When we first start trying for our baby, our focus is on exactly that - the baby and becoming a parent. However, when you find yourself in a long and complicated fertility journey, you may start to see yourself only as a fertility patient. If you relate to this, you’re not alone and this episode will help you reconnect with your dream of motherhood. 

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• Why we take on the identity of a person with infertility or a fertility patient.

Next steps:

• For the 5 minute guided EFT to use with this episode, go to episode 20 and skip to 17:33

I’m pleased to be sharing this chat with Hannah Vaughan Jones, a journalist and news anchor for CNN, who talks about her experience of a fertility journey that included 15 rounds of treatment, a decision to go public with their fertility story, her own personal approach of managing this challenging time in her life, and the birth of her baby boy Sonny. I loved speaking with Hannah, and I hope you enjoy listening to our chat. 

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• The journey from telling no one about their fertility treatment to sharing their story publicly and video blogging “Our IVF Diary” on YouTube.

Guest Links:

• Follow Hannah on Instagram and Twitter

Next Steps:

• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit

There are many aspects of our lives that change when we’re on a fertility journey, but the changes in our friendships can be some of those most difficult to face. How can we ensure we have good, supportive friends at this most vulnerable time in our life?

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• The ways friendships can change when you have fertility issues.

Next Steps:

• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit

Is this a question you ask yourself? If so, you’re not alone. Feeling like a failure on your fertility journey can lead to overwhelm and hopelessness. In this episode we’ll work together to turn a feeling of failing into something much more supportive and true!

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• How feeling like a failure can show up on your fertility journey.

Next steps:

• For the 5 minute guided EFT to use with this episode, go to episode 20 and skip to 17:33

Charting your cycles can shine a light on your fertility health and identify any problems. But it can also feel complicated and overwhelming. In this episode, I speak to Kate Davies from Your Fertility Journey about how to make fertility charting easy, effective and empowering.

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• The three fertility indicators when charting and what they can tell you.

Guest Links:

• Visit Kate’s website and download 50 Tips to Boost Your Fertility

Next Steps:

• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit

This is the final episode in a series on the “Why, What and How” of Mindset Work for Fertility, and includes a practical EFT tapping session. If after you’ve listened to the episode all the way through, you wish to repeat the tapping exercise, you can find this at 17:33 within the episode.

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• What EFT is and how it works to bring balance to your emotions and mind.

Next steps:

• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit

In this second in a series of 3 looking at the “Why, What and How” of mindset work for fertility, I’m exploring what approach we can take to bring about positive change to our thoughts, emotions and beliefs on a fertility journey.

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• How to figure out what issues to work on when you feel overwhelmed by your fertility.

Next steps:

• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit

In this first in a series of 3 episodes, I’m looking at the reasons WHY we may focus on and seek out support with the mindset side of fertility.

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• The two main reasons why people reach out for mindset and emotional support on their fertility journey.

Next steps:

• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit

As this podcast, my business and everywhere you find me online is under the name “Fertile Mindset” I thought it’s high time I explained what I mean by a Fertile Mindset, how we can create one, and how it can support your fertility.

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• Why our emotional wellbeing is more important than ever, and how a Fertile Mindset can support this.

Next steps:

• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit

Is there a story - or several stories - that you are telling yourself about your fertility, being pregnant or motherhood? This story may have arisen from your own experiences, or those of others, and could be impacting on your fertility journey.

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• What I mean by “Your Story”, where it could have originated from, and why it may not be relevant to you and your fertility journey.

Next steps:

• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit