Fertility Life Raft

I remember feeling totally marooned on a rock while everyone else moved on and my life felt completely on hold. It’s really one of the foundational problems most people feel when experiencing fertility issues or any kind of difficult path to bringing home a baby. So you’re definitely not alone.

It’s really why I created my course Reclaim why I run The Life Raft membership - to help people live their lives while they're going through all of this.

Have a listen to this episode where I give you questions to think about, journal on and offer a message of hope; that there is a way to live life while you go through all this and at the same time allow yourself to feel everything.

I am running a free challenge, the Gentle Mindset Challenge this week. You can sign up here.

Over three free live calls, I’ll be talking about:

The last time I ran this gorgeous challenge was two years ago now so I’m absolutely delighted to be bringing it back for you this year. You’ll gain so much from every call and if you can’t make the live sessions everything is recorded for you anyway. If you want to stay anonymous you can.

If you want to join the free pop up group: you can. Whatever stage of the journey you’re at, you are so welcome to join us.

There is no criteria - if you’re trying to bring home a baby and it’s feeling really difficult: then you are very welcome to come along.

You can find all the resources I provide at fertilityliferaft.com and follow us on Instagram.

We love hearing from you. Please send us an email [email protected]. Let us know your thoughts. What do you want to hear on this podcast next? We’ve got so much to come for you and we are wishing you all the love and compassion for whatever is happening in your own story right now.

Come and visit fertilityliferaft.com which exists to make your fertility experience so much better.

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This week I'm chatting to Alicia Burnett, founder of Black Baby Loss Awareness Week and Tommy's midwife.

Alicia only started speaking publicly about her own experience when her little boy Micaiah died after a complicated diagnosis at six months old. This is a really beautiful and moving episode which is full of hope - if you are affected by baby loss, please know that there are lots of places to go for support which is something we chat about in this episode along with all the things which

Alicia found supported her through her own experience and why we so desperately need Black Baby Loss Awareness.

Support

Within the Life Raft membership we have a specific group for women who have been through loss; expert content and live support plus a pregnancy after loss or infertility support group (kept completely separate to the main space).

There are also lots of Life Raft podcast episodes you can listen to for hope, compassion and so much warmth and empathy.

Tommy's, Sands and the Miscarriage Association are all wonderful charities who are ready to support you. 

There are also wonderful books from writers Pippa Vosper, Jennie Agg, Sophie Martin, Elle Wright and Zoe Clarke Coates and Bex and Laura from The Worst Girl Gang Ever. 

Links

If you are looking for connection, compassion, warmth and support right now join my free 3 Day Gentle Mindset Challenge starting Wednesday 11th October. 

Hear and read more from Alicia on Instagram via @midwife_alicia and @blackbabylossawareness.

For more information about the Tommy's services mentioned in this podcast, go to tommys.org.

You can find all the resources I provide at fertilityliferaft.com and follow us on Instagram.

Get in touch

We adore hearing from you. Please send us an email [email protected]. Let us know your thoughts. What do you want to hear on this podcast next? We’ve got so much to come for you and we are wishing you all the love and compassion for whatever is happening in your own story right now.

Come and visit fertilityliferaft.com which exists to make your fertility experience so much better.

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NOTE: Please be aware that this episode covers stillbirth, donor conception and unexpected conception without assisted reproduction.

It was a total joy to chat to Shema on this episode about her story and why she’s so passionate about her work as a Trustee for Tommy’s.

Shema tells me about how she got through losing her little boy, Altair; how she felt when she heard she’d need donor conception and the extraordinary story of how her little girl came to be!

We have a bit of a rant about how mainstream media cover anything to do with fertility, particularly the recent story which picked up on research that discovered ‘one in 5 women will go on to have a natural pregnancy after having an IVF baby’.

We also talk about the power of connection and why we need to have conversations like this one! From people who have been through it all, to offer hope, guidance and support to others going through it now.

Hear and read more from Shema on Instagram.

The Fertility Life Raft Podcast with Elle Wright mentioned in this episode is available on our Podpage account.

For more information about Tommy's, go to tommys.org.

You can find all the resources I provide at fertilityliferaft.com and follow us on Instagram.

We adore hearing from you. Please send us an email [email protected]. Let us know your thoughts. What do you want to hear on this podcast next? We’ve got so much to come for you and we are wishing you all the love and compassion for whatever is happening in your own story right now.

Come and visit fertilityliferaft.com which exists to make your fertility experience so much better.

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This conversation introduces you to Amy Rushworth, who is an empowerment mentor and breathwork healer.

Some of this conversation is quite out there! Come to it with a curious mind, and have a listen to the profound effect that the work Amy does has had on her own life, and why she now spends her time supporting other people with her rebirthing breathwork techniques and other modalities.

My aim with this podcast is always to bring you a giant table of offerings and introduce you to the mind-boggling array of different healing options out there for anyone going through a fertility journey - it might be that the fertility experience brings up other traumas that you have already had, or it might be that fertility itself has become traumatic for you.

Looking at different ways of processing it with people who are very experienced, hold space for you and are trauma informed might just give you the exhale, comfort, support and hope that you need today.

I really hope that you love this conversation. I would truly really love to hear what you think because I don’t know how many of you are into this kind of stuff! Is it familiar for you? Is it new? Let’s talk!! Send me a message on the @fertilityliferaft Instagram account and let me know what you think.

Hear and read more from Amy on Instagram and at amyrushworth.com.

You can find all the resources I provide at fertilityliferaft.com and follow us on Instagram. You can also follow me too.

We adore hearing from you. Please send us an email [email protected]. Let us know your thoughts. What do you want to hear on this podcast next? we’ve got so much to come for you and we are wishing you all the love and compassion for whatever is happening in your own story right now.

Come and visit fertilityliferaft.com which exists to make your fertility experience so much better.

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Don’t miss this brilliant chat I had with Meg Faith - a smart, funny gal over in sunny Cali who gets what it’s like to go through a fertility journey cos she’s in it right now.

Meg is a self-confessed “Type A+” and we talk about:

Are you type A too?

Hear and read more from Meg on Instagram and at forthebarreness.com.

Head to fertilityliferaft.com for immediate support, community and so much more to come.

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I loved this conversation with Sarah Holland, who has been supporting people in the trying to conceive and fertility world for 20 years!

She is SO experienced in what she does and she gives us some incredible insight and tools on how to manage so many different emotional obstacles when we are going through a fertility journey.

We even do a live round of tapping together - and I didn't warn her I was going to ask her to do this, so a big thank you to Sarah for being up for it!!

Tapping is a really quick and powerful way to re-centre and be able to see the spaces in between your thoughts, which can feel so overwhelming.

If you want to go straight into the live tapping meditation, skip through to 17:36 on this episode.

Sarah's Fertility EFT Starter Kit is available here.

And you can follow her on Instagram here

As always THANK YOU for rating, reviewing and letting me know what you think about this episode, I lOVE to hear from you!!

MORE SUPPORT HERE including free downloads, meditations and info on how I can support you 1:1 www.fertilityliferaft.com

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Alice Rose

Fertility Life Raft

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I am so pleased to share this chat with Shaun Greenaway. He and his wife tried to conceive for four years, before he was diagnosed with azoospermia (no sperm detected).

This was a totally devastating diagnosis and I'm so grateful to him for being so open about how he dealt with this when there was no support that he could find available at the time.

Shaun takes us through the story all the way through to how he ended up as a male fertility advocate and speaker, the book that changed his life and how he recently trained as a transformative coach (like me!) so he could take his support for men even further.

Shaun is really keen to break the stigma and get men talking. PLUS raise awareness that male factor infertility is equally as prevalent as female factor and unexplained: it is an equal split. Fertility is not a 'women's issue'.

If you are a man who is struggling with infertility, please know that you are not alone. 

Links mentioned in this episode:

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I absolutely loved chatting to the brilliant Hannah Pearn, Acupuncturist and passionate advocate for fertility awareness.

She strongly believes in proper education for everyone on menstrual cycles to avoid getting to the stage when we're actually feeling quite desperate because things aren't working.

We have a really good (quite fiery!) chat about this and how our cycles are extremely important indicators for our health in general - Hannah explains that we need our hormones to be working properly for our bodies and brains to function properly...it's not even just about fertility: our reproductive systems must be considered as important as everything else!

Hannah explains how acupuncture works too (fascinating!) and we also focus on the misconception that stress causes infertility: INCORRECT. Infertility does cause stress but there is plenty of evidence to show that it is not the other way around.

This is a brilliant conversation with a leading expert in her field. Find out more about Hannah and her fantastic services here

https://hannahpearn.com/

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The MOST important thing when you're going through this is your mindset and wellbeing. I've made this as easy as possible for you by creating the Life Raft membership. Join the Life Raft today, the most supportive, kindest place to be, packed with expert resources, live quality coaching support and community for anyone experiencing a fertility journey, no matter where you are. The only fertility membership which doesn't primarily focus on, well, fertility. Intrigued? Come and join:

www.fertilityliferaft.com/membership

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Listen up listen up - such a good episode here!

This is so much more than your average fertility info chat. Lucy Lines is a clinical embryologist (https://www.twolinesfertility.com.au/) and knows a shit load of stuff, with over 23 years experience in the field - and more than that, she’s here to help balance out the fertility industry.

She’s an impartial voice of reason in a world which can actually FORGET that at its heart, is a patient.

We cover tons of things in this pod including: semen analysis (and the car dealership analogy which I can’t explain, you’ll have to listen, but it’s so good), the amazing studies which show how what we think and feel and how supported we are, can have a huge impact on what our bodies can do and why actually, there is MAGIC in the IVF lab. It’s not all science.

We also both agree that you need an holistic approach when it comes to fertility treatment: the science and all the other stuff: mindset, personal development, support, community.

So here! Have a listen.

Also, would you please leave a quick rating on Apple or Spotify? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

If you want to get your mindset in check to really turn things around for you when going through any difficult path to bringing home a baby head to www.fertilityliferaft.com, follow us on IG www.instagram.com/fertilityliferaft and you can find me there too on www.instagram.com/thisisalicerose I know it feels impossible but I promise you with the right tools, resouces and support you really can feel totally differently; reduce your stress; anxiety; improve your relationships with friends and fam and learn how to live your life fully while you go through all of this. Ax

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SUCH a joy to chat to the fabulous Vanessa Haye! https://www.vanessahaye.com/Vanessa Haye is a writer, speaker, and women's health advocate and now a mum to two boys after a complicated journey. She is also giver of EXCELLENT hugs. Things we talk about on this live recording with Life Raft Members:

And the big stuff:

• representation in healthcare, diversity, the importance of increasing conversations about fertility for everyone, and the strength to overcome fear...

AMAZING conversation, amazing woman. I hope you loved this episode please leave us a review and get in touch on Instagram on my account and join the Life Raft Membership! Access to the Life Raft Framework, community, loads of personal growth fertility specific resources, courses, meditations and live support.

Take care,

Alice x

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