think that a lot of people will be inspired by that as well. So thank you so much. This has been amazing. Perfect.  **Kerry:** Thank you. for having me.[00:45:00] [00:46:00]     

Join Shannon and Christine as they chat about Emotional and Mental Wellness this week with Ashley Holmes. Ashley is the CEO & Founder of Holistic Fertility Coach Inc. She helps women struggling with infertility to conceive with ease by connecting mind, body, and spirit to optimize your health and wellness. Ep. 188   Join us in community:  Women Connected in Wisdom Community Listen to past episodes: https://womenconnectedinwisdompodcast.com/ Glo from head to toe by joining the shealo glo glo club at www.shealoglo.com ! Stillpoint: A Self-Care Playbook for Caregivers Join Christine at an event! Book a free coaching consult with Christine here:  https://christinegautreaux.com Like & Subscribe to get notifications of when we are live: Women Connected in Wisdom Instagram Women Connected in Wisdom on Facebook Rosie the Riveter National Park Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve Hike Holistic Fertility Coach https://www.instagram.com/ashley_holmes3202/
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Ein unerfüllter Kinderwunsch ist ein großes und belastendes Thema, dem vor allem auf medizinische Weise begegnet wird. Aber auch zahlreiche Kinderwunsch-Behandlungen enden erfolglos, und Paare mit Kinderwunsch bleiben verzweifelt und hoffnungslos zurück.  In der neuen Podcast-Folge geht es um die Frage, wie unsere Psyche, alte Traumata und der Umgang mit unserem Inneren Kind, unsere Kinderwunsch-Reise beeinflusst. Warum ist es so oft die Entscheidung für den entweder schulmedizinischen Weg oder den Weg der emotionalen Begleitung. Warum ist es nicht viel eher ein "Sowohl als auch"?  Was haben die Nähe und Verbundenheit zu uns selbst mit dem Erfolg einer Kinderwunsch-Behandlung zu tun? Birgit Haus ist Psychosynthese- und Traumatherapeutin, Resilienz-Trainerin sowie Heilpraktikerin/Psychotherapie und leitet das Institut für Psychosynthese in Köln. Hier findet ihr mehr zu Birgits Arbeit: https://www.psychosyntheseinstitut.de/ Hier findet Birgits nächsten Workshop zur Heilung des Inneren Kindes: https://lmy.de/YNkDU Hier kannst du dir dein Ticket für unser nächstes Festival sichern: https://www.artofbeingwoman.de/festival-holistic-fertility

Send Kiona a Text Message!When Ashley found out she was pregnant with twins she was very surprised, but not as surprised as she was when she found out that she was pregnant again. This is because she needed some assistant with getting pregnant the first time and the second time happened unexpectedly without any additional assistance. Tune in to hear the how Ashley did things differently her second time around. birthasweknowitpodcast.com/77 Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only with no intention of giving or replacing any medical advice. I, Kiona Nessenbaum, am not a licensed medical professional. All advice that is given on the podcast is from the personal experience of the storytellers. All medical or health-related questions should be directed to your licensed provider.  To hear another VBAC story listen to Ep.16-Sarah Ziroll-3 Births-Cesarean-VBAC-Birth Made MindfulResources:All Links for Ashley Holmes:Website: https://holisticfertilitycoachinc.my.canva.site/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashley_holmes3202/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ashley.holmes.3979Yoga Nidra:https://vibly.io/services/yoga-nidra-meditation-ashleyjholmesHolistic Fertility Coach Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/271957647919481/?ref=share_group_link Definitions:Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Dichorionic-Diamniotic (Di-Di) TwinsEpisiotomySupport the showThank you so much for tuning in to this episode! If you like this podcast, don't hesitate to share it and leave a review so it can bring the podcast to the attention of others. If you want to share your own birth story or experience on the Birth As We Know It™️ Podcast, head over to https://birthasweknowitpodcast.com/ or fill out this Guest Request Form. Support the podcast and become a part of the BAWKI™️ Community by becoming a Patron on the Birth As We Know It Patreon Page! And don't forget to join in on the fun in the Private Facebook Group!

I'm so excited to share this episode with Dr. Roxanne Pero, an OB-GYN who blends Western medicine with integrative lifestyle and functional medicine to support women's reproductive health. Dr. Roxanne opens up about her personal journey, including her own fertility challenges and how she became a mother through both biological means and adoption. We talk about the importance of taking a holistic approach to fertility, from non-toxic lifestyle choices and hormone balance to building emotional resilience. Dr. Roxanne also gives us a closer look at her practice and how she combines Western and holistic methods to optimize health—focusing on nutrition, stress management, and personalized care. She shares her adoption journey as well, offering an inspiring perspective on the resilience and dedication it takes to grow your family. I think you're going to love hearing her story and learning from her insights! Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website. You can Find Dr. Roxanne Pero at her website, or on Instagram. Do you have questions about IVF?Click here to join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class. The next live class call is on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 4pm PST, where Dr. Aimee will explain IVF and there will be time to ask her your questions live on Zoom.   Follow on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Subscribe to the newsletter to get updates   Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

In this episode, Riley Rees speaks with Fertility Expert Dr. Aumatma Simmons about egg freezing and how women can boost egg quality before the process. Dr. Simmons shares insights on holistic strategies—from diet to stress management—that can improve ovarian health and increase the chances of successful future pregnancies. In this episode we chat about:What's the Best Way to Balance Hormones for Fertility?Key Steps Before Egg FreezingHow Lifestyle Affects Egg Freezing SuccessUnderstanding the Root Causes of Fertility StrugglesEpisode Resources:Dr. Simmons's Instagram (Instagram)Holistic Fertility Institute website (website)Get a Smart Fertility Analysis for Free (website)Book Holistic Fertility Experts at Sofia Health (book session)Take a Hormonal Test at Home (shop)Sign up for Tai Chi, Qigong, meditation, mindfulness, and Yoga live classes with Prime (get free trial)Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed the content, we would love it if you took 2 minutes to leave a 5-star review! The Sofia Unfiltered Podcast by Sofia Health is for general informational and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, or other professional healthcare services, including the giving of medical advice. No doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user's own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have. For any health concerns, users should seek the assistance of their healthcare professionals.

In this episode, Riley Rees sits down with Fertility Expert Dr. Aumatma Simmons to explore essential strategies for couples looking to boost fertility. Tune in for expert insights and actionable tips that can help enhance your journey to parenthood.In this episode we chat about:The Importance of Open Dialogue on FertilityPreparing Body and Mind for ConceptionWhy Sperm Quality Matters More Than Quantity in ConceptionHow Lifestyle, Toxins, and Mitochondria Matter More Than AgeEpisode Resources:Dr. Simmons's Instagram (Instagram)Holistic Fertility Institute website (website)Get a Smart Fertility Analysis for Free (website)Book Holistic Fertility Experts at Sofia Health (book session)Take a Hormonal Test at Home (shop)Sign up for Tai Chi, Qigong, meditation, mindfulness, and Yoga live classes with Prime (get free trial)Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed the content, we would love it if you took 2 minutes to leave a 5-star review! The Sofia Unfiltered Podcast by Sofia Health is for general informational and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, or other professional healthcare services, including the giving of medical advice. No doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user's own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have. For any health concerns, users should seek the assistance of their healthcare professionals.

Hey, it's Dr. Aumatma, host of Egg Meets Sperm, your Holistic Fertility podcast. In this episode, we dive into a topic that's rarely discussed but incredibly impactful for fertility: Fascia! Joining me is Deanna Hansen, an expert in the fascia system, who shares the importance of this connective tissue and how it impacts Fertility Health for both women and men.Deanna Hansen is a best-selling author and pioneer in the field of fascia decompression for physical and emotional transformation. With more than 20 years of hands-on clinical experience, Deanna created Block TherapyTM, a unique at-home fascia-release protocol, to relieve chronic pain and dis-ease, encourage healthy detoxification, and reverse the aging process.Learn how fascia functions like the body's internal communication system, connecting every cell and allowing for optimal blood flow and detoxification. Discover how adhesions and blockages in the fascia can impact fertility, especially for women dealing with secondary infertility, postpartum issues, or those who have undergone a C-section. Deanna walks us through the signs of fascia dysfunction and explains why breathing properly can help clear these blockages and improve fertility outcomes.If you've been struggling with unexplained infertility, this episode is packed with practical tips on how to release fascia adhesions, improve circulation, and create space for your body to thrive!Key topics covered:What is fascia, and how does it impact fertility?How fascia adhesions block blood flow and create tension in the bodyThe connection between fascia alignment and fertility challengesHow C-sections and sitting for long periods contribute to fascia issuesThe importance of diaphragmatic breathing for circulation and detoxificationSimple steps to improve posture, alignment, and breathing to support fertilityFascia health for men and its impact on sperm health and erectile functionLet's chat! I want to hear from you! Send me a voice memo with:- what you loved- what you want to see improve- any guests you want me to bring on- AND any questions you want me to cover on the podcast!Did you know you can join my private community to support you in getting Fertile As F***? This is the place for live interactions, support, and learning on the fertility journey.Want more amazing content? Join me on IG.If you found this podcast episode useful, we'd love it if you could take 15 seconds to give us a positive review on whichever platform you're listening to this episode.

Misconceptions about fertility often downplay the importance of natural, integrative approaches before turning to IVF. Fertility coach Amy Raupp, a “fertility detective,” advocates for a holistic strategy combining acupuncture, dietary changes, lifestyle shifts, and lab testing. In conversation with Chloe Harrouche, Amy discusses the Egg Quality Diet—an elimination plan aimed at improving egg quality through nutrition. They highlight the importance of a nutrient-rich diet with animal proteins, healthy fats, and vegetables, while avoiding processed foods, low-calorie diets, and endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background of Amy Raupp 01:32 Defining Infertility and Common Causes 10:48 The Importance of Proper Lab Testing in Fertility 23:56 The Egg Quality Diet: Improving Egg Quality Naturally 26:41 The Impact of Nutrition on Fertility 28:29 The Importance of Nutrient-Dense Food and Adequate Calorie Intake 29:32 The Role of Protein in Hormonal Health and Fertility 31:18 Minimizing Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals 32:34 Understanding Food Sensitivities and Their Impact on Fertility 38:41 Prioritizing Sleep for Optimal Fertility

I'm thrilled to welcome our special guest, Taylor Gossett, also known as Get Real, Girlfriend.  Taylor is a women's health educator with a background as a professionally trained birth doula. However, she left the mainstream birth world to escape rampant censorship and cancel culture, choosing instead to pursue a career aligned with her core values and passion for women's health, truth, and authenticity. Growing up in poverty, raised by a single mother struggling with pharmaceutical addiction, Taylor embarked on a journey of deprogramming herself from societal conditioning and overcoming chronic illness. Today, she's dedicated to helping others overcome adversity while restoring their health and hormonal balance. In this episode, we delve into Taylor's incredible journey, exploring the pivotal moments that led to her spiritual awakening and transformed her life. We'll also discuss the GAPS diet, childhood trauma, her experiences as a former birth doula, offering a unique perspective on pregnancy and the crucial role of nutrition and mindset in holistic health... and, of course, many controversial truth bombs are dropped along the way (like her take on modern feminism!) Resources: Follow Taylor on Instagram and TikTok Timeline Nutrition Go to timeline.com/HEALINGTHESOURCE and use code HEALINGTHESOURCE for 10% off to upgrade your mitochondrial function Puori Supplements discount code: HEALINGTHESOURCE for 20% off your order sitewide (don't miss out PW1 grass-fed protein powder and CP1 collagen!!) SiPhox Health get 20% off (code: HEALINGTHESOURCE) to test your blood at home and begin working toward a healthier you! Follow the host, Claudia, on Instagram and check out HealingTheSource.org

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Join us for an enlightening episode of the Yakking Show where we sit down with Erica Hoke, a renowned author, publisher, and holistic fertility coach. Erica is at the forefront of guiding women through their infertility journey using holistic methods that aim to improve not just physical health, but also mental, emotional, and environmental well-being. In this interview, Erica looks at the reasons for infertility becoming a major problem. She shares her insights on natural methods to increase fertility, providing invaluable advice and strategies for women looking to improve their chances of conceiving. Erica has valuable advice for men too. www.ericahoke.com The Yakking Show is brought to you by Peter Wright & Kathleen Beauvais contact us to be a guest on our show. https://TheYakkingShow.com   peter@theyakkingshow.com    kathleen@theyakkingshow.com  Join our community today so you don't miss out on advance news of our next episodes. https://bit.ly/3JW9w46  Timeline 01:40                     Causes of infertility 02:20                     Infertility is a male problem too 05:20                     Reducing toxicity levels 09:40                     Small Impactful changes 12:00                     MTHFR 16:00                     Vaccines and infertiity    19:10                     Erica's experience 22:20                     Egg Freezing 25:00                     First steps 27:00                     Erica's books 31:20                     Contact Erica Here are some of the tools we use to produce this podcast. Hostgator for website hosting. Podbean for podcast hosting Airtable for organizing our guest bookings and automations. Audio Pen for transcribing voice notes Spikers Studio for video editing   Clicking on some links on this site will let you buy products and services which may result in us receiving a commission, however, it will not affect the price you pay.  

In this captivating episode, the ladies sit down with Angel Scott, a multifaceted practitioner in the world of holistic wellness. As a Licensed Massage Therapist, Usui Reiki Master Teacher, Holistic Fertility and Birth Doula, and intuitive Gullah Rootworker, Angel's journey from fertility struggles to motherhood shaped her path to becoming a beacon of healing and support for others. Tune in as Angel shares her personal story of transformation and empowerment, and delves into her journey that led her on a path of holistic fertility, Usui Reiki, and the ancient practice of Gullah Rootwork. Join us as we explore Angel's unique blend of spiritual wisdom, intuitive guidance, and nurturing care, all rooted in her profound journey of self-discovery and healing.   https://restore0828.com/

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!Can balancing a demanding medical career with starting a family be more challenging than we realize? Tune in for an insightful conversation with our guest Michelle Oravitz for a fresh perspective on fertility and holistic health, enriched with personal stories, expert insights, and actionable advice.Things to expect in this episode:Starting your family and your career.Infertility & Delaying your fertilityWhat Is Ayurvedic Medicine?Going for Acupuncture and why.Freezing your eggs & Starbucks fertility hack.How Michelle helps her patients deal with the things they are experiencing.LINKS MENTIONEDSIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE!Have a question for the podcast?Text us at 833-230-2860Send us a message HERE! Twitter: @drniidarkoInstagram: @docsoutsidetheboxEmail: team@drniidarko.comPodcasting Course: www.docswhopodcast.comMerch: https://docs-outside-the-box.creator-spring.com

“One big thing that sets us apart from other people in [the fertility] space is that we are a team of medical professionals and it's all within our scope of practice to guide you through these things.” After a decade at one of New York City's top fertility clinics, Leyla Bilali was approached by one of her previous patients with a business plan for a company designed to cater holistically to those going through the IVF process. Today, Leyla is the co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Dandi Fertility, a company revolutionizing fertility care through personalized support and education. With a background as a pediatric nurse and extensive experience in fertility treatment, Leyla offers empathetic, hands-on guidance to her patients. As a fertility patient herself, she also brings a unique insight and warmth to her practice. With Dandi, Leyla's mission is to manage expectations and provide comprehensive care, ensuring the best outcomes and happy patients. Tune in and hear our conversation with Leyla about being a 24/7 patient concierge, the challenges the company experienced during the fundraising process, and how her personal experience as a fertility patient continues to influence her work at Dandi. What we talk about:   Recharging after a triggering experience (07:26) How Dandi provides life-changing support for patients in many different circumstances (09:32) Dandi's services are available nation-wide (12:53) Dandi kits make the perfect gift for a loved one undergoing fertility treatments (13:25) The company's strategy to build name recognition (16:05)  Connect with Leyla: Instagram Dandi Fertility Dandi Fertility Instagram Members of our Entreprenista League get access to live Office Hours with top founders that have been on our show! Join the Entreprenista League today at entreprenista.com/join. We can't wait to welcome you, support you, and be part of your business journey!    Get Featured on Startups in Stilettos Want a chance to be featured on Startups in Stilettos? We're currently accepting applications from our Entreprenista League members to be featured on the show! Think of the Entreprenista League as your team members in what can be a lonely startup founder's journey. You'll have access to a private community of like-minded female startup founders who are making an impact in business every day, special discounts on business products and solutions, exclusive content, private events, the opportunity to have your story featured on our website, social channels – and, of course, the Startups in Stilettos podcast – and so much MORE! Grow Your Startup with Startups in Stilettos Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Startups in Stilettos, powered by the Entreprenista PodcastNetwork. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts|TuneIn|GooglePlay|Stitcher|Spotify|iHeart Radio Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help us reach more startup founders, like you, and have a chance to win a one-on-one mentor and strategy session with Stephanie Cartin. Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. And for even more exclusive content and information – and to get access to the 8 Secrets to Success in Your Business video course and worksheet – visit our website. 

In this quick listen episode, Tiffany provides a detailed overview of the essential timeline and steps to follow before conception. The episode covers important topics such as cycle charting, the impact of hormonal contraceptives, personal health goals, methylated folate intake, and the significance of choosing the right pregnancy care provider. Tiffany also provides resources and previous episodes for further information on holistic fertility and preconception testing.00:00 Key Steps Before Getting Pregnant01:17 Charting Your Cycle02:35 Coming Off Hormonal Contraceptives04:24 Personal Health Goals06:21 Methylated Folate Vitamin10:01 Choosing a Pregnancy Care ProviderLinks to all the extra good stuff:Episode 140 on Holistic Fertility and Getting Pregnant Naturally: HEREEpisode 157 on Preconception Testing: HEREPrep for Pregnancy Checklist: HERERupa Health MTHFR Testing: HEREChildbirth Education Wait List: HEREJoin our email community: HERESubmit your answer-on-the-show questions: HERE

Send us a Text Message.Are you struggling with irregular periods, low libido, or fertility challenges? Discover how acupuncture and Chinese medicine can help you optimize your reproductive health and unlock your fertility potential in this enlightening episode with Michelle Oravitz. Tune in now and discover the power of acupuncture, moon cycle awareness, and the mind-body connection.YOU'LL LEARNHow acupuncture helped Michelle overcome her own fertility struggles and inspired her to change careersThe surprising connection between your menstrual cycle, libido, and fertilityWhy a holistic approach is key to diagnosing and treating fertility issuesPractical tools for getting in tune with your body and supporting fertility naturallyStrategies for navigating the emotional challenges of trying to conceiveEPISODE LINKS *some links below may also be affiliate linksMichelle's | Website Michelle's | Wholesome Fertility PodcastMichelle's Free Gift |  Fertility E-bookReproductive Acupuncture Organization | ABORMBook | Taking Charge Of Your Fertility by Toni WeschlerBook | ThLAST 10x LONGER. If you suffer from premature ejaculation, you are not alone. You will master 5 techniques to cure this stressful and embarrassing issue once and for all. For 20% off use code PODCAST20. Register here. THE MALE GSPOT & PROSTATE MASTERCLASS. This is for you if… You've heard of others having these epic anal orgasms, & you wonder if it's possible for you too. Save 20% with Coupon PODCAST20. Buy Here. THE VAGINAL ORGASM MASTERCLASS. Discover how the female gspot, clitoris, cervix, & sacred spot activate each other, complement each other, & provide different orgasmic sensations from each other. Save 20% with Code: PODCAST 20 - Buy it Here KING & QUEEN OF HEARTS. Leah & Willow's King & Queen of Hearts Intimacy Toolkit is on sale. Use Coupon Code KINGANDQUEEN10 for 10% off. Support the Show.SxR Hotline | SxR Website | YouTube | TikTok | Pinterest | Instagram | Dr. Willow's Website | Leah's Website

Join me on the Gutsy Fertility Podcast as I welcome my esteemed colleague, Dr. Jeanie Schlafly. In this in-depth conversation, we discuss overcoming fertility challenges holistically. Dr. Schlafly, who co-founded the Positivity Fertility Couples Group Coaching Program with me, shares her deeply personal journey alongside the groundbreaking methods we've developed to help couples achieve their dreams of parenthood.In This Episode, You'll Discover:✔️ The Unique Challenges of Fertility: Hear firsthand from Dr. Schlafly about her personal fertility struggles and the powerful lessons that have shaped our approach.✔️ Holistic Approaches to Fertility: We explore innovative strategies that integrate physical, mental, and emotional health to boost fertility.✔️ Insights into the Positivity Fertility Program: Learn more about our couple-focused coaching that's designed to holistically address fertility, ensuring both partners feel supported and empowered.✔️ Actionable Tips for Couples: I'll share practical advice that you can start using today to improve diet, sleep, stress management, and emotional well-being.Whether you're just beginning to plan your family or you've been facing fertility challenges, this episode is packed with insights and actionable advice. Dr. Schlafly's unique perspective, combining conventional and holistic medicine, is not only inspiring but truly transformative.Connect with Dr. Jeanie Schlafly:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/babyhopefertility/Website: https://www.babyhopefertility.com/Read the blog: https://mandypatterson.com/blog/ Download Fertility & Hormone Success Guide: https://mandypatterson.com/optimize-your-fertility-and-hormones/ Learn more about the Positivity Fertility group coaching program led by myself and Dr. Jeanie Schafly and get on the waitlist. First cohort launching early spring 2024: https://positivityfertility.com/ Book a Discovery Consult: https://mandypatterson.com/fertility-application/ for fertility OR https://mandypatterson.com/wellness-application/ for wellnessEpisode Highlights:[00:02:30] Introduction to Dr. Jeanie Schlafly and the background of the Positivity Fertility Program.[00:05:00] Dr. Schlafly shares her personal fertility journey and the lessons learned.[00:12:00] Discussion on holistic approaches to fertility and the science supporting them.[00:20:00] Breakdown of the Positivity Fertility Couples Group Coaching Program and its core components.[00:28:00] Q&A session covering frequently asked questions about fertility and program specifics.[00:35:00] Actionable advice for couples currently facing fertility challenges.[00:40:00] Closing thoughts and how to get involved with the Positivity Fertility Program.

A Holistic Fertility Journey Beyond Reproductive Health “When we can remove some of these obstacles in our minds and hearts that we just don't have enough space for healing, women get juicy again.” Topics Discussed:

Fertility issues are on the rise. The latest numbers are showing 1 in 5 to 6 women between 18 and 35 struggling with fertility and sperm health on a steady decline. Several factors are driving this change, from increased exposure to environmental toxins to chronic stress levels that are at an all-time high. When our bodies are under stress, they shift into survival mode and that's a tough place to conceive from.For those of us with thyroid issues, there's another layer to consider - the thyroid has a direct correlation with your fertility. Thyroid imbalances can cause many issues, from getting pregnant to having difficulty sustaining a pregnancy, even for those who may not have a problem with conceiving.Every couple is unique and a holistic approach to fertility requires an individualized approach. Today's guest, naturopathic doctor and endocrinologist Dr. Aumatma Simmons joins me to share her insights into holistic fertility from over ten years of specialization.In this conversation, Dr. Aumatma and I discuss her journey into fertility specialization, the complex factors affecting fertility, why comprehensive testing is essential, why both partners must be a part of the fertility preparation process, advanced testing methods she recommends, how thyroid imbalances impact fertility, management of thyroid conditions during pregnancy, and more. Enjoy the episode!Get your FREE virtual ticket to Dr. Aumatma Simmons' Beyond "Infertility": Navigating Your Path to Parenthood Summit: https://drtalks.com/beyond-infertility-summit/?uid=706&oid=69&ref=2545To learn more, visit the show notes at https://savemythyroid.com/podcast/holistic-fertility-tips-with-dr-aumatma-simmons-139/. Do You Want Help Saving Your Thyroid? Access hundreds of free articles at www.NaturalEndocrineSolutions.com Visit Dr. Eric's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/NaturalThyroidDoctor/ To work with Dr. Eric, visit https://savemythyroid.com/work-with-dr-eric/

Dr. Aumatma is a double board-certified Naturopathic Doctor & Endocrinologist, in practice for close to 15 years. She specializes in fertility and is the best-selling author of two books: "Fertility Secrets: What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About Baby-Making” and “(In)Fertility: Struggles, Secrets, & Successes” Dr. Aumatma was awarded the “Best Naturopathic Medicine Doctor″ award locally in 2015 & 2020 and recognized as a top “Women In Medicine” Doctor in 2020 & 2021. Dr. Aumatma is also the Creator of Fertile Foundations™ supplements, a line of research-driven nutrients to support your fertility journey and the Host of the Egg Meets Sperm podcast.In addition to supporting couples through individualized care in person and long distance, Dr. Aumatma also trains practitioners who want to specialize in fertility. She has been featured as the holistic fertility expert on ABC, FOX, CBS, KTLA, MindBodyGreen, The Bump, etc., along with being interviewed for countless podcasts on topics of fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum health.Highlights in this episode:Holistic fertilityFertility issues + how environment affects fertilityOptimizing fertilityHow your partner's health affects pregnancyBlood sugar and hydration's role in fertilityResources: Instagram: @holisticfertilitydoctorFacebook: Facebook.com/DrAumatmaNDYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HolisticFertilityExpertLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aushah/TikTok: @holisticfertilitydoctor

In today's episode we talk all things holistic fertility and we delve into the transformative realm of unraveling its key elements that nurture the mind, body, and spirit on the journey to conception. We begin by exploring the profound mind-body connection, acknowledging how stress, anxiety, and emotional well-being intricately influence hormonal balance and reproductive health. Obviously we shine a light on nutrition and lifestyle choices, emphasizing the importance of a balanced, fertility-boosting diet, regular exercise, and sufficient sleep, laying the foundation for optimal reproductive health. The episode scratches the surface when we talk about environmental considerations, encouraging conscious choices to create a fertility-friendly living space and minimize exposure to toxins. Unique to holistic fertility, we explore the incorporation of alternative therapies, such as acupuncture and fertility massage, as distinctive elements that enhance the body's natural healing mechanisms. Lastly, we delve into the empowerment of fertility awareness methods, where tracking menstrual cycles, understanding ovulation patterns, and recognizing fertility signs empower individuals to make informed choices and optimize the timing of conception attempts. Join us in this insightful exploration, as we celebrate the holistic elements that contribute to a harmonious and empowering fertility journey. JOIN: Group Coaching Program Stay connected girlie pop: Berri's YouTube Berri's Instagram Berri's TikTok Email List

Welcome to WONDER, the podcast that delves deep into the incredible journeys of inspiring individuals, and today, we have a special treat for all you! I am big fan of our special guest Taylor Gossett, otherwise known as Get Real, Girlfriend, a Holistic Fertility & Health Coach. Join us as we explore Taylor's remarkable journey that led to her spiritual awakening, uncovering the transformative moments in her life that reshaped her perspective's. We'll also dive into her experiences as an ex-birth doula. In this episode we gain insights into the world of pregnancy, periods, and the importance of nutrition and mindset in the realm of holistic health. Whether you're looking for guidance on your own journey to wellness or simply seeking inspiration, this is an episode you do not want to miss.Taylor's wisdom and experiences are sure to leave you feeling inspired and enlightened. So, grab your headphones and get ready for a thought-provoking and insightful conversation on WONDER with our incredible guest, Taylor Gossett.You can find more of Taylor here:• Website: https://superiher.com/• Taylor's Favorite Products• The Get Real, Girlfriend Podcast:  Ep. #8 Birth Story w/ Jess + John You can follow Taylor on on social media:• Instagram: @getreal_girlfriend• YouTube: @getrealgirlfriend• TikTok: @getrealgirlfriend

How to work with your body to achieve pregnancy naturally:Preconceptions habits for optimal health in a future pregnancyThe physiology of conception and combined infertility issues for men and women5 common root causes of infertility in womenHolistic strategies for approaching infertility that your doctor is not telling you aboutLinks to all the extra good stuff:Click to check out the Beautiful One Membership experience! NOW OPEN!Holistic Fertility Handbook HEREEp 70. Maximizing ConceptionPreconception Checklist HERETracking Your Cycle Info HEREJoin our email community + get instant access to our awesome Sleep Freebie: HEREBrowse all our favorite women's supplement recommendations: HERESubmit your answer-on-the-show questions: HERESubscribe to the podcast to catch every episode. Follow us on Instagram for all the extra education and antics in between episodes at  @beautifulonemidwifery

In this episode of Functional Fertility, Dr. Kalea Wattles and guest Dr. Sterling Maximo discuss the intricacies of fertility and preconception care. Dr. Maximo offers guidance for those contemplating pregnancy, emphasizing the significance of the "preconception window" and the importance of focusing on determinants of health during this period. The conversation delves into the role of inflammation in ovulation, highlighting its dual nature - while essential for ovulation, excessive inflammation can impair fertility. Dr. Maximo underscores the importance of discerning when inflammation becomes detrimental and shares her methods to mitigate chronic inflammation. The episode concludes with Dr. Maximo introducing the concept of hypnobirthing, its benefits for both the birthing individual and their partner, and its potential applications beyond childbirth.

Hello dear listeners, I am just coming off an extended 4th of July break and hope you all are enjoying the summer so far and celebrating every occasion the season offers. One of the things I cherish most in my life is spending time with family, and one of my biggest blessings has been becoming a mother.  Today I'm interviewing a fellow holistic-minded pharmacist and mother, who shares my passion and belief that we have the power and ability to change our health. We talk about feeling confident and empowered to advocate for your health choices, and going beyond the conventional during one's fertility journey.  Dr. Katie Wood is a mother, Pharmacist and Integrative Fertility Coach. She is the founder of Pharm to Wellness LLC and the brand Happy Nourished Motherhood. Katie helps women over 30 to nourish their mind & body for optimal fertility health so they can confidently conceive with ease.  Katie comes from 8 years of experience as a retail pharmacist. This background in conventional medicine is what first piqued her awareness that people need more intimate coaching towards health and vitality without depending on pharmaceuticals. After experiencing a lack of support and education through her fertility and pregnancy journey, she became determined to advocate for women's health. Katie decided to follow her feminine-led intuitive pull to switch to a homebirth halfway in her pregnancy, and this was the best decision she ever made. Katie is passionate about supporting and empowering women on their fertility and pregnancy transition into motherhood using her calm, gentle guidance and taking a holistic approach focusing on nutrition, lifestyle, and mind-body connection. Website: happynourishedmotherhood.com  FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nourishingfertilityandharmonizinghormones   IG & TikTok: @the_wellness_pharmacist  Podcast: Rising Into Mindful Motherhood (Spotify & Apple) LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drkatiewood/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3bDO-YCgqiRP6Xw_CyBsDg Email katiewood@happynourishedmotherhood.com Katie is offering a FREE GIFT: Enjoy this free Womb Meditation to help reconnect you to your body and align your heart & womb space while on your fertility journey https://join.happynourishedmotherhood.com/meditation    

In this episode, Alexa dives into her transformative fertility journey alongside the remarkable Dr. Jacque Moser, a functional medicine doctor with a holistic approach. Together, they explore the intricate dynamics of the fertility triad, delving into the impact of mold on our health and the various tests Alexa underwent in her quest to conceive. Tune in as they uncover the underlying factors contributing to stress and discover empowering strategies for managing inflammation, all while embracing the transformative power of holistic fertility care.Today on That Sex Chick:The holistic perspective of Alexa's fertility and pregnancy journeyThe interconnected factors of fertilityImportance of adrenal health and hormonal functionManaging stress and inflammationThis show is sponsored by:Yoni Pleasure Palace | Visit yonipleasurepalace.com and get 15% off with the code THATSEXCHICK.Connect with Dr. Jacque Moser:Instagram: @doc_jacqueWebsite: drjacquemoser.comBook a free 15-min consultationConnect with Alexa:Instagram: @thatsexchickWebsite: sexandlove.coFree resources: sexandlove.co/resourcesFacebook Group: Sex & Love Co Community Click here to submit your review for That Sex Chick, and you'll get access to “Uncover Your Inner Kink,” a guided meditation and more, created by Alexa! This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Kristin Revere chats about Holistic Fertility with Dr. Christina Burns of Naturna Institute.

Hello dear listeners, I am just coming off an extended 4th of July break and hope you all are enjoying the summer so far and celebrating every occasion the season offers. One of the things I cherish most in my life is spending time with family, and one of my biggest blessings has been becoming a mother. Today I'm interviewing a fellow holistic-minded pharmacist and mother, who shares my passion and belief that we have the power and ability to change our health. We talk about feeling confident and empowered to advocate for your health choices, and going beyond the conventional during one's fertility journey. Dr. Katie Wood is a mother, Pharmacist and Integrative Fertility Coach. She is the founder of Pharm to Wellness LLC and the brand Happy Nourished Motherhood. Katie helps women over 30 to nourish their mind & body for optimal fertility health so they can confidently conceive with ease. Katie comes from 8 years of experience as a retail pharmacist. This background in conventional medicine is what first piqued her awareness that people need more intimate coaching towards health and vitality without depending on pharmaceuticals. After experiencing a lack of support and education through her fertility and pregnancy journey, she became determined to advocate for women's health. Katie decided to follow her feminine-led intuitive pull to switch to a homebirth halfway in her pregnancy, and this was the best decision she ever made. Katie is passionate about supporting and empowering women on their fertility and pregnancy transition into motherhood using her calm, gentle guidance and taking a holistic approach focusing on nutrition, lifestyle, and mind-body connection. Website: happynourishedmotherhood.com FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nourishingfertilityandharmonizinghormones IG & TikTok: @the_wellness_pharmacist Podcast: Rising Into Mindful Motherhood (Spotify & Apple) LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drkatiewood/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3bDO-YCgqiRP6Xw_CyBsDg Email katiewood@happynourishedmotherhood.com Katie is offering a FREE GIFT: Enjoy this free Womb Meditation to help reconnect you to your body and align your heart & womb space while on your fertility journey https://join.happynourishedmotherhood.com/meditation Original quote: “You have the power to change your health and your fertility. Conventional medicine is not the only way.” Visit https://marinabuksov.com for more holistic content. Music from https://www.purple-planet.com. Disclaimer: Statements herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products listed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases.

Welcome to British Columbia where you have the privilege of meeting our guest, Ashley Holmes, Holistic Fertility coach. Ashley works with families on their fertility journey, lending support, advice, and a myriad of alternatives to conventional western medicine. Ashley believes a hero is someone you aspire to be like. If she could talk to 20 yr old Ashley, her advice would be," Follow your own heart ! People pleasing is just doing as others would have you do." Engage with us in an inspiring and heartfelt conversation.

Dr. Oluyemisi Famuyiwa is the founder of Montgomery Fertility Center and Associate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at George Washington University School of Medicine.Dr. Famuyiwa is an advocate for personalized holistic fertility care. She has been recognized with numerous awards including the Castle Connolly Top Doctor award since 2012 and was most recently nominated as one of the Women Who Move Maryland. She has been recognized by Castle Connolly as one of the Exceptional Women in Medicine every year since 2019.She recently launched the most diverse Egg Bank, servicing families from all backgrounds.Dr Famuyiwa is also a staunch advocate for fertility preservation especially for busy professionals and cancer patients.She has numerous publications in peer review journals and regularly gives presentations on the topic for fertility treatment.https://linktr.ee/Dr.Yemi_FamuyiwaMore from the EntreMD Brand:// COMMUNITY: EntreMD Private Group on FacebookJoin a group of physicians who have decided to build profitable businesses, so they have the freedom to live life and practice medicine on their terms.https://www.facebook.com/groups/entremd// FOLLOWFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/drunachukwuInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/drunachukwuYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@DrUnachukwuTikTok -  https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.unaLinkedIn - www.linkedIn.com/in/druna// WORK WITH MEEntreMD Business School - https://www.entremd.com/business

When it comes to baby-making, there is no definitive way to go about your conception journey. Eastern and Western practices all share one common goal, to help you grow your family. While modern ART has a lot to offer, the success rates and patient experience can be rough. Dr. Lorne Brown and I take today's session to highlight the importance of lifestyle when it comes to fertility and how holistic methods can lend a helping hand.Many issues of infertility arise when there are lingering health issues in the body that need to be addressed. Be it excess inflammation, hormonal disorders, auto-immune conditions, etc. We discuss what these holistic approaches entail and how a less invasive approach, such as acupuncture or Chinese herbs, may allow the body to heal itself and facilitate a healthy pregnancy naturally without the need for more invasive measures. Tune in as we are joined by Dr. Lorne Brown, founder of Acubalance Wellness Center and host of the “Conscious Fertility Podcast,” as we discuss various holistic methods for tackling fertility issues, including low-level laser therapy, acupuncture, Chinese herbs and so much more. You'll Learn: The importance of addressing general health concerns and their impact on your conception efforts Various holistic methods for facilitating a healthy pregnancy How Eastern and Western practices work together in the fertility realmYou can find Dr. Lorne here: Website: https://acubalance.ca/Socials: @acubalancewellnesscentre +  @conscious_fertility_podcastThanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think others would love to hear it, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode or want to be a guest on the show? Leave a comment in the section below or visit the website to contact me!www.naturnalife.comSubscribing to The Podcast:If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon, or whatever your favorite podcast app is!Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. So if you have a minute, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 

Ashley Holmes is a Holistic Fertility Coach who has gone through her own fertility struggles, and now has 3 kids. After two years of trying to get pregnant the first time, she went through the traditional route of working with a fertility clinic, which was very hard on her physically, mentally, and emotionally. When Ashley was ready to expand her family further, she decided to take things into her own hands and find a natural way that worked for her to make the process as smooth as possible. She now helps other women on their own fertility journeys. Some of the highlights from this episode: The reasons that women struggle to conceive Different ways we can nourish our bodies How to not blame yourself if you can't conceive right away How knowing your dosha can help you become the healthiest version of yourself Tune in to hear more from this episode! Connect with Ashely: Website: https://holisticfertilitycoachinc.my.canva.site/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashley_holmes3202/ Books on Amazon: Nourished Living – A Life of Flow and Fulfillment Sacred Surrender – Courageous Leaders Embracing & Leading Their Divinity The Sacred Dance – Wisdom from Leaders Living a Soul Led Life   Connect with Heather on Instagram at @iamheatherlove: https://www.instagram.com/iamheatherlove/ Get Heather's Journal Prompts to Finding Your Purpose HERE.

Dr. Nathan Reilly is an OBGYN who understands the holistic picture of women's health. You may remember him from Episode #165 where he discussed autonomous, empowered birth. Today, he joins us to explain why infertility rates are on the rise, especially for men, and gives us the six principles of holistic fertility that are important for healthy, conscious conception, along with the five fertility powerhouse nutrients. In the second part of the episode, we discuss the aspect of fertility that goes far beyond the standard "temperature" and "timing" approach: the importance of intimate, fun, playful sex for conception. This episode is sure to open your mind and give you the holistic scope you won't get at your IVF clinic. Grab your partner and your baby MOJO and  sit down for an enlightening discussion on fixing fertility.  #165 | The Holistic OBGYN, Dr. Nathan Riley, on Autonomous, Empowered BirthNathan Reilly on Instagram Down to Birth is sponsored by:DrinkLMNT -- Purchase LMNT today and receive a free sample kit. Stay salty.Love Majka Products -- Support your milk supply with nourishing protein powder, hydration boosters and lactation bites.Silverette Nursing Cups -- Soothe and heal sore nipples with 925 silver nursing cups.Postpartum Soothe -- Herbs and padsicles to heal and comfort after vaginal birth. Connect with us on Patreon for our exclusive content.Email Contact@DownToBirthShow.comInstagram @downtobirthshowCall us at 802-GET-DOWN Work with Cynthia: 203-952-7299 HypnoBirthingCT.com Work with Trisha: 734-649-6294 Please remember we don't provide medical advice. Speak to your licensed medical provider for all your healthcare matters.

Last week we talked about normalizing the conversation around sex...now we're normalizing the conversation on fertility. I am so happy to be bringing one of the best names in fertility work here - Elizabeth King, Certified Fertility Health Coach.After having 3 children of her own after the age of 40, Elizabeth believes taking a more holistic approach is the key to success when attempting to conceive. Her beliefs have now changed the lives of hundreds of women around the world, helping them to achieve their dreams of conception and parenthood. She is shedding light on the resources and support that are available to you on (and around) your fertility journey, so you know you don't have to go it alone.There's a lot to unpack here, but Elizabeth shares on:Her story of miscarriage and conceptionPivoting from life coaching to fertility coachingHow you can be confident in your knowledge and education about fertility supplements, diet, and daily routinesThe different options available for the path to parenthoodand more!You (or someone you know) really needs to hear this information today, so click play and pass it along!Connect with Elizabeth:WebsitePodcastProduct RecommendationsI look forward to getting to know you better so please subscribe, rate and review, and connect with me on Instagram! (@adrikeefe)Head over to www.AdrianaKeefe.com for your free Human Design body chart, tools and tips, and more!Heartfül of Kerøsene - Jeff II https://youtu.be/ZbyFsGMjfRgCreative Commons AttributionFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-heartful-of-kerseneMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/y-tbE2FIA1o

In this episode, we normalize the conversations around destination addiction, becoming an IVF warrior, and turning her journey into a new business. Guest: Brittany Snape (@b.holisticfertility) B. Holistic Fertility uses a holistic - mind, body, and spirit approach, focusing on the whole person beyond their reproductive organs. With this method, Brittany helps women to navigate their fertility journey with clarity and find their shortest path to baby. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fertilityaintfair/message

In this episode, I have invited on one of the members of my Holistic Fertility Awareness Mentorship Program. Stephanie was charting her cycle with fertility awareness for over a year. She was learning the method from books and podcasts, and reached out to me to see if there was anything she was missing. In this episode we chat about all of the gaps that we were able to fill in throughout our work together. If you're curious about the Fertility Awareness Method and what learning how to use the method for conception, contraception, health assessment and more then this is the episode you have been waiting for! Connect with Holly: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/holly.leever Website - https://rosebudwellness.com/ Holistic Fertility Awareness Mentorship Program - >>Learn more HERE< --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wombwisdom/message

Join us as we feature a special episode with our very own Dr. Aumatma Simmons! Dr. Aumatma is a double board-certified Naturopathic Doctor & Endocrinologist, in practice for close to 15 years. She specializes in fertility and is the best-selling author of two books: "Fertility Secrets: What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About Baby-Making” and “(In)Fertility: Struggles, Secrets, & Successes” Dr. Aumatma was awarded the “Best Naturopathic Medicine Doctor″ award locally in 2015 & 2020 and recognized as a top “Women In Medicine” Doctor in 2020 & 2021. Dr. Aumatma is also the Creator of Fertile Foundations™ supplements, a line of research-driven nutrients to support your fertility journey and the Host of the Egg Meets Sperm podcast.   In addition to supporting couples through individualized care in person and long-distance, Dr. Aumatma also trains practitioners who want to specialize in fertility. She has been featured as the holistic fertility expert on ABC, FOX, CBS, KTLA, MindBodyGreen, The Bump, etc., along with being interviewed for countless podcasts on topics of fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum health.    Gift to Listeners: Get your lab test cheat sheet here!   Follow me on: Instagram: @holisticfertilitydoctor TikTok:  @holisticfertilitydoctor Youtube:  @Holistic Fertility Expert Facebook: Join our private Fertile AF tribe!

“Once you connect with something that you absolutely love and stay consistent with it, you start seeing the magic with it.” Topics Discussed:

Infertility is an emotional and difficult experience for women. Trying to conceive comes with a myriad of things to understand about your body and your cycle.   In today's episode, I'm chatting with Ashley Holmes, a holistic fertility coach, who turned her passion for helping women tune into their bodies and their cycles into a business. She's sharing how she became a coach, the importance of balancing mind, body, and spirit, and what it's like running a business with a family of her own.   What you'll find in this episode: [01:42] How Ashley became a holistic fertility coach and what it's like to work with her [04:31] How she integrates ayurveda into her approach [08:09] How she brings mind, body, and spirit into her work and why we need the balance of all three [11:02] Why she focuses on the nervous system to help her clients deal with stress [14:21] How she turned her passion into a business and how she integrates it with her personal life   For full show notes, resources, and link, head to https://www.dralyssaadams.com/uncommon-couch-podcast Check out my new offering, Your Uncommon Brand VIP Day: https://www.dralyssaadams.com/vip-branding-experience If you enjoyed this show, make sure to follow the podcast so you'll never miss an episode. Want to get to know me more? Find out more about me on my website at https://www.dralyssaadams.com or by following along on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dralyssaadams!

EPISODE 55 - Ashley Holmes is a Holistic Fertility Coach, who uses yoga and meditation as the cornerstones of her program.It turns out that stress, along with a disconnect from self and spirit, can cause a lot of problems for women trying to get pregnant. Ashley helped herself through infertility, and has a lovely child to show for that. Her story will inspire you!Join in as we speak with Ashley about how a Holistic Living approach can help women with infertility, as well as all women, live their best lives.Want more? Join Ashley's Facebook Group, Holistic Fertility Coach - https://www.facebook.com/groups/27195..._https://livingthenextchapter.com/podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/Join us and connect with guests and with listeners!See you there!The Next Chapter Community: A Place for our Guests and Listeners

The Buddha Belly Life Podcast launches Season 3 with guest/coach Ashlee of Simplholistic who specializes in Hormones, Fertility and Simplifying the overwhelming process of wellness, especially for women. Her decade long journey navigating PCOS and years of infertility led her to an amazing knowledge and a little blessing on the other side. Check out this jam packed episode LIVE NOW!To connect with Ashlee visit her websit at simplholistic.org

https://youtu.be/ahuFM-svxLw Holistic Fertility Coach helping women struggling with infertility to get pregnant naturally

Fertility is complex. There is a lot to consider if you are in your mid to late 30's / early 40's and would like to have kids that share your biology.The good news is that there are a lot of options to consider to support female fertility, especially if you open up to the wisdom of complementary medicine. Naturopath and Medical Herbalist Inna Duckworth talks us through the full range of options available to understand and support your fertility, encompassing truly incredible advances in conventional medicine and then stretches far beyond, taking us back through 5,000 years of Chinese medicine and millennia of observational science. We explore the power of connecting with the healing spirit of plants and to the ancient practice of energetic healing. Join us in this exciting and empowering discussion on finding love and creating family a bit later on in life. You'll leave inspired, as I did. 

In this episode, Dr. Renee is again joined by fertility expert, Dr. Aumatma Simmons, for part 2 of the interview where they will take a look at advanced reproductive technology as well as lifestyle, dietary, and supplements to consider when trying to conceive.   THE LIBIDO SHIFT: https://drrenee.mykajabi.com/the-libido-shift    To connect with Dr. Aumatma, links mentioned in today's episode and so much more visit: https://www.drreneewellenstein.com/the-real-heal-podcast/episode-128

On this week's episode of the Genetic Genius Podcast, Dr. Aumatma discusses how to optimize fertility from a naturopathic and holistic perspective. Here are some of the fertility topics we discuss on the show. 1. What is holistic fertility and how does it encompass how you work with patients? 2. How is infertility diagnosed and do you look at labs in a different way with your holistic perspective? 3. Why is fertility awareness or unexplained infertility becoming such a huge and growing area of concern and struggle for couples? 4. How much do you think age is playing a factor in couples struggles with fertility? 5. What are the top most common underlying or root causes you have seen in your practice with fertility? 6. How big of a part are toxins playing in fertility optimization? 7. Do you practice a detox program with most of your patients and what does that look like? 8. When couples are planning on trying to get pregnant how important is it for both parents to optimize health and fertility and work as a team? 9. Let's talk about genetics! Are there specific foods that influence the epigenetics, especially in the preconception phase? To learn more about Dr. Aumatma please visit: Holisticfertilityinstitute.com Follow her on social media: IG @holistic_fertility_expert FB @DrAumatmaND Youtube HolisticFertilityExpert Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/aushah/ Download her Fertility Secrets book and bonus gifts: https://www.holisticfertilityinstitute.com/book-gifts To learn more about Dr. LuLu Shimek, purchase her new book, and make an appointment please visit www.doclulu.com

In this episode, Dr. Renee is joined by fertility expert, Dr. Aumatma Simmons, as they take a deep dive into all things holistic fertility. And this is part 1 of a 2 part series so be sure to tune in again next week for the second half of the conversation!   THE LIBIDO SHIFT: https://drrenee.mykajabi.com/the-libido-shift    To connect with Dr. Aumatma, links mentioned in today's episode and so much more visit: https://www.drreneewellenstein.com/the-real-heal-podcast/episode-127  

This week I'm joined by Elizabeth King. A Certified Fertility Health Coach, Master Certified ICF Life Coach, Birth & Bereavement Doula, and New Parent Educator. Her mission is to help people of all backgrounds conceive a healthy baby and carry it to term. After having 3 children of her own after the age of 40, Elizabeth believes taking a more holistic approach is the key to success when attempting to conceive. Now she has helped hundreds of women achieve their dreams of conception and parenthood in 20+ countries around the world. She supports clients through natural fertility, infertility, IVF, miscarriage loss, early pregnancy PTSD, and new parent support. With over 30k followers on Instagram, Elizabeth is the host of the Podcast, Pretty Little Tribe. For her expertise, she has been featured on Good Morning Washington DC, ABC, NBC, CBS, and in Parade Magazine and Romper, on many podcasts, and she is a contributor to the best-selling book Naturally Conceived.

This week I'm joined by Elizabeth King. A Certified Fertility Health Coach, Master Certified ICF Life Coach, Birth & Bereavement Doula, and New Parent Educator. Her mission is to help people of all backgrounds conceive a healthy baby and carry it to term. After having 3 children of her own after the age of 40, Elizabeth believes taking a more holistic approach is the key to success when attempting to conceive. Now she has helped hundreds of women achieve their dreams of conception and parenthood in 20+ countries around the world. She supports clients through natural fertility, infertility, IVF, miscarriage loss, early pregnancy PTSD, and new parent support. With over 30k followers on Instagram, Elizabeth is the host of the Podcast, Pretty Little Tribe. For her expertise, she has been featured on Good Morning Washington DC, ABC, NBC, CBS, and in Parade Magazine and Romper, on many podcasts, and she is a contributor to the best-selling book Naturally Conceived.

This week I'm joined by Elizabeth King. A Certified Fertility Health Coach, Master Certified ICF Life Coach, Birth & Bereavement Doula, and New Parent Educator. Her mission is to help people of all backgrounds conceive a healthy baby and carry it to term. After having 3 children of her own after the age of 40, Elizabeth believes taking a more holistic approach is the key to success when attempting to conceive. Now she has helped hundreds of women achieve their dreams of conception and parenthood in 20+ countries around the world. She supports clients through natural fertility, infertility, IVF, miscarriage loss, early pregnancy PTSD, and new parent support. With over 30k followers on Instagram, Elizabeth is the host of the Podcast, Pretty Little Tribe. For her expertise, she has been featured on Good Morning Washington DC, ABC, NBC, CBS, and in Parade Magazine and Romper, on many podcasts, and she is a contributor to the best-selling book Naturally Conceived.

How we enter this world and leave this world makes a huge difference.  For most of the western world, we all experience a similar allopathic birth protocol in a sterile environment we call the hospital.  Likewise, when we die, we often leave this world in an allopathic environment, like a hospital. Or an allopathic arrangement we call “hospice.”  Unfortunately, there are many shortcomings and mistakes to be found in both the westernized practice of birthing babies and caring for people with terminal illnesses.  Do you know what these shortcomings are? Many do not - as our western hospital system, and Big Pharma dominate the landscape so profoundly that most of us do not realize there are other ways to go about birthing and dying.  Meet our guest today - Dr. Nathan Riley - a medical doctor specializing in OBGYN and hospice medicine.  Dr. Nathan is also a holistic health practitioner with extensive training, including the Chek Institute.  Through his holistic OBGYN practice - Beloved Holistics - Dr. Nathan offers a path of collaboration between himself, midwives, and health coaches.  Dr. Nathan's generous heart thrives as a holistic OBGYN who brings to the table not only allopathic medicine but also functional medicine, Chinese medicine, herbalism, and Ayurveda.  Based in Louisville, Kentucky - Dr. Nathan meets with patients locally and remotely to care for common OBGYN issues like pelvic pain, fertility issues, and abnormal periods.  He is one of the most diverse, exciting guests to ever appear on the Awesome Health Podcast. His fascinating spiritual approach to death is worth a listen alone. However, you will be blown away by his OBGYN insights as well.  But sure to hit that play button!  In this podcast, we cover: How Dr. Nathan ended up an OBGYN & hospice care physician together A profound experience Dr. Nathan had with birth and death in the same hour How a traumatic death affected Wade as a teenager Some wisdom on death from Dr. David Hawkins What is “informed consent,” and is the medical establishment still upholding this today? How patients and doctors can communicate better Why you need to ask your doctor questions  Why many couples deal with infertility and how Dr. Nathan treats this issue How eating this one thing can boost fertility How we face (or not face) mortality in our modern age: At one point in the conversation, Dr. Nathan shared this about his father: “If you've lost anybody close to you, you realize that there's this transition - this transformation of spirit. Getting older and having to face our mortality is something that we all have to do.” “If we treat death as a medical process - that's a failure of the modern medical model because we're not forced to contemplate our death.” “What happens is we're not forced to face mortality because we have this presumption that somebody's going to save us from this necessary transformation that happens at the end.” “For example, my dad - who died when I was in medical school from something called multiple myeloma - he was one of those rough and tough guys that didn't want to talk about emotions. He wasn't open to telling people he loved them…it was that generation of men that is emotionally unavailable.” “I worked with a palliative care group and he joined a palliative care group in my hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and they got him to open up about things and to really kind of reconcile like hey - this is something that's going to happen, and it's not something to be afraid of.” “And so the sacred nature of death started to emerge, for me, and then I ended up in medical school and then into residency experiencing birth and realizing - wow - there's something magical here.” 1000 Births & 1000 Deaths Dr. Nathan says he has experienced at least one thousand births and one thousand deaths through his medical practice.  Here is one big takeaway Dr. Nathan has found from this: “I've been to so many births and deaths - 1000 of each is what I tell people at least. I came to realize there's a spiritual component to this, and what a person needs from you during these scary times that are sacred rites of passage.” “These times can be blissful depending on how you approach it. As a doctor, what they need from you is somebody to see them and witness them. And then to acknowledge that we don't have a way of fixing this.”  “We can't fix your pregnancy or your birth. Your birth is going to unfold whether you like it or not. And your death is going to unfold, whether you like it or not.” “So what I'm trying to illustrate is that [birth and death] are two sides of the same coin. [Birth and death] are both equally transformative in spirit.” Dr. Nathan's unconventional medical practice is making waves in a good way. His unique perspective bringing birth (OBGYN) and death (hospice) together into one holistic medical approach offers many insights you rarely find in the specialist-obsessed allopathic healthcare model.  Hit that play button and check out this dynamic doctor who offers spirituality and a refreshing level of respect to his patients. Episode Resources:  Get 10% off of a consultation package of 10 hours or more using promo code WADE10 HERE Check out more about Dr. Nathan Riley at Beloved Holistics The Holistic OBGYN Podcast Nathan Riley OBGYN on Instagram

Are you struggling with hormonal imbalances? Weight? PCOS? Anything women's health related?There's a whole world of magic outside within natural medicine that most of us in the US don't know anything about. In today's episode, we're chatting with Christina Burns, the pioneer founder of Naturna, an Integrative health center dedicated to the comprehensive fusion of Eastern medicine and Western science. She is a licensed doctor of Chinese medicine with board certification in Oriental reproductive medicine and 9 years of postsecondary education. Christina has advanced certifications in Acupuncture, herbs, nutrition, life coaching and yoga therapy.We discuss how to empower women to achieve their optimal life and health goals through natural medicine practices, informed Integrative nutrition, lifestyle management, and personalized mind-body programs.Also in this episode:The importance of nutrition as a form of medicineWhy birth control is not the recommended way to go for some womenHow hormonal issues can affect your weight, brain fog, mood, and fertility.and so much more. So if you're a woman who has so many unanswered questions on being a woman, this episode is for you. I can't wait for you to hear our conversation, so click play! I so look forward to getting to know you better so please subscribe, rate and review, and don't forget to connect with my on Instagram! (@adrikeefe)You can apply for the free 1:1 coaching giveaway here. Head over to www.AdrianaKeefe.com for more information, free downloads, and more! >>> https://naturnalife.com/ Naturna Institute's IGChristina Burns' IGFertility In Focus PodcastNaturna Institute's YouTube Channel Heartfül of Kerøsene - Jeff II https://youtu.be/ZbyFsGMjfRg Creative Commons Attribution Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-heartful-of-kersene Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/y-tbE2FIA1o

Welcome to Episode 1! Learn about my background and how I ended up where I am today as a certified Holistic Fertility and Menstrual Health Educator. 

Dr Fiona Tassoni is a Doctor of Chinese Medicine specialising in fertility. As the founder of Solaris Health, a leading fertility health centre for acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and herbal medicine, she integrates these holistic practices to help her patients achieve an optimal level of wellness. Her passion for women's health and healing over the past 19 years brings a wealth of knowledge in the area of gynaecology and infertility.   Listen to this episode to better understand the practice of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Dr Tassoni's empathic and compassionate approach in prescribing a person's or couple's health solution while working intuitively presents a complete integrated perspective.   Discover Dr Fiona Tassoni's Pregnancy Accelerator Program where she helps struggling couples achieve the dream of conceiving a healthy baby: https://fionatassoni.com/

In this episode, I will be sharing how I am taking a Holistic approach on fertility. Holistic fertility aims to properly balance the spiritual, emotional, physical and mental aspects of one's life to aid in natural fertility or fertility treatments.The primary methods used to achieve holistic fertility are acupuncture, meditation, yoga, dietary adjustments, and stress management. In this episode, I share the the road I am on to pregnancy and the latest update on seed cycling!To hear more on seed cycling, Tap to Listen Here: https://www.briepod.com/seed-cycling-for-hormone-balance/

Join The Eavesdrop as we have a discussion about how to holistically approach your fertility journey. Learn helpful tips all women should know when embarking on their conception journey. On this episode we discuss nutrition, ovulation tracking, best time to try to conceive, how to keep the intimacy during your journey, and so much more. This episode also reviews COVID-19 vaccine concerns about reproductive health. I will answer questions about COVID-19 vaccines and infertility, safety in pregnancy, and changes in the menstrual cycle. Show Mentions Healthy InspHERations Conference Purchase tickets @ healthy InspHERations or on eventbrite COVID-19 Vaccine Links 4 Common Question Women Ask about The COVID-19 Vaccines CDC COVID-19 Vaccines while pregnant or breastfeeding Mother to Baby and COVID-19 Vaccines American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Selchia Cain-Hinton Amethyst Beginnings IG @ Amethyst_Beginnings Mosie Baby Mosiebaby.com Infertility Support Groups and Organizations Fertility out loud Donate to the Eavesdrop Donate

Take Your Folic Acid.   Don't Drink Coffee.   Stay Away from Fish and Deli Meat.   We all know the standard pregnancy warnings.   But what does it really mean to have a healthy pregnancy?   Oftentimes conventional medicine lumps all women into the category of “trying to conceive” and takes a one size fits all approach to a healthy fertility journey.    But what happens when conventional medicine fails you?   Fertility and pregnancy aren't just about conceiving. It is about creating an environment of vitality and wellness in both parents to ensure a healthy pregnancy and beyond.   On today's podcast, best friends and business partners, Sam and Alyssa, cut through the noise and misinformation around fertility and discuss their passion for helping couples successfully conceive and deliver happy and healthy babies.    To learn more about creating a healthy fertility journey join us on today's #IntegrativeHealthCoachSuccess Podcast 041– Enjoy the show!   Listen or Watch At:  IHP.Coach/041   - - - Dr. Cabral's Book, The Rain Barrel Effect: https://amzn.to/2H0W7Ge - - - Become an Integrative Health Practitioner: https://integrativehealthpractitioner.org - - - Speak with an IHP Graduate: https://clientsuccess.as.me/ihp-discovery-call

Freezing your eggs? Thinking about trying for children? Need IVF? Experiencing fertility issues? Just DON'T KNOW?! Welcome to the club, BBs. In this episode, Kristina gets up close and personal with us all, sharing her own experience with egg freezing. It is still an under-discussed, behind-closed-doors subject, and frankly, we don't like that. We want you to know the facts at all ages, so you can pass it forward, back and sideways. We chat with TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Doctor Ryan Funk, who was Kristina's supporting TCM Doctor throughout her process, and talk through how to prep for your best eggs and best health, before, during and after your procedure. If you're like Kristina and want to give yourself the best holistic shot at fertility, this is the episode for you! Special thanks to Acubalance, the clinic that Kristina attended (and where Dr. Ryan Funk currently practices from).About Dr. Ryan Funk Dr. Ryan Funk graduated as a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine from the International College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Vancouver, BC. He then pursued postgraduate studies, completing 500 hours in Gynecology and Internal Medicine at the Anhui Hospital of TCM, Hefei City, China.  To connect with Dr. Funk: click HERE To connect with Acubalance: click HERETo connect with Bombshell Brunches: click HERETo connect with Kristina Lao: click HERETo connect with Raquelle Roodenburg: click HEREThank you to our incredible BB Team: Kristie Chan: Lead Audio Engineer (to connect with Kristie, click HERE)Bosco Li: Audio Engineer (to connect with Bosco, click HERE)Hannah Gorton: Production Coordinator (to connect with Hannah, click HERE)

Summary episode: Struggling with infertility or know anyone who is? Join Courtney and Darcie's beautiful conversation with holistic fertility specialist Loren Carpenter. From struggling with infertility to having 2 beautiful healthy babies, Loren shares her wisdom and gifts learned along the way. So much hope is in this conversation, and we truly appreciate the knowledge Loren brings to those looking for a holistic answer to fertility. Thank you so much Loren Carpenter for your gifts of healing and love. We appreciate you being here with us and guiding others along the way. If you feel this show is giving you value, make sure to subscribe for more. Feel free to leave a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts for us to keep creating more content like this! Thank you. We love you!Mentioned in this Episode:Creighton Model FertilityCare System fertilitycare.org - find a specialistInfertility - Finding HopeProgesteroneHolistic Integrative CareIVF AlternativesHealth and WellbeingReproductive HealthHealingEmily Guevara, L.Ac - Fertility AcupunctureConnect with Loren Carpenter, Holistic Fertility Specialisthttps://m.facebook.com/LorenCarpenterFunctionalFertility/Work with Darcie Beyer, certified Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Advanced Ho'oponopono practitioner:https://www.darciebeyer.com/Work with Courtney Goldstein, integrative health coach / intuitive healer:https://www.creatingwithcourtney.com/Fill Your Cup With a  WellOff Elixir:https://wellofftoday.com/Connect with Us:

In episode #041, Dr. Joseph Davis shares his expertise in reproductive endocrinology. We discuss what medical professionals know about miscarriage, what is still unknown, and what holistic care could look like following pregnancy loss. Dr. Davis earned a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from Ohio University in 2006. He completed OBGYN residency and then Reproductive Endocrinology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Dr. Davis practiced in NYC until leaving to start his own practice in the Cayman Islands with a focus on personalized and holistic fertility care. CONNECT WITH JOSEPH- INSTAGRAM @caymanIVF FACEBOOK Cayman Fertility Centre WEBSITE - caymanIVF.com SHOW NOTES- https://miscarriagehopedesk.com/podcast/ WEBSITE- MiscarriageHopeDesk.com Get a FREE Lab Checklist- MiscarriageHopeDesk.com/labs INSTAGRAM @miscarriagehopedesk FACEBOOK Miscarriage Hope Desk PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP- Facebook Groups  

Benvenuta sul Podcast di Weppiness: sono felice tu sia qui!Questa è una puntata speciale, perché ho intervistato una persona che stimo molto: Veronica Pacella, biologa nutrizionista e life coach, esperta in benessere integrato. Veronica è autrice di ben tre libri e lavora con persone che cercano un nuovo modo di stare bene, consapevoli che il loro benessere comprendere sia l'aspetto fisico che quello emozionale e mentale. In questo episodio imparerai: chi è Veronica, di cosa si occupa, cos'è il benessere integrato, i libri che ha scritto e tante informazioni sulla nutrizione come alleata del nostro stare bene, della nostra bellezza e anche della relazione tra cibo e ciclo e tra cibo e ricerca di una gravidanza. Buon ascolto!Se ti stai chiedendo: come posso instaurare delle buone abitudini da mantenere nel tempo? Come posso fare per iniziare a vivere una vita sana e felice? Quali sono le migliori tecniche/strumenti pratici per migliorare da oggi la mia organizzazione delle giornate? Quali sono i consigli degli esperti nel campo della nutrizione, del fitness e del beauty? Sei nel posto giusto!In questo episodio troverai:• Chi è Veronica, di che cosa si occupa e il suo percorso (min. 01.04)• I suoi tre libri, “Nutri la tua Unicità”, “La Nutrizione della Bellezza” e il nuovissimo libro “Ritrova la tua energia”: cosa si trova al loro interno e da quale partire (min. 06.01)• Benessere integrato: cos'è e come raggiungerlo (min.12.46)• L'intestino come alleato del nostro benessere (min. 16.04)• Le consulenze offerte (min. 21.32)• Cibo & Ormoni: in caso di disturbi del ciclo, come la nutrizione può aiutarci (min. 26.07)• Cibo alleato del concepimento e la sua nuova collaborazione nel progetto di Holistic Fertility (min. 29.03)• Parliamo di bellezza: come la nutrizione può aiutarci e cosa è per lei la bellezza (min. 33.35)• Depurazione come stile di vita (min. 36.50)• I libri consigliati (min. 38.12)• I momenti dedicati al benessere e significato dello “stare bene” (min. 40.44)• 3 consigli finali per perseguire il benessere integrato (min. 44.17)• Dove possiamo trovare Veronica (min. 45.37)Risorsa citata: Veronica Pacellahttps://veronicapacella.com/ https://www.instagram.com/veronicapacella/ https://www.facebook.com/veronicapacellanutrizionistacoach/ https://veronicapacella.com/nutrilatuaunicita/ https://veronicapacella.com/lanutrizionedellabellezza/ Libri consigliati:- I libri della dott.ssa Poli “Anatomia della guarigione” e “Emozioni che curano”https://www.amazon.it/Anatomia-guarigione-principi-medicina-integrata/dp/8863651981 e https://www.amazon.com/emozioni-che-curano-medicina-Italian-ebook/dp/B07WKSYML6 - “Molecole di emozioni” di Candace B. Pert https://www.amazon.com/Molecole-emozioni-perch%C3%A9-emozioni-proviamo/dp/8850243871 - “Anatomia dello spirito” di Caroline Myss https://www.amazon.com/Anatomia-dello-spirito-livelli-personale-ebook/dp/B00H4JONYO - “Bioterapia nutrizionale” di Anna D'Eugenio http://www.annadeugenio.it/i Iscriviti al podcast di Weppiness per non perdere nemmeno un episodio e vieni a trovarmi su www.weppiness.com!

Laura and Clayton go deep into the topic of holistic fertility this week with board-certified Naturopathic Endocrinologist and best-selling author Dr. Aumatma Shah. She gets honest about her own experience with infertility and shares some holistic methods to increase ones fertility. On What The Health?!: Is hormonal birth control the only option? What The Func?! is produced by the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy. Visit our sponsor Naturepedic! Check out their luxurious organic mattresses and use code WHATTHEFUNC15 for 15% off all products! Follow @holistic_fertility_doctor Instagram: @whatthefunc Twitter: @whatthefuncpod Facebook: @whatthefuncpodcast

Meet Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile and Get Pregnant Naturally Podcast. When Sarah Clark was 28 years old, she received a diagnosis of premature ovarian failure. She accepted the diagnosis and had both her children through in vitro fertilization. Years later she realized the root cause of her infertility was a food sensitivity and later a gut infection. Sarah is a Certified Life Coach with accreditation from the International Coaches Federation and a Health Coach with training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She is the author of Fabulously Fertile -Supercharge your Fertility Naturally. She custom-designed a fertility coaching program, which includes functional lab testing and supports couples to make diet and lifestyle changes that dramatically improve the chances of a healthy pregnancy and baby. On her Get Pregnant Naturally Podcast she shares that functional medicine and natural fertility solutions can eventually reverse infertility. Connect with Sarah: https://www.fabfertile.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/get-pregnant-naturally/id1329414094?mt=2 Connect with Emily: https://www.woogirlwellness.com/ https://www.instagram.com/woogirlwellness/

Certified Herbalist, Liane Moccia, joins me to take a deeper look at our overall health and talk about a holistic approach to pre-pregnancy planning, fertility, and beyond. In this episode:What is an herbalist?How herbal medicine + lifestyle changes can improve your health + fertilityHerbs for fertility (for women + men)Balancing hormonesLiver detox and how that plays a role in our hormonal healthWhy painful cycles or PMS is a warning sign that something is out of balanceHerbs for before, during, and after pregnancyHerbs for stress, sleep, + moreFind Liane at https://www.lianesherbalwellness.com/ and on Instagram at @lianemoccia. You can also get a quick list of tips from Liane to help you on your fertility journey here.

During this episode, I will be interviewing Genevieve Siegel, Holistic Fertility Empowerment Expert, creator of the Gen-Touch Holistic Fertility Method™, she guides those who are having challenges trying to conceive and feeling frustrated, stressed and crazed on a transformational journey to feeling calm, confident and in control of their fertility journey.  And what Genevieve is really passionate about is empowering these women to feel their whole and happy selves again.  Many people don’t realize it, but there are many women and couples who have that strong desire and are trying to have a baby but are struggling to conceive. That desire to have a baby can feel so strong and primal, that it is tough to explain to others what it feels like. And it’s tough for others to understand this pain or suffering unless they’ve been through it. And honestly, it doesn’t matter if there is a global pandemic going on, that strong desire to have a baby is still at the forefront of a woman’s mind, body, soul, and emotions. And most women feel like they are the only ones who are experiencing this suffering. But research shows that there are more people in the same situation than they think. Fortunately, there is hope, answers, and help! And it’s everything you never knew you needed! Listen in on this show if you’d like to find out: Why the Holistic Fertility Approach is so vitalWhat tools are available to support women and couples with fertility issuesWhat a Holistic Fertility Empowerment Expert does and how they can help you with the steps necessary to navigate your fertility journey with calm and confidence. To learn more about Genevieve or work with her, visit her website!

Why taking a holistic approach to your fertility journey is beneficial in a long-term lifestyle shift to not only cultivate the optimal environment for your pregnancy and labor, but to live a healthy life in motherhood as your baby grows. Join TeAirra and myself online to start the conversation on what it means to create your own holistic fertility journey that's right for only you. We hope you enjoy this week's episode. Connect with TeAirra at: https://bit.ly/TeAirraMitchell and Dr. KaTe at: https://bit.ly/drkatewong | Show Notes and Resources Available at: https://bit.ly/holistichopepodcast

Holistic Fertility Coach, Sarah Clark, Founder of FabFertile, joins us for a chat on her functional, root-cause approach to fertility. Sarah shares her own experience with infertility and how it fueled her to start her own practice helping women and couples heal their bodies and have natural births. She outlines the common underlying factors/illnesses that can contribute to infertility, her comprehensive approach to testing and discovering each person's root-cause, and how she seeks to create a team of functional practitioners to support women and couples along this journey.  Interview Links: TV Series: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-handmaids-tale-565d8976-9d26-4e63-866c-40f8a137ce5f (The Handmaids Tale) Website: https://nowleap.com/leap/ (Leap MRT Sensitivity Testing) Website: https://www.vibrant-wellness.com/ (Vibrant Wellness Zoomer Panels) Website: https://dutchtest.com/ (Dutch Test - Advanced Hormone Testing) Website: https://www.diagnosticsolutionslab.com/tests/gi-map (GI Map Test, Stool Test) Product: https://amzn.to/2X1NSSx (Seeking Health Methylated Folate) Product: https://amzn.to/2TaVlh1 (Thorne Prenatal) Article: https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php (EWG Dirty Dozen List) Product: https://amzn.to/3cExEp9 (Berkey Countertop Water Filter) Article: https://www.ewg.org/research/dirty-dozen-list-endocrine-disruptors (Ewg Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals) Product: https://amzn.to/2X4Tsnc (Thorne Magnesium ) Product: https://amzn.to/363ZJnd (Garden of Life Digestive Enzyme) Product: https://amzn.to/2y5B0Cw (Garden of Life Omega-3) Product: https://amzn.to/2z4x9pV (Just Thrive Spore-Based Probiotic) Article: https://www.leighannlindsey.com/blue-light-why-it-is-both-necessary-and-harmful/ (Bluelight, Why It Is Both Harmful & Necessary) Product: https://amzn.to/2TaU1uH (BLUBlox Bluelight Blocking Glasses) Product: https://amzn.to/2T9FdMG (BLUBlox Blockout Eye Mask) App: https://www.sleepcycle.com/ (Sleep Cycle app) Website: https://www.brucelipton.com/ (Dr. Bruce Lipton) Book: https://amzn.to/2y7dLYN (Biology of Belief - Dr. Bruce Lipton) Website: https://www.drbenlynch.com/ (Dr. Ben Lynch) Book: https://amzn.to/3cF4UMU (Dirty Genes - Dr. Ben Lynch) Website: https://kellybroganmd.com/ (Dr. Kelly Brogan) Book: https://amzn.to/3cC8Vlb (A Mind of Your Own - Dr. Kelly Brogan) Book: https://amzn.to/2T8crw2 (Own Yourself - Dr. Kelly Brogan) Website: https://drbrighten.com/ (Dr. Jolene Brighten) Book: https://amzn.to/2Z8BGlV (Beyond the Pill - Dr. Jolene Brighten) Article: https://www.leighannlindsey.com/why-i-quit-hormonal-birth-control/ (Why I Quit Hormonal Birth Control) Podcast: https://www.leighannlindsey.com/accrescent-podcast-ep-10-harmful-effects-of-hormonal-birth-control-w-author-holly-grigg-spall/ (Harmful Effects of Hormonal Birth Control) Product: https://amzn.to/3fXwes6 (Daysy Fertility Tracker) Where to Find Sarah Clark: Website: https://fabfertile.com/ (Fabfertile) https://www.facebook.com/sesacoaching/ (Facebook) https://fabfertile.com/project/podcast/ (Get Pregnant Naturally Podcast) Where to Find Me: https://www.leighannlindsey.com/ (Website) https://www.instagram.com/leighannlindsey/ (Instagram)

Jasmine Rose, holistic fertility expert joins me this week for a look at her journey and her work with fertility in the emerging holistic health movement. With an emphasis on coming back to self, we uncover the stigmas associated with women embarking on their fertility journey. We unpack the deep emotional work that brought Jasmine to healing her health in an unexpected way. I can’t thank Jasmine enough for bringing this topic to light and am honoured to partake in such a vulnerable discussion with her. Whichever life stage you are at, this is a must-listen. Jasmine Rose is a Holistic Fertility Specialist + Womb Connector. She focused on bringing heart into the fertility journey + accessing the WHY when discovering dis-ease within the womb space. Jasmine believes that play, pleasure + desire are the golden keys to life. You can find her at @humblewildwellness on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/humblewildwellness/?hl=en

In this episode, Jasmine unpacks the conditioning around our bodies inviting us to step into empowerment and informed choice through education and self exploration. To learn more about Jasmine and her incredible offerings, visit her website here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to another episode of The Hormone Heartbeat Podcast! This next series of episodes will focus on fertility and provide some insight into this complicated journey that 1 in 8 couples experience. Starting the series off is today's Guest Genieve Seigel Genevieve Siegel is a Holistic Fertility Empowerment Expert and creator of the Gen-Touch Holistic Fertility Method™. She empowers strong ambitious souls who are having challenges trying to conceive, and helps them to feel calm, confident and in control of their fertility journey. She has a special passion for empowering women, globally, so they can be their whole and happy self again. In today's episode, we are talking about holistic healing, including Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy® and how it is essential as part of your self-love and self-care practice for your fertility journey. Episode summary: Genevieve's holistic healing journey and what lead her to Arvigo® Therapy What does holistic healing mean What is the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy® The 5 systems of flow in the body History of Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy® What to expect from a session Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy® and its effect on the Menstrual cycle How the position of your uterus affects your menstrual cycle What is the meaning of brown blood before or after your menses Storing emotions in your uterus and what that means for your fertility and reproductive health What conditions are Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy® best suited for Can this therapy benefit woman who have had a hysterectomy Is a tipped uterus normal and how it can be the cause of unexplained infertility What is a normal and healthy period How to learn Arvigo® Therapy for self-care Working remotely What is the meaning of self-care Using your intuition for your fertility What you need to know about your fertility journey and supportive tips Reframe on conception and egg meeting sperm (Check out HHPE6 about Birth Prints ) Masculine and Feminine energy NLP for fertility (Check out HHPE4 about how to rewire your brain with NLP) Fertility mindset tips Manifesting good and bad thoughts Resources referenced in the episode: Gen-Touch Holistic Fertility™ Relaxation and Fertility Enhancement video and Chakra Balancing Meditation with Astral Music Connect with Genevieve Siegel: Email: gen@gentouchmassage.com | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GenTouchHolisticFertility | Instagram: @genevievet.siegel | Website: www.gentouchmassageandholistictherapy.com www.healthyuterus.com www.utathecuterus.wordpress.com Please send all inquiries and suggestions, including topics you'd like to see covered on the podcast to thehormoneheartbeatpodcast@gmail.com If you'd like to be a guest on the show and you think you'd be a good fit, please reach out!

In today's podcast Tahnee chats with Dr. Amanda Waaldyk. Amanda is a wholistic practitioner specialising in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. A yoga and meditation teacher, hormone expert and energy healer, Amanda applies an integrated approach to health and healing drawing inspiration from her own personal journey.   Tahnee and Amanda take a deep dive into: The spirit of Anjea. The journey of motherhood, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. The cycles of fertility. The east vs west approach to fertility and reproduction. Women as the embodiment of yin essence. The concept of rest and nest. Stress and daily survival. The cycles of creation, maintenance and destruction in regards to the evolution of the earth and human kind. The importance of taking the time to pause, listen and create space in the cultivation of health and creativity. Amanda's fertility and birthing journey. Fertility and veganism. The energetic phases of the female cycle. Fertility and exercise. Endocrine health as a positive feedback system. The period as a key indicator of overall health. Being in 'flow'.   Who is Dr Amanda Waaldyk? Amanda is the founder and director of Angea Women’s Health clinic, an integrative Chinese medicine practice with a focus on fertility, female endocrinology and supporting Woman through every phase of life. Amanda’s practice is soul meets science, guiding her patients to ultimate health by providing a whole body approach. Amanda is a Doctor of Chinese medicine, yoga and meditation teacher, hormone expert and energy healer. Amanda empowers and educates her clients to reconnect with their inherent body wisdom, navigate their way back to balance (naturally) and live the happiest and most thriving version of their lives.   Resources: Angea Website  Angea Instagram Angea Facebook  SuperFeast Website SuperFeast Instagram SuperFeast Facebook   Q: How Can I Support The SuperFeast Podcast? A: Tell all your friends and family and share online! We’d also love it if you could subscribe and review this podcast on iTunes. Or  check us out on Stitcher :)! Plus  we're on Spotify! We got you covered on all bases ;P Check Out The Transcript Here:

In today's episode, we dive into how to really connect with your subconscious self, your core and what's going on that's causing the physical issue (beliefs, past traumas, fears, patterns not dealt with, etc) behind your fertility. A lot of mindset work and how A'ndrea receives intuitive hits (feeling with visual attached) during her client reiki sessions. A'ndrea Reiter (pronounced Ondrea Ryder) is a Holistic Fertility Expert, Reiki Master and author specializing in a mind-body approach to fertility. She uses a combo of reiki, intuition, and mindset coaching to move women through the emotional and physical blocks impeding them from conceiving naturally. She's been published by The Chopra Center, Mind Body Green, Thrive Global and is a regular contributor to Fertility Road Magazine. Her book, How to Get Pregnant Even When You've Tried Everything: A Mind-Body Guide to Fertility is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Though based in Los Angeles, she helps women all over the world to achieve their dream of motherhood.  For more information visit www.fusionfertility.com   ----- For more information about Susan, visit www.goddessmommafertilityyoga.com To learn about Susan's offerings, visit  http://www.goddessmommafertilityyoga.com/services For more information about Goddess Momma Fertility Yoga Bundle, visit: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/goddessmommafertility Use Code 'podcast' and receive the Yoga Bundle for $97 To connect with the Goddess Momma Tribe Sisters and where to find free resources and support  https://www.facebook.com/groups/316089385916245/ Womb Healing Offering: This is a new service I am offering and so excited to share with you. It has helped me tremendously on my journey and immediately has seen shifts with students of mine. Visit  http://www.goddessmommafertilityyoga.com/services

In this episode, we discuss the in's and out's of healthy and holistic conception. We both treat a lot of fertility in our practices, and here we share our favorite tips for getting a bun in the oven!

Dr. Aumatma is a Holistic Fertility Specialist and Naturopathic Doctor, with a master's in Nutrition, who has been practicing medicine for 10 years. She authored the best-selling book: "Fertility Secrets: What your doctor didn't tell you about baby-making" and is also a sought out speaker on topics of Fertility, Women’s Health, and Women’s Empowerment.   Dr. Aumatma is committed to listening deeply, so that the medicine can reveal itself and be truly individualized for exactly what the person needs. Dr. Aumatma has also been awarded the “Best Alternative Medicine Practitioner″ award; she consults with clients locally in the Bay Area and works virtually with clients all over the world.   The Diva's Detox Guide. It's for both men & women... it focuses on how to get rid of toxins from the diet and lifestyle that are affecting so many people's fertility!   http://www.draumatma.com/divas-detox-guide-2/ https://www.facebook.com/DrAumatmaNd/  https://lifestylelocker.com/draumatma www.LifestyleLocker.com Facebook.com/LifestyleLocker instagram.com/DrJoshHandt

Stephanie Risinger joins me and we are digging into therapy, mindfulness and essential oils to help with the stress of infertility.   Stephanie struggled with unexplained infertility for 9 years and was able to get pregnant naturally after making diet and lifestyle changes.   Stephanie is host of the Holistic Fertility and Wellness podcast.  As a marriage and family counsellor she shares her firsthand experience with infertility and the tools she used to heal her body.  Plus we discuss how men and women handle infertility differently and what to do when you feel stuck.    Check out Stephanie’s Facebook support group https://m.facebook.com/groups/369201426788986 - Hopeful and Whole Also she offer’s a free 30 minute essential oil consultation http://www.holisticfertilitypodcast.com/essential-oils/   Get Pregnant Freebie (Guided Fertility Visualization):  www.getpregnantfreebie.com   Don't forget to check out my Resources page for more information and products that will help you on your fertility journey.

I'm your guest this week where I will be reviewing the year 2017 and the decisions I made on my health, family and business. I'll be interviewed by our new team member Stephanie Risinger who'll also tell us about her podcast. Here's what you'll hear: Min 01:05 Introducing Stephanie & Bridgit Min 03:15 Transitioning from Portland to Arizona Min 06:20 Review of Bridgit's physical health Min 11:16 Marcons and using Western medicine with Eastern medicine Min 14:10 Dealing with emotional health Min 20:30 Getting help from different practitioners Min 23:45 Lessons learnt in 2017 Min 26:50 Bridgit's habits and routines Min 28:50 Big wins for Women's Wellness Collaborative in 2017 Min 33:35 The future of Women's Wellness Collaborative Min 37:35 Stephanie Risinger's podcast Min 40:10 Health steps taken by Stephanie To learn more about Stephanie and her Holistic Fertility and Wellness Podcast, visit her website here and follow her on social media: Facebook Twitter Instagram Resources: Marcons And Biofilms With Dr. Yoshi Rahm Low FODMAPs diet  Are Food Sensitivities Preventing Your Pregnancy? with Sarah Clark Take our survey here for a chance to win a price Fertility Week sign up page Sign Up For Our Newsletter If you have not yet joined our community, be sure take our "Is a Gut Infection Causing Your Hormonal Imbalance" quiz here, and come on board! We have lots of valuable, free resources for women's health we share weekly. Bridgit Danner, Founder of Women's Wellness Collaborative

Stephanie Risinger is a Fertility Coach, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Stephanie has been a therapist for nine years, and she decided to start her podcast, The Holistic Fertility and Wellness Podcast, after experiencing several years of fertility challenges and pursuing holistic approaches to improving fertility.  She found that the information she sought was not as easily accessible as she had hoped.  She worked hard to find resources and is now sharing those resources with others through her podcast. In today's show, Stephanie shares her own fertility journey with us. After her 9 year journey with fertility challenges, Stephanie is expecting her first baby! She shares how she managed to maintain hope throughout her journey, and how she was able to maintain her own sense of identity and worthiness during the years she was unable to conceive. Topics discussed in today's episode Stephanie takes us through her 9-year fertility journey Stephanie shares her experience with the adoption process The importance of understanding your menstrual cycle How to manage infertility when it feels like everyone around you is getting pregnant How to navigate conversations with friends who get pregnant while you're struggling with infertility The impact infertility has on relationships The unexpected way infertility affects grandparents Challenging the idea that your body is broken and instead choosing to believe your body can do it How fertility challenges can impact your intimate relationship with your partner What it was that finally made the difference for Stephanie and lead to her finally being able to conceive naturally Connect with Stephanie You can connect with Stephanie on her Website, and on Facebook, and Twitter Resources mentioned Holistic Fertility & Wellness Podcast | Stephanie Risinger Holistic Fertility & Wellness Podcast | Understanding Your Menstrual Cycles | Lisa Jack FFP 076 | The Emotional Connection to Fertility & Health | Aimee Raupp FFP 134 | Optimizing Sperm Health | Motility, Morphology & Sperm Count | Why He Needs To Get Tested ASAP | Marc Sklar Cora Tampons | Organic Tampons That Work Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast on iTunes! This episode is sponsored by Cora! Made from 100% organic cotton, Cora tampons were designed not only to help you manage your periods but also to preserve your health.  For every month of tampons you buy, Cora gives a month of pads along with menstrual health education to a girl in need in India. Click here to receive your first month's supply free of charge. *Please note that Cora only ships within the United States. Fertility Friday | Fertility Management Masterclass This episode is sponsored by my Fertility Management Masterclass! Gain clarity and confidence using the Fertility Awareness Method and improve your cycle health at the same time! Click here for more information! Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic  

We help busy moms and dads have more energy, sleep better and spend more quality time with their family through custom built resiliency solutions based on the art of Chiropractic care and nutritional medicine. Call or text message our clinic today with your health question: 734-335-0533 www.michiganfamilywellness.com Check out our wellness culture video here: https://youtu.be/orEPhy8ePXUStephanie is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a holistic wellness advocate, an entrepreneur, a singer, and a CrossFit enthusiast.She was born and raised in Southern California and has recently relocated to the MidWest with her husband of 11 years and their German Shepherd. Stephanie has been a therapist for eight years and a successful network marketer for three. After experiencing several years of fertility challenges and pursuing holistic approaches to improving fertility, she launched The Holistic Fertility and Wellness Podcast.Stephanie provides women easily accessible resources & information to equip them with the tools they need for emotional and relational support on their fertility journey.Stephanie believes true wellness involves the mind, body, and spirit; as all are interrelated and interconnected.MFW 031 | Postpartum Peace | Laura DevineStephanie's Grow Live Thrive WebsiteThe Holistic Fertility & Wellness PodcastThe Fertility Awareness Method

Dedicated to Elevating Your Health & Family Wellness Lifestyle   CLICK HERE FOR THE MFW SURVEY   Stephanie is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a holistic wellness advocate, an entrepreneur, a singer, and a CrossFit enthusiast. She was born and raised in Southern California and has recently relocated to the MidWest with her husband of 11 years and their German Shepherd.   Stephanie has been a therapist for eight years and a successful network marketer for three.   After experiencing several years of fertility challenges and pursuing holistic approaches to improving fertility, she launched The Holistic Fertility and Wellness Podcast. Stephanie provides women easily accessible resources & information to equip them with the tools they need for emotional and relational support on their fertility journey. Stephanie believes true wellness involves the mind, body, and spirit; as all are interrelated and interconnected.   MFW 031 | Postpartum Peace | Laura Devine     Stephanie's Grow Live Thrive Website     The Holistic Fertility & Wellness Podcast     The Fertility Awareness Method        

Dr. Katherine Zagone combines the mind of a doctor and the heart of a healer to serve couples and women in their journey to conceive their healthiest baby and build the family of their dreams. After witnessing family members struggle with infertility for years, she felt compelled to find solutions for her patients in similar agonizing situations. She considers each client’s individual needs as she surveys the whole landscape of your life when crafting the perfect fertility formula. She empowers clients to create their healthiest lives to conceive and to create their healthiest child possible. Her holistic approach provides a nurturing experience while addressing medical, functional, environmental, emotional, and energetic causes of infertility. Dr. Zagone graduated top of her class from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine where she completed internships in natural fertility and preconception. She received her Bachelors of Science in Health Science from Benedictine University in IL, where she graduated Summa cum laude. She assisted in the training of the next generation of naturopathic doctors at Bastyr University California. She also authors content for Orb Health, and supports patient care at Shine Natural Medicine. As an elite guest lecturer, she has spoken at UCSD and throughout the community on topics including hormones and gut health. As a belly dancer and champion for feminine power, she embodies the fertile goddess and helps her female clients access their own embodiment to promote fertility. Learn more about Dr. Zagone at theholisticfertilitymethod.com. Become a founding member of the Food Heals VIP Club & get 20% off your lifetime membership at www.FoodHealsVIP.com. Get your free guide, Health, Longevity & Weight-loss Secrets at FoodHealsNation.com.