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Navigating fertility challenges can be emotionally overwhelming, but there are proven strategies to help manage stress along the way. In this episode, Dr. Aimee is joined by mindfulness and fertility coach Josephine Atluri to discuss the best techniques for reducing anxiety and finding balance during your fertility journey. Josephine shares insights on mindfulness, meditation, and how to cultivate resilience when facing uncertainty. In this episode, we cover: How stress impacts fertility and overall well-being Practical mindfulness techniques to ease anxiety The power of meditation and breathwork in fertility journeys How to reframe challenges and cultivate resilience Tips for staying present and hopeful throughout the process Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website. Visit Josephine Atluri's website. IVF Class: Do you have questions about IVF? Click here to join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class. The next live class call is on Monday, March 10, 2025, at 4pm PST, where Dr. Aimee will explain IVF and Egg Freezing, and there will be time to ask her your questions live on Zoom. Other ways to reach Dr. Aimee: Visit my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Subscribe to the newsletter to get updates Join Egg Whisperer School Request a Consultation with Dr. Aimee 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 recognition of October being Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month, we're re-releasing a past episode where our guests discuss a very sensitive topic that may be triggering for some of you who are currently on your path to parenthood or are one of the 1 in 4 who has experienced pregnancy loss or miscarriage. Featured in this episode are the courageous stories of how to heal after experiencing loss. Samantha Busch @samanthabusch www.samanthabusch.com Kim Hooper @kimhooperwrites kimhooperwrites.com Monica Bivas @monicabivas www.monicabivas.com Tina Sugandh @TinaSugandh MomOnTopShop.com Kelsi Burley @myjourneywithivf Linny Stone @linnystone Josephine Atluri @josephineratluri

  Josephine Atluri is an author, certified life coach and an expert in meditation and mindfulness. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Josephine followed her passion for total wellness and has helped thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. She supports and empowers organizations and individuals through her wellness retreats, classes and written work. Plus, her experience creating her modern day family of seven children via In Vitro fertilization, international adoption and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly sought-after fertility, pregnancy, and parenting mindfulness coach. Josephine hosts a popular podcast, “Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, & Parenthood,” where she interviews guests on their inspiring responses to life's challenges. Her parenting mindfulness expertise and fertility advocacy work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Motherly, MindBodyGreen, The Bump, Prevention, Well+Good, and Woman's Day. Josephine is the author of the books, “Mindfulness Journal for Parents” and “5 Minute Mindfulness for Pregnancy.” She also sits on the board of the nonprofit, Shero's Rise, an organization dedicated to uplifting girls in underserved communities.   Website & Social media links (Facebook, instagram, twitter) Website: www.jatluri.com Instagram: @josephineratluri @respondingtolifepodcast Url: https://www.instagram.com/josephineratluri/ YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3kIxDHQ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephine-atluri-0aaa32129   Information on Josephine's retreat can be found here: https://www.jatluri.com/retreat-1 use coupon code LOTUS to get a discount!   SummaryJosephine shares her background in fertility mindfulness and meditation and how she got into the work. She discusses her own infertility journey, including failed IVF cycles, the loss of twins, and the decision to pursue international adoption and surrogacy. Josephine explains the concept of mindfulness as awareness coupled with curiosity and compassion. She emphasizes the importance of being present and using breathing techniques as a tool for reducing stress and finding calm. Josephine also talks about her books on mindfulness during pregnancy and parenthood and her retreats for women.     Takeaways Fertility mindfulness and meditation can provide coping strategies and overall wellness care for individuals trying to build their families. Mindfulness is a lifestyle that involves being aware of oneself and the world, and it can lead to reduced stress, better sleep, improved immunity, and better relationships. Breathing techniques are a powerful tool for moving from a state of stress to a state of calm, and they can be practiced anywhere and anytime. Mindfulness can help individuals navigate the challenges and anxieties of pregnancy and parenthood, and it can be incorporated into daily life through various modalities. Being present and practicing mindfulness can lead to mental clarity, emotional freedom, and a deeper connection with oneself and the present moment.   For more information about Michelle, visit www.michelleoravitz.com   Click here to find out how to get the first chapter of "The Way of Fertility" for free.   The Wholesome FertilityFacebook 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:   Michelle (00:00) Welcome to the podcast, Josephine.   Jo (00:02) Thanks for having me. I'm super excited to be speaking with you today.   Michelle (00:06) Me too, so I'd love for you to start out with giving us your background and how you got into the work that you're doing.   Jo (00:13) Yeah, so I am specializing in fertility mindfulness and meditation, and I was working in healthcare upon returning back to work many years ago. And I brought my consulting background with my healthcare background and went into meditation, but I was using it for more corporate wellness. And then I realized that,   when I was going through my own infertility journey that I could have really used these tools. And that's when I decided to pivot and really focus on providing mindfulness and overall wellness care for people who are trying to build their modern day families. I remember very well just feeling really stressed out and not having coping strategies. And so that's my...   biggest aim with the fertility mindfulness work that I do.   Michelle (01:15) And then if you don't mind actually sharing your own journey   Jo (01:19) Yeah, no, absolutely. It's actually started, it's like the 20th anniversary of when we first did our IVF cycle, feels like forever ago, which it is. And we knew we had to go straight into that because of healthcare issues, I mean health issues. And we went into it pretty naively because we were in our 20s and I thought that because...   of our age that it would happen pretty quickly. And it didn't. We went through a few infertility clinics and it didn't work out. Many failed cycles. We did end up getting pregnant with twins only to lose them at 17 weeks. And that's when we decided to pivot into international adoption. We always had that in our back pocket as another path to parenthood for us.   Michelle (02:10) Sorry.   Jo (02:18) given our history and so we pivoted there and then we were able to adopt our first son who's now 17. We adopted him from Kazakhstan and that was quite an experience. Then once he was home we decided to give IVF one more try. We switched to a third clinic and we became pregnant again. They threw the kitchen sink at me as the medical term is sometimes used.   and I was able to deliver the twin successfully. And through that cycle, we actually were able to freeze a number of embryos and they weren't doing any of the many tests that they are doing these days back then. And so we kept them on ice because of the sort of the traumatic experience from the loss and then having to be on bed rest and all of this. I didn't.   think that I could carry again. And so we decided to just sort of keep the embryos on ice until we could figure out what to do. And it wasn't until many years later that we decided to pursue the option of surrogacy. It wasn't an option for us to begin with because of the prohibitive costs. And so we worked with an amazing surrogate and she delivered our second set of twins.   Michelle (03:34) Mm -hmm.   Jo (03:47) boys, our first ones are boy -girl, and then we had a couple more embryos left and many years later we decided to give them one last chance or go through this process one more time and worked with a different surrogate who was also as equally as amazing and then we had our girl twins, so we have one of each kind.   Michelle (04:13) Oh, wow.   Jo (04:13) And that's how we created what I call our modern day family of seven kids through adoption, surrogacy, and IVF. Mom's story.   Michelle (04:21) Wow, that's such a story. And that's why I wanted to go over it because what's interesting is that it has so many different ways to parenthood in one. You know, there's so many different ways to do it. And a lot of times people are afraid of choosing certain ways. But then ultimately, I always find out when talking to people that they don't regard a thing, everything happened for a reason and that connected with them to their child and however way that came about.   Jo (04:30) Yes.   Michelle (04:49) So I love hearing stories like that just because I mean, it's amazing, like just human life and the way your path leads you that you don't initially expect it to lead you and then you   up having blessings coming in the way that they want to come.   Jo (05:07) Exactly. Yes, it's definitely not what we expected, but I totally believe in how things are supposed to just happen that way. It's not to say that it was not a very tough journey and a lot of lessons learned. And I do make a lot of comparisons in articles and things like that about the difference between IBF and adoption and surrogacy. There certainly is a lot of overlap.   in many levels to it, but yeah, definitely was a learning experience. And in all of those different paths to parenthood, definitely could have used fertility mindfulness in all of it.   Michelle (05:48) Yes. Yeah. So, I'm totally with you because I think what happens is a lot of times when people are going through this or couples are going through this, they're just, they're figuring it out. They're trying to map out and like figure out how to navigate it. So I think that just by itself could be so overwhelming. And then they're looking at the diet, they're looking at the supplements, they're looking at like what kind of other treatments they can do or fertility clinics. And so all the sort of check boxes, but...   So often the one thing that is so pivotal and that is often missed is the mindset, like in how people feel and cope with it, because ultimately it's not even about, I mean, a lot of times people will look at the mindset in order to have that as an avenue to help boost fertility. However, all of that aside, it's just so important to take care of yourself at a time that.   of so much confusion and so many different thoughts, opinions, and it could be so overwhelming. And that's the time that mindfulness I know as a meditator myself, like just the impact of what it can do to your mind and how it shifted and changed me. And I know that when I speak to other people who meditate, that it can really, it just changes your life in so many ways. It consolidates you. It makes the, it's almost like the static.   die down so that you're much more sharp and you're in tune with yourself and your own inner intelligence and it connects you. So I really think that there's so much power in that. And then also, I think often people think of mindfulness as just meditation. However, I'm sure as you know, like,   is amazing, but it also teaches you to be mindful in your life actively, like in real time. So I'd love for you to.   talk about mindfulness, what it is and how you can really implement it in your life and why a person hearing this should really consider doing that.   Jo (07:53) Yeah, no, I mean, I agree totally with everything that you were mentioning. And the way I like to describe mindfulness in just a very simple way is to bring it down to awareness. So it is awareness coupled with a gentle curiosity and compassion to oneself in the process. And so awareness can be anything from being in tune with what's happening to you.   mentally, emotionally, physically, the world around you, as well as your interactions with other people. So like you said, you know, it can trickle out into all parts of your life. And in fact, when I describe mindfulness, I call it a lifestyle, not just a one -off thing that you try to squeeze into your day via a meditation for like five minutes or something.   If you're able to tune into this awareness of yourself and the world around you, then it can really impact all the different buckets of your life and lead to things like reduced stress and better sleep, improved immunity, and better relationships with your partner, your kids, your coworkers, different things like that, because you're really tuning in.   to how you're feeling and when you're able to do that, you're able to respond to life versus being reactionary, which so many of us do. And so that, when you think about all of those benefits, it can really impact your fertility as well, your whole fertility journey as well, as well as way beyond once you...   are able to move past that and go into different facets of your life. And so one of the biggest tools that I like to bring mention to people is breathing techniques. And like you mentioned, a lot of times a misconception is that meditation is equivalent to mindfulness and that's it. But there are so many different modalities of mindfulness that can cater to many different types of needs and abilities.   and you're not just tied to meditation. I know a lot of people as they're starting out get really discouraged because they think, well, I can't sit for more than two minutes without having thoughts in my mind. And that's another whole misconception is because you're not supposed to really complete your mind, rid your mind of thoughts. It's really just the interaction of those thoughts. But going back to this idea of different modalities of mindfulness, you can do...   Michelle (10:28) Yeah.   Jo (10:42) different things like journaling, affirmations, you can do walking meditations, eyes open meditations, and the one that I brought up were breathing techniques. And the reason that I love, I bring this up when it comes to fertility meditations is because you can bring it with you on the go. So, you know, whenever you're at the nurse's clinic, getting your blood drawn, or if you're getting a scan, or if you're waiting for your doctor to speak about your next round, different things like that.   your breath is always with you and that's why it's a super powerful tool. And it's also powerful because it can move you from a state of stress, a state of fight or flight, into your parasympathetic nervous system, which is your rest and digest and brings you back to this baseline of calm. And all you really have to do is just start to notice your breath and...   make it more intentional by slowing it down. You can count, you can do, you can manipulate your breath in so many different ways. But if you're able to just slow it down and make it more intentional, then you're bringing yourself back into this state of calm. And it's super helpful when you're getting really worked up in any of these infertility appointments that can cause your stress, your cortisol levels to just skyrocket, right? So that's why that's my number one go to.   in general, but especially for people who are in the midst of their fertility journey because it's something you can pull out whenever you need.   Michelle (12:14) Yeah, and I love that you mentioned that because a lot of my patients will say sometimes they'll go to the doctor's office and they really do have like a legitimate anxiety and they feel it in their body. And it brings them to a state of such anxiety that they go blank. They forget what they wanted to ask, which I always say, just write down the questions beforehand if you can, but they'll go blank on, and sometimes even if...   they're not fully on board with what the doctor says. They'll just, they, you know, they won't be able to respond with clarity. When you do get into the breath, it really helps that mental clarity, which I feel like, especially when you're on the fertility journey, you need it more than ever.   Jo (12:57) Yes, no, absolutely. That's a great point about, um, about having clarity and asking questions because I can raise my hand to having that experience. I'll have all of these questions, all of these thoughts running through my head and then I'll meet with the doctor or the nurse and they'll say something. And then all of a sudden my mind's in a tangent and I'm not present. And I think about all of the things that maybe that I claim that I did wrong because a lot of us.   you know, blame ourselves during this journey at one point or another, or I start to project into the future thinking about like, okay, now here's my calendar, right? We're all tied to this calendar. I'm going to have to do this, this X, Y, Z. And you're just, you're not even there. And you walk out of that appointment, not having answered your questions and not having clarity about your next steps because you just weren't present. And that's the other thing about mindfulness is that when you're aware, when you're in tune with,   yourself and your surroundings, that brings you into the present moment. Because you're not thinking about how you were feeling before. You're thinking, okay, I'm tuning in right now. How's my body feeling? How am I feeling emotionally? What kind of mental space am I in? How am I interacting with this person? And that's all in the present moment. And when you take that pause to be able to just take stock of yourself and your situation,   you really can have that moment of clarity. But if you're going backwards, you're going forward, you don't have that clarity. You're just everywhere else but the present moment. And so that's another huge benefit of practicing mindfulness, is that you're able to really tune in and be present. And just a side note to this is that you can practice it in meditations, you can practice it in journaling.   And the more that you're able to practice even just tiny little moments throughout the day and over time, it's just more about consistency. The better able you're, you can pull towards that like present moment awareness during moments like this with the doctor or the nurse because you've practiced it and you've created that neural pathway in your brain to be able to, to pull into the present moment, right? Because your brain's a muscle and your, your,   just like you're exercising it. You're exercising it to be in the moment. So that's the beauty of consistency. It's more about trying to work that muscle every day, work that ability to be present and mindful and aware versus having to like work it out for an hour. If you could do it for a couple minutes a day, it's totally to your benefit in all aspects of your life.   Michelle (15:46) And also I'll mention this is being present allows you for mental breaks from everything too, because when you're thinking about the future, you're thinking about the past, you're not being present. And when your mind is constantly on something that is worrisome to you, then again, you're not being in the present moment. When you can train yourself to be in that present moment, you actually allow yourself to come up for air and you're able to just lose yourself in the moment when you're.   having a moment of going out or doing something that you could take a break from everything mentally, that's gonna give you more energy when you come back to all of the different challenges that you're facing. And I think that that is so important. It's kind of like filling your tank. it is this level of emotional freedom that does happen.   simultaneously when you are present. And I think about a lot of what the ancients always used to refer to as liberation of the self. And liberation of the self is really just like, we are so caught up in identifications, thoughts. This is just the human condition. So this isn't something to be like, we all have this, you know, it's just part of our human condition is that we can get very caught up in our mind movies.   And our projections, our fears, most of the fears that we have actually don't really come into fruition. And we have a negative bias, which is really there to protect us from like anything dangerous. And so our mind does tend to go there. And this helps. And they've talked about it throughout history, you know, through centuries, all these ancient teachings about liberation of the self.   And liberation of the self simply means is just being able to like fully immersed, be immersed in the present moment, which is the only real moment. It's the only moment that has life force because everything else is an illusion. It's not truly happening in the now and isn't fully alive in this present moment. and I also look at awareness and I think to myself, awareness by itself, this is, uh, I think science needs to catch up to it. And I think that in some ways it,   It does. If you think about Qigong or even yoga where you were like really present with your body, there's life force that is inherent in awareness itself. So when you start to focus on areas of your body that feel stuck, you can actually open it. I felt it literally opening in my body as I brought awareness. So it almost like areas that feel stuck are kind of like devoid of consciousness.   in our body and ourselves and awareness opens that up because it just awakens you to this aliveness that can only happen in the now. That's the biggest condition about it.   Jo (18:39) Yeah, no, absolutely. Great points.   Michelle (18:42) definitely fascinating. So talk about like, if somebody is really not familiar with this and really new, and is also like how I used to be, I used to work in the city in New York City, and it was very much in the corporate world. And this is like before I got into meditation. And   you almost get so stuck in like the project, the demand, whatever you need to do. you know, I don't really believe in a type A personality. I know that people talk about that a lot. I think that you can wear it, but you could choose to wear whatever you want. You could choose to like, go into the frequency of type B or whatever it is that you want to be. And we get to decide it's the identifications, but.   I was at the time identified with a very type A personality. And now I would say, I wouldn't even say B, like I'm more free because of the mindfulness. So for somebody who is not familiar with how to get themselves into that parasympathetic, and they're so used to being in the frequency of do, do, do, and like, let's get things done. Let's run after it, you know, that kind of thing. What's an easy way to...   get back in tune with yourself and ease yourself into the present moment.   Jo (20:02) Yeah, no, that is a great question. I think that is a function of society, whether you identify with a type A or not. It's just that we're driven to produce and to be busy, and that's a marker of success, especially in the United States. So to try to pivot into this other type of living, this other type of thinking and doing,   It has to just be a little bit, it won't be as intuitive, right? So you kind of just have to set yourself up and your environment for success. So it's not really a matter of habits. A lot of research has shown it's more how you set up your environment that will be a indicator of success for yourself. So what I mean by that is, let's say you decide to want to try the meditation.   So then you would figure out when in your day is really realistic. And this is kind of the process that I go through with clients. So we do like this mindfulness audit, I call it. And so you'd simply say, okay, well, I'm a morning person or I'm a night person. And I'm not going to try and get you to do something in the morning when you're really not typically productive then. It just doesn't make sense. It's rather than trying to fight what your existing systems are, we're trying to work with it.   So if you're a night person, then we would figure out, all right, well then how about we tie it to something, this act of mindfulness that you'll start to practice with something you already consistently do so that way you're stacking it onto a habit that has proven to be very successful for you that you just already do. So for example, that would be, I always bring up the example of brushing your teeth. So if you're already doing that at night,   than now just pairing it with the mindfulness activity. So you can choose journaling, doing a gratitude list or practice, doing a mindful stretch like yoga for a few minutes, you can meditate. I mean, as I mentioned, so many different modalities. You just pick one and try it out for maybe try it out for a week and see how it works for you and then try a different one. But the consistency here is that you're doing it always.   before or after you brush your teeth for X amount of minutes. And it's more about the practice of doing it. And so being aware in the moment and trying to be very gentle and compassionate to yourself about the experience. So not walking in with these expectations of you need to accomplish X, Y, Z in order for it to be a success. Because if you do that, then you kind of set yourself up for failure because you may or may not meet.   those goals and then you get down on yourself and it becomes this negative cycle. Just sort of walking in without any expectations aside from the fact that you're going to be able to, that you will set aside the time, the X minutes to do it and then it's done and that's it. So whatever happens during that, during those minutes is just left for you to really experience in the present moment.   That's a huge piece of mindfulness is just having that gentle compassion and that curiosity of like, well, what are the possibilities? Like what can actually happen? I don't know. And we'll see, right? Every day is different. We wake up different every day. I mean, every moment or hour, we have a new experience for ourselves and a new sort of frame of mind that we're operating from. So that's how I, in a nutshell, kind of work with someone or suggest in my articles and books.   how they can get started if this isn't something they've ever dabbled in before and it can feel really overwhelming to start a new habit like this, especially if it doesn't feel, if it feels like the opposite of how you normally operate in life. And then I just like to infuse little mantras for myself or just little reminders. And so for this, especially for a type A personality, I would say, I am focused on...   being versus doing. And so I don't need to accomplish like a ton of things during this moment. I just need to be here. And so I like little reminders like that, but you know, whatever works for you, especially as you're going through this, you might be aware of things that can give you success. So I would always try and infuse that as well into this new practice.   Michelle (24:40) And I love that you said in this moment, because I think that when you give yourself permission, even if it feels very strange for you to be in a different state of mind, if you just tell yourself for this moment, I'm going to give myself permission be present just for this moment, then it doesn't feel as overwhelming. And it doesn't feel like you have to change everything in your life.   It's just for this moment to give yourself that mental break. And then your mind eases into that state. And then possibly that state of more ease can start to come into different parts of your life. But I think that is such a good point. You know, just giving yourself that permission and those affirmations or those words can make such a difference. And it sounds so simplistic. And I find that the simplistic things are the most powerful.   and the most overlooked for their power.   Jo (25:35) Yeah, but also can be the hardest because I think we overcomplicate things and something simple doesn't feel right. It feels I'm missing something here. I'm not doing this properly. And that's where the idea of just being and walking in without so many expectations.   Michelle (25:47) Right.   unfamiliar.   Jo (25:59) and just being curious and compassionate with yourself is that's why those are really big pieces of the definition of mindfulness.   Michelle (26:08) sure. And then another thing that I do actually want to talk about is the deterrence that come up in the mind while you're sitting in mindfulness. And so that's kind of the difficult aspect of being still is that you're going to become aware of what's happening in the background of your mind that you typically are not aware of because you're so distracted by the external noise. So that when that does come   lot of Buddhists,   teachers, they teach that we have these deterrents, we have these, what do they call disturbances that come up in the mind. One of those disturbances, well, one big part is our thoughts and the thoughts that come up. And those thoughts can be meditation is not for me. I personally see that to be a disturbance and it'll stop a lot of people from moving forward.   Jo (27:02) that's true. That goes back to that myth of the fact that we're not supposed to have thoughts or disturbances, especially when we're meditating, that our mind should be clear. And that's just not the case because we have between 60 ,000, 80 ,000 thoughts a day. The way I like to kind of describe it to my clients and my books is that it's more about your interaction with your thoughts.   because then if you think about it, you'll take that process back out with you into life. So for example, you're sitting for, let's say you're sitting for two minutes in meditation, a thought pops up. Now it's up to you to figure out, well, how am I going to move on from this? How am I going to respond to this? And there are many tricks, I mean, tricks. There are many techniques.   like labeling, like, oh, that was a sensation, or oh, that was a criticism, or that was a to -do list. You label it. For some people, labeling makes them feel better, and they're able to move on. Some people are more visual. They have a thought. They need to imagine putting it in a cloud, pushing it away, or putting it on a leaf, on a body of water, pushing it away. Some people just need verbal sort of cues. And so instead of,   that visual, they can just tell themselves almost like a mantra. I acknowledge that thought. I will get back to it after this and then return back to their breath. Right? So there are many different ways you kind of need to figure out and try as well, which one works for you. But the idea here is you're having an interaction with a disturbance. And that is what happens to us every minute of our life outside of this.   Michelle (28:32) Mm -hmm.   Yeah.   Jo (28:51) Mindfulness practice right so you're at work You're busy doing what you need to do and a text pops up. There's that disturbance so now now that you've practiced this in your mindfulness habit of How do I deal with something that pops up like a thought or disturbance? Now you're able to practice it in quote -unquote real life because you've done it in your mindfulness practice and so now you kind of can your mind can go back to that moment of   Well, I was somewhat calm. I was getting into a calmer state and I recognized it and I said, okay, I'll get back to you later. I'm still doing something and you get back to what you're doing. You take a deep breath. You say that to yourself and you go back to whatever it is you were doing with work. And so that's how mindfulness can really benefit us when we're practicing it into applying it into outside of that moment of practice.   into the rest of our lives. And that's why I call mindfulness a lifestyle, because if you're able to practice it there, you're able to do it with all the millions of distractions that we get throughout the day. And so that's why I think it's just so beneficial to have those interactions with the thoughts and I welcome them versus getting worried about having them and telling myself that I'm not good at meditation because in the back of my mind, I'm reminding myself.   I'm practicing this for life and this will serve me outside of this moment.   Michelle (30:24) I love the techniques that you mentioned because one thing that I noticed is they're all very neutral. So it's just kind of like, oh, that's interesting. A thought, well, I'm planning my day. You know, something that kind of comes and you're labeling it like this is planning. This is that labeling in this   is just more like, oh, that's that. And let me go back to the breath. So when you're looking at it neutrally, you're not getting sucked in emotionally. It's not.   something that really takes too much of your energy is just observing and seeing. And also when you're neutral, not too attached to that thought. So I love that.   Jo (31:03) Yeah, that goes back to that whole facet of mindfulness, of compassion, right? But also curiosity, because you're curious as to, oh, well, why did this pop up in my mind? Okay, clearly my mind wants me to remember this, but I'll be kind to myself. This is not a huge deal. I'll just get back to you. I'll get back to you later.   Michelle (31:26) Yeah, totally. And so you mentioned your book. So talk to us about your books and how it can help, because it sounds like you have a lot of this information in your books.   Jo (31:38) Yeah, so I have two mindfulness books. One is for when you're already pregnant and infusing mindfulness into your pregnancy. And so it has examples of different mindfulness modalities that you can do throughout the pregnancy. So whether that's yoga, journaling, gratitude practice, meditation, all those different things that you can try. So that way it really sets you up.   for your pregnancy and your delivery, but then because you've practiced it during your pregnancy, you can take it with you into your parenthood. And that's actually the second book is a mindfulness journal for parents. I find I first wrote the parenting book and then, and then I realized, you know what? It's hard to incorporate new things when you're in the midst of trying to be a new parent or trying to pick up a new skill when you're already.   well into parenthood, it would be so much better if we can introduce this in pregnancy because then you've really worked on these different modalities and you've gotten them under your belt, gotten a taste of them and you can bring it with you hopefully once that fourth trimester sort of is past you and then you're able to use those tools you learned in pregnancy. But yeah, so I try to use those because as in many different parts of our life,   we can benefit from tuning in and being aware as we discussed.   Michelle (33:10) I will say, in working with a lot of fertility, when people do get pregnant, I feel like that book would really be beneficial because a lot of times people have pregnancy after loss or even pregnancy after the fertility journey could be a really anxious time. So one of the things I really work with a lot of my patients on is mindfulness, especially during that time during the pregnancy, because every test, every scan,   Jo (33:26) Yeah.   Michelle (33:36) could bring up so much anxiety and just go into the doctor's office. So I think that especially during that time, it could really be so beneficial to learn that.   Jo (33:46) Yeah, now that's totally a great point. I did put a page or two referring to that, the trauma that you experience from, if you're coming from a background of infertility, because you're right, every little thing can be a trigger. And now that you're pregnant, it just feels super stressful. I mean, that's how I felt after having experienced that loss and it just wasn't a pleasant.   pregnancy for me, which is why I just was honest with myself and said I can't do any more pregnancies. It just took its mental toll on me, but absolutely, you're definitely more triggered by a lot of things that other people may not even think of as something that could trigger you.   Michelle (34:26) Yeah.   Yeah, for sure. No doubt. So for people listening to this that would like to learn more about you, listen to your podcasts or find your books, how can they reach you?   Jo (34:47) Yeah, thank you for that. So my website is J -A -T -L -U -R -I .com and on there you'll find a link to my podcast which is called Responding to Life, Talking Health, Fertility, and Parenthood where I'm gonna have Michelle speaking on as well as links to my books, both books which actually you can purchase on Amazon or Barnes and Noble, wherever. And I also do...   retreats just for women in general. It doesn't matter if you're in the infertility process or not. My next one is November 8th through 11th in Palm Springs. And yeah, it's so great. And I did one last year in the same area. And it was really just like this magical and therapeutic moment. It's called rest and renewal because we all need it. And lastly, you can find me on Instagram.   Michelle (35:27) That sounds amazing. I love Palm Springs.   Yes.   Jo (35:44) at Josephine R. Atlery and I share a bunch of mindfulness tips for everyone going through infertility, pregnancy, into parenthood.   Michelle (35:55) That's amazing. And actually quickly talk about the they include?   Jo (36:00) Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's four days, three nights, and I teach a lot of mindfulness workshops, but then I also bring in other practitioners to do a sound bath. We've done aura readings. I take people to the hot springs. I do a breathwork class, because I also teach breathwork. We do like these wish beads, intention setting. This year we're doing those vision boards. And we're...   Last year we did a cacao ceremony. So I throw in a lot of stuff. It is, I want women to feel nurtured because we're just always doing so much for other people that we never take time to just care for ourselves. So I wanted to give women this experience where someone is just caring for them in this really comprehensive way. So it's super.   Michelle (36:31) I love that. That sounds so fun.   And talk about having a reason to be centered and present. Because I think that when you're away from your normal, definitely like seeing the normal things that it will trigger not being present or your mind will go off into, oh, I have to do this, that, and the other. When you're in environment, you're so accustomed to thinking like that, that when you're in a retreat and getting somewhere where you are in a group,   you feel bad looking at your phone. You don't want to. It's part of like, you want to be part of this group and the energy that comes together too. I really believe strongly in that. I go a lot to Joe Dispenza events because you cannot beat the energy of community. There's something in the energy of everybody coming together with that same mindset and with the hopes of growth that is powerful. I think that we work together almost like a neurologically. It's like neuro...   were like neurons that fire together like Joe Dispenza says, but it's true. You start to really uplift each other as a whole collective.   Jo (37:58) Yeah, so I mean, I think it's that energy that you bring into it and everyone's like minded. So they're bringing that same energy with them of wanting to, um, to level up and, and experience that rest and renewal. So, uh, for your listeners, uh, if they, um, they can get $150 off with the code, uh, Lotus, they just, um, go to my website and they can see the link and all the information for the next retreat.   Michelle (38:26) That's awesome. I'll put it in the episode notes. All right. Awesome. Well, thank you so much, Josephine. I, we've been following each other on Instagram for ages and I was like, Ooh, I like her. She has like good energy. And I, I just like followed you in general.   Jo (38:29) Yeah, perfect.   Michelle (38:42) and then I'm like a big, huge family too. And I knew you went through the fertility journey too.   So I was always interested in talking to you. So it's really nice to have you on the podcast finally.   been a pleasure. Thank you so much for coming on.   Jo (38:55) Yeah, no, thanks so much for reaching out, Michelle. This is such a great conversation and such a great resource, your podcast for the community, truly. So I'm excited to have you on my own show so you can share your wisdom there as well.   Michelle (39:10) Thank  

Read the full show notes: https://www.draimee.org/the-best-strategies-to-help-you-manage-fertility-stress-with-guest-josephine-atluri     Fertility patients face many emotions as they undergo treatment, and for many it is a stressful time. One of the things that I always encourage patients to do is to assemble their TEAM. This means finding a Therapist, Eating right, doing Acupuncture, and creating a Mindfulness and Mediation practice. Today on The Egg Whisperer Show, I'm really excited to have Josephine Atluri joining me. She is a meditation coach, and specializes in working with people going through fertility treatment. She also has 6 kids of her own and did IVF, surrogacy, and adoption to grow her family. Find Josephine Atluri's website here.   Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Do you have questions about IVF? Join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class at The Egg Whisperer School. The next live class call is on Monday, June 17, 2024 at 4pm PST, where Dr. Aimee will explain IVF and there will be time to ask her your questions live on Zoom.   Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast 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 recognition of October being Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month, we're re-releasing a past episode where our guests discuss a very sensitive topic that may be triggering for some of you who are currently on your path to parenthood or are one of the 1 in 4 who has experienced pregnancy loss or miscarriage. Featured in this episode are the courageous stories of how to heal after experiencing loss. Samantha Busch @samanthabusch www.samanthabusch.com Kim Hooper @kimhooperwrites kimhooperwrites.com Monica Bivas @monicabivas www.monicabivas.com Tina Sugandh @TinaSugandh MomOnTopShop.com Kelsi Burley @myjourneywithivf Linny Stone @linnystone Josephine Atluri @josephineratluri

Audrey Wisch is the CEO and Co-Founder of Curious Cardinals, a global community where K-12 students discover and pursue their passions, build confidence, and unlock their greatest potential with the guidance of college mentors they aspire to be. Audrey started Curious Cardinals as an undergraduate at Stanford University; after teaching her first workshop on mass incarceration to high school students at the start of the pandemic, Audrey decided to mobilize her most ambitious peers at Stanford and beyond to join her in teaching the topics they were passionate about to K-12 students and serving as their near-peer mentors. Since then, Audrey has taken time off from Stanford to pursue Curious Cardinals full time, now a community of over 400 college mentors mentoring students around the world. The company has raised $6.8 million in seed funding led by Anthos Capital and Audacious Ventures, and has been featured on CNN and Bloomberg. Audrey was also recognized in the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 Education and Youngest category. In this episode, you'll hear from Audrey about: How Curious Cardinals came to be How Curious Cardinals can support your children How to help your child if they don't know their passion yet Ways to connect with Audrey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/audrey-micay-wisch-39a95a1b2/ https://twitter.com/AudreyWisch CC founding story - my manifesto captures this: https://blog.curiouscardinals.com/the-pursuit-of-passion-a-manifesto For more information on Josephine Atluri Mindful Coaching, the Responding to Life podcast, and Josephine's mindfulness books, please visit www.jatluri.com. On the site, you can sign up for a monthly newsletter that comes with a free 30 day mindfulness plan. You can also book private meditation sessions, general or fertility specific, as well as sign up for Josephine's latest online mindfulness workshops and retreats. For daily inspiration, please follow Josephine on Instagram @josephineratluri and @respondingtolifepodcast.

Do you wonder what the true benefits of having a mindfulness practice are? Listen in to find your answers. Click here for Show Notes and more from Jeanne-Marie, Your Parenting Mentor Mindfulness is a deep state of awareness that we can choose to practice on a daily basis. Today a mindfulness expert shares a few ideas on how to embody a state of mindfulness for your and your family's well-being. What We Talked About: Practicing being fully and mindfully present with our children Utilizing a time of transition to add a mindfulness moment to your day The importance of always taking a moment to center yourself How we can encourage our children to practice mindfulness and develop their personal awareness Creating some affirmations for yourself Things to Remember: “Parenting is a balance of controlled chaos.” “The beauty of utilizing mindfulness is that it doesn't have to be a long drawn-out process.” “You'll be better equipped to handle the chaos if you've taken a moment to center yourself first.” “Mindfulness is being curious about what is happening and why.” - Josephine Atluri “Mindful parenting is the hardest job on the planet, but it's also one that has the potential for the deepest kind of satisfaction over the life span, and the greatest feeling of interconnectedness and community and belonging.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn Click here for Show Notes and more from Jeanne-Marie, Your Parenting Mentor  

Enjoy this special presentation from the first ever Whinypaluza Ultimate Marriage & Parenting Summit! Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and mindfulness, helping thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Atluri coupled her consulting background with her passion for total wellness to become certified as a meditation coach and teach corporate mindfulness. Plus, her experience creating her modern-day family of seven children via in vitro fertilization (IVF), international adoption and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly sought-after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach. Atluri hosts a popular podcast, “Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, & Parenthood,” where she interviews guests on their inspiring responses to life's challenges. Her parenting mindfulness expertise and fertility advocacy work has been featured in the L.A. Times, Motherly, MindBodyGreen, The Bump, Prevention, Well+Good, and Woman's Day. She is the author of Mindfulness Journal for Parents, and the forthcoming 5-Minute Mindfulness for Pregnancy: Simple Practices to Feel Calm, Present, and Connected to Your Baby (Spring 2022). Listen to this insightful Whinypaluza episode with Josephine Atluri about how mindfulness can enhance the way you interact with others and enrich your life. Here is what to expect on this week's show: Mindfulness is a foundation upon which you build moments of awareness into your day Mindfulness is about being aware and curious about what is happening and why Awareness will allow you to hone in on your attention to direct it to where it needs to be Awareness of your attention will allow you to improve your interactions and activities and how you react to them Mindfulness will allow you to understand how you respond to things as they happen Being more mindful allows you to be more empathetic when interacting with others How the Mindfulness Journal for Parents can enrich your life Creating awareness of the inner critic, so you can silence it Daily affirmations will help you with daily action items to improve your thinking Modeling mindfulness will help your children to be mindful and aware of how they feel Mindfulness can allow you to communicate from a place of clarity and calm Consciously connecting with your spouse and children Cultivating gratitude, joy, and peace Real-time practice breathing exercises to calm yourself in any situation   Links Mentioned: The Mindfulness Journal for Parents https://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Journal-Parents-Practices-Connected/dp/164876469X Connect with Josephine: Website https://www.jatluri.com/ Instagram @josephineratluri Responding to Life Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/responding-to-life-talking-health-fertility-and/id1497664316 Follow Rebecca Greene Blog  https://www.whinypaluza.com/ Book 1  https://bit.ly/WhinypaluzaBook Book 2 https://bit.ly/whinybook2 Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/whinypaluzaparenting Instagram https://www.instagram.com/becgreene5/ @becgreene5 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@whinypaluzamom?lang=en @whinypaluzamom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm excited to have a follow up conversation with Josephine Atluri on the podcast today. We are talking all  about how to empower your fertility journey. She is a meditation coach, and specializes in working with people going through fertility treatment. She also has 6 kids of her own and did IVF, surrogacy, and adoption to grow her family. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Do you have questions about IVF? Join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class at The Egg Whisperer School. The next live class call is on Monday, February 6, 2023 at 4pm PST, where Dr. Aimee will explain IVF and there will be time to ask her your questions live on Zoom.   Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast 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.

Fertility patients face many emotions as they undergo treatment, and for many it is a stressful time. One of the things that I always encourage patients to do is to assemble their TEAM. This means finding a Therapist, Eating right, doing Acupuncture, and creating a Mindfulness and Mediation practice. Today on The Egg Whisperer Show, I'm really excited to have Josephine Atluri joining me. She is a meditation coach, and specializes in working with people going through fertility treatment. She also has 6 kids of her own and did IVF, surrogacy, and adoption to grow her family. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Do you have questions about IVF? Join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class at The Egg Whisperer School. The next live class call is on Monday, February 6, 2023 at 4pm PST, where Dr. Aimee will explain IVF and there will be time to ask her your questions live on Zoom.   Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast 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.

I'm excited to have a follow up conversation with on the podcast today. We are talking all  about how to empower your fertility journey. She is a meditation coach, and specializes in working with people going through fertility treatment. She also has 6 kids of her own and did IVF, surrogacy, and adoption to grow her family. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Do you have questions about IVF? Join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class at The Egg Whisperer School. The next live class call is on Monday, October 17, 2022 at 4pm PST, where Dr. Aimee will explain IVF and there will be time to ask her your questions live on Zoom.   Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast 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.

Fertility patients face many emotions as they undergo treatment, and for many it is a stressful time. One of the things that I always encourage patients to do is to assemble their TEAM. This means finding a Therapist, Eating right, doing Acupuncture, and creating a Mindfulness and Mediation practice. Today on The Egg Whisperer Show, I'm really excited to have Josephine Atluri joining me. She is a meditation coach, and specializes in working with people going through fertility treatment. She also has 6 kids of her own and did IVF, surrogacy, and adoption to grow her family. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Do you have questions about IVF? Join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class at The Egg Whisperer School. The next live class call is on Monday, October 17, 2022 at 4pm PST, where Dr. Aimee will explain IVF and there will be time to ask her your questions live on Zoom.   Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast 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.

Josephine Atluri is the mother of seven and in this episode she shares her experience of becoming a mother through IVF, international adoption and surrogacy. She is a highly sought after fertility, pregnancy, and parenting mindfulness coach. She is the host of the popular podcast, Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, & Parenthood. She is ... more »

Josephine Atluri is a certified life coach and an expert in meditation and mindfulness, helping thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Josephine followed her passion for total wellness and supports and empowers organizations and individuals. Plus, her experience creating her modern day family of seven children via In Vitro fertilization, international adoption and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly sought-after fertility, pregnancy, and parenting mindfulness coach. jatluri.com

Certified meditation coach, author and podcast host Josephine Atluri joins us to talk about the benefits of mindfulness as many families are feeling the chaos of the back to school season. Josephine shares easy, practical ways to build mindfulness into our everyday lives, practice conscious connection with our kids and cultivate more peace in our homes. Josephine hosts the podcast,“Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, & Parenthood” and is author of the books Mindfulness Journal for Parents: Prompts and Practices to Stay Calm, Present and Connected and 5 Minute Mindfulness for Pregnancy.

Certified meditation coach, author and podcast host Josephine Atluri joins us to talk about the benefits of mindfulness as many families are feeling the chaos of the back to school season. Josephine shares easy, practical ways to build mindfulness into our everyday lives, practice conscious connection with our kids and cultivate more peace in our homes. Josephine hosts the podcast,“Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, & Parenthood” and is author of the books Mindfulness Journal for Parents: Prompts and Practices to Stay Calm, Present and Connected and 5 Minute Mindfulness for Pregnancy.

In this week's episode of the Pretty Little Tribe Podcast, we are joined by Josephine Atluri.   Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and mindfulness, helping thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Josephine coupled her consulting background with her passion for total wellness to become certified as a meditation coach and teach corporate mindfulness.    Plus, her experience creating her modern-day family of seven children via In Vitro fertilization, international adoption and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly sought-after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach.   Josephine hosts a popular podcast, “Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, & Parenthood,” where she interviews guests on their inspiring responses to life's challenges. Her parenting mindfulness expertise and fertility advocacy work has been featured in the Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, Motherly, Prevention, The Bump, Well+Good, and Woman's Day.    Josephine is the author of the book, “Mindfulness Journal for Parents.” Her new book, “5 Minute Mindfulness for Pregnancy” releases   If you enjoyed this episode of the Pretty Little Tribe Podcast, make sure you rate us five stars wherever you're listening, and we'll see you next week!    Find Josephine Atluri: Instagram: @josephineratluri Website: https://www.jatluri.com/  https://www.jatluri.com/podcast     Follow us on Instagram! @prettylittletribe Music:  Miss Summer by Roa Music | https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031 Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

In today's fast-paced world, we are constantly bombarded by so many things that distract us from being in the present moment. With so much that we can access within our fingertips, whether it's social media, our computers, or the news, it can be really tough to tune into ourselves.  Truthfully, it can sometimes feel better to distract ourselves than to really dig deep to understand how and why we feel the ways that we do. It's time that we all learned how to be a bit more mindful.  Mindfulness is so much more than meditation. It can help us manage our stress, fears, and anxieties. While we often think that we're too busy to practice mindfulness, we're not. There are various strategies that can be used throughout our busy days. Our guest today, Josephine Atluri is here to show us how. Josephine is an expert in meditation and mindfulness helping thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago, and coupled her consulting background with her passion for Total Wellness to become certified as a meditation coach and teach corporate mindfulness. Plus, her experience creating her modern day family of seven children via in vitro fertilization, internal adoption and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly sought after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach.  In this episode we discuss: What it means to be mindful. The difference between mindfulness and meditation. Benefits one can see when using mindfulness or meditation as a practice.  How you can fit 10 minutes of meditation into your day. Three tips to help you sit in meditation when you feel like you're doing it wrong. Resources: Josephine's mindfulness books What are the Benefits of Mindfulness? A Practice Review of Psychotherapy-Related Research Read more about the benefits of mindfulness (apa.org) Insight Timer Calm Unplug Meditation Expectful  Cosmic Kids Yoga Read the show notes: https://lynzyandco.com/podcast/   Better Help online therapy will assess your needs and can match you with your own licensed professional therapist in less than 48 hours. You can login and send a message to your therapist at any time. I know that it is important to be able to connect with your therapist so Better Help allows you to change therapists if needed, free of charge. If you want to try it out, my listeners can get 10% off their first month with this link: betterhelp.com/LYNZY Connect with Josephine Atluri : Head to her website. Follow her on Instagram. Subscribe to her YouTube channel. Listen to her podcast. Connect with Lynzy: Join the Motherhood Meets Medicine community at patreon.com/motherhoodmeetsmedicine Instagram: @motherhoodmeetsmedicine Sign up for the weekly newsletter here lynzyandco.com Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The information on this podcast is for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and in overcoming adversity to find joy. Through her unique journey on her path to becoming a mom of five, Josephine weathered many ups and downs with IVF, international adoption, and surrogacy. Channeling her experience to find calm and courage and to focus on perseverance, she now helps others navigate life's curveballs, through group and individual online meditation training and her “Responding to Life” podcast. On August 1st, Josephine will be hosting an online workshop to cultivate a fertility mindfulness practice called “Empowering Your Fertility Journey.” In this special workshop, participants will learn the basics of incorporating meditation and mindfulness to support and empower themselves in their fertility journey. The workshop will include meditation, journaling, and tools to reduce stress, boost your emotional and mental health, and increase calm. In addition, Josephine does group meditation training for staff of such prestigious entities as Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.  She also offers fertility Ave parenting workshops and meditation sessions. Get 50% off her "Empowering Your Fertility Journey” Workshop for with code: PODCAST www.jatluri.com/workshops

As parents or soon-to-be parents, we often forget about ourselves and focus more on taking care of our babies. Although, it's been proven time and time that we need to take care of ourselves and heal for us to take care of others properly.    This episode is about mindfulness with Josephine Atluri, a mindfulness and meditation coach and a mother of seven exceptional children. She will share her journey as a mother and how that helped her realize how mindfulness can play a huge role in parenthood and family building.   Listen to this episode and learn how mindfulness will change you and your baby's life. Resources mentioned:   https://www.trulybeauty.com/ https://www.sutterhome.com/tag/lemonade/ Connect with Josephine: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josephineratluri/?hl=en  Website: https://www.jatluri.com  Podcast: https://www.jatluri.com/podcast  Mindfulness Journal: https://www.amazon.com/dp/164876469X?maas=maas_adg_05A0DB8B1B2F4D94970708B88573937E_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas   

On the podcast today we're sharing our first session from Seek The Joy Summer with Josephine Atluri, Author, Writer, Meditation and Mindfulness Coach.  This episode originally aired on the podcast on July 13, 2021, and we're so excited to share this episode with you again! Josephine shares her top tips for how we can bring greater mindfulness into the summer, the role of meditation, breathing, and affirmations in mindfulness, and a beautiful solstice meditation to welcome in the warmth, joy and celebration of the summer. It's an opportunity to be present and set our intentions for the season ahead. To connect with Josephine visit her website here and on Instagram @josephineatluri Facebook @JAMeditation YouTube here and you can check out her Joy Corner feature here Links & Sponsors:  Thank you to today's sponsor, Better Help. We want you to be able to live a happier, more joyful, and ease filled life, and I'm excited to share that as a listener of Seek The Joy Podcast, you will you get 10% off your first month by going to betterhelp.com/seekthejoy.  Seek The Joy MERCH is here! Check out our fav new designs here   Subscribe to our Newsletter! seekthejoypodcast.com/subscribe. You won't regret it.

Summer can be so chaotic with all the kids home and people coming and going with friends and camps. But as parents, we still have our responsibilities too. That's why we are so excited to share this episode with Josephine Atluri with you. Josephine is a mindfulness coach, author, and podcaster who has 3 great tips on how to stay grounded and practice mindfulness during the summer chaotic months. Our favorite quote from Josephine: "Mindfulness is just an awareness of yourself. How you're feeling physically, mentally, emotionally. An awareness of your environment and an awareness of your interactions with others." You can find Josephine Atluri on her website, her instagram, or on her podcast. Also, make sure to check out her Mindfulness Journal for Parents. If you would like to purchase our giant summer calendar print, you can on our website. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/parentingirlpodcast We'd love to hear your comments on this episode! And if you liked the episode, leave us a review! Here's a simple explanation of how to leave a review on itunes: http://www.imore.com/how-rate-or-review-podcast-your-iphone-or-ipad

Josephine Atluri is a mother, mindfulness & meditation coach, podcast host, and author of the book 5-Minute Mindfulness for Pregnancy: Simple Practices to Feel Calm, Present, and Connected to Your Baby. 5-Minute Mindfulness for Pregnancy, is a guided journal to help parents tackle each new parental obstacle with grace and self-compassion. It provides them with the necessary tools to remain calm during each transition. These tools include mindfulness practices, breath work, and visualization. During this interview with Josephine, we discuss her journey to parenthood including IVF, international adoption, and surrogacy. She talks about the importance of breaking down the barriers around infertility and raising awareness and access to resources. We also dive into Josephines new book, and discuss tips for moms to remain mindful, calm, present, and connected to their baby throughout pregnancy and after their child is born. New moms, you won't want to miss this one! Remember to follow womendotcom on instagram and subscribe to The Women.com Podcast for more exclusive interviews.

How far have you gone to have control or FEEL like you have control over your life?Aside from the to-do lists and schedules, have you ever pushed your body past its limits? As we begin our journey into motherhood, even before conception, there is SO little control we have and this can feel frightening, uneasy and can even lead us to harming ourselves or those who love us.  For Josephine Atluri, her long journey into motherhood wreaked havoc on her ability to control. A mama of 7 children… yes, you read that correctly, 7, Josephine's path was rocky and she had no control. She went through so much stress to build her family, that it led to an eating disorder. How did she make it through and how in the world does she get through each day with 7 children?! It was at her lowest point that she discovered the need for something more and she turned to mediation.    Listen in to learn how the power of meditation has impacted her life and how it can change yours too on this episode of the Mamas in Training Podcast.   FOLLOW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamasintrainingpod/ WRITE a Review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1474667560?mt=2&ls=1 JOIN our Facebook Community: https://urlgeni.us/facebook/mamasintrainingpod   Click HERE for the Full Show Notes   *Check out the BoomBoom Blowout Bodysuits at BoomBoomBabyCo! *Remember to use the code: "MAMASPOD25" for 25% off! ___________________________________________________  

Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and mindfulness, helping thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Atluri coupled her consulting background with her passion for total wellness to become certified as a meditation coach and teach corporate mindfulness. Plus, her experience creating her modern-day family of seven children via in vitro fertilization (IVF), international adoption and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly sought-after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach. Atluri hosts a popular podcast, “Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, & Parenthood,” where she interviews guests on their inspiring responses to life's challenges. Her parenting mindfulness expertise and fertility advocacy work has been featured in the L.A. Times, Motherly, MindBodyGreen, The Bump, Prevention, Well+Good, and Woman's Day. She is the author of Mindfulness Journal for Parents, and the forthcoming 5-Minute Mindfulness for Pregnancy: Simple Practices to Feel Calm, Present, and Connected to Your Baby (Spring 2022). Listen to this insightful Whinypaluza episode with Josephine Atluri about how to be more mindful throughout your day, and more present in your life. Here is what to expect on this week's show: What inspired Josephine to become a mindfulness and mediation expert. Wanting to become the calm eye of the storm when surrounded by chaos. What is mindfulness and how can you apply it to all aspects of your life? Are you truly present in all the moments of your life? How parents can be more mindful and present in their lives, helping us move through life. The exercise of manipulated breathing sends a message to your body to calm down, creating a chain reaction of calming and awareness. Mediation, even for 2-3 minutes can be done in many situations throughout the day. How often a day should you practice mindfulness? Remember to start with small, attainable goals. A great way to start meditation is to build it into your day. The coping strategies of mindfulness are very powerful and useful tools for children. Set an example to normalize mindfulness and meditation so your children will be willing to try the same strategies to calm themselves. Learn a bit about Josephine's 7 children (including 3 sets of twins) and how she manages to balance motherhood and life. Anyone can meditate- even if you think your brain is too busy to calm. Learning to let go of “have tos” and “musts” in order to make more room for meaningful things in your life. Tips for raising twins! It is just like considering the differences between non-twin siblings. Respect their individuality. How to stay connected throughout adoption and surrogacy. Be intentional. Connect with Josephine https://www.jatluri.com/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwu7XQNYOe2ARMzc9oBaDw/featured?view_as=subscriber Instagram https://www.instagram.com/josephineratluri/ Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/josephineatlurimeditation/_created/ Follow Rebecca Greene Blog  https://www.whinypaluza.com/ Book  https://bit.ly/WhinypaluzaBook Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/whinypaluzaparenting Instagram https://www.instagram.com/becgreene5/ @becgreene5 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@whinypaluzamom?lang=en @whinypaluzamom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindfulness and meditation coach Josephine Atluri has seven children, including three sets of twins. She has experienced all the highs, the lows, and tangled messes of complicated emotions that come with having children. Because of fertility issues and a miscarriage, she and her husband adopted. Then they were pregnant with twins, and rather than enjoying the miracle of being able to carry children, she lived in constant fear of miscarrying again. Faced with the decision of what to do with their extra embryos, they went the surrogate route. Twice. And in both instances, those surrogates had twins. Well into her family's journey, she discovered mindfulness and meditation. Now she shares the insights she wishes she had. ************************************ This episode was presented by Mindful Marathon. Exercise is medicine, and pediatrician/running coach Michelle Quirk is ready to write a prescription. Whether you're training for your first 5K or looking to tackle an ultramarathon, she will build an individualized plan and be at your side from start to finish. Schedule a free consultation today at mindful-marathon.com. ************************************ Catch me on IGTV (@40000_Steps) and Facebook Live at 11 a.m. CST every Tuesday. Join the discussion. Bring your own snacks. ************************************ If you or someone you know would like to star on the podcast, or be interviewed on IGTV, email christopher@40000steps.com. ************************************ Sign up for the free newsletter and read my regular musings in The Big Blog at 40000steps.com, where you can also read about and listen to every episode of 40,000 Steps Radio. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christopher-heimerman/message

We're kicking off 2022 by recapping some of our favorite episodes from the past three seasons. In six special podcast episodes, we'll highlight some of the best tips and advice from our previous guests. In this fourth bonus episode, we're discussing a very sensitive topic that may be triggering for some of you who are currently on your path to parenthood or are one of the 1 in 4 who has experienced pregnancy loss or miscarriage. Featured in this episode are the courageous stories of how to heal after experiencing loss. Samantha Busch @samanthabusch www.samanthabusch.com Kim Hooper @kimhooperwrites kimhooperwrites.com Monica Bivas @monicabivas www.monicabivas.com Tina Sugandh @TinaSugandh MomOnTopShop.com Kelsi Burley @myjourneywithivf Linny Stone @linnystone Josephine Atluri @josephineratluri

We're kicking off 2022 by recapping some of our favorite episodes from the past three seasons. In six special podcast episodes, we'll highlight some of the best tips and advice from our previous guests. In this third bonus episode, we'll be talking about the different experiences people have on their unique paths to parenthood. In this episode, you'll hear from: Founder of Robyn, Alli Kasirer Fellow fertility advocates: Marilyn Gomez, Eli Weinstein, Monique Farook, and Krystle Chavez Tune in to hear from these incredible guests on how to navigate the complexities of fertility journeys, the effect of infertility on relationships, and the role of faith and hope while trying to conceive and ultimately, once a child is born.  Allison Kasirer, founder of Robyn @wearerobyn www.wearerobyn.co Marilyn Gomez, founder of Infertile Tees @marilynbgomez @INFERTILETEES infertiletees.com Eli Weinstein, host of The Dude Therapist podcast @elivation_therapist https://linktr.ee/dudetherapist (podcast) www.ELIvation.org Monique Farook, host of the Infertility and Me podcast @infertilityandmepodcast www.moniquefarook.com Krystle Chavez @krystledchavez Josephine Atluri  @josephineratluri www.jatluri.com

We're kicking off 2022 by recapping some of our favorite episodes from the past three seasons. In six special podcast episodes, we'll highlight some of the best tips and advice from our previous guests. In this second bonus episode, we're exploring the different ways you can prioritize yourself. In this episode, you'll hear from: Murray Hidary, composer, visual artist, and founder of MindTravel Puneet Nanda, founder of GuruNanda Melissa Monte, mindset coach and host of the podcast Mind Love Annie Tevelin, founder of SkinOwl and host of the podcast, Off the Record Colleen Christensen, RD, nutritionist, and founder of No Food Rules   Tune in to learn some valuable self-care tips relating to meditation, aromatherapy, intuitive eating, wellness rituals, and balancing life's obligations. These wellness pioneers will empower you to take valuable steps towards prioritizing your well-being starting today! Murray Hidary, composer, visual artist and founder of MindTravel www.mindtravel.com/ @murrayhidary @MindTravelMusic Puneet Nanda, founder of GuruNanda www.gurunanda.com @gurunanda.official Melissa Monte, Mindset coach, host of MindLove www.mindlove.com @mindlovemelissa Annie Tevelin, founder of Skin Owl, host of Off the Record podcast  www.skinowl.com @skinowl Colleen Christensen, RD, nutritionist, founder of No Food Rules https://colleenchristensennutrition.com  @no.food.rules Josephine Atluri www.jatluri.com @josephineratluri

Join me as I chat with author @josephineratluri about her latest mindfulness journal for parents and listen to the amazing advice she shares as she answers YOUR questions!   Be sure to follow me on Instagram for daily updates and LIVE shows @itskaseypotts --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kaseyskorner/support

Being a mother is the most wonderful and powerful role a woman can have. It's a momentous, life-changing role. And while it is the best thing that has ever happened to us, it is also demanding and can be overwhelming at times. Our to-do lists seem neverending, and we are (usually) the primary caretaker of our children. With so many responsibilities, it's only natural that we feel "touched out," exhausted, and out of control at times. This is when mindfulness can help. And being more mindful in motherhood has incredible benefits for the mother and her family. I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Josephine Atluri, a mindfulness coach and ​​author of the new book, "Mindfulness Journal for Parents." I have read it and have used it as a journal and have loved it. I even gifted it to a friend after she had her baby. Josephine is an expert in meditation and mindfulness. She has helped thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. Her personal experience creating her modern-day family of seven children via In Vitro fertilization, international adoption, and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly sought-after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach. With seven children, she knows the pressures of motherhood. She also knows that life can get chaotic. It's unavoidable, especially with children. But with mindfulness, you can practice simple ways to stay calm and work through moments of stress. Josephine encourages parents to build mindfulness into their habits and routines with their kids. And on this episode, she shares some of her incredible tips and exercises for parents to stay present. * This episode is brought to you by our friends at Binto! First time customers can receive 20% off their first month of a Binto subscription or any of their products by using our code babychick20. (Excludes gift cards.) Stay healthy, mamas!

I'm excited to have a follow up conversation with on the podcast today. We are talking all  about how to empower your fertility journey. She is a meditation coach, and specializes in working with people going through fertility treatment. She also has 6 kids of her own and did IVF, surrogacy, and adoption to grow her family. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast 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.

Fertility patients face many emotions as they undergo treatment, and for many it is a stressful time. One of the things that I always encourage patients to do is to assemble their TEAM. This means finding a Therapist, Eating right, doing Acupuncture, and creating a Mindfulness and Mediation practice. Today on The Egg Whisperer Show, I'm really excited to have Josephine Atluri joining me. She is a meditation coach, and specializes in working with people going through fertility treatment. She also has 6 kids of her own and did IVF, surrogacy, and adoption to grow her family. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast 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.

As we head into the final weeks of the holiday season, I want to show my gratitude to all of you for being part of my community. As a gesture of my gratitude, this week's Responding to Life episode is a special edition featuring a 10-minute meditation guided by me.   In this episode, I will guide you through a meditation combining the elements of breathwork, visualization and intention setting.   Tune in to:   -Learn what a visualization is and its benefits -Learn what an intention is and how to use it -Put these two techniques together into a 10 minute guided meditation starting at 2:35   I hope you enjoy this special edition episode and that it encourages you to take time for yourself during this hectic time and nourish your well being.   For more information on Josephine Atluri Meditation and the Responding to Life podcast, visit www.jatluri.com.

In this episode of Fertility Journeys, Dr. Shala Salem interviews Josephine Atluri about the practice of mindfulness and meditation.  Josephine has been helping clients to use mindfulness and meditation to cultivate calm and improve their mind body connection on the fertility journey. She also takes us through a guided meditation proving you only need to set aside 5 minutes a day to create a little calm in your life. Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and mindfulness, helping thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Josephine couples her business background with her meditation training to teach corporate mindfulness sessions. Her experience creating her modern day family of seven children via in vitro fertilization, international adoption and surrogacy, inspires her work as a highly sought-after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach.  Josephine hosts a popular podcast, “Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, & Parenthood,” and interviews guests on their inspiring responses to life's challenges. Her infertility and parenting mindfulness expertise has been featured in Motherly, MindBodyGreen, The Bump, Prevention Magazine, and Woman's Day. Josephine offers private sessions and online mindfulness courses at jatluri.com For daily inspiration follow her on: IG @josephineratluri and on YouTube for free meditation videos. Instagram:  @josephineratluri  @respondingtolifepodcast  Responding to Life Podcast on Apple: https://apple.co/2W6YlQ1  Mindfulness Journal for Parents Book & Online Course: www.mindfulparentclass.com  Discount for Fertility Podcasts:  PODCAST25  Enter the code for 35% off the online fertility mindfulness course.  https://josephine-atluri-meditation.mykajabi.com/pl/2147485847 

Josephine Atluri, meditation and mindfulness expert (and newly mom of SEVEN!), is back to chat on the podcast today. She is currently in the process of launching a NEW book: Mindfulness Journal for Parents: Prompts and Practices to Stay Calm, Present and Connected. This book provides parenting tips, techniques and resources to help parents use mindfulness to be more present (to their kids and themselves) and maintain their cool when chaos happens. Show Notes... IG Link: https://www.instagram.com/josephineratluri/ Amazon book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Journal-Parents-Practices-Connected/dp/164876469X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mindfulness+journal+for+parents&qid=1635962744&qsid=132-2305085-2627608&sr=8-1&sres=164876469X%2C1973531690%2C1615193561%2C1952842050%2CB09K1WVDZ6%2C1684033888%2C0593196643%2CB09KN2PP78%2C1638071330%2C1648768377%2C1951287134%2C1914986008%2C1648766544%2C0578781379%2CB09KN9YTGP%2CB09KN9YFNY&srpt=ABIS_BOOK This Show is Sponsored by... As a parent, have you ever found yourself asking questions such as: What are age-appropriate activities for my infant, toddler or preschooler? How can I build resilience in my child? What are my child's developmental milestones? How will my child's brain develop?If so, ParentEducate.com has you covered and will help you parent like a pro. ParentEducate.com's ever-growing course catalog includes 80+ engaging, online courses that cover a variety of topics, including behavior, development, nutrition, play safety and more. ParentEducate.com is offering 20% off a one-month subscription for listeners of the show at the website and enter coupon code EEP at checkout. And... If you're a mom who's experiencing impatience, anger, anxiety, or hardly a day goes by without you yelling at your kids, then you need to get this app. The MamaZen APP will teach you how to reframe your negative emotions and actually have a positive mindset, so you can deal with your kids' difficult behavior with more love and patience.I really want you to try the MamaZen App and see for yourself, how much better you can feel as a mom! Go to your app store and download MamaZen today. Right now, you canuse PROMO CODE: EEP and that code will unlock your 30 DAY FREE TRIAL so you can try MamaZen for yourself, and see how much better and happier you can feel as a mom.

We will learn: How our childhood experiences influence our innate parenting habits.  How to bring awareness to our expectations and our triggers.  Easy practices to find stillness in the small moments.  As simple as the concepts of mindfulness are, it's also a new way of living, which involves breaking other habits to create new ones. So it takes time to feel natural in it.    But as life changes, so do our needs and habits, so at times our mindfulness practices need a revamp.   I am experiencing one of those phases now as I've stepped into a new role of motherhood, because right now, my self care can not always come first.   So how do I prioritize myself while also being an attentive mother and managing my home and pursuing my purpose?   In what ways can I fit in small practices throughout my day that will make the biggest difference?   That's what we're talking about today. Our guest today is Josephine Atluri, expert in meditation and mindfulness, and author of a new book focused on mindfulness specifically for parents.   Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/x61 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self.  Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations.  Support Mind Love Sponsors   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How are your relationships with your KIDS? On Doing Relationships Right podcast, we speak about ALL kinds of relationships, y'all! So why not the MOST significant (IMHO)? The one you have with your children? Yes!! Let's do it!  This episode brings back one of my most popular guests, Josephine Atluri, to talk about how to stay patient, present, and CONNECTED while parenting! We address Mindfulness, patience, and how to remain engaged when things get hectic and overwhelming.  I love talking with Jo and always feel so grounded during our conversations; she validates my feelings and is empathetic to my parenting woes. You will indeed find such value in this discussion. And y'all need to grab her new book, Mindfulness Matters: A Journal for Parents on Amazon. The link is below. Thank you, Jo, for making me feel better about my parenting skills and for coming back on Doing Relationships Right!!   Her new book Mindfulness Matters a Journal for Parents: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/164876469X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0 Jo's website   Get my FREE NON-negotiables collab with my sponsor SOBERLINK by clicking HERE!  Here's the link to my Online Dating Course: DOING DATING RIGHT!   Join the Facebook Group and leave a question for a future episode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/doingdivorcerightpodcast Where to find JENNIFER HURVITZ: Website: https://jenniferhurvitz.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenniferhurvitzbiz/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingrelationshipsright/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ilFqf18-z-H_e7JFIrjbQ/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doingrelationshipsright You can connect with my editor, Next Level Podcast Solutions, at https://nextleveluniverse.com/   Get a copy of Jen's book, "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: A Divorce Coach's Guide to Staying Married" here.   Show notes: [2:03] Welcome back, Josephine!!! So what's new... [6:19] Her tips and tools [7:47] Mindfulness for parents [10:46] Her advice for impulsive moms [14:34] Check out this excellent parenting tool: Soberlink (https://www.soberlink.com/partners/drr) [15:36] Her thoughts on timeouts for parents [17:32] Mindfulness with your child [23:42] Josephine's podcast: Responding To Life: Talking Health, Fertility & Parenthood

Ok Parents! It's time to slow things down and settle into another episode of Parenting our Future meant to improve your life and bring you more joy and happiness.   Returning to the show is meditation and mindfulness expert, Josephine Atluri.  She is sharing with us the keys to being a mindful parent so you can have more joy raising your children.   We have such a fun discussion where we talk about,  How to regain focus Giving yourself a break Managing stress and anxiety Staying cool when emotions run hot communicating mindfully How to Consciously Connect with your kids Cultivating Gratitude, joy and peace Download Josephine's “Mindfulness Tools” worksheets for free from The Parent Toolbox - www.parent-toolbox.com    About Josephine Atluri Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and mindfulness, helping thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. Josephine's group, individual and corporate meditation sessions and online courses teach simple and practical coping mechanisms for stress, anxiety and loss. After working with Josephine, clients have experienced improvements in mindset, health and mental well-being, sleep, productivity, and their ability to handle life's challenges. Josephine's new book, “The Mindful Parenting Journal” helps overwhelmed parents consciously connect to themselves and their children. Contact information: Email: jo@jatluri.com Social Media: Website: https://www.jatluri.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josephineratluri/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringyourfertility/ Josephine's Podcast: Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, and Parenthood YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwu7XQNYOe2ARMzc9oBaDw/featured?view_as=subscriber    Thanks for listening! It means so much to me that you listened to my podcast! If you would like to purchase my book or other parenting resources, visit me at www.yellingcurebook.com With this podcast, my intention is to build a community of parents that can have open and honest conversations about parenting without judgement or criticism. We have too much of that! I honor each parent and their path towards becoming the best parent they can be. My hope is to inspire more parents to consider the practice of Peaceful Parenting. If you know somebody who would benefit from this message, or would be an awesome addition to our community, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a note in the comment section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe on the podcast app on your mobile device. Leave a review I appreciate every bit of feedback to make this a value adding part of your day. Ratings and reviews from listeners not only help me improve, but also help others find me in their podcast app. If you have a minute, an honest review on iTunes goes a long way! Thank You!! To rate and review my show go to: https://ratethispodcast.com/parentingourfuture.

I'm excited to have a follow up conversation with on the podcast today. We are talking all  about how to empower your fertility journey. She is a meditation coach, and specializes in working with people going through fertility treatment. She also has 6 kids of her own and did IVF, surrogacy, and adoption to grow her family. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast 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.

Fertility patients face many emotions as they undergo treatment, and for many it is a stressful time. One of the things that I always encourage patients to do is to assemble their TEAM. This means finding a Therapist, Eating right, doing Acupuncture, and creating a Mindfulness and Mediation practice. Today on The Egg Whisperer Show, I'm really excited to have Josephine Atluri joining me. She is a meditation coach, and specializes in working with people going through fertility treatment. She also has 6 kids of her own and did IVF, surrogacy, and adoption to grow her family. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more fertility tips! Join Egg Whisperer School Checkout the podcast 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.

Episode 111: Journaling For Mindfulness With Guest Josephine Atluri   In this episode, Josephine Atluri discusses using journaling to help with mindfulness and parenting. She discussed ways to engage in mindfulness along with your child, as well as ways to communicate in a mindful way with your child. She provides examples for when mindfulness worked in parenting for her. Discussed the importance of examining expectations as a parent and to set intentions in your interactions with your children. Otherwise, you might be placing too much your child and placing extra demands on them. Use intentions to let things flow, rather than fighting obstacles to make things happen. It allows you to let unhelpful thoughts go. You can engage in emotional awareness by spending time being mindful just being aware of what you are doing and feeling. You can always set an alarm to check in with your body and your emotions. Then, give yourself whatever you need in the moment to care for yourself. Affirmations are really helpful to improve mood and self-esteem. It is a way of giving yourself extra love and caring. Document triggers throughout the week. This recognition of the patterns helps you to put strategies in place to avoid the situation or better cope with them in order to minimize anger or stress. You can better use stress management techniques and using what works for you. With practice, you can recognize other triggers more easily. Letting go and letting go of control is useful to allow the child to be who they are and to be able to enjoy therm. They will be heard and supported and that they were given what they needed in the moment. Take in the joy of others. Try to allow yourself to experience joy each day, without participating in it. Watch the happiness of your children. Help others. Enjoy a self-care moment. Links: The Mindfulness Journal For Parents Book Website Main Website Instagram Responding To Life Podcast     Email us if you have any questions or ideas! We are now on instagram! Check out updates on our website. Follow Thriving on Twitter. Check us out on Facebook! We are also on Pinterest!     Please subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store, or wherever you find your podcasts, Leave us a 5-star review, to help us know what you like and what you don't like, and to make sure other like-minded people find support through this podcast. Show Music: Intro Outro: Intro Outro 2 by Mattias Lahoud under CC-BY 3.0 License (www.freesound.org) Theme Song: 90s rock style by monkeyman535 under CC-BY 3.0 License (www.freesound.org) Self Care Song: Green and Orange No Water by Duncan Alex under CC-BY 3.0 License (www.freesound.org)   Hosted by: Jessica Temple and Lewis Temple   Disclaimer: Our show is not designed to provide listeners with specific or personal legal, medical, or professional services or advice. Parents of children with health issues should always consult their health care provider for medical advice, medication, or treatment. Copyright 2021 Jessica Temple

Josephine Atluri is a mindfulness and meditation coach, an author, a podcast host and a mother of seven!  As an expert in mindfulness and meditation, Josephine has helped thousands of people overcome adversity and find joy.  Josephine couples her business background with her meditation training to teach corporate mindfulness sessions.  Additionally, Josephine's experience creating her modern-day family of seven children via In Vitro fertilization, international adoption and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly sought-after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach.  Josephine's new book, “Mindfulness Journal for Parents,” and its' online companion course aim to help parents and caregivers transform and enrich their parent-child relationship.  Josephine hosts a popular podcast, “Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, & Parenthood,” and interviews guests on their inspiring responses to life's challenges. Josephine's infertility and parenting mindfulness expertise has been featured in multiple publications including MindBodyGreen, The Bump, and Woman's Day. In this episode, Josephine and Nikki discuss the many benefits of bringing mediation and mindfulness into your every day life and more specifically the many benefits of adding these practices into ones' parenting.  Josephine courageously discusses her complex journey to motherhood and how she and her husband utilized multiple methods to create their beautiful family.  Nikki and Josephine discuss Josephine's amazing new book and in particular how it can be a really useful tool to any busy parent.  Josephine speaks to Nikki about how her book can be used at random and can be used in any order - which Nikki puts to the test!  Josephine offers some really great practical advice on parenting in a mindful way and how breathing techniques and pausing can be used in the midst of havoc.  Josephine's message is one of positivity and light.  In her words, “despite living in a world of chaos, presence and peace is within our reach”. More topics covered in this episode: What mindfulness is and the different ways to integrate it into your daily life How to begin a mediation practice The fear surrounding mediation and why some of us are resident to it Fertility challenges IVF Adoption Surrogacy Techniques to stay calm amidst life's challenging moments Mindfulness strategies to incorporate into daily parenting Connect with Josephine: Web: www.jatluri.com Instagram: @josephineratluri @respondingtolifepodcast YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3kIxDHQ Responding to Life Podcast on Apple: https://apple.co/2W6YlQ1 Responding to Life Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3wX3MOe Mindfulness Journal for Parents Book & Online Course: www.mindfulparentclass.com Discount For Parenting Podcasts: PODCAST25 Enter the code for 25% off the online mindfulness for parents coure with or without the book at www.mindfulparentclass.com Discount for Fertility Podcasts: PODCAST25 Enter the code for 35% off the online fertility mindfulness course. https://josephine-atluri-meditation.mykajabi.com/pl/2147485847 Connect with Nikki: Web: www.nikkispo.com Instagram: @nikkisappspo / @theknowwithnikkispo For more information on sponsorships and collaborations, please email brands@nikkispo.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nikki-spo/support

As an adult we wear a number of hats throughout our day-to-day lives, Josephine Atluri, creator of the Mindfulness Journal for Parents, helps parents and individuals alike through meditation and mindfulness. She explains what being mindful means to promote a better relationship with yourself, kids, and everyone around you. About the Guest: Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and mindfulness, helping thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Josephine spent many years consulting for Fortune 500 companies and private clients. Following her passion for total wellness, she became certified as a meditation teacher through Unplug Meditation. Josephine uses her business background to teach corporate mindfulness sessions. Plus, her experience creating her modern day family of seven children via In Vitro fertilization, international adoption and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly sought-after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach.Josephine hosts a popular podcast, “Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, & Parenthood,” where she interviews guests on their inspiring responses to life's challenges. Her parenting mindfulness expertise and fertility advocacy work has been featured in the L.A. Times, Motherly, MindBodyGreen, The Bump, Prevention, Well+Good, and Woman's Day. Josephine lives with her husband, five children and cockapoo in what she lovingly calls her “Casa de Calm Con Chaos” in Los Angeles, CA. Her Mindfulness Journal for Parents is available on Amazon. www.jatluri.com www.instagram.com/josephineratluri www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringyourfertility www.facebook.com/groups/1030161264060881 www.youtube.com/c/JosephineAtluriMeditation https://open.spotify.com/show/299gkyryiVTkUc2JdiEdKj?si=46me744pQPqs-yj1k7Wp0Q&dl_branch=1 About the Host: Following the crumbs in the chaos is a full time job. As a busy mom of three, a wife to a traveling hubby, and keeping it weird in Austin, Texas, it's safe to say that my life is never boring. In addition to running my coaching business as C'N'C's CEO, I'm a certified coach for a premier virtual fitness and nutrition program helping others feel better while sustaining a healthy lifestyle. My mom and dad are thrilled that I'm putting my Exercise Science degree to good use. Along with my experience training pro athletes, S.W.A.T. members, and a high school football team, I gained 10+ years experience as the Director of Marketing building multiple court reporting companies. Lastly, I am a published writer, Content Coordinator, and Account Executive for a publication by Best Version Media. They even gave me a monthly “How to” column where I teach others how to be more self-sufficient with common household tasks. Every woman should know how their home functions and what to do if something malfunctions, man or no man. With my husband on the road, searching “How To” on the internet has transformed me into a “Mommy MacGyver”. “I don't know how you have the time.” “You're like a Supermom!” These are common things that people say, but the truth is that life hasn't always been easy or pretty. Even with the bumps, I always try to find the humor in everything because laughter is good for the soul and you should never take life too seriously….where's the fun in that? www.chaosncookies.com https://www.instagram.com/heathersteinker https://www.facebook.com/heathersteinker https://linktr.ee/hsteinker https://chaosncookies.com/shop Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on...

Josephine Atluri, mother of seven and an expert on mindfulness, joins Sarah and Jim to talk about mindful parenting and how we can have a joyful experience with our kids by keeping ourselves on a positive track. Plus, new segments from Martha Creek and Funniest Thing! guy Ed Biagiotti!

Before I had a child of my own, these were the concerns I was aware of: lack of sleep, weight gain, lack of hygiene, and any other things you can no longer do once the baby arrives. What I was not prepared for was the complete and total lack of time to do anything other than care for the child. And while that is always my number one priority, it still feels like a big loss. It is the lack of free time that has stood in the way of staying calm, present, and connected to myself – which is where Josephine Atluri comes in. She's the author of the https://www.jatluri.com/mindfulness-parents-book (Mindfulness Journal for Parents), to help caregivers transform and enrich their parent-child relationship and, as a natural consequence, their relationship with themselves. She has helped thousands of people overcome their adversity to find joy. Resources: Learn more at https://www.jatluri.com/ (jatluri.com) Follow Josephine: https://www.instagram.com/josephineratluri (@josephineratluri) Read https://www.jatluri.com/mindfulness-parents-book (Mindfulness Journal for Parents) Listen to https://www.jatluri.com/podcast (Responding to Life) Visit http://mindfulparentclass.com (mindfulparentclass.com) and use code “PODCAST25” for 25% off her course Follow + DM us: https://www.instagram.com/offtherecordwithyou/ (@offtherecordwithyou) + http://instagram.com/skinowl (@skinowl) Tag Us: #offtherecordpod  Shop SkinOwl: https://www.skinowl.com/ (skinowl.com) Want to try SkinOwl skincare? Use code “OFFTHERECORD15” on https://www.skinowl.com/ (SkinOwl.com) for your first order.  Best sellers: Maqui Berry Beauty Whip, Eye Concentrate, and our first ever product to alleviate breakouts and dark marks: Geranium Drops.

In this episode sponsored by The Essential Calendar, a must-have tool for busy families, Josephine Atluri shares insights from her recent book Mindfulness Journal for Parents: Prompts and Practices to Stay Calm, Present and Connected.  Guided by her years of working with clients to cultivate a mindfulness practice, Josephine sets out simple steps to bring the power of mindfulness into family life.   Her book doesn't just explain how mindfulness can deepen your understanding of yourself and your child – it makes mindfulness accessible to everyone through short journal prompts and exercises that readers can do at their own pace and convenience.  With her down-to-earth, practical style, Josephine guides us through activities and insights to create a sense of steadying awareness.  Listeners can get a discount on the online companion course of 25% using the code PODCAST25.  The link to purchase the course is www.mindfulparentclass.comThe client mentioned in this episode is mentioned with permission.  5th grader Millie Barwick shared the analogy of the Mindfulness Bubble.  You can find Millie on her Youtube Channel.Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and mindfulness who has helped thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. A University of Chicago graduate, Josephine spent many years consulting for Fortune 500 companies and private clients. Pursuing her passion for total wellness, she became certified as a meditation teacher through Unplug Meditation. Josephine combines her business background with her meditation training to teach corporate mindfulness sessions. Her experience creating her modern-day family of five children via in vitro fertilization, international adoption, and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly-sought-after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach.Lindsay Miller, host of the Stress Nanny Podcast coaches women and children on how to use mindfulness to live with more creativity, connection, confidence and calm.  Having navigated infertility, anxiety, loss, and autoimmune issues, Lindsay, a certified mindfulness instructor, health coach and child development expert, uses decades of life experience to help families re-framing everyday challenges as opportunities for growth.  With her podcast, courses and coaching, Lindsay unlocks the potential in any situation and inspires clients to live life on purpose.  You can learn more about Lindsay's courses on her website.  

In this episode I am joined by Josephine Atluri. Josephine is an expert in meditation and mindfulness and a mother of 7. Josephine discusses with me tips for parents and their children in this back to school season. How to navigate this hot topic of returning back to school during Covid, and the anxiety of social interaction that may come with it. We also discuss tools parents can give their children to navigate through the array of emotions that even little humans feel on a daily basis.  Send us a DM and Follow us Here: www.instagram.com/BeingBumo   Be a part of our community and follow us HERE: www.instagram.com/bumoparent   Listen to Josephine's Podcast:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/responding-to-life-talking-health-fertility-and/id1497664316   Connect with Josephine https://www.jatluri.com   To connect with Chriselle Lim: www.instagram.com/ChriselleLim   Follow BumoBrain Here: www.instagram.com/bumobrain    Come visit us at BumoWork: https://www.bumowork.com   Go to https://get-base.com/ to and receive 20 percent off at checkout using code BUMO Go to Nuuly.com and enter code BUMO20 to receive $20 off your first month   Produced by Dear Media   

Episode SummaryStaying calm in a storm is more of a skill than a personality trait, and that's great news!As a dad with a 3-year old daughter (and one on the way) I know how messy parenting can be, and that's why I love knowing that I have the power to improve and respond more proactively to messy situations.In this week's episode of The 5 AM Miracle Podcast I speak with Josephine Atluri, author of the Mindfulness Journal for Parents, about how we can stay calm and connected with our children. Episode Show Notesjeffsanders.com/404 Learn More About The 5 AM MiracleThe 5 AM Miracle Podcast Free Productivity Resources + Email Updates!Join The 5 AM Club! The 5 AM Miracle BookAudiobook, Paperback, and Kindle Connect on Social MediaFacebook Group • Instagram • Twitter • LinkedIn • YouTube About Jeff SandersRead Jeff's Bio © Jeff Sanders Productions, LLCSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For this week's episode, I will be joined by Josephine Atluri, a meditation and mindfulness coach. She also has her website that aims to help other parents on how to do smart parenting and build a good relationship with their children. Listen to the episode and learn the importance of understanding what your children need and being mindful of what they feel.    Show Note: www.deepintosleep.co/episode/mindfulness-and-parenting-how-to-be-a-good-parent Thank You for Listening! I really appreciate you taking your valuable time listening to our show. If you want to share your thoughts, I would love to hear from you! Leave a comment Ask a voice question at http://www.deepintosleep.co/askyishan (this link) If you enjoyed today's episode, and want to help out the show, please consider: Share it using the social media buttons on this page Leave an honest rating and review for the podcast Subscribe on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-into-sleep/id1475295840 (iTunes), https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iibdvq2ogbjimuuhgu44lkuq4ha?t%3DDeep_into_Sleep%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 (Google Podcast), https://open.spotify.com/show/2Vxyyj9Cswuk91OYztzcMS (Spotify), https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=450952&refid=stpr (Stitcher), https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-deep-into-sleep-47827108/ (iHeartRadio), etc. These can help the podcast reach out more to those who struggle with sleep and those who want to learn more about sleep. Finally, feel free to join our community by signing up for the Deep into Sleep newsletter. You'll learn valuable tips about sleep and get the podcast episodes delivered right to your inbox. Find out more about https://www.mindbodygarden.com/insomnia (Dr. Yishan Xu's Insomnia Treatment Group (CBT for insomnia, CBT-I).) Join https://www.facebook.com/groups/deepintosleep (Deep into Sleep Podcast group) on Facebook for more discussions. You can also follow our Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/mind_body_garden/ ( https://www.instagram.com/mind_body_garden/) to keep you posted on our new podcast episodes. Or if Mandarin is your native language, you may also check my sleep coaching course in Chinese here - https://www.mindbodygarden.com/course/sleep (Mind Body Garden) If you want to find a certified CBTi provider in the United States, please visit our https://www.deepintosleep.co/resources (resource page for CBTi providers and sleep-related resources.) Support this podcast

We're sharing our first session from Seek The Joy Summer with Josephine Atluri, Author, Writer, Meditation and Mindfulness Coach. Josephine shares her top tips for how we can bring greater mindfulness into the summer, the role of meditation, breathing, and affirmations in mindfulness, and a beautiful solstice meditation to welcome in the warmth, joy and celebration of the summer. It's an opportunity to be present and set our intentions for the season ahead. To connect with Josephine visit her website here and on Instagram @josephineatluri Facebook @JAMeditation YouTube here and you can check out her Joy Corner feature here Links & Sponsors:  Thank you to today's sponsor, Better Help. We want you to be able to live a happier, more joyful, and ease filled life, and I'm excited to share that as a listener of Seek The Joy Podcast, you will you get 10% off your first month by going to betterhelp.com/seekthejoy.  Seek The Joy MERCH is here! Check out our fav new designs here   Subscribe to our Newsletter! seekthejoypodcast.com/subscribe. You won't regret it.

Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and helping people overcome adversity to find joy. Her meditation sessions and online mindfulness classes teach practical coping mechanisms for stress, anxiety, and loss to improve the balance of mind, body, and spirit through health and fertility struggles.

This week on the Exercise Is Health podcast, Julie and Charlie sit down with meditation expert Josephine Atluri to discuss some of the most common barriers that people face when they first try meditating and how to break those barriers down. Josephine discusses her personal journey with mediation, what she found to help herself meditate consistently, and the top tips she gives her clients to be able to find a meditation practice that works for them. Check out all of the details in this week's episode! Interested in connecting with Josephine? Be sure to find her online as well as give her a follow on Instagram! 

If you saw meditation and mindfulness expert Josephine Atluri with her family today, you may think she had no issues trying to conceive. She has 5 children and twins on the way!But, Josephine’s path to parenthood was anything but straight or simple. Multiple IVF rounds, late term pregnancy loss, international adoption and surrogacy are all part of her family story. And each chapter of her family building journey, which is still unfolding now, has its own story with plenty of unexpected twists and turns, beautiful and unexpected surprises and life lessons.This episode is not just about infertility - it's one that examines how to overcome adversity in the darkest and most unpredictable times in our lives. *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************This episode is supported by Beli, prenatal vitamins optimized for fertility, prenatal & post pregnancy health. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode #72 of The Hormone P.U.Z.Z.L.E Podcast, our guest Josephine Atluri talks about Fertility Mindfulness. More about Josephine: Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and mindfulness, helping thousands of people overcome adversity to find joy. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Josephine spent many years consulting for Fortune 500 companies and private clients. Following her passion for total wellness, she became certified as a meditation teacher through Unplug Meditation studying under davidji. Josephine uses her business background to teach corporate mindfulness sessions. Plus, her experience creating her modern day family of five children via In Vitro fertilization, international adoption and surrogacy inspires her work as a highly sought-after fertility and parenting mindfulness coach. Josephine hosts a popular podcast, “Responding to Life: Talking Health, Fertility, & Parenthood,” where she interviews guests on their inspiring responses to life's challenges. Her parenting mindfulness expertise and fertility advocacy work has been featured in Motherly, MindBodyGreen, The Bump, Prevention Magazine, Well+Good, and Woman's Day. Josephine lives with her husband, five children and cockapoo in what she likes to call her “Casa de Calm Con Chaos” in Los Angeles, CA. Thank you for listening! Follow Josephine on Instagram: @josephineratluri Join her 7 day meditation challenge HERE. Follow Coach Kela on Instagram: @kela_healthcoach Get your FREE Fertility Meal Plan: https://coachkela.com/ Text "intensive" to 615-257-8855 to get more info of my new VIP program that will help you GET PREGNANT, STAY PREGNANT and ELIMINATE your HORMONE SYMPTOMS, for good! For sponsorship opportunities, email HPS Media at podcast@coachkela.com.

Josephine is an expert in mindfulness and meditation and in helping others overcome adversity to find joy. Through her unique journey on her path to becoming a mom of five, Josephine weathered many ups and downs with miscarriages, IVF, international adoption, and surrogacy. Channeling her experience to find calm and courage and to focus on perseverance, she now helps others navigate life's curveballs through online meditation training, fertility mindfulness workshops, and her “Responding to Life” podcast. Josephine is also a preferred mental wellness provider for The Fertility Tribe, The IVF Warrior, Robyn, and the Fertility Circle.   During this time of extreme isolation and anxiety, Josephine shares practical stress management tips including tools to help ground yourself via the free meditation videos on her site www.jatluri.com. Looking to try out meditation for the new year, try Josephine's 7 day meditation challenge by signing up HERE.  For daily inspiration, be sure to follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/josephineratluri/Support the show (https://pod.fan/the-dude-therapist)

How can we best remain connected in today's times? How can we best manage the uncertainty with infertility challenges? What tools can help us when the dreams we have for our lives disappear? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews meditation teacher, podcast host, and infertility expert Josephine Atluri on Loving Through Infertility. For more on this episode, click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-53-loving-through-infertility-with-josephine-atluri/ Learn more about your guest below: Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and in overcoming adversity to find joy. Through her unique journey on her path to become a mom of five, Josephine weathered many ups and downs with IVF, international adoption and surrogacy. Channeling her experience to find calm and courage and to focus on perseverance, she now helps others navigate life's curveballs, through group and individual online meditation training and her “Responding to Life” podcast. Learn more at  - https://www.jatluri.com - https://www.instagram.com/josephineratluri/ - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwu7XQNYOe2ARMzc9oBaDw/ - https://www.instagram.com/respondingtolifepodcast/ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

In this episode, Josephine Atluri and I unpack helplessness and Josephine shares mindfulness tools to help us all respond intentionally during the moments life feels out of control.  With her friendly down-to-earth style and rich background in meditation and mindfulness, Josephine makes the practices accessible for anyone, anytime.  Don't miss this interview!Josephine Atluri knows something about the anxiety that comes with fearing the unknown and feeling out of control. The certified meditation teacher journeyed through miscarriage, adoption, IVF, and surrogacy over the course of several years, finally welcoming five children into her family.  Now, she's using the experience she gained in negotiating life's curveballs to help others do the same, and the timing couldn't be more critical. “Adversity coupled with feeling helpless is affecting all of us right now,” she says. “But we can all manage our response in a healthy way. We all have the tools within us, and just need to know how to tap into them.”  Atluri uses group and individual meditation classes to give her students these coping mechanisms and affirmations.  She also shares them on her podcast, “Responding to Life,” and offers free, guided 15-minute meditations via Zoom every Wednesday. She also offers free monthly meditations at www.jatluri.com.  You can also find her on instagram @josephineatluri, her podcast @respondingtolife. 

Life is full of chaos and uncertainty, especially when you have a child with ADHD, and especially when you're also living through a pandemic. Join me and Meditation Coach, Josephine Atluri, to learn the techniques to shift your mindset, calm your mind and body, manage your stress, and move through life and parenting with purpose. The techniques and practices Josephine teaches us during this episode will help you create the life you want for yourself, and for your entire family.

This week I welcome back the delightful Josephine Atluri (@josephineatluri) to The Wellness Glow® Podcast. This time we talk about her passion for helping people by sharing her inspirational journey to motherhood. She's experienced the highs and lows of IVF, miscarriage, adoption and surrogacy and now has 5 beautiful children. This podcast is an open discussion about the challenges she and her husband faced and how you can learn from her for your own benefit or to support someone who's going through this now. You can find Josephine at http://www.jatluri.com/ or on Instagram @josephineatluri --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewellnessglow/message

Sarah and Laura open with their own stress management strategies, including a book rec. Then, meditation teacher and mother of 5 Josephine Atluri joins in to share her journey into learning about meditation as well as some of her favorite techniques for managing stress and coping with difficult times. She also delves into her own family building experience, including international adoption, IVF, and surrogacy. In the Q&A, a listener writes in about feeling unmotivated at work during this time. Should she worry about it or just let herself have a break? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Josephine joins to share her diverse personal and professional background, how she transitioned from corporate and overcame personal obstacles with fertility to build a beautiful family with her husband and leverage her experience to help us all use meditation to help us all better respond to life versus simply react! ABOUT JOSEPHINE: Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and in overcoming adversity to find joy.Through a unique and trying fertility journey, Atluri navigated the intense uncertaintiesand stress of pregnancy loss, IVF, international adoption and surrogacy, ultimatelybecoming a mother of five. Channeling the power of perseverance, calm and courage,she now helps others navigate life's many curveballs, through group and individualonline meditation training, and her podcast “Responding to Life.”Perhaps the most defining period of Atluri's life has been her 13-year journey tomotherhood, one that made her a warrior and advocate for all women seeking toovercome infertility. To create their own family, Atluri and her husband endured aheartbreaking miscarriage and then pursued a combination of nontraditional methods,adopting their eldest son from Kazakhstan, carrying twins via IVF and adding yetanother set of twins via surrogacy. Through it all, Atluri developed a personalperspective on these different paths to family creation, and came to understand all toowell the impact of infertility on one's body, psyche and relationships.Atluri's podcast, “Responding to Life,” not only highlights her fertility journey, butfeatures noteworthy guests who have used positivity to overcome a variety ofobstacles. Her forthcoming book will also chronicle her personal story and provide inspiration,guidance and meditations for anyone struggling with stress, uncertainty or loss.During the coronavirus pandemic, Atluri is offering free weekly online meditationsessions. For further information, please visit www.jatluri.comPodcast is powered by The Binge Podcast Network!

In this episode we talk about the necessity of a morning and evening (witching hour) mindfulness practice. Josephine shares about her five children and how they all came into the world in different ways via adoption, IVF and a surrogacy birth. We talk about the fertility journey in America and the questions to ask yourself when deciding which fertility path is best for you.Josephine Atluri knows something about the anxiety that comes with fearing the unknown and feeling out of control. The certified meditation teacher journeyed through miscarriage, adoption, IVF, and surrogacy over the course of several years, finally welcoming five children into her family.Atluri uses group and individual meditation classes to give her students these coping mechanisms and affirmations. She also shares them on her podcast, “Responding to Life,” and offers free, guided 15-minute meditations via Zoom every Wednesday. She also offers free monthly meditations at www.jatluri.com

In this episode we talk about the necessity of a morning and evening (witching hour) mindfulness practice. Josephine shares about her five children and how they all came into the world in different ways via adoption, IVF and a surrogacy birth. We talk about the fertility journey in America and the questions to ask yourself when deciding which fertility path is best for you.Josephine Atluri knows something about the anxiety that comes with fearing the unknown and feeling out of control. The certified meditation teacher journeyed through miscarriage, adoption, IVF, and surrogacy over the course of several years, finally welcoming five children into her family.Atluri uses group and individual meditation classes to give her students these coping mechanisms and affirmations. She also shares them on her podcast, “Responding to Life,” and offers free, guided 15-minute meditations via Zoom every Wednesday. She also offers free monthly meditations at www.jatluri.com

This week I have a special guest all the way from Los Angeles California. Josephine Atluri knows something about the anxiety that comes with fearing the unknown and feeling out of control. The certified meditation teacher journeyed through miscarriage, adoption, IVF, and surrogacy over the course of several years, finally welcoming five children into her family. Now, she's using the experience she gained in negotiating life's curveballs to help others do the same, and the timing couldn't be more critical. “Adversity coupled with feeling helpless is affecting all of us right now,” she says. “But we can all manage our response in a healthy way. We all have the tools within us, and just need to know how to tap into them.” Josephine uses group and individual meditation classes to give her students these coping mechanisms and affirmations. She also shares them on her podcast, “Responding to Life,” and offers free, guided 15-minute meditations via Zoom every Wednesday. She also offers free monthly meditations at www.jatluri.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewellnessglow/message

Truth speakers!! This inspiring episode with my girl Linda Fruits is brought to you by Journeys with Josephine. This is a RETREAT you don't want to miss! Give yourself PERMISSION to RECEIVE the rest and renewal you deserve. Scroll down for the deals!Linda Fruits is the Tik Tok star and blogger behind Fruits of Motherhood. She shares how, through social media, she realized her attraction to women, and ultimately came out. Linda is a rolemodel for realistic parenting. She is transparent about the struggles of motherhood and has created a community dedicated to help other parents not feel so alone. Her mission is to normalize motherhood and what it means to be a woman in today's modern world.   Motherhood, postpartum anxiety, coming out, lucky girl syndrome, and co-parenting, are just a FEW of the topics covered in this episode. Linda and Nikki touch on so many powerful topics while also keeping it light hearted and fun. Tune in to episode 77 with Linda Fruits. You don't want to miss it!  In this episode:Social mediaModern-day motherhood Postpartum anxietyComing out to your spouseFeeling guilt for not wanting to be intimate Lucky girl syndrome How to say noCo-parenting Being okay with making mistakes Reassurance Writing a bookHelping othersQuotes:“I felt guilt for not being intimate with my husband.” “A lot of beautiful things stem from pain. What my ex-husband and I have now is unshakable. If we can get through me coming out, it really says a lot about how we are good friends.”“A lot of my postpartum anxiety stemmed from thinking I had to do everything perfectly all the time. I didn't understand that I would make mistakes and that it is okay to make mistakes.”“Motherhood is one of the first times I knew how to say no.”“I swear I have lucky girl syndrome. It's when you keeping thinking that wonderful things will come to you. I always think, what ever comes and finds me, is exactly what I need.” “The overwhelming positive response I got from people after coming out was not only something I didn't expect, but something that was so reassuring in that moment.” “At the end of the day I am not responsible for anyone else. Not how they feel or think. I am just not responsible. It is a huge weight off my shoulders.”Episode Timestamps:5:30- 18:23 | How Linda discovered herself20:30- 26:54 | The “perfect” mommy culture 30:30- 34:22 | How coming out has impacted Linda's kids34:24- 36:15 | Linda's journey as an author 36:15- | The fear of not knowing how other's will perceive your life choicesConnect with Lindahttps://fruitsofmotherhood.com/ @FruitsofmotherhoodConnect with Nikki www.nikkispo.com @nikkisappspo / @theknowwithnikkispoTruth speakers!! This is a RETREAT you don't want to miss! Give yourself PERMISSION to RECEIVE the rest and renewal you deserve. So often, we abandon our own needs to care for other people/tasks. Layer on the hectic holiday season, and you enter the new year depleted. NO… Going into the new year, we are prioritizing ourselves. The “Rest & Renewal” retreat is hosted by Josephine Atluri - a certified life and mindfulness coach, author of two mindfulness books, and mom of 7! Book your spot HERE for Journeys with Josephine's Rest & Renewal wellness retreat in stunning Sedona, AZ, March 3-5.-SANA SKIN STUDIO is my #1 go-to spot for self-care. My favorite facial is the Super Glow, and you can get $25 off of your first facial when you book at www.sanaskinstudio.com with my code THEKNOWGLOW.NOW OPEN IN FORT LAUDERDALE!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-know-with-nikki-spo/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Truth speakers!! This is a RETREAT you don't want to miss! Give yourself PERMISSION to RECEIVE the rest and renewal you deserve. So often, we abandon our own needs to care for other people/tasks. Layer on the hectic holiday season and you enter the new year depleted. NO… Going into the new year, we are prioritizing ourselvesThe “Rest & Renewal” retreat is being hosted by Josephine Atluri - a certified life and mindfulness coach, author of two mindfulness books, and mom of 7! Book your spot HERE for Journeys with Josephine's Rest & Renewal wellness retreat in stunning Sedona, AZ March 3-5.--This week's guest, Cecie Gonzalez, is the founder of Theme Dresser in Miami. Cecie's brand believes in empowering women, inspiring confidence, owning your sense of individuality, and stepping into your personal power. She is inspired by art, fashion, and traveling. She believes that everyone deserves a fashion moment. In this episode, we chat about the impact fashion and “dressing up” has on a person's confidence and emotional and mental well-being. In this episode, Nikki and Cecie discuss self-worth and Main Character Energy. They talk about the power of fashion and how dressing with intention can inspire confidence and success. It is essential to dress for yourself and discover what it is you love. Tune in to tap into your main character energy! In this episode:Self-work and building confidenceDressing with intentionThe power of fashionSeeing more creative expression in fashionThe strength of womenNot taking yourself too seriously Empowering women through fashionCreativity through social media Rediscovering what you likeMain character energyQUOTES:“I feel like it's so tough to be a mom these days. It's tough to see your body changing, it's tough to compare yourself to other women, and it's tough to feel like you need to be at your best at all times.”“You have to realize how powerful you are as a human and how strong you are as a woman.”“The reason why I design hats is because of all of the different hats we wear as women.”“When I think about my outfits I think of it like dress up. It keeps me young and alive. I dress for myself.” “My best coping mechanism is working on myself.”“If you make space for the Universe to provide you with gifts, and you are open to it and work toward it, then it is incredible what you are able to manifest.” EPISODE TIME STAMPS:13:00 | The power of being a woman19:15 | Cecie's favorite client experiences 23:50 | Obstacles Cecie faced when building her business 26:30 | Social media's impact on creativity 34:00 | Why Cecie's work is so important to her Connect with Nikki www.nikkispo.com @nikkisappspo / @theknowwithnikkispoConnect with Cecie https://www.themedresser.com/ @cecie.mestre / @theme_dresser __SANA SKIN STUDIO is my #1 go-to spot for self-care. My favorite facial is the Super Glow, and you can get $25 off of your first facial when you book at www.sanaskinstudio.com with my code THEKNOWGLOWSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-know-with-nikki-spo/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy