Embrace Fertility

Embrace Fertility

By Naomi WoolfsonHealth & FitnessMental Health
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Embrace Fertility episodes

  • But what if I don’t feel thankful?
    A little love notes talking about embracing all emotions during Thanksgiving and Christmas this year and an invitation to my free coping at Christmas workshop this Sunday 29th of November 3pm EST / 8pm GMT. You can sign up here www.embracefertility.co.Uk/start-here. In this episode I quote the lovely @xojennijune Who was my podcast guest two episodes ago.
    9 min
  • How your thoughts impact your fertility journey - Interview with Kezia Ashley Okafor

    Fantastic interview talking all things mindset, thoughts and feelings. 

    All about Kezia

    "Through my own journey through secondary (in)fertility I was introduced to therapy and then mindset work – both in their own ways changed my life and change my experience of infertility. Therapy helped me to see that there was a missing link between infertility and its impact on mental health. Mindset work helped me to put into practice what therapy describes in theory. I now use both in my work to help women through their journey of infertility.

    I wrote Flipping the Script on Infertility to share what I discovered through my fertility struggles, I take you on a journey of self-therapy and mindset practices that will really help you to discover who you are and why infertility is impacting you in the way that it is.

    I am a true believer that no matter the outcome every woman deserves to know she is worthy and find fulfilment in her life today and every day.

    All the best

    Kezia x"

    Connect with Kezia

    Author of Flipping the Script on Infertility

    Instagram: @theinfertilitycounsellor

    Facebook: @theinfertilitycounsellor

    Twitter: kezia_okafor

    First time visiting Embrace Fertility?

    Subscribe on Youtube for bi-monthly fertility expert interviews and head over here to sign up for your free 'Fertile Thoughts Activation Pack' and find relief from anxiety and repetitive negative thinking while enhancing your fertility.

    1 hr 6 min
  • Energetic blocks, Reiki and healing while trying to conceive and following miscarriage

    Every week for the next month I will be bringing you fantastic interviews with fertility experts.

    This week is Jenni June and we are talking about healing after loss:

    Jenni's words: I first discovered Reiki healing after my 2nd Ectopic Pregnancy. I was in the depths of my pain after losing a very wanted pregnancy and losing my last fallopian tube. Not knowing where to turn, I found a Reiki healer and was curious to try anything to help me move forward in my grief. What I was surprised by is how much that one decision changed my life… I walked out of my appointment with feeling like the heavy brick that I had settled on my chest after loss, lifted! I could take a full breath in for the very first time in a long time!

    Reiki is the life energy that flows through all living things. It heals by flowing through the body’s energy field (aura) and charging it with positive energy. What’s so special is that energy has no physical boundaries, so while we are all stuck in our homes, you can receive a healing treatment from anywhere in the world!

    Energetic/ancestor Blocks

    We are all energy and our bodies hold onto stress and trauma is many different ways. I often see in my clients that their chakra centers are energetic blocked. In one particular case, it was blocked by ancestor trauma or trauma from a past life. Reiki healing works to break up the blocked chakras and clear them with positive energy that helps you move beyond- to heal and to live with a radical love for yourself again!Benefits of Reiki after loss or through Infertility:

    • Cleanse, balance and strengthen the energy body: clearing blocked or stagnant energy, restoring the normal flow of energy and reinforcing the body’s innate ability to heal itself.
    • Focus on the Sacral Chakra, the energy point just below the belly button that governs the reproductive organs.
    • Help you step off the stress rollercoaster and return to a place of mental and emotional peace while trying to conceive.
    • Release the negative energy of past events and emotional trauma that may be a barrier to conception.
    • Deeply relax the mind and body to let go of the stress and anxiety of trying to get pregnant.
    • Replace your doubts and fears with positivity and love for your amazing body.
      • All about Jenni

      Jenni June is a Pregnancy Loss & Infertility Coach, a Reiki Practitioner and a Meditation Instructor. She supports those who have experienced an invisible loss- the loss of a pregnancy or the dream of having a child either through miscarriage or infertility. Guiding her community through all stages of the healing journey, she holds loving space for them to discover whole body healing, learn how to release fear & anxiety through mindfulness and the help of Reiki. When working with Jenni, her clients experience high levels of confidence, inspiration, growth and move into the next stage of life with a fierce love for themselves and a connection to their body after loss.

      Connect with Jenni

      Instagram: @XOJenniJune 

      Facebook: XO Jenni June Coaching 

      Website: www.XOJenniJune.com

      Connect with me:

      www.embracefertility.co.uk

      https://www.instagram.com/embracefertility/

      https://www.facebook.com/embracefertility/



      59 min
    • Transforming worry too hope while #ttc
      The worry, the dread, I would feel especially during those treatment two week waits.
      In this episode I talk about a neurolinguistic programming technique you can do yourself at home to help transform your worry to hope.
      This is one I did have a client last week and it is so powerful.
      “It felt like I turned the splodge of worry I had that was stopping me from feeling any kind of hope or excitement into gravity boots, that could help keep me grounded but that I could also choose to take off and allow myself to fly.” *
      *
      FREE ‘Fertile Thoughts Activation Quick Start Pack’ sign up now for instant access and find relief from anxiety and repetitive negative thinking while enhancing your fertility. or go to www.embracefertility.co.uk/start-here
      20 min
    • The stories we tell ourselves while TTC
      The stories we tell ourselves while we are trying to conceive go something along the lines of this; I’m not getting pregnant and that means X, I don’t have a baby and that means X I’m not a mother yet and that means X.
      The end of these sentences can be things like
      * I’m broken
      * My body has failed me
      * I am worthless
      * Maybe I don’t deserve to be a mother
      These stories torment us and cause sadness, anxiety and depression.

In my latest podcast episode I share how I have been telling myself my own stories in regards to my recent 'failed' launch of the Embrace Fertility Method 12 week course.
      I talk about how I set the intention to welcome a group of 10 into this new round of the course and when towards the end of the launch it look like that was not going to happen I started telling myself lots of stories about my worth, about my ability as a therapist, my ability to market and communicate the service I offer. 
      So many stories that simply are not true, my worth is not dictated on how many of you decided to join the course this time round. 
      But it’s so hard when you work in a field that is so emotive and important to me.
      * I want to serve
      * I want to share what I know and 
      * Help the women who need my support. 
      Once I could detach my worth with the outcome I was hoping for I was able to regroup and see the opportunities that had arisen from what I was viewing as a “failed” launch. Yes I haven’t had the number signup that I had hoped for but I have:
      * Connected with so many of you amazing women over the past month.
      * Created the five day fertility mindset coaching workshop which has had such amazing feedback from so many of you. (Thank you xxx)
      * I have learnt so much about myself and what my true values are.
      * And the best bit, I am now putting together unique transformation 1 to 1 coaching and therapy packages for those women who feel that the course wasn’t right for them at this time but know they want to move forward from where they are today. 
      You can visit my coaching page here: https://embracefertility.co.uk/coaching/
      Unique transformation packages
      If you benefited from watching the fertility mindset coaching videos and feel like you want to explore what is possible for you when you decide to put yourself and your well-being first, if you are one of those women who feels ready to move forward from where you are now then please do you reach out, my one-to-one support is as unique as you are, take a look at my coaching page and then book in for a free 30 minute chat.
      "Even though we only spoke for half an hour I found it hugely beneficial. It was also lovely to have a proper chat and feel your passion and energy live and for real!" - Heather
      Book your free clarity call now:
      In our 30 minute video call together, we’ll get crystal clear on what you are struggling with at the moment, how you would prefer to be feeling and how to move you towards that goal. At the end of the call, if it makes sense we can have a conversation about working together.

Check out my coaching page here https://embracefertility.co.uk/coaching/ with information on:
      * What fertility coaching and therapy is
      * How it can help support you during this time and
      * more testimonials from previous and current clients.
      “It was a real relief to be able to get some of the stuff off my chest to someone who completely understands and always has tools to hand to help. I like the range of techniques – it’s so helpful to have a mix of things to return later to depending on what feels right at the time.” - Beth
      14 min
    • Transforming pain to peace
      “A few years from now the spot on your chest, which throbs with pain, will be the same place where your kids will fall asleep. & at that moment, your heart will be at peace.” This made me cry as resonates so much with how much pain I was in while going through infertility. After seeing this post from @Prayhopewait I have recorded a rather impassioned podcast talking about it. The weight of the longing and the depth of my desire to be a mother when faced with year after year of nothing but negative results.
      It hurt so much as the discord between life I wanted and the life I had just seemed so unfair and illogical.
      In the podcast a talk about how although it feels like the only way you’re ever going to be okay is when you have your children I know that it’s possible to feel better NOW in the waiting.
      I’ve decided to go live on Instagram at 8pm Tuesday evening to talk about this in more depth and how to allow yourself to feel. I’m not just feel better but really feel all of the emotions that are raging inside of you. I’m going to talk about how embracing those emotions is the key to releasing them and moving through them to a place that is far more empowered and soothing.
      Thank you to @fertilityconversations for sharing the original image. Join me at 8pm @embracefertility Instagram.
      14 min
    • Manifesting. Attraction. Visualising. While TTC.
      In the fifth video of my five day fertility mindset series I talk about creating and how I went down the rabbit hole of trying to manifest a baby after watching the film 'The Secret'. I ended up manifesting ovarian cysts, massive arguments with my partner and depression!
      Once I had trained as a therapist and was devouring psychology texts I understood how films and books like 'The Secret' just scrape the surface of what is going on for us consciously, unconsciously, physically and energetically.
      In this podcast introducing the video I talk about:
      🦄 Toxic positivity and the importance of understanding how the unconscious works
      🐴 Why using visualisation IS so powerful to create the life you want once you understand the science behind it
      🦓I then take you through a guided visualisation for you to feel into the energy of what you want to create and what you want your life to look like one year from today.
      You can catch up with the videos on replay now.
      And if you are interested in really diving into this come and join us for 'The Embrace Fertility Method' my 12 week mind-body course that starts again on 12th of October.
      Link to both in bio.
      "For me, this course felt more scientific and effective. The practices give an immediate feeling of relief and get straight to the point. We spend so much time working on and trying to control our bodies in the pursuit of fertility and sometimes this is actually at a detriment to the mind. It seems the mind is the most ignored organ in the fertility struggle. Other things I have tried I wasn't sure I believed in, this worked for me in providing relief from the pain and releasing that sense of constant battle." - Becky
      14 min
    • What if you could just click your fingers and feel different?
      What if it was that easy to feel better right now? What if you could release the tension you feel in your throat or your chest or your stomach when you think about your fertility?
      In todays video of my free five day fertility mindset coaching workshop I’m going to be teaching you how to not click but tap your fingers in order to change how you feel both emotionally and physically.
      It may come as a surprise that women undergoing infertility treatment experience the same level of stress, anxiety, and depression as women who have cancer, HIV, or heart disease.
      I can identify with that statement; while infertility is not life threatening it does threaten your life. The future you have planned that includes being a parent and a grandparent may not be possible and that realisation is terrifying.
      Enter Emotional freedom technique - EFT tapping which has been proven to significantly reduce stress.
      Tapping is the perfect tool when faced with infertility and can be used to control anxiety, as pain relief – both physical and emotional, for clearing limiting beliefs about your body, conception, pregnancy, childbirth and parenthood and for installing new positive affirmations to make you feel empowered.
      When we consciously slow down and check in with our bodies, our thoughts and our feelings by using EFT we open ourselves up to a wider perspective.
      Go to www.embracefertility.co.uk/start-here and receive a video on how to get started with this technique and another with a guided visualisation to uncover conscious and unconscious blocks to conception.
      15 min

    About Embrace Fertility

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    Welcome to the Embrace Fertility podcast I’m Naomi Woolfson, a therapist who specialises in supporting women through trying to conceive, fertility treatments and then pregnancy and birth following…

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