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In this insightful episode, Dr. Laura Erlich, an integrative health expert specializing in fertility and women's health, joins the conversation to explore the profound connections between stress, the nervous system, and reproductive health. Drawing on her expertise in Traditional Chinese Medicine and her extensive clinical experience, Laura shares how managing stress and regulating the nervous system can transform the fertility journey into an opportunity for healing and growth.Discover actionable strategies and holistic tools for balancing the mind, body, and spirit while navigating the uncertainties of fertility challenges. Whether through acupuncture, herbal medicine, or conscious living practices, Laura provides a roadmap to cultivate resilience, improve reproductive health, and foster conscious parenting.Key takeaways:Chronic stress affects the nervous system, hormonal balance, and fertility outcomes.Techniques like meditation, mindfulness, and acupuncture can regulate stress responses.Nutrition and lifestyle adjustments are foundational for hormonal and emotional health.Chinese medicine offers tools to align the nervous system and enhance reproductive health.Reframing stress as an opportunity for growth can empower the fertility journey.Dr. Laura Erlich Bio: Dr. Laura is a holistic wellness expert with 25 years of experience specializing in fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum care. A summa cum laude graduate of Emperor's College and a fellow of ABORM, she founded Mother Nurture Wellness in Los Angeles, helping thousands of families grow through personalized approaches combining nutrition, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and more. Co-author of Feed Your Fertility, she also teaches in the Yosan University doctoral program for women's health and provides continuing education for acupuncturists and public coaching through Healthy Seminars.Where To Find Dr. Laura Erlich: Website: https://www.mothernurturela.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mothernurturewellness/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MotherNurtureWellness/Healthy Seminars CoursesOn Demand Courses by Laura Erlich - https://healthyseminars.com/bio/laura-erlichCommunity Library Lectures by Laura Erlich - https://communitylibrary.healthyseminars.com/members/laura-erlich/How to connect to Lorne Brown online and in person (Vancouver, BC)Acubalance.ca book virtual or in person conscious work sessions with Dr. Lorne Brown Lornebrown.comConscious hacks and tools to optimize your fertility by Dr. Lorne Brown:https://acubalance.ca/conscious-work/Download a free copy of the...

In this weeks episode I chat with Dr. Laura Erlich, a fellow acupuncturist and herbalist. Laura founded Mother Nurture Wellness, a Los Angeles-based women's health practice specializing in fertility optimization, pregnancy, and postpartum care. Laura has been working with women in the perinatal space for over two decades! As an integrative health professional for 25 years, Laura has helped thousands of families grow by creating a custom roadmap that targets each individual's needs, from nutrition to supplementation, herbal medicine, acupuncture, meditation, mentorship, and beyond. In 2015, Laura co-authored ⁠Feed Your Fertility⁠, A Guide to Cultivating a Healthy Pregnancy with Chinese Medicine, Real Food, and Healthy Living. Laura offers extensive continuing education and mentorship to acupuncturists around the world through ⁠Healthy Seminars ⁠ as well as to the public through her online course, Training To Conceive (TTC). In this episode we cover... The importance of working with a practitioner that specializes in fertility acupuncture The importance of ALSO seeing a reproductive endocrinologist in addition to getting acupuncture We cannot always apply Chinese medicine principles due to unique modern exposures Using the extraordinary vessels to treat the source qi (the deepest level of the individual) Balancing the body to allow the return to homeostasis The energy of the practitioners intention REALLY matters Outsource the fertile window time to your partner to avoid honey, I'm ovulating sex Microcosmic orbit meditation offering The importance of going beyond the basics is essential when working with fertility How to work with the extraordinary vessels in an acupuncture treatments Get diagnostic testing early on to rule out major barriers to conception Day 3 labs HSG - Hysterosalpingogram Progesterone 7 days post-ovulation Semen analysis Connect with Laura: Website - https://www.mothernurturela.com/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/mothernurturewellness/ Connect with Holly: Website -⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rosebudwellness.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ IG - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/rosebud_wellness/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Conscious Conception Course - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rosebudwellness.com/holistic-fertility-awareness-course⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefertilewomb/message

Welcome to another episode of The Zen(ish) Mommy Podcast! Today we are joined by Laura Erlich, acupuncturist, herbalist, and author of Feed Your Fertility. Tuning in, you'll hear all about how hormones affect the entire body, why sex hormones are only the baseline hormones and are not the main ones to be focused on, and how trauma and stress affect hormones, adrenals, and circadian rhythm. We discuss why society has normalized exhaustion, self-care, western medicine, genetics, and accepting yourself for who you are. Laura even shares some incredible insight about what hormones do when we age and what women should be looking out for through these changes. She then explains the difference between perimenopause and menopause before telling us her opinion of hormone replacement therapy. Finally, we learn about the importance of accepting where you are in your journey and doing what you need to do to get through life. You don't want to miss out on this incredible conversation!Key Points From This Episode:Introducing today's guest, Laura Erlich. Why hormones affect our entire body as the catalyst to tell our organs what to do and feel. Why sex hormones aren't the primary hormones we need to be concerned with. How trauma and stress affect your adrenals, hormones, and circadian rhythm.Why society almost condones a sense of constant exhaustion. How self-care means different things to different people. Why we should use medication when it's needed. Why we are all products of our beginnings. How to accept that life isn't easy.Why Laura wishes she didn't spend so much time worrying about her appearance. What hormones do as you age and what women should be looking out for.The difference between perimenopause and menopause. The average for completing menopause. Laura's opinion of hormone replacement therapy. The importance of accepting where you are in your journey and being grateful for everything.Tweetables:“When you have a healthy circadian rhythm in your body, your 24-hour clock is functioning the way it should.” — @laura_erlich [0:05:47]“That internal stability is what [self-care] is about at least for me” — @laura_erlich [0:13:29]“We are so fortunate to live in a world where modern medicine exists and there's no reason to suffer at the expense of using it if it's what your body really needs; which is different from abusing it.” — @laura_erlich [0:15:59]“We're all here to try to live a good life, and be kind to each other, and minimize suffering.” — @laura_erlich [0:17:53]“The things that are happening to you that are from a genetic place actually have nothing to do with you. They were given to you. They were passed down to you through this ancestral lineage of genetic mutations and this is what you got.” — @laura_erlich [0:21:56]“Old age does come with its own series of hormonal challenges and we have to get past them.” — @laura_erlich [0:41:38]“Don't shame yourself around doing what you need to do to get through this thing called life.” — @laura_erlich [0:44:03]Links Mentioned iSupport the showThe Zen Mommy on Instagramthe Zen Mommy

Host: Marrin Costello Guest: Laura Erlich From gynecology and women's health to the childbearing cycle, motherhood and into peri/menopause, Laura consults and successfully treats patients in her West Los Angeles center and oversees treatment and programming at Mother Nurture Wellness. Beginning her studies in traditional Chinese medicine, Laura's focus has held steady on the specialty of women's health, with an emphasis in fertility and obstetric care. This interest formed from her longstanding career as a birth doula and a pre and postnatal massage therapist. After graduating summa cum laude from Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, Laura founded a progressive holistic medicine practice in Southern California, specializing in gynecology, infertility, IVF support, conscious conception and prenatal care. Now, with over two decades experience as a leading practitioner in the Los Angeles birthing community, she continues to guide women to optimal wellness in her roles as an acupuncturist, herbalist, author, instructor, mentor and group leader. Produced by @OnairwithQ Originally aired on Dash Radio 9/10/2022

When you decide it's time to start your family, the do's and don'ts of how to get the show on the road can be downright overwhelming. Couple that with endless swirling news about friends undergoing IVF and other fertility challenges and the process can get stressful, FAST. In today's episode, we talk to Laura Erlich, an integrative health professional who specializes in fertility optimization, pregnancy, and postpartum care all about factors and considerations that go into fertility and overcoming sub-fertility or infertility. Laura began her career in holistic wellness after studying Traditional Chinese Medicine with an emphasis on fertility and obstetric care. After graduating summa cum laude from Emperor's College, she founded Mother Nurture Wellness, a Los Angeles-based women's health practice specializing in fertility optimization, pregnancy, and postpartum care. As an integrative health professional for over 20 years, Laura has helped thousands of families grow by creating a custom roadmap that targets each individual's needs from nutrition, supplementation, herbal medicine, acupuncture, meditation, mentorship, and beyond. In 2015, Laura co-authored Feed Your Fertility, A Guide to Cultivating a Healthy Pregnancy with Chinese Medicine, Real Food and Healthy Living.We also talk about:Chinese medicine and acupuncture for fertilitySome of the main causes of infertility and sub-fertility The main areas to address when trying to have a babyNutritional advice when trying to conceiveThe impact stress and toxins can play on fertility goals Endometriosis and how the condition can affect us Laura's practice and where to find her Laura's Resources:Receive 15% off Laura's Training To Conceive Course by entering KULA15 at https://virtual.mothernurturela.com/ttc-training-to-conceiveIG @mothernurturewellnessJoin our Kula village:Join the Kula waitlistFind us on IG: @hello.kulaAre you an expert?  Come work with us!Thanks for listening!

Why is it so difficult for providers to take an integrative approach to health, providing patients with ALL options they may need to achieve optimal health (and in this case we are talking fertility)? The answer could be considered somewhat complex but really seems to boil down to time and money. This conversation with Laura Erlich talks about why an integrative team approach is so important, and how we can better serve our patients when we take this approach. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why is it so difficult for providers to take an integrative approach to health, providing patients with ALL options they may need to achieve optimal health (and in this case we are talking fertility)? The answer could be considered somewhat complex but really seems to boil down to time and money. This conversation with Laura Erlich talks about why an integrative team approach is so important, and how we can better serve our patients when we take this approach. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Laura Erlich consults and successfully treats patients through her Los Angeles based practice, Mother Nurture Wellness. She began her studies in traditional Chinese medicine, focusing on fertility and pre and post-pregnancy. She is well versed in modalities of integrative allopathic and functional medicine. We discuss taking the best of both Eastern and Western medicine to support health in a modern world, and how stress and diet play a role in fertility. You will learn about... How Laura discovered Chinese medicine Supporting your fertility through Eastern and Western medicine Reducing stress to improve fertility Paying attention to the sourcing of your food Resources: https://www.mothernurturela.com/ (mothernurturela.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mothernurturewellness/ (@mothernurturewellness) Connect with Kelly: https://kellyleveque.com/ (kellyleveque.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bewellbykelly/ (@bewellbykelly) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly/ (www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly) Be Well By Kelly is a production of http://crate.media/ (Crate Media)

Welcome back to Du with Us! This month's book is It starts with the egg by Rebecca Fett What better way is there to start a new type of genre than it starts with the egg! This book is a holistic western medicine approach to treating fertility with the use of supplements and looking at individual lifestyles. We give our spin on it, as there are a lot of similarities with TCM and how it can be tied in with this book. Our journey into approaching medicine with Western medicine starts now!    Our next book is: Feed Your Fertility: Your Guide to Cultivating a Healthy Pregnancy with Chinese Medicine by Emily Bartlett and Laura Erlich. You can get this months book here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Starts-Egg-Second-Naturally-Miscarriage-ebook/dp/B07NJ85ZFJ

Aaron and Hilaire take a trip to sunny LA and sit down with health gurus Jeff Branson, Laura Erlich, & Jessica Wellington!!!

My guest is licensed acupuncturist, Laura Erlich. She is the owner and founder of Mother Nurture Wellness, a holistic women’s health collective located in West Los Angeles, where she maintains a private practice as an acupuncturist with a specialty in reproductive medicine. Her career in the healing arts began in New York City in 1998 when she graduated from the Swedish Institute of Massage and immediately felt called to work with pregnant women. By 1999, she was back in her home town of Los Angeles, where she quickly built a successful house-call massage therapy practice and became a birth doula. After several years of growing her massage/doula business, Laura felt a desire to deepen her knowledge of both eastern and western medicine and enrolled in Chinese Medicine school at Emperor’s college in Santa Monica.  In 2007, she gave birth to her son and her new practice, and began tending to them both with her full heart and soul. Her background in pregnancy and birth made way for an acupuncture and herbal medicine practice with a speciality in women’s health, with a special focus on fertility, the childbearing cycle and labor support. After 5 years in practice, she began teaching other acupuncturists through webinars and joined the faculty at Yo San University as a professor in their doctoral program in reproductive medicine. In 2015, Laura co-authored her first book, with Emily Bartlett, Titled: Feed Your Fertility. The book breaks down different health conditions and compares how Eastern medicine and Western Medicine view and treat that health condition. That was the same year, she founded Mother Nurture Wellness. Mother Nurture Wellness is one of the leading Acupuncture and Holistic Health Centers in the city of Los Angeles. Her Center, offers more than acupuncture and herbal medicine, Mother Nurture Wellness also offers chiropractic care, health and nutrition coaching, pelvic floor physical therapy, body work, midwifery services and a curated retail shop of wellness products made by local woman-owned businesses, such as SeedLyfe and Counter Top, for example. Dr. Laura Erlich can be reached at hello@mothernurturela.com She is offering $25 off the first visit to the first three listeners who make an appointment with her.

Today we will be covering one of my personal subjects in life, food! Food therapy has always been part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It can be really easy to initiate your own healing simply by eating for your current TCM disharmony. I will share with you some easy life solutions and three different approaches that you can start with your very next meal. Food has a lot of ties to our belief system, our past, and emotions we have yet to feel. Changing the way you eat can seem very overwhelming, so today I invite you to just pick a few from these three ideas that suit you and your life.   To share your own fertility story, please email me at hillary@ladypotions.com. I look forward to connecting with you, as you are what this podcast is all about.   Takeaways [2:34] This can be a really hot topic for some people. I think most of my patients would rather me ask them who they voted for and how much money they make than for a weekly food journal. The reason why is food has a lot of ties for many of us. It’s got our belief systems all wrapped up in it, this is good, that’s bad, I can never follow a diet, I’ll get fat if I eat that, I’ll feel better if I eat that over there, I’ll eat in secret and no one will know, and so on. And it’s highly tribal and social. Most of us were comforted by food when we were little and as adults in the western world, it is often the center of many social gatherings. So when we start poking at it, and suddenly trying to change the way we eat, it can get a little unnerving. [5:42] If you do have blood sugar instability and you test positive for gestational diabetes, you could pass that insulin instability down two generations. That’s right, your unborn grandchildren could have trouble with their blood sugar or even PCOS. This is because insulin can compete with your hormones trying to dock in your ovaries, reducing egg quality, or even stopping ovulation. We have the power to affect the health of the next two generations by what we put into our bodies up to one full year prior to getting pregnant. [6:01] I would rather encourage you to make positive small changes that feel right to you rather than your feeling like your eating is one more thing you have to try and be perfect at. The implications of your DNA occur one full year before you get pregnant. [8:25] Even a 2% change a day has a cumulative effect. It’s important to start small and adopt habits and a diet that feels positive and nourishing. If you pick what feels right at this stage of the game, you can work with suits you now and always circle back to more of them. If it doesn’t feel good, you are going to make an excuse not to. [8:39] Pick what feels right for you and your partner, and start small. [10:24] The first approach is from Daoshing Ni, from his book The Tao of Fertility. He thinks of the menstrual cycle as a season, and there is a systematic way to eat accordingly along with the phases.  This can be helpful to improve egg quality, sperm quality, and your menstrual lining. It might be a bit difficult if you are a creature of habit or have a tendency to grab raw cold food as this is pretty much prohibited on the diet. It is a simple approach that can drastically make a difference in less than three months. [12:10] The second is a general list of what not to eat, and a meal order solution like Green Chef or Hello Fresh. This is great for the on-the-go person that is working too much or overwhelmed by the idea of shopping and cooking. However, it can get pricey, especially if you cave and order take out when you have organic food sitting in your fridge. [13:09] Third, is the pattern diagnosis of TCM by symptoms that tell you how to eat based on TCM. This will often help you feel the best the quickest and make your overall constitution stronger helping you to achieve optimal fertility. It can be difficult if both of you have completely different imbalances or constitutions. It’s a win if you love strict rules. It gives a list of don’ts and dos. [14:20] In the Tao of Fertility approach, you think of your menses as the season of winter. Shedding, ending and contracting. The week after your period is like spring where plants and flowers are budding and blooming, and the ovulatory phase is summer. The luteal phase is akin to autumn, the idea that Earth is filled with activity and where the temperature is beginning to drop as we come towards Winter. During the first two weeks of your “seasons,” you want to incorporate foods that will strengthen your egg quality and energy. This includes grains, high protein foods like eggs, meat, and beans. It’s important the food is warm for digestion. If you feel extra fatigued and weak during menstruation, you want to eat a lot of blood-nourishing foods like bone broth. The second phase after ovulation shifts to leafy green vegetables like spinach, kale, chard, and berries. [23:15] Build healthy blood through the addition of foods like eggs, avocados, seeds (chia, flax, sunflower, and pumpkin) and nuts (with the exception of peanuts), unrefined coconut, and full-fat organic grass-fed dairy (as long as there is no intolerance or allergy). Healthy blood encourages good circulation to nourish egg follicles and to build healthy endothelial lining. Must of us go out of our way to make our baby's first nursery the best it could be, really though our womb is really baby’s first home, so let's make the most of it! [25:44] Always choose full-fat instead of fat-free. Often times when they take the fat out, they replace it with sugar and other unhealthy additives. [26:40] Method 3 is pattern diagnosis of TCM by symptoms that tell you how to eat for your fertility based on TCM. This will often help you feel the best the quickest and make your overall constitution stronger helping you to achieve optimal fertility. It can be difficult if both of you have completely different imbalances or constitutions. It’s a win if you love strict rules and are good at abiding by a list of do’s and don’ts. [29:22] I go through the patterns of foods and symptoms depending on the body types, symptoms and deficiencies.  You can also download the food quiz here on the website for a further dive into what you should be eating for your specific constitution. [29:51] In TCM, Chi is translated very loosely to “circulating life force energy.” Kidney Chi deficiency can range from not enough energy, feeling low mood or stagnant, lower back pain, and stale menstrual blood. Foods that are useful in building up the kidney energy include raspberries, seeds, and nuts, venison, and lamb, shellfish and such as basil, fennel, and horseradish. [32:53] Spleen Chi deficiency can look like changes in appetite, bruising easily, excessive worry, and cramps that feel as though they are bearing down. It can lead to an inability to lose belly fat and water retention. You will want to avoid cold foods, deep fried foods, and dairy. Foods that help are cinnamon, clove, garlic, chestnuts, and all the foods in the kidney yung pattern such as shellfish, roasting chicken or lamb and roasted vegetables. [36:31] Yin is responsible for moistening and cooling, and foods that rebuild these cooling fluids are things are fish dishes with coconut milk, omelets, sweet potatoes, duck, string beans, fruit smoothies. You want to avoid caffeine, alcohol, sugar and pungent spices. [39:37] Liver Chi stagnation is basically stress and shows up by being prone to depression, irritability, and possibly nipple discharge which is a sign of high levels of stress and hormonal imbalance. [41:09] Blood stasis or deficiency can show up as more anxiety or a low pain threshold, numb hands and feet, and fibroids or endometriosis. Foods that help to increase blood and decrease stasis include dark leafy greens, alfalfa sprouts, mushrooms, watercress, barley, apricots, kidney beans, mussels, oysters, tuna, and pate.   References: Fertile Minds on LibSyn Fertile Minds on iTunes American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine The Tao of Fertility: A Healing Chinese Medicine Program to Prepare Body, Mind, and Spirit for New Life, by Daoshing Ni and Dana Herko Sun Basket Feed Your Fertility: Your Guide to Cultivating a Healthy Pregnancy with Chinese Medicine, Real Food, and Holistic Living, by Emily Bartlett and Laura Erlich   Continue Your Journey: @ladypotions4u on Twitter @ladypotions4u on Instagram   My Website: Ladypotions.com Special Thanks to Christopher Lloyd Clarke for music

What does it mean to “feed your fertility?” And how exactly does acupuncture and Chinese Medicine relate to getting pregnant? This week we sat down with the ever grounded Laura Erlich, founder and clinic director of Mother Nurture Wellness  to talk about what it means to consciously conceive and all the things we can, and should do, before even trying to make a baby.   For more about Laura go to Mother Nurture Wellness   

Jill talks to vegetable farmer Joe Gilbert about what he's growing in his greenhouses during the winter. Joe explains the difference between no-spray farming and organic farming and talks about running a market garden. Maryanne Travaglione is a beloved teacher of Chinese Medicine. In this episode Jill visits Maryanne at her home to find out how she makes miso soup. Finally Jill interviews Laura Erlich, co-author of the book Feed Your Fertility. Jill and Laura talk about the value of returning to a traditional diet and how foods that were once thought of as unhealthy, such a butter, can enhance fertility.

Laura Erlich and Molly Welch sit in with Lindsey to share their journey on how the Mother Nurture Wellness team came about. 

Tune in when Patricia interviews Psychotherapist Carole Morton who has experienced unimaginable torment and pain throughout her early life, but was able to overcome and cast away the trauma. Her new book, ENTERING YOUR OWN HEART: A Guide to Developing Self Love, Inner Peace and Happiness is an eye-opening integrated perspective on understanding and attaining true self love, based on her own healing and her 33+ years providing mind/body/spirit psychotherapy. In the second half hour tune in as Patricia interviews Emily Bartlett and Laura Erlich who will discuss how your lifestyle may be inhibiting your ability to conceive, what you can do about it and how to get over this critical infertility hump. These two fertility professionals and authors will guide you on a path to making the nutritional and lifestyle changes you need through their book, FEED YOUR FERTILITY: Your Guide to Cultivating a Healthy Pregnancy with Chinese Medicine, Real Food, and Holistic Living.

Tune in when Patricia interviews Psychotherapist Carole Morton who has experienced unimaginable torment and pain throughout her early life, but was able to overcome and cast away the trauma. Her new book, ENTERING YOUR OWN HEART: A Guide to Developing Self Love, Inner Peace and Happiness is an eye-opening integrated perspective on understanding and attaining true self love, based on her own healing and her 33+ years providing mind/body/spirit psychotherapy. In the second half hour tune in as Patricia interviews Emily Bartlett and Laura Erlich who will discuss how your lifestyle may be inhibiting your ability to conceive, what you can do about it and how to get over this critical infertility hump. These two fertility professionals and authors will guide you on a path to making the nutritional and lifestyle changes you need through their book, FEED YOUR FERTILITY: Your Guide to Cultivating a Healthy Pregnancy with Chinese Medicine, Real Food, and Holistic Living.

Tune in when Patricia interviews Psychotherapist Carole Morton who has experienced unimaginable torment and pain throughout her early life, but was able to overcome and cast away the trauma. Her new book, ENTERING YOUR OWN HEART: A Guide to Developing Self Love, Inner Peace and Happiness is an eye-opening integrated perspective on understanding and attaining true self love, based on her own healing and her 33+ years providing mind/body/spirit psychotherapy. In the second half hour tune in as Patricia interviews Emily Bartlett and Laura Erlich who will discuss how your lifestyle may be inhibiting your ability to conceive, what you can do about it and how to get over this critical infertility hump. These two fertility professionals and authors will guide you on a path to making the nutritional and lifestyle changes you need through their book, FEED YOUR FERTILITY: Your Guide to Cultivating a Healthy Pregnancy with Chinese Medicine, Real Food, and Holistic Living.

Tune in when Patricia interviews Psychotherapist Carole Morton who has experienced unimaginable torment and pain throughout her early life, but was able to overcome and cast away the trauma. Her new book, ENTERING YOUR OWN HEART: A Guide to Developing Self Love, Inner Peace and Happiness is an eye-opening integrated perspective on understanding and attaining true self love, based on her own healing and her 33+ years providing mind/body/spirit psychotherapy. In the second half hour tune in as Patricia interviews Emily Bartlett and Laura Erlich who will discuss how your lifestyle may be inhibiting your ability to conceive, what you can do about it and how to get over this critical infertility hump. These two fertility professionals and authors will guide you on a path to making the nutritional and lifestyle changes you need through their book, FEED YOUR FERTILITY: Your Guide to Cultivating a Healthy Pregnancy with Chinese Medicine, Real Food, and Holistic Living.

It's no accident that we talk about fertile soil being the foundation of a vibrant garden. Fertility is not simply about being able to get pregnant, but being able to carry that child to term and provide the essential nourishment they need to have all the resources required to grow into a healthy and vital life.    Much of the so-called common knowledge about "good" nutrition really needs an update. And that is the topic of this week's show, as we explore traditional foods that not only promote fertility, but promote a vibrant, healthy life as well.      If you think that low-fat, fruit sweeten yogurt is a healthy choice for breakfast, then listening to this show will open your eyes to the importance of whole foods, essential fats and nutrient dense foods.