Fertility Life Raft

I'm so pleased to share this conversation.

In this episode, I interview Dr. Shabana Bora and Dr. Kate McLaren about their innovative fertility clinic, Alma emphasising personalised care, holistic approaches, and the importance of trust and honesty in fertility treatment.

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I'm so grateful to both of these amazing women who founded Alma for their support in bringing the final episodes of the Life Raft Podcast to your ears by sponsoring me.

Alma are the only clinic to offer free access to the coaching platform Fertility Life Raft that I have been running since 2020. It's been an incredible privilege to support their patients.

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Alma Fertility Clinic - https://almafertility.com/

Fertility Action - https://fertilityaction.org/

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On this episode, I’m joined by leading health psychologist and author of It's All in Your Body: A Practical Roadmap to Healing, Dr Sula Windgassen, to talk all things mind–body connection and what it means for your fertility journey.

Dr. Sula shares her personal experience of living with chronic, debilitating bladder symptoms that left her feeling dismissed by the medical profession.

When traditional medical routes didn’t provide answers, it was as a last resort she began exploring mindfulness thanks to her Dad's suggestion; she finally found relief and this led to a her research and vocation as a health pyschologist.

This is a MUCH needed voice in the mind-body space...

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Dr. Sula Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_health_psychologist_/

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Jennifer Edmonds is one of those people you cannot help but be drawn to online! Her hilarious RELATABLE reels combined with gentle invitations to reconnect to your body through yoga and pilates is so needed in the fertility space.

The founder of Elements Pilates & Yoga, Jen, based in Australia but with a global audience, supports women through infertility and pregnancy loss using fertility yoga, pilates and nervous system work.

Jen shares her own fertility journey in this episode, which includes an early menopause diagnosis in her early 30s, which led to cycles that didn’t respond to IVF medication, and years of trying to understand what was happening in her body.

Against the odds, she conceived her daughter through IVF. But when she later faced secondary infertility, multiple failed treatments and pregnancy loss, everything changed again.

It was discovering yoga during the COVID lockdown that helped Jen reconnect with her body, regulate her nervous system, and slowly rebuild trust in herself.

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So much of the fertility journey happens in the spaces between appointments.

Those days, weeks and months where you are waiting for answers.

How you care for yourself during those stretches makes a huge difference.

Jen's yoga programme link is here (affiliate)

Alice x

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How do you keep calm and stop spiralling when you don’t have

So here's my take on how to focus your mind so you feel less spiral-ly when your life is planned around appointments; your mood depends on the next phone call and your brain has already begun examining things that haven’t happened yet.

Your thoughts can feel SO LOUD during fertility treatment.

So, in this episode, I’ll talk about:

Got a question you'd like me to talk about or a topic you really want to hear? Send me an email to [email protected] or a dm to @fertilityliferaft

Alice x

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Need help living your life while you try to have a baby?

Take the free quiz to find out what sort of Fertility Voyager Archetype you are: https://fertilityliferaft.com/quiz

I LOVED this conversation with Lindsey Keohane who is bringing such a breath of fresh air to my social media feed.

I knew I had to have her on the pod as - if you've been here a while you'll know - living and waiting at the same time is what we're about.

Lindsey has experienced three pregnancy losses and is now going through IVF with genetic testing...but this conversation really isn't about treatment, even though it is of course a part of the story.

It’s about what happens to your life when everything begins to revolve around “maybe this month.”

We talk about Lindsey's story so far; how she's managing social media and why it's so important to trust your doctor.

We also break down an Instagram post Lindsey shared that resonated with thousands of women: her decision to stop putting life on hold while trying to conceive and how she's planning to do it, including things like:

To buy clothes she enjoys now; not for pregnancy.
To plan holidays even if treatment might interrupt them.
To do things that bring joy without attaching them to fertility outcomes.

Living does not mean you don’t care, and enjoying your life does not reduce your chances.

If you feel like everything is paused…
If you feel guilty making plans…
If you’ve been measuring your life in cycles and months…

You're going to love this.

Alice x

Lindsey's account:

https://www.instagram.com/littlebylindsey/

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In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Lucky Sekhon, fertility doctor and board certified OBGYN, and author of The Lucky Egg.

She’s guided thousands of women through IVF, egg freezing and conception… and she’s also been a patient herself.

We talk about lots of the things I see every single day in my work.

The belief that if a cycle didn’t work, you must have done something wrong. You worked too much. You exercised too hard. You didn’t relax enough. You ate the wrong thing. You were stressed.

Dr. Lucky explains why, biologically, that usually isn’t true.

We talk about:

Many women try to control fertility by controlling themselves — their food, their routines, their stress, their bodies.

But fertility treatment doesn’t work like a test you can revise harder for.

Human reproduction is inefficient.

Biology is messy.

And when treatment doesn’t work, your brain looks for a cause and often chooses you.

If you’ve ever replayed a cycle in your head…

If you’ve ever believed a failed transfer was your fault…

If you’ve ever thought “maybe I ruined my chances…”

I hope this episode lets you breathe a little easier.

Alice x

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- Take the quiz to find out your fertility voyager archetype and get your personalised self care report here: https://fertilityliferaft.com/quiz

This conversation addresses the reality of having to keep showing up, at work, in meetings, in your life, while you feel like you're falling apart.

I’m joined by excellent Chloe Sowter.

She’s an IVF mum, a travel influencer; an executive coach and a former HR director before she chose the entrepreneur life...

Chloe is also a previous coaching client so we know each other really well which always makes for excellent conversation!

Chloe brings something different - a deep understanding of what it means to hold ambition, grief, identity, and hope all at the same time.

She shares her story of trying to conceive while working in high-pressure government roles through Brexit and COVID.

Of navigating IVF, miscarriage, and loss while continuing to lead, deliver, and perform. Of believing, like so many women do, that infertility was her problem to manage quietly, without burdening anyone else.

We talk about:

This is a really inspiring episode of how to deal with fertility and work while you hold ALL the complexities of IVF at the same time - and the power of personal development for this season and all of the following ones too...

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This episode is a full-circle moment for me after Jenny approached me back in 2022 to ask if they could feature a meditation of mine inside their pregnancy test boxes. Of course I said YES.

This is a conversation about science, but more than that, it’s about care. It's about what happens when businesses, clinics, and medical professionals

I’m joined by Jenny Wordsworth, founder of OVUM, who support

It’s a brand that has never felt like a “brand” to me, but an ally in the background saying: we see you, and we won’t lie to you.

If you’ve ever felt blamed, rushed, or sold to then this episode is for you.

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This episode isn’t about doing more but about doing what helps.

It’s about recognising that fertility is biological, psychological, and social, and how we can build a future where fewer people feel dismissed,

If you’re in the middle of this, you’re not imagining how hard it is and you don’t have to carry it all by yourself.

Alice x

I want to thank OVUM for helping me get this podcast out to you with their sponsorship.

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Let's be honest, January can feel a bit MEH, especially if you’re on a fertility journey and facing another year of uncertainty.

Planning can feel impossible when you don’t know what’s going to happen, so I’m sharing my unique approach to planning when you have no idea how the year is going to go.

If January feels grey and overwhelming, this episode should feel like a bit of a lifeline!

SUPPORT NOW:

You can join my free 10-day walking challenge anytime and download the free journal https://fertilityliferaft.com/walk

I’m also running my Visions & Intentions 2026 workshop you can come live or grab the replay: https://yes.thisisalicerose.com/visions2026

Or do yourself an amazing service for 2026 and join us in the Fertility Life Raft membership, where you'll get access to EVERYTHING at:
https://fertilityliferaft.com/membership you can cancel any time and it is just bloomin' brilliant if I do say so myself xx

Thanks for being here, I'm so glad you are :)

Take care,

Alice x

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Full Masterclass Audio!

I've done something a little bit different this week - if you missed my live free masterclass last week, then fear not... for: VOILA!

I have shared the full audio from the Big Calm Reset complete with meditations, journal prompts, affirmations and more, all here for you to listen to at your pleasure!

Absolutely thrilled to be enrolling new students into my beautiful 6 week mindset course: RECLAIM right now you can find out the info and join us (we start November 3rd) right here: https://fertilityliferaft.com/reclaim

Need to run through anything or ask me some questions? No problem, send me an email [email protected] or drop me an IG message https://www.instagram.com/fertilityliferaft/ (I'm partial to a voice note!)

Take care

Alice x

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