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I'm talking with Naava Carman from The Fertility Support Company. Naava is a seasoned acupuncturist and herbalist specialising in fertility and gynaecological issues. Naava shares her journey into acupuncture, her specialisation in complex fertility cases, and her holistic approach to treatment. We discuss: Naava's journey into acupuncture began with her own health challenges. How she specialises in complex fertility cases, often involving multiple health issues. Why education and empowerment are key components of her treatment approach. How she integrates traditional Chinese medicine with conventional medical practices. The diploma she created aims to elevate the standards of fertility acupuncture. Future trends in fertility treatments include a focus on immune health. For acupuncture practitioners you can find out more about The Advanced Diploma in Fertility Acupuncture here. You can find a Fertility Acupuncture practitioner with this qualification here. This podcast is sponsored by⁠⁠ Invivo Healthcare⁠⁠, the human microbiome company restoring human health and ecology with seamlessly connected testing, supplements and education. 

*Trigger warning: this podcast episode discusses infertility.*Your husband quits his job to help you build the next phase of your business only for the panic of the pandemic to hit just a couple of months later.Your thriving face-to-face career supporting women in their 40s through complex fertility issues needs to pivot…fast…but you're homeschooling one child while breastfeeding another. And you're beginning to wonder how you're going to pay the bills. What would you do?For Naava Carman, necessity was the mother of invention. She quickly realised she could share her knowledge to build a global online training platform for practitioners keen to support women in their fertility journey. And as you'll hear, Naava's story shows it's possible to:➡️ Successfully redefine the roles in marriage to allow for the creation of a business that is joyful for both people.➡️ Navigate down periods and setbacks and come out stronger… if you allow your entrepreneurial brain the freedom to explore ideas.➡️ Get help for complex fertility issues, particularly when you're in your 40sHere's what to listen out for:[00:58] The panic of wondering how to pay the bills. [04:26] Swapping roles in a marriage + when setbacks become comebacks. [07:24] Navigating the ups and downs of business.[09:28] Holding yourself accountable. [11:02] Advancing support for fertility issues.Ready to learn more? Press play now. ▶️▶️▶️  Love our podcast? Leave a review and get hold of our Quick Start Podcast Guide.For details of links and resources in this episode, please visit TechPixies.comWant to get in touch? We'd love to hear from you.Follow us on social media @techpixies and ping us a DM or drop us a line at support@techpixies.com Thanks for listening!

Val Kelly, the brains behind the Mid-Atlantic VoiceOver Conference, joins Anne Ganguzza in a special BOSS preview of MAVO. The BOSSES discuss Val's journey into voiceover, the challenges and lessons learned from organizing the conference, and the evolution of MAVO over the years. Her passion for the craft is evident as she discusses creating her own company to champion voice actors, offering a fascinating glimpse into the challenges and rewards of hosting a successful conference. The BOSSES shares insights on adapting to online events, the importance of providing educational resources for voice actors, and the exciting lineup of speakers and sessions planned for the upcoming conference. With a diverse lineup of guests, this year's conference is a great event for anyone looking to elevate their skills and overcome the industry's evolving challenges. VO BOSSES can save $75 by using the code VOBOSS at checkout when purchasing your MAVO tickets 00:01 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Hey bosses, Anne Ganguzza here. Are you ready to take the next step in your voiceover career? At Anne Ganguzza Productions, I specialize in target marketing, coaching and demo production. That gets you booked. If you're thinking about elevating your performance or creating an awesome demo, check me out at anneganguzza.com.  00:24 - Intro (Announcement) It's time to take your business to the next level, the boss level. These are the premier business owner strategies and successes being utilized by the industry's top talent today. Rock your business like a boss a VO boss. Now let's welcome your host, Anne Ganguzza.  00:43 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Hey, hey everyone, welcome to the VO Boss Podcast. I'm your host, Anne Ganguzza, and today I am so excited and happy to be here with a very special guest voice actor and owner, president and very boss CEO of the Mid-Atlantic VoiceOver Conference, Val Kelly. Yay, hey, hi, val, it's so wonderful to have you here today.  01:08 - Val Kelly (Guest) Oh, thanks so much for having me on your show. I really appreciate it.  01:11 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Absolutely, and I'll tell you what I am so excited to talk to you today. Number one, first of all. So what does it take to be boss and CEO, not only just being a voice actor I know a lot of people that listen to the Boss podcast for us to be successful voice actors, but you're also an educator, which I love, and also to run a conference. Now my husband I'll just say my husband works, he's an event manager for multiple companies for many years and I know what it takes to run an event and it's no small task. So I'm excited to talk to you about yourself and what it took for you to become such a CEO of such a great event, and I'm excited. I'm going to let you talk, I swear I'm excited because it's my first year presenting with Amevo. So I'm very excited to do that this year and I'm already planning my wardrobe.  02:03 - Val Kelly (Guest) Oh my gosh, same same.  02:05 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) All right, what am I going to wear? So I'm very excited how many outfit switches.  02:09 - Val Kelly (Guest) Am I going to have Right?  02:11 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) exactly what are my costume changes. So let's first talk about you and how you got started in voiceover, because I know that you still are teaching, correct, yeah?  02:23 - Val Kelly (Guest) So I'm doing a little bit of everything. Yeah, nothing wrong with that, I'll tell you are teaching, correct?  02:26 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Yeah, so I'm doing a little bit of everything. Yeah, Nothing wrong with that. I'll tell you Nothing wrong with that, and especially if you're teaching, because that's just near and dear to my heart.  02:33 - Val Kelly (Guest) Yeah, absolutely. So I got started in voiceover in. About 1999 was when I first kind of stuck my foot in it a little bit and I didn't really know what I was doing of course, because back then there were only a handful of people that were really booking work. So basically, I just took a class and you know they were like oh, you have a lot of talent. Of course, like that's. You know, the typical thing when you take a class. They're like, oh, you should definitely do this with your life, you know.  03:06 And you're like, oh great, that's exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks for telling me what I wanted to hear. And then I took a class with these people for six weeks and then I recorded my first demo after six weeks, which was totally crazy. I had no idea what I was doing and it was a commercial demo, so I also really just had no concept of the technique or anything about what I was supposed to be doing.  03:30 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) And probably even the industry, right? I mean being educators. Right, we know Like six weeks is really nothing. It may not have been every day for six weeks. Right that you were training. You were probably training once a week yeah.  03:40 - Val Kelly (Guest) No, it was like once a week yeah exactly Exactly.  03:44 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) So yeah, being educators, we know it takes a while to acquire skills.  03:57 - Val Kelly (Guest) Yeah for sure. But I mean fast forward to basically 2011, when I just had my second daughter and I never stopped thinking about voiceover and I just said to my husband you know, I really want to get back into this, like I feel like I have a lot of talent to offer to this industry and I just really want to try and make something of it. You know, not give up teaching because I had been teaching French for such a long time and that's a big part of who I am as a person.  04:19 But I wanted to add this creative side that I have. I wanted to offer that as well. So I started training with a studio in New York and then just kept training with them for a couple of years with multiple coaches and things like that, and then it was probably 2010. 12 or 13 that I went to Voice Over Atlanta for the first time and I met so many people I think that's actually the first time that I met you and I was just so impressed by that whole event and everything like that, and so that really opened a lot of doors for me in the Voice Over world. I started booking more stuff after I went to that event and then a few more years passed and I just thought there's something here, like in this mid-Atlantic region, that's missing, you know, and I want to give back to the community in a way that's going to be helpful for other voice actors.  05:16 So I was flying to France actually on a trip, and I said to my best friend on the flight I was like what if I started my own company? And he's like, okay, he's like maybe you should get some best friend on the flight. I was like what if I started my own company? And he's like okay, he's like maybe you should get some more sleep on this flight. And I was like, no, but seriously. And he's like, oh, can we talk about this when we get to France? So the whole trip I was, you know, working and everything like that. It was for work, but I was also thinking, like, you know, I have a lot of ideas, like maybe I could really pull this together. So in 2014, I started Minute Landing VoiceOver and it was a real eye-opener, that first event with 28 people showed up for it.  05:56 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) you know Was your initial idea with your company? Was it to do specifically just the event, or was it just to start a company of your own to do voiceover? And it evolved.  06:06 - Val Kelly (Guest) I think my idea was to do this event but also to see where else I could take it you know what else could be offered through this company and then also to like expand it and kind of umbrella my own voiceover work underneath it, which ultimately it's separate from who I am as a voice actor. But that was something I kind of had to figure out a little bit later. But the first event was really great, even though it was tiny. It was absolutely tiny and I just I remember like calling you up and being like and what am I going to do? Like there's only 20 people signed up for my event, and you're like okay, val, okay, okay, let's send some email blasts.  06:45 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Yeah, I mean honestly, I think sometimes smaller is better. I have been at VO Atlanta since pretty much gosh every year, except for the first year, and there's something to be said. That's a big event and it got even bigger. But there's really something to be said for a small, intimate event and people can be overwhelmed by going to an event that is so large, especially those people starting out in the industry. So I think that your conference really serves a niche where it can make people feel more comfortable. It can be a first conference or it could be a 10th conference for them. There are just lots of people who feel comfortable in a smaller conference, a smaller environment. They feel that they get much more out of it. And so, yeah, with that first year being smaller, what did you learn?  07:28 I guess my question would be is and having organized my own smaller events not huge events, but, and also having a husband who works in the event industry, I know how much work it takes, especially when you want it to be a great conference and you want people to get something out of it. It's a lot of work behind the scenes that a lot of people don't see. What they see is a ticket price. And they say, oh, all they do is multiply that ticket price by the amount of attendees. And they say, well, you're making a ton of money. I mean, I don't understand, why is it so expensive? And I'm thinking to myself, oh my gosh, there are so many, so many things.  08:00 So let's talk about the evolution of this conference and things that you learned along the way. And had you planned an event before? I mean, did you love planning an event? Was it your first time? I mean, I liked planning my wedding and I thought, oh, I could do event planning. And then I'm like, well, you know what, it does take an awful lot of time. So what was going through your head when you're like, oh, it was fun to manage event, this is my first event. Was it your fifth event?  08:26 - Val Kelly (Guest) Yeah, that was my first, I mean, as you said, planning a wedding, which I did plan, my own wedding and that was a big. I loved it, it was great and I was very, very good at planning my wedding which I felt like was a good preparation for the first event, you know, I said to my husband I was like it's like planning a wedding every single year, except no one ever gets married. You know. And he was like yeah, okay.  08:51 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Except you to the event. You get married to your event. Yeah, yeah.  08:56 - Val Kelly (Guest) So yeah, I mean, I learned so much after that first year. I just learned so much about the business side of everything that I didn't know. You know, that was one thing. I wish that I had had more business training before I decided to start, because I had to learn everything. I mean, I had my friend help me figure out how to build a website. And that took. I mean just the countless hours of work that go into just trying to do everything yourself because you're starting out and you can't afford to hire anyone.  09:29 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Right, right.  09:30 - Val Kelly (Guest) And so those are the biggest lessons I've learned, I would say from the beginning until now is just every year I learn something new about the business and how to manage the money side of things. And you know, like you said, people look at the price and they go oh, she's making a billion dollars.  09:48 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) And it's like actually actually no.  09:51 - Val Kelly (Guest) Actually no because I have to pay for the venue, I have to pay for all the guest speakers, I have to pay for the marketing and all the stuff that goes into it.  09:59 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) And.  09:59 - Val Kelly (Guest) I do a lot of it myself, just simply for the fact that I am a small company. It's a boutique you know sized company and we kind of evolved into that whole boutique world where I had this idea Maybe this happened about five years ago where I said someone said to me, why don't you call it a boutique event?  10:19 And I was like, oh, that's cute you know, and that's how the whole thing kind of started and I was like, oh, that's cute, you know, and that's how the whole thing kind of started. And then I took it and really had to explain to people what does that even mean, you know? And just being a French teacher, it's like, well, when you think of a boutique, what do you think of? You think of like a high-end, smaller place where you're going shopping and you're buying super high-quality items and everything is planned down to to like every tiny detail you know, and that's kind of what I wanted to transfer to my event without being snobby about it, obviously, like you know.  10:54 So that's kind of how I delivered that message to people is just like think of it as a high-end boutique. You know you're coming in.  11:01 I'm hiring only the top tier talents that are in the industry, people that are not appearing at every single event every year because I want to offer something different, and once we had that, we kind of ran with in the conference as far as the number of people and just the organizational part of it and just understanding how things work. And then after that, 2018 was really great too. We skipped to 2017. And then in 2020, covid hit. So then we had to go from being what was supposed to be in-person event, switching it to an online event at the last minute, and that was totally crazy.  11:48 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) It was so nuts, I'm sure that was a whole new learning curve for you, because online events are so much different than in-person events and, plus, I don't know if you had already like secured a venue. At that point I mean because typically the planning for events like this it runs all year. That point I mean because typically the planning for events like this, it runs all year. Right, I mean, you're planning for this event, you're planning the next year before the one is even done, basically.  12:12 - Val Kelly (Guest) So when we had to take it online, luckily because it was COVID and out of your control type of scenario I was able to figure it out in enough time to say to the venue we're canceling. And then I took it to a virtual studio in Baltimore and I had someone do like the live streaming for me because. I had no idea what I was doing.  12:37 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) And I can vouch for that because myself doing mostly I mean after 2015, I stopped doing in-person events at my home and I started doing everything online and that live streaming. Back in the day, it hadn't really evolved or developed, and so there were lots of live streaming technologies that were just coming out, and so I literally yeah, I had to learn it myself, and then I also hired somebody to help me live stream it, and then I also wanted to do a hybrid event. So it was crazy having people at my house plus live streaming it online, and so that alone and especially if you want it to be a quality event right, that live stream you have to have good cameras, you have to have the ability for people to be able to switch between people that are presenting to the audience and just to make it engaging. Otherwise, one of the biggest complaints about COVID right and online teaching I'm sure you taught online as well was the fact that it was hard to engage, and I know that even today, people like they're fatigued by Zoom.  13:37 I still love it because I feel like Zoom filled a void for, let's say, just people that couldn't physically be together. I mean it was the next best thing. However, when you're trying to educate over an online platform, it really does become difficult or harder to engage people, and so running an online event you've got to be that much more paying attention to detail so that you can put on a great online event, and that is not a cheap thing to do either. To hire somebody for the cameras and that knows the technical backend to do the live streaming, to make the recordings right, you probably offer the recordings to be available for people who couldn't attend every session, and all that backend work on the website is crazy. It's crazy.  14:22 So I have a lot of respect for the fact that you were able to turn that around. And so, what year is it this year for Mavo? How many years has it been that you've been running?  14:31 - Val Kelly (Guest) So we've been in business since 2014. So, this is 10 years in business and it's actually our ninth conference this year, wow.  14:39 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) So there's a lot to be said for that as well, for the longevity of it. I mean the fact that you know you didn't give up after the first year and you weren't frustrated, right, because it's tough, I mean, and you learn as you go. So you must have a passion for this conference and a passion for putting together something great, educationally resourceful for the community, which I, as a teacher with a teacher heart, I can totally appreciate and respect. That because it's one of the reasons why I started the VO Boss podcast. It's one of the reasons why I did the VO Peeps networking groups, because I wanted to be able to provide a resource. And I believe that that's where your heart is in terms of wanting to provide a resource for the community.  15:18 Because I know it's not about the money and I always try to strive to remind people that venue costs are not cheap. I mean my gosh especially when you're talking about wanting to host someplace. Decent rentals of ballrooms and just sites are so expensive it's along the lines of like tens of thousands of dollars, I would imagine to do that and especially when you're doing it over multiple days and then you're trying to provide reasonably priced rooms for people, and especially when you're keeping it on a smaller scale. It must be harder to find a venue that wants to work on a smaller scale with you. Is that correct? Or they get more expensive.  16:00 - Val Kelly (Guest) I think it's not so much the venue that is not willing to work with you on a smaller scale, it's just the difficult balance, I think is, if you're saying, okay, we're only going to have 120 to 150 people, well, the venue isn't going to lower its price because of how many people you have, because they its price because of how many people you have, because they don't actually care how many people you have.  16:24 What you end up paying for is the meals that you provide. So that's where the big, big expense comes in with any type of food that you offer, because it's based on how many people, and so it's really a difficult challenge of saying like, okay, if we're going to keep it this small, then we actually have to raise the price, so that I can cover all of my costs and at first people were like whoa, what the heck.  16:50 And I was like guys, like you have to understand, like if you want me to hire good people to come in, like great people to come in and speak at this event, they won't do it for free and nor would I want them to, you know. So it's like that's the biggest. Biggest expense beyond the venue is the guest speakers.  17:10 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) You know Sure sure, I know how hard it is to sell to this industry because I mean, I sell events myself, I sell coaching services and demos, and so you're selling to an industry where I think we all wish we had more money to spend.  17:23 I mean, I think that's just human nature, I wish we had more money to spend. But especially when you're talking about a creative industry where it is their own business, they're all their own CEOs, they're all entrepreneurs and everybody's kind of just as they go learning the ropes of the business, of it all, it astounds me how much people are willing to spend for, let's say, performance classes, but yet business classes, which I think is imperative for us as voice actors and businesses to be able to make a profit right in order to support, support your habit, support your business, to pay the mortgage, to feed the family, that kind of thing. And so business skills are essential. And I know that your conference in the beginning it was very much geared towards, I would say, more animation and character, but you've evolved it now, especially because I'm involved, you've evolved it to really include many more genres. So let's talk a little bit about what you're offering this year and maybe last year, what you've done to kind of broaden the offerings of the conference.  18:31 - Val Kelly (Guest) Yeah, I mean, I think what we had to do was really gauge over the years what the level of interest was with. You know, everybody loves a good animation guest speaker because they're so interesting and everybody wants to work for well, maybe not everybody wants to work for Disney Channel but you know you know, and so that's kind of always where my creative mind went and like where do my interests lie?  18:58 a little bit selfishly, but not really, because it's like I know a lot of people are also interested in that. So I would always try to go with a keynote that was somehow involved with animation, just so.  19:10 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) It's a big seller. I know that, even A big seller. Yeah, it's a big seller.  19:15 - Val Kelly (Guest) So then last year we had Serena Irwin who is a casting director and she casts freelance for a lot of different studios and has been on Spongebob and she's amazing like, and I really tried to find somebody that was kind of off the grid a little bit for last year because I wanted to find a less mainstream type of person kind of, I guess I would say. And so it was really successful to have somebody who is a casting director, because getting that viewpoint for people like in the animation world, what are you actually looking for? You?  19:52 know, so for me that was very interesting, for a lot of people was very interesting. And then there have been certain years when we've offered a lot of you know know audio book stuff and it's not to say that we're not ever going to offer audio book guest speakers again. But I felt like for this year I wanted to kind of go in a different direction completely and I feel like having Tim Friedlander as the keynote is such an important thing because Tim is doing such amazing work for NAVA and the National.  20:23 Association of Voice Actors and I just have so much respect for him as a person and as an actor that I just felt like it was like the natural. That's what my creative mind was telling me to go in that direction for this year.  20:36 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) It's very relevant to the times in our industry. He's done a lot of work with NAava, along with Karin and the board, and they've done a lot of really wonderful work and so they're going to bring a lot of value, I believe, to your conference, absolutely. So let's talk about who else you have this year that might be different besides me, I mean, but we'll talk about me in a minute. I mean, we can talk about you.  20:58 Well, I'm just super excited to kind of bring what I consider my specialties all of the genres, the long format narration, all the stuff that I think right now is really it's important to be an actor, no matter what genre we're talking, whether it's animation, whether it's promo. I mean it's important to be an actor, and even more so now, with all of the synthetic voice, the AI stuff that's out there. It's more important than ever that we hone our skills as actors, and so I want to bring that aspect to the conference to help attendees that are looking to really up their game in the narration, which is a large part of the non-broadcast market out there, and so I'm happy to be there doing. Do you call it a breakout session or a session?  21:45 - Val Kelly (Guest) A mastery session.  21:46 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) A mastery session.  21:47 - Val Kelly (Guest) Yeah, the three-hour sessions are mastery ones and I'm so excited about especially about your e-learning one, because that's a genre for me that I've always wanted to explore and I haven't enough, and you should.  22:00 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) And you should because you're a teacher.  22:03 - Val Kelly (Guest) Yeah, it seems like a natural thing to kind of dive into that world a little bit. So I'm very excited, I'm very honored to have you this year and I think it's going to be really great. It's been a long time coming to actually be able to invite you and everything like that, and so I'm very very excited.  22:20 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Yeah, so I'm going to be doing two mastery sessions one on acting for narration, and that's all types of narration corporate, medical, all of the geeky narrations explainer and then also the other aspect of the narration genres, which would be e-learning or training. So I'm very excited to have one of each of those to address all those topics. And so, guys, in order to do this, you need to sign up for MAVO, and so hopefully you'll sign up and then you'll look for my mastery classes, but you've got a lot of amazing offerings this year for MAVO, so you want to talk about who else you have for mastery sessions.  23:02 - Val Kelly (Guest) I mean, we have so many great people on board. I'll just highlight a few of them because there's just so many. But Jessica Blue is coming and she's doing some sessions on dubbing live action dubbing and I'm so excited about that because I've never had the chance to meet her in person and we've never offered sessions on dubbing before at Mavo.  23:21 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) That's great.  23:22 - Val Kelly (Guest) So it's something brand new and very exciting for people. So she's amazing, so that will be really great. Ever Oliver is coming and offering a special teen program on Saturday only of the event, so that's for teens from ages 13 to 17.  23:37 Great and he's doing like animation, video game and commercial voice acting with them, so it'll be a great opportunity for kids to experience working with Everett, which is amazing and so much fun. Also, luanne Regis is coming and she's a casting director and she used to be a talent agent, and so she's going to be offering some great sessions at the conference as well. Just giving her from a casting director's perspective of what are we really looking for and I think that's what everybody really wants to know- is like what do I?  24:12 need to do to actually book this. And then, also really exciting, we have Daniel Ross, who is Donald Duck. He's an Emmy Award winning actor and it's so exciting to have him offering a mastery session on animation and making bold choices, which is so, so important in the character world of trying to book those roles when you have so much competition with everybody trying to also audition for them.  24:40 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) So, yeah, I mean, there's so many people.  24:43 - Val Kelly (Guest) It's a long list.  24:45 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) So how can bosses sign up for MAVO this year? Where do they go? What's the website? All that stuff.  24:52 - Val Kelly (Guest) Yeah, so wwwmidatlanticvocom, and they're going to click on MAVO events at the top tab and it will bring up all the events that we have going on. We have some like happy hours that go on virtually beforehand, so it 'll mostly be like every other week from now until the actual conference takes place and people can come to those happy hours online for free or they can like make a donation to Mabo if they want to. That's always an option like just to help support the company, but they can also certainly come for free and we're happy to have everybody there to just like network and chat. But yeah, everything is on the website the schedule and all about all the guest speakers and yeah, Fantastic, and you're going to be offering a special discount just for bosses.  25:43 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) For boss listeners out there, talk a little bit about that and how they can achieve that discount.  25:49 - Val Kelly (Guest) Yeah. So for the VO boss listeners, we're going to offer a $75 discount and you can just go to the website and click on Get Tickets and when you go to checkout you're going to just enter the code VOBOSS and it will take that $75 off for you on full weekend tickets.  26:08 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) Awesome, that is so helpful, and guys don't forget to sign up for my mastery sessions and I'm also doing is it an hour long session too, which is for everybody at the conference. Oh yeah, there's a general session too, so that would be really great as well. Great Well, val, it has been such a pleasure chatting with you about Mayvo. I'm so excited and of course I'll just continue to plan my wardrobe.  26:33 - Val Kelly (Guest) Same same but.  26:34 - Anne Ganguzza (Host) I'm so excited because you do have a wonderful lineup and I'm excited, of course, to see all of my friends and colleagues again. Wonderful lineup, and I'm excited, of course, to see all of my friends and colleagues again and I'm excited to work with the amazing talent that I know is going to be there in this boutique, wonderful, intimate setting for Mavo. So thanks again for joining me and I'm going to give a great big shout out to our sponsor, ipdtl. You too can connect and network like bosses. Find out more at IPDTLcom Val. Thanks again, bosses. You guys have an amazing week and I'll see you next week. All right, take care, bye-bye.  27:12 - Intro (Announcement) Join us next week for another edition of VO Boss with your host, anne Ganguza, and take your business to the next level. Sign up for our mailing list at vo boss comm and receive exclusive content, industry revolutionizing tips and strategies and new ways to rock your business like a boss. Redistribution with permission. Coast to coast connectivity via IPD TL.   

In this episode, I interview Naava Carman. Naava is a fertility acupuncturist & herbalist that specializes in working with complex fertility cases and women over 40. She also trains other Chinese medicine practitioners all over the world in her Fertility Support trained program. We have a wonderful chat in this episode about so many things to consider in tricky fertility cases. It's a great listen for women TTC and practitioners that support women TTC alike. Some highlights from this episode: Working with more complex cases as your skills advance When do consider reproductive immunology: Early miscarriages, embryos that don't implants, unexplained infertility, autoimmune conditions, egg donation that doesn't result in pregnancy Optimize fertility by optimizing health Your BBT during your period does matter Connect with Naava: Website - https://www.fertilitysupport.co.uk/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/fertilitysupport/ Find a Fertility Support Expert near you - https://www.fertilitysupport.expert/ 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

Naava- Neshma Academy Of Acting And Voice Acting Presents One Day Online Workshop, 30th July 2023Registration Link For the Workshop - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqeBFc3BiR3v9DoetCs9Qt3otHfIFQgnHDt3ZZ1gMSOgnjuA/viewformNeshma Chemburkar, is a legendary voice artist with over 35 years of industry experience! With acting running in her veins, being the daughter of renowned actors and theatre veterans, Sulbha Mantri and Nitin Mantri, Neshma's passion for performance was evident from a young age. Starting her journey as a stage actor and dubbing artist at the tender age of 5, she quickly made her mark in the world of entertainment.Throughout her illustrious career, Neshma has graced the stage with her exceptional talent, performing in numerous Marathi and Gujarati plays, both professionally and at the state level. Her brilliance in acting has even earned her the prestigious Maharashtra State Best Actress award for her remarkable stage performances.As a versatile dubbing artist, Neshma has left an indelible mark in the world of animation. She is most recognized for lending her voice to the character Misty (Kasumi) in the first two seasons of the Cartoon Network Hindi dub of the Pokémon anime series for Crest Animation Studios. Despite facing a temporary break due to pregnancy in 2004, Neshma's unmatched talent eventually brought her back to voice May (Haruka) in the Hungama TV dub of the Advanced Generation era of the Pokémon anime series in 2015, produced in-house by UTV Software Communications.Beyond Pokémon, Neshma has been the Hindi voice for Blossom in the original The Powerpuff Girls and the official Hindi voice actress for Velma Dinkley in the beloved Scooby-Doo animated movie franchise since 2012. She has also portrayed Velma in various Scooby-Doo TV shows, including Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, and Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? showcasing her incredible versatility as a voice artist.Notably, Neshma's talent extends to Hollywood productions as well, as she gave her voice to Judy Hopps in the smash-hit Oscar-winning 2016 Disney movie, Zootopia, for the Hindi dub that enthralled audiences on the Movies OK channel in 2017. Recently, she once again mesmerized viewers as the Hindi dubbing voice of Velma in the 2023 HBO Max original series, Velma. Neshma Chemburkar is the Hindi voice of chi chi in dragon ballz, the official hindi voice of Blackwidow, Hindi voice of may in pokemon etc

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Zehn Tage Musik, feiern, essen und trinken: Nach zwei Jahren Corona-Pause konnte die Maiwoche wieder starten. Wie das Fazit der Betreiber ausfällt, hörst du in unserem Schwerpunkt.

Finding Hope and Inspiration In Infertility | Naava Carman Naava has been in practice for 22 years and spends most of her time working with tricky multi-faceted Reproductive Immunology issues in women over 40 such as recurrent miscarriage, unexplained infertility and multiple failed ART cycles, and supporting diverse folks in bigger and trans bodies on their reproductive journeys. When she isn't practicing, Naava spends time Mentoring other Practitioners, and runs the Fertility Support Trained Community. You can check out her training on www.fertilitysupport.training which houses The Advanced Level Diploma in Fertility Acupuncture. This is the most comprehensive integrated medicine course available to help Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners gain an in-depth understanding of some of the most complex areas issues in fertility, such as the role of the immune system and how Traditional Chinese Medicine can support artificial reproductive techniques like IVF, IUI and ICSI. Topics covered in this episode: Root Causes of Infertility Epigenetics Autoimmunity Pre-Pregnancy Preparation Microbiome of the Body Birth Control & Fertility Impacts Natural Options of Birth Control Emotional Load of Infertility Social Infertility BMI Estrogenics Chinese Medicine Referenced in the episode: The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 157 | How to Work with our Genes, Instead of Against Them. | Erika Gray, PharmD The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 166 | Younger You | Dr. Kara Fitzgerald The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 124. | Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America | Gerald Posner The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 130 How Insulin Resistance Affects the Whole Body | Casey Means The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 14 | Radical Self Acceptance | Virgie Tovar The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep 87 | The Dangerous Impact of Estrogen on Your Health | Dr. Anthony Jay To learn more about Naava Carman and her work, head over to www.fertilitysupport.expert IG @fertilitysupport __________________________________________________________ Somavedic is a device that can reliably mitigate unwanted influences of: EMF radiation (4G/5G, WiFi, phones) Geopathic stress, water crosses Curry and Hartmann lines Oxidative stress / Free radicals Head over to www.somavedic.com and use the code: LKE to save 10% off. __________________________________________________________ The BioMat Professional is an FDA 510K Class II medical device that harnesses the best of nature's wisdom to activate your inner healing power. Filled with 18lbs of Amethyst channels, the BioMat is powerful at alleviating pain, inflammation, and stress as well as improving sleep and immunity. Head to www.lindseyelmore.com/biomat and you could be on your way to relaxation and less stress and fatigue throughout your day. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ We hope you enjoyed this episode. Come check us out at www.lindseyelmore.com/podcast.

In this episode, we hear a fertility specialist's perspective on healthcare from Naava Carman. She joins Rob Oliver on the Perspectives on Healthcare Podcast from her practice in the UK. Naava specializes in fertility, especially for populations that have complex issues related to fertility. She is a member of Generation X. In addition to acupuncture, she also is an herbalist and educator. Here are 3 things that stood out as Naava Carman shared a fertility specialist's perspective on healthcare: · An integrated form of medical practice utilizes multiple modalities of treatments, a wide variety of remedies and a consortium of practitioners · Empowerment comes from providing patients with the information they need to make informed decisions · From a healthy couple comes the best chance for a healthy child You can learn more about Naava Carman through her website: Website: http://www.fertilitysupport.training/ Website: http://www.fertilitysupport.co.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/naavacarman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fertilitysupporttraining Instagram: http://instagram.com/fertilitysupport To connect with the show on social media use the links below: Twitter: http://twitter.com/yourkeynoter Facebook: http://facebook.com/yourkeynoter Instagram: http://instagram.com/yourkeynoter LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/yourkeynoter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ub8CjRQAmXsOEA4s9AYbw We would love to hear from you. Visit the “Contact Us” form: https://www.perspectivesonhealthcare.com/contact/ Look around the website for more Perspectives on Healthcare. Disclaimer: All opinions expressed by guests on the Perspectives on Healthcare Podcast are solely the opinion of the guest. They are not to be misconstrued as medical diagnoses or medical advice. Please consult with a licensed medical professional before attempting any of the treatments suggested.

In this episode, we hear a fertility specialist's perspective on healthcare from Naava Carman. She joins Rob Oliver on the Perspectives on Healthcare Podcast from her practice in the UK. Naava specializes in fertility, especially for populations that have complex issues related to fertility. She is a member of Generation X. In addition to acupuncture, she also is an herbalist and educator. Here are 3 things that stood out as Naava Carman shared a fertility specialist's perspective on healthcare: · An integrated form of medical practice utilizes multiple modalities of treatments, a wide variety of remedies and a consortium of practitioners · Empowerment comes from providing patients with the information they need to make informed decisions · From a healthy couple comes the best chance for a healthy child You can learn more about Naava Carman through her website: Website: http://www.fertilitysupport.training/ Website: http://www.fertilitysupport.co.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/naavacarman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fertilitysupporttraining Instagram: http://instagram.com/fertilitysupport To connect with the show on social media use the links below: Twitter: http://twitter.com/yourkeynoter Facebook: http://facebook.com/yourkeynoter Instagram: http://instagram.com/yourkeynoter LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/yourkeynoter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ub8CjRQAmXsOEA4s9AYbw We would love to hear from you. Visit the “Contact Us” form: https://www.perspectivesonhealthcare.com/contact/ Look around the website for more Perspectives on Healthcare. Disclaimer: All opinions expressed by guests on the Perspectives on Healthcare Podcast are solely the opinion of the guest. They are not to be misconstrued as medical diagnoses or medical advice. Please consult with a licensed medical professional before attempting any of the treatments suggested.

Naava has been in practice for 22 years and spends most of her time working with tricky multi-faceted Reproductive Immunology issues in women over 40 such as recurrent miscarriage, unexplained infertility and multiple failed ART cycles. She also supports a diverse range of people in bigger and trans bodies on their reproductive journeys which includes fertility preservation, supporting the miscarriage and grief process and optimising fertility to avoid the expense of IVF. When she isn't practicing, Naava spends time Mentoring other Practitioners, and runs the Fertility Support Trained Community. You can check out her training on www.fertilitysupport.training. Naava and I discuss all types of fertility issues in men and women, discuss issues and practices with bigger and Trans bodies and Male sperm. You have to stay to times for the plastic wrap bit……. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mid-life/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mid-life/support

“Rest and self care are so important… you cannot serve from an empty vessel.”― Eleanor Brownn Do you have a self care list? In these extraordinarily difficult times the balance between service and self care and has never been more difficult to maintain. Most of us in the last year have, at least at some point, been in a "fight-or-flight" state which has many negative consequences for our health. Clare Pyers and Naava Carman talk openly about their personal journeys and discuss ways to keep you and your patients in a balanced state.Naava's Current Life Hackshttps://www.getsensate.com/https://www.kingyaa.co.za/birthing-beyond-the-binary

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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Naava Frank and Ziva Mann, authors of the article “How to Reduce Stress and Increase Learning: The Power of Professional Networks,” join Jessica and Bob to discuss how our network connections can help support us in difficult times. Naava is the director of Knowledge… Continue Reading How Networks Can Help Reduce Stress (S. 2, Ep. 2)

Albert Einstein wrote that “Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world; all knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it.” If you specialise in Women's Health and Fertility then this episode of Heavenly Qi is essential listening. With nearly 40 years of combined experience co-hosts Naava Carman and Clare Pyers delve into past cases, examining what they have learned and what they would do different.Naava has been in practice over 20 years and spends most of her time working with tricky multi-faceted Reproductive Immunology issues in women over 40 such as recurrent miscarriage, unexplained infertility and multiple failed ART cycles. When she isn't practicing, Naava runs the Fertility Support Trained Community. You can check out her training on www.fertilitysupport.training which houses The Advanced Level Diploma in Fertility Acupuncture. This is the most comprehensive integrated medicine course available to help Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners gain an in-depth understanding of some of the most complex issues in fertility, such as the role of the immune system and how Traditional Chinese Medicine can support artificial reproductive techniques like IVF, IUI and ICSI.

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Fertility Acupuncture is something you may have heard of, but what is Advanced Fertility Acupuncture? About Naava Carmen Naava Carman is a Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncturist and herbalist who has specialised in treating female and male fertility, gynaecology and obstetrics for over 20 years. Her London practice is focused on women who are 38-45 years old with complex, multifaceted fertility issues, such as autoimmune disorders, unexplained infertility, failed IVF, recurrent miscarriage, hypermobility, PCOS, endometriosis and other inflammatory conditions.Naava is also a committed educator, having run training courses and given lectures across the UK and internationally for a number of years. Last year she launched her own online training platform for practitioners wishing to gain an Advanced Level Diploma in Fertility Acupuncture. Naava is a member of the RCHM, a registered Supervisor for the British Acupuncture Council and a Mentor for Doula UK. Naava and I share many common ground areas in our ethos and thinking within the Fertility Arena. I was particularly interested in finding out more about her acupuncture practice and the Diploma for practitioners. Science based Naava shared some interesting information regarding the effects of acupuncture. If you've heard me speak before, you will know she spoke my language as it was science based, with mention of an MRI study showing body systems affected during acupuncture. We discussed the importance of using Chinese medicine, including fertility acupuncture and herbs along side western medicine. She also discussed a subject I always refer to, the importance of doing the work 3 cycles before conception. Another subject you've heard me take about before is how male fertility factors can be too simply overlooked in the medical profession, particularly DNA Fragmentation. Naava also shared some fascinating research findings regarding sperm health in males conceived via Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI). Advanced Level Diploma in Fertility Support Acupuncture The Advanced Level Diploma in Fertility Support Acupuncture developed by Naava has 5 modules and covers more complex fertility issues including immunology factors, PCOS, Endometriosis, obstetrics to name a few. It is an excellent course for acupuncturists and requires a high level of clinical understanding and clinical experience, before yo can be a registered practioner. You've heard e talk about the importance of support before and Naava explains how she too offers support as well as knowledge, expertise guidance and treatment. This is a huge part of working with someone on this important and challenging journey. Her company is actually called the Fertility Support Company. It is always a pleasure to chat with Naava, and I'm thrilled that I was able to bring this episode to you Contact info You can find more details of her and her clinic and a list a registered practitioners here For details of the advanced level Practitioner diploma, you can find more details here Follow Fertility Support on Facebook and Instagram

Naava Carman is a Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncturist and herbalist who has specialised in treating female and male fertility, gynaecology and obstetrics for over 20 years. Her London practice is focused on women who are 38-45 years old with complex, multifaceted fertility issues, such as autoimmune disorders, unexplained infertility, failed IVF, recurrent miscarriage, hypermobility, PCOS, endometriosis and other inflammatory conditions.     Naava is also a committed educator, having run training courses and given lectures across the UK and internationally for a number of years. Last year she launched her own online training platform for practitioners wishing to gain an Advanced Level Diploma in Fertility Acupuncture. Naava is a member of the RCHM, a registered Supervisor for the British Acupuncture Council and a Mentor for Doula UK.

In this week's episode we discuss:The difference between a working mom and a career-minded momHow having children can actually help you find yourselfHow Naava and Ima Kadima successfully changed the parental leave law for the benefit of men!Why supporting fathers is actually so importantWhy hiring a mother is not a liability for a company, but why it can actually be a HUGE asset!This conversation is so inspiring and I hope you enjoy it!Connect with Naava and her little corner of the internet here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/naavaposy/https://www.facebook.com/NaavZPoZhttps://www.instagram.com/naavari/Join ImaKadima's incredible tribe of career-minded mothers here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ImaKadima/Want more information about ImaKadima?https://www.facebook.com/pg/imakadima/ 

Vi andas in så mycket olika partiklar, kemikalier och gifter varje dag. Andning och syre är något som är livsviktigt för oss ( för hela kroppen) därför jobbar Andreas med att bygga upp växtväggar - NAAVA jobbar med biologisk rening av inomhusluft. Besök deras hemsida och SE filmerna på vilken skillnad deras experiment gjort på barn i skolor.Naava är design - teknologi och natur i ett och samma paket. Idag är naturen ett av det mest omtalade ämnena så varför inte prata om hur vi kan vara nära naturen varje dag? Naturen lugnar nämligen oss och Andreas berättar om företag som känner skillnaden med växtväggana.Struktur och planering är Andreas väldigt duktig på och han inspirerar och motiverar många i sin omgivning.Kallbad kan låta helt galet? Men detta är väldigt nyttigt för din kropp, Andreas berättar varför han gjorde detta.Inspiration@vadsadusadupodcast@plantbasedathletehttps://www.naava.io/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Can you really increase your cognition by over 60% just by spending time in nature? Naava CEO and Co-Founder, Aki Soudunsaari, explains the problems with indoor air, why you may want to spend more time outside, and how to upgrade your office air. Who is Aki Soudunsaari? Aki lives and breathes entrepreneurship, which he defines as "ideas into action". Equipped with over 10 years of experience, he is a true expert of growth venturing with a passion for human behavior, winning teams, educational leadership and company culture. After working as a teacher of physical education and health sciences, Aki worked on his PhD in the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics and was a visiting scholar in Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at San Jose State University. He ran Global Venture Labs' growth venturing programs for a few years, where multidisciplinary students solved companies problems and learned entrepreneurial thinking and processes. Aki's personal mission is to improve people's health, happiness and performance. During his PhD work he met Naava's co-founder Niko, and this led to the birth of Naava. Six years later, Naava has grown from an innovative experiment of two young men, to a global business. Naava brings nature indoors, creating natural environments where we can feel healthier and happier. Aki has been nominated for EY's Entrepreneur of the Year (2017), PWC’s Most Valuable Entrepreneur (2015) and Young Academic Entrepreneur (2014) awards. He was invited by the President of Finland to join the Finland 100-year ceremonies in 2017, and he has been a keynote speaker at tens of different seminars, events, and conferences. Key Highlights: [5:00] How bad is the air quality in the world? [7:00] 61% increase in cognitive performance from improvement in indoor air [9:12] The benefits of having plants indoors [10:09] Indoor air quality is much worse than outdoor [15:40] The problem with humidity in our buildings [18:25] How Naava got started [22:31] Testing air quality [24:21] It's all about the microbes [27:39] Your microbiome and air quality [30:19] How Naava works [38:12] The range of effectiveness for a Naava [40:38] Controlling our nervous system with plants [40:47] Aki answers the final questions Resources Mentioned: Naava's website Promoting human health through forests: overview and major challenges Shinrin-yoku (forest-air bathing and walking) effectively decreases blood glucose levels in diabetic patients Associations of Cognitive Function Scores with Carbon Dioxide, Ventilation, and Volatile Organic Compound Exposures in Office Workers: A Controlled Exposure Study of Green and Conventional Office Environments NASA Microbial Research NASA - Interior Landscape Plants for Indoor Air Pollution Abatement Continue Your High-Performance Journey with Aki and Naava LinkedIn - Aki LinkedIn - Naava Naava's website Sponsor What brands of blue light blockers do we recommend? BluBlox is definitely a go to. The CEO Andy Mant on the show before where we got into a really deep dive on blue light. If you get any amount of blue light in your glasses, no matter if it’s 3%, 10%, it disrupts melatonin production. So Andy has created blue light blockers that hold up to the highest standards. And in fact, you can see he’s tested it versus other brands and that they always come out on top. Quality matters. If you head over to blublox.com and plug in the code “DS15”, you’re going to get 15% off your order. Disclaimer This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. This is being provided as a self-help tool to help you understand your genetics, biodata and other information to enhance your performance. It is not medical or psychological advice. Virtuosity LLC is not a doctor. Virtuosity LLC is not treating, preventing, healing, or diagnosing disease. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment. For the full Disclaimer, please go to (Decodingsuperhuman.com/disclaimer). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Naava is an author, speaker and consultant. She is an expert on building an engaged network around the ideas of a thought leader or a cause. We discuss: How to understand the value of a network Where you can see networks in action, sometimes in unexpected places How networks can be formal or informal Why it’s important to be part of diverse networks How to build your networks strategically and intentionally: See your network, Know your network, Follow the golden rule, Connect your network Why you should reach out to your network Naava’s clients have included umbrella organizations, associations, non profit organizations and congregations across the country including: Massachusetts Service Alliance, Jewish Education Project of New York, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston, and Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. Naava is currently a Network Champion at the Community Roundtable, a premier firm working with major corporations to make business communities successful. Naava’s system helps thought leaders build a network of people who follow them and communicate on an ongoing basis around the ideas they bring to the world. Naava was awarded her Ed.D. from Harvard University, and she lives in New York. Naava’s free gift – an assessment tool for your network – can be found at www.knowledgecommunities.com/smashingtheplateau (http://www.knowledgecommunities.com/smashingtheplateau) . Learn more about Naava at Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Knowledge-Communities-49085140994/) . (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/smashing-the-plateau) Facebook Twitter LinkedIn 0Shares

Boomerang's Justin Payeur joins us to share how an app can make screen time easier at bedtime and during summertime. Plus, we chat with Smart Nora's Behrouz Hariri about how smart tech can help your partner from snoring up a storm (so you get a better night's sleep). We also talk to the founder of Naava, a smart green wall business that is bringing nature inside (and improving air quality at the same time). In Socially Speaking, we debate if Apple has lost its way by diving into original content and what we think of Planet of the Apps.

Today on the podcast I'm tackling yet another important - but not talked enough about - topic; the recurrent miscarriage. Baby loss is taboo enough as it is, but recurrent miscarriage is even more so, and neither should be. To help me, I'm joined by Naava Carman, who specialises in working with women who experience a recurrent miscarriage through her clinic in London. Naava blends Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with the Western approach to medicine to help women on their fertility journey. Recurrent Miscarriage The term recurrent miscarriage is defined as the loss of three of more pregnancies. If this is your situation then I please just let me give you a big hug. This is one situation where I find myself at a loss for words because I simply cannot imagine how hard it must be. Any talk that suggests hope feels a little crass because I'm all too aware of the emotional weight that rests on the pregnancy outcome. But when I spoke to Naava, I did find myself thinking about how her work does offer hope to women on such a journey. But not wishy-washy hope; a hope of a more practical nature with a rooting in science. Her work blending traditional Chinese Medicine with the Western approach certainly sounds like a fresh approach that is bringing results to many, so much so that Naava's reputation precedes her. FREE DOWNLOAD I'm sorry but this free guide is no longer available.  If you are looking for super useful resources such as this then join the Fearless Mama Ship. Find out more here. About Naava Carman Naava Carman is a fully qualified member of the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine and of the British Acupuncture Council. She founded The Fertility Support Company in 2006, and has been in practice for almost twenty years.  She is a highly experienced fertility, gynaecological and obstetric acupuncturist and herbalist, and is also a Recognised Doula (birthing assistant) and Doula Mentor with Doula UK. Naava specialises in using acupuncture as part of an innovative method of treating gynaecological and fertility problems, combining Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western diagnostic techniques and Western medicine. Her Fertility Support System, which is a three-month programme, is designed to tackle the underlying causes of infertility and helps men and women to enhance their chances of conception naturally and in conjunction with IVF and IUI. Acupuncture is ideal for rebalancing hormones, inducing ovulation and preparing the body for a natural or assisted conception. It can also help a patient to manage and overcome distressing symptoms and can be used through pregnancy, working to help prevent miscarriage and treat symptoms such as morning sickness and lower back pain. Men can also be treated to help increase their sperm count and the quality of sperm produced. Her areas of speciality include the treatment of Recurrent Miscarriage, PCOS, Endometriosis and Poor Sperm Motility. Naava says, “Many of my patients have been told that they will never conceive – even with IVF or IUI – but often this is not the case. Medically, they may run out of options, but acupuncture combined with Chinese Herbal Medicine, nutrition and lifestyle changes can and does result in the impossible becoming very possible indeed.”  The Fertility Support Company www.fertilitysupportcompany.co.uk [spp-player]

How to hack the air we breathe at home and in the office to improve health, thinking, creativity, decision making and happiness?  In most large cities, indoor air quality is destroying health and making people less productive, but there are simple steps anyone can take to improve air quality today. In this episode, I talk to Aki Soudunsaari, CEO of NAAVA, the company changing the world's offices' and homes' indoor air with smart green walls powered by combining real plants and smart technology. We talk about what they have learned about improving and "naturalizing" offices and homes around the world, and what actions to take. We talk about - How Aki's personal struggles lead him to find solutions and create a novel science based solution for improving air quality - Why the air we breathe affects are health, performance, decision making and happiness - How toxins, fire retardants, excess carbon dioxide, pollutants, moulds and fungi affect air quality in modern buildings around the world - Problems and risks arising from poor air quality, from brain fog to asthma - Why millions of offices are suffering from poor air quality - What are the leading causes for poor indoor air and how to eliminate them - What steps anyone can take today to hack their home and office air for better health

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On this call, my guest was Naava Piatka, whom I met when we both coached in Life Directions. Naava, terminally ill with cancer, had just published her book, "No Goodbyes, A Father-Daughter Memoir of Love, War and Resurrection." This is one show you'll want your Kleenex handy for. It was Naava's last interview, as she passed away two weeks after our chat.