I recently found myself in a state of intense emotional turmoil. My clinic called me to schedule an intake for our next frozen embryo transfer and it just triggered a sandstorm of feelings of grief, fear and resistance - all of them boiling down to the feeling that I might be blocking myself from getting pregnant. On this episode of the podcast, I discuss what I did to get myself out of that black hole again. In particular, I focus on the importance of developing a self-care routine, why affirmations don’t work for me, and how you always need to start with meeting yourself where you are right now. I also share the visualization technique I used to get to the root of my feelings and tap into my subconscious to figure out what it is I truly need.

Top quotes:

“Your self-care regimen is so important when you’re facing difficult situations in life.” - Françoise Molenaar

“I saw how most of these thoughts came down to me thinking I have control over the outcome of this process” - Françoise Molenaar

“Finding balance is not about fixing yourself, about becoming emotionally perfect. It’s about allowing life to have its ups and down and to be able to bring yourself back to your center when you find yourself out of balance” - Françoise Molenaar

Book recommendation: “It’s not your money” by Tosha Silver