Embrace Fertility

Embrace Fertility

By Naomi WoolfsonHealth & FitnessMental Health
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Embrace Fertility episodes

  • How to cope when the world is going fucking crazy!
    I feel sick and shocked and so angry about the events unfolding in Ukraine.
    This podcast episode talks about how even if you don’t know anyone who is being personally impacted these events are impacting all of us emotionally and energetically.
    I talk about what we can physically do to help and also what we can do emotionally to support our own mental health through this time and then send that out to those in need.
    This is the free five day course I mentioned that I created in 2020, it’s not specific to fertility and it’s just accessed directly from this link. You will NOT be added to any mailing lists or receive any communication from me, it is a self lead course. Please share with any friends and family you feel may benefit:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/5dayscalm/
    Ways you can take action: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/ways-to-help-ukraine-conflict/
    Sharing this from the tapping solution:
    We know that the current situation in Ukraine is weighing heavy on many of you, and you are reaching out to find Tapping meditations that will help you and others. ❤️
    ✨We have created a new Tapping meditation based partly on the Maharishi Effect, the idea that individual brain waves can affect the collective consciousness.
    🕊Envisioning Peace in Ukraine and The World🕊
    ✨First we’ll recognize and acknowledge our own stress, sadness, anxiety or anger about what’s happening and begin to release it.
    ✨And from there, once we’ve reduced the intensity of what you're feeling, and have begun to create peace in our bodies and coherence in our brain waves, we’ll use that energy to envision a peaceful outcome. 🌍
    *If you feel called to do so, share this process with a friend or family member. It’s free for everyone to use as much as they want, and available in the Tapping Solution App which is also free to download.*
    🙏🏻 ➡️ https://bit.ly/EnvisioningPeace
    Please do message me [email protected] or https://www.instagram.com/embracefertility/ and share other ways we can do something/ anything to help.
    19 min
  • What is better than meditation while going through infertility or IVF? Interview with Robyn Birkin
    Episode 83: We are back for another fertility expert interview series with my lovely friend Robyn Birkin. We met online a couple of years ago and bonded over our love of science backed mind-body techniques that stop you going back shit crazy while trying to conceive!
    In today’s episode Robyn shares her own journey through IUIs, IVF and miscarriage. Her experiences of mediating with monks and what happened on a surfing trip in Bail that changed everything.
    We then dive into:
    How meditation has been put on a pedestal as a fix all
    Why meditation can actually make people feel worse if they are struggling with chronic anxiety or trauma
    What is better than meditation when you’re going through infertility or IVF
    Feel Better Weekend
    "When infertility, loss and trying to conceive is so incredibly difficult - I wanted to create something that *wasn't* about improving fertility, or getting pregnant faster or supplements or detective work - none of that.
    Something that just focused on YOU. Because you matter. Your mental health matters. And if TTC is breaking you apart... or even if it just has really hard moments, you deserve to feel heard, supported and validated.
    Full stop.
    You deserve to invest your time and energy into yourself.
    You are worthy. Beautiful, incredible and amazing you. Of joy. Of happiness. Of support. Of self-kindness. Of having human experiences. Of not feeling like you need to be perfect allllll the time.
    All of it. So I've created an event and you are invited. I am.... still shocked, surprised, grateful and overjoyed that so many incredible colleagues have said YES to you as well, and are joining me for the Feel Better Weekend.
    Join us from 18 - 20 February for this FREE event where we'll share our best resources, tips and actionable steps to help you feel calmer, more connected and more empowered as you navigate infertility, loss and trying to conceive." - Robyn
    You won't want to miss this!
    Feel Better Weekend 18th Feb - Free ticket
    Meet Robyn
    For some people, having a baby is easy, but for others, like Robyn, it's a long and tough rollercoaster. Her journey starts off just like most of us. She thought having a baby would take no time at all. A year later, she found herself at the fertility clinic, and several ovulation inductions, IUI's, IVF cycles, OHSS and a miscarriage later, finally conceived.
    Feel Better Weekend 18th Feb - Free ticket
    You can find Robyn here: https://robynbirkin.com
    Robyn also has more than half a million downloads of her podcast, The Fertility Warriors.
    Instagram: https://instagram.com/robynbirkin
    First time visiting Embrace Fertility?
    Head over here to sign up for your freebies and find relief from anxiety and repetitive negative thinking while enhancing your fertility:
    48 min
  • How to deeply relax your mind and body
    Episode 82 : I’ve just spent a rather delightful hour at Sound Bath! In this episode I talk about what a Sound Bath is and then the importance and benefits of consciously choosing to relax our mind and body as deeply as possible.
    I share some free relaxation resource suggestions and then talk about what to do if you find it incredibly difficult to relax and can’t even remember the last time you felt comfortable and at peace in your body.
    Links mentioned:
    https://embracefertility.co.uk/start-here
    https://embracefertility.co.uk/store
    https://embracefertility.co.uk/embrace
    https://embracefertility.co.uk/coaching
    23 min
  • Things I wish I’d known while TTC
    Episode 81: Today I share the things I wish I’d known at 15 when I was put on the contraceptive pill for painful periods, at 19 when I was diagnosed with endometriosis and told it was highly unlikely I would be able to conceive without doing IVF. I share what I wish I’d known when I was pushed into doing repeated rounds of fertility treatments when I was really struggling with my mental health. And on Tuesday I will be running a free workshop in titled a How to double your chances of conceiving to share what I wish all of us knew about our fertility that is not currently mainstream information but should be! Come and join me www.embracefertility.co.uk/double.
    25 min
  • How to double your chances of conceiving
    Episode 80: In this first episode of 2022 I talk about my intentions for the support I would like to offer you over the coming months, including three free fertility summits I’m taking part in and a free class that I’m running on the 25th of January entitled
    ‘How to double your chances of conceiving.’
    I talk about how most people set New Year’s resolutions and they’re all about adding something into your life or trying to remove something. Creating balance and making space for the new or replacing the things you are removing is a more sustainable way of setting your intentions for the year ahead.
    I have big plans for 2022 and want to triple the impact that I made in 2021, so triple the amount of women being welcomed into The Embrace Fertility method or one-to-one sessions.
    On that note I’m fully booked for both evening and weekend therapy slots until early April but I do have space to take on just two more clients with one-to-one sessions beginning now for support for the next 12 weeks.
    The doors of a The Embrace Fertility Method are open now there is the next live round commencing on the 31st of January.
    Email me if you would like information on any of the above [email protected].
    Sign up for the free ‘How to double your chances of conceiving.’ Class here www.embracefertility.co.uk/double
    And sign up for the free summits I mentioned via the links below:
    https://naomiwoolfson.krtra.com/t/CWSfZEuictdT
    The Fertility Stress Solution and feel better weekend tickets will be launched approximately a week before each event so I will be sending those out to my mailing list when the time is right.
    16 min
  • Take back control of your life when your only goal becomes......to have a baby

    Episode 78: Expert Interview with Jennifer Robertson

    Jennifer is a fertility coach and has helped women all over the world transform their mindset and take back control of their life in the midst of infertility. 

    She is also author of The Injustice of Infertility, a deeply inspiring and raw account of her own seven-year fertility journey.  

    Throughout her own fertility journey, Jen discovered that her old ways of pushing and working hard weren’t serving her. She is now using the lessons learned along the way to develop programs and support women throughout their journey to motherhood - from the moment they start trying to conceive, until they hold their baby in their arms.

    Blog mentioned in episode: www.jenniferrobertson.co/blog/infertility-goals

    "One day you wake up, and you don’t recognise the person you have become or the life that you’re leading.  Once a confident, decisive and positive person, you now feel like the whole weight of the world is on your shoulders.  You’re angry all the time and can’t be happy when other people are happy – in fact it makes you even more miserable.  You struggle making any kind of decision, and you’re bitter and negative.  It’s like you’ve added a filter of hopelessness to yourself and your life."


    You can follow Jennifer on Instagram @msjenniferrobertson or @yourpregnancyhaven Or via her website www.jenniferrobertson.co or www.yourpregnancyhaven.co I am now an affiliate for the Pregnancy Haven so if you sign up then please do so via this link Naomi's link to Pregnancy Haven.

    You can also download Jennifer's free video on how to find peace on your fertility journey here - www.jenniferrobertson.co/video-finding-peace-on-your-fertility-journey

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    For stress soothing tools at your fingertips and instant access to my;  FREE MIND-BODY FERTILITY APP  

    Quick and easy ways to calm your mind and body while trying to conceive including: 

    ♥ How to find relief from negative feelings. 

    ♥ How to reset when you feel stressed. 

    ♥ How the mind-body link impacts fertility.

    visit www.embracefertility.co.uk.

    Follow me on Instagram www.instagram.com/embracefertility/

    Facebook www.facebook.com/embracefertility

    Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC_61UHKAXtbrlVpGoN08BXw





    44 min
  • Christmas stress! What Christmas stress?
    Episode 77. Me: I was chatting to some of my friends today and the Christmas stress and overwhelm has commenced.
    Husband: What is there to get stressed or overwhelmed about?
    Little podcast for you exploring the various nuances of this conversation and what we can learn from it over the coming weeks as the Christmas frenzy builds.
    I’ll be talking about how you can make the coming weeks easier by asking yourself what can I:
    Delete?
    Delegate?
    Delay?
    and what do I really want to Do?
    Holiday Survival Guide for those trying to conceive
    Free 1 hour class - Instant access to replay
    Sign up at www.embracefertility.co.uk/hope or via link in my profile @embracefertility.
    16 min
  • What to do when the clinic rings with bad news mid cycle

    Episode 75: Something a little different for you today. Last week I have had two clients reach out to me, both who were mid IVF cycle and both had been given bad news from their clinics. Information that means that although they are still in the race their chances had diminished.


    Both were struggling with how to cope with the racing thoughts and what ifs? that come part and parcel with the phone call from the clinic.

    I was going to make a personal video for each of them as that is how I usually support clients but thought in this instant I would record as audio and the advice might help others as well.

    Notes what I talk about:

    Step 1 : CBT the hell out of your thinking. Look at what type of thoughts you are having. Many of those I imagine are time travelling back into the past or into the future Are you creating a story? One that is a complete nightmare and scaring you? Question those thoughts, Is it true? Is it helpful? Until the clinic say it is the end you are still in the race.

    Step 2 : Distract yourself and do everything you can to turn your mind to any other topic. Reach for your Lego, paints, remote, there are times when we DON'T want to numb out and we want to embrace our thinking and work with it/through it, midway through a cycle IS NOT that time. Just do what you can to distract your thoughts and cling on for the ride.

    Step 3 : Remind yourself why you are doing this, really zoom out and think about the bigger picture. Even if this cycle is not successful that does not mean that you will never become a mother. Even if it’s your last cycle and you have told yourself this is your absolute last chance in reality there are other decisions that could be made. However now is not the time to be making those decisions to keep focused on the fact that you just need to keep plodding through this cycle and deal with the outcome when you actually get there. Beginning to grieve an unsuccessful cycle before you actually get there is not the best use of your time and energy right now.

    Step 4 : Bring a sense of safety to your body. Practice techniques to bring you back into the present moment like the balancing breath, the self hug, Yoga, Quantum Flow or really simple EFT Tapping on the thoughts that are causing you most distress I let this go, it’s safe for me to let this go, I choose to let this go.

    EFT Tutorial and info:

    https://embracefertility.co.uk/eft-tapping-for-infertility-and-fertility/

    All of the techniques above are ones that I teach in the Embrace Fertility Method. If you would like to know more about what it’s like to be supported by me please reach out and let’s have a conversation [email protected].

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    Are you wondering how you will get through the next 7 weeks?

    Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year

    Are you putting so much pressure on yourself to be pregnant by the end of 2021 you might actually implode?

    You can't quite believe another whole year has gone by and you still don't have your baby?

    Free 1 hour online workshop

    Holding onto Hope

    Holiday survival tips for those trying to conceive.

    Thursday 18th November 1pm GMT London.

    8am EST 9pm AWST

    Visit www.embracefertility.co.uk to sign up. 


    19 min
  • Can functional fertility coaching help get me pregnant? With Monica Cox

    Episode 74: Fertility Expert Interview Series.

    If anyone has watched 'Comedians in cars getting coffee" you will know the vibe I am intending to create with these fertility expert interviews!


    Like-minded people coming together and talking about a host of topics that they are incredibly passionate about.

    Each of the six fertility experts that I’m going to be introducing you to over the coming weeks has something very valuable to bring to the table.

    We kick off this week with the lovely Monica Cox of Finding Fertility. 

    Monica is a top Holistic Fertility Coach and Infertility Warrior who helps woman get to the bottom of their unexplained infertility so they can increase their chances of getting and staying pregnant.

    Author of the best-seller Baby & Me mindfulness journal & host of the highly popular podcast Finding Fertility, she dedicating to inspiring woman to look beyond their infertility diagnosis and take control of their health through clean eating and simplifying their lifestyle.


    In this interview Monica shares her own journey and how a friend suggesting she meet with a functional health coach began an exploration into her diet that and lifestyle that lead to uncovering obscure food intolerances and flagging up dietary health issues that Monica had been coping with that she hadn’t realised could be drastically altered through simple changes. 

    Monica dealt with unexplained infertility, several miscarriages & failed IVF's before becoming an IVF mom & getting pregnant natural even though the doctors said there was nothing she could do to improve her situation.


    This is an informative and fun interview, we cover Natural Killer Cells, how Yoga can suck for A type personalities, how even foods we label as healthy can cause intolerances, and how your Insta handle and the way you label yourself can have such a huge impact on your mindset and mental well-being.

    I may have bought a little mascot along because both Monica and I are slightly obsessed with 🦩🦩🦩.  Check out the episode on your favourite podcast player now just search for Embrace Fertility, go to my YouTube channel or hit the link in my bio.  

    Follow Monica @findingfertility and download her three step guide to taking the right steps and improving your chances of getting in staying pregnant today at www.findingfertility.co.

    Monica's Programmes. I receive an affiliate payment if you join Monica's Fertility Food programme via this link at no additional cost to you. If you are interested in  the below use the discount code 'EMBRACEFERTILITY'

    Fertility Food

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    For stress soothing tools at your fingertips and instant access to my;


    FREE MIND-BODY FERTILITY APP

    Quick and easy ways to calm your mind and body while trying to conceive including:
    ♥ How to find relief from negative feelings.
    ♥ How to reset when you feel stressed.
    ♥ How the mind-body link impacts fertility.

    visit www.embracefertility.co.uk. 

    49 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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