The Reluctant(ish) Medium

My special guest for this episode is Josephine Atluri, an expert in meditation and in overcoming adversity to find joy. In today’s episode Josephine teaches us how to recognize and remember the beauty and the power and the light that's within us during our journey to motherhood.

About Josephine:

Josephine Atluri is an expert in meditation and in overcoming adversity to find joy. Through her unique journey on her path to become a mom of five, Josephine weathered many ups and downs with IVF, international adoption and surrogacy. Channeling her experience to find calm and courage and to focus on perseverance, she now helps others navigate life’s curveballs, through group and individual online meditation training and her “Responding to Life” podcast.

On August 1st, Josephine hosted an online workshop to cultivate a fertility mindfulness practice called “Empowering Your Fertility Journey.” In this special workshop, participants will learn the basics of incorporating meditation and mindfulness to support and empower themselves in their fertility journey. The workshop will include meditation, journaling and tools to reduce stress, boost your emotional and mental health and increase calm.

In addition, Josephine does group meditation training for staffs of such prestigious entities as Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She also offers fertility Ave parenting workshops and meditation sessions.

Here is what is covered in today's episode:
- Josephine’s fertility journey
- Meditation through motherhood
- Josephine’s top 3 meditation tips

Resources in this episode:
- Josephine Atluri’s Official Website https://www.jatluri.com/
- “Responding to Life” podcast. https://www.jatluri.com/responding-to-life-podcast-1

- Empowering Your Fertility Journey Workshop https://www.jatluri.com/book-sessions/empowering-your-fertility-journey-workshop
- TranscendingInfertilityBook.com


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When you are moving forward in your life, especially in your fertility journey, how often have you said to yourself, “Well, this cycle is not going to work because it hasn't before…”? THAT is the headspace of the wake driving YOUR ship.

Here is what is covered in today's episode:
- Honoring the past as you move forward
- Enjoying THE moment for once
- A SUPER cool Oracle card reading just for YOU

Resources in this episode:
- Fertility Reset Course http://www.drmariarothenburger.com/fertilityreset
- Thank U by Alanis Morissette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgpT5rEKIU
- Biology of Belief by Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D. https://www.brucelipton.com/
- TranscendingInfertilityBook.com


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A lot of times when I meet with people who are interested in connecting with their spirit baby, spirit baby talks a lot about creativity. And in this episode, we're joined by Michelle Oravitz from The Wholesome Lotus and we're going to be talking about why creativity and the energy of creativity affects one's fertility.

About Michelle:
Michelle Oravitz is a fertility acupuncturist who decided to change her career from architecture to natural medicine in the early 2000’s. It was not until her life was transformed by acupuncture, that she thought of changing her career from architecture to natural medicine. Michelle suffered from missed periods from the time she was thirteen. After years of being prescribed the birth control pill by Western medicine doctors and then coming off the pill to continued missed periods, she decided to go to an acupuncturist named Dr. Li who immediately regulated her cycle.

Michelle also noticed that the acupuncture created a sense of wellbeing and that her energy increased. It was this transforming event that inspired her to learn Ayurveda and later Traditional Chinese Medicine. She also realized that had it not been for Dr. Li, she would have struggled for many years to get pregnant. This realization, and a natural fascination to learn about fertility drew her to specialize in fertility wellness. She is passionate about empowering women and couples to take ownership of their health and wellness.

Her method of treatment encompasses not only herbs and acupuncture, but also incorporates diet, supplements, essential oils, and most importantly the mind and how it influences conception.

Michelle is the host of ‘The Wholesome Fertility Podcast’ where she features leading professionals from the fertility world along with her own fertility wellness tips to her listeners.


Here is what is covered in today's episode:

- Using your creativity through your fertility journey
- What is the heart chakra?
- Cultivating love in the fertility journey

Resources in this episode:

- Michelle at http://www.michelleoravitz.com
- The Wholesome Lotus Fertility http://www.thewholesomelotusfertility.com
- Transcending Infertility - http://www.transcendinginfertilitybook.com

Interested in piloting the e-course that goes with the program in Transcending Infertility? I'm only looking for a select few. Email me: [email protected]


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We have an innate tendency to plan, plan, plan especially in the fertility journey. When one thing don't work out, we tend to go from plan b to z. But is this really the best way to go?

Here is what is covered in today's episode:
- How staying away from the constant planning process is good for you
- Finding the balance in planning and pausing
- Considering giving your mind and body a spirit break with the guided meditation in this podcast

Resources in this episode:
- What is Post-Traumatic Growth? https://www.watkinsmagazine.com/post-traumatic-growth
- Posttraumatic Growth: Positive Changes in the Aftermath of Crisis by Tedeschi, Park & Calhoun, 1998 https://www.amazon.com/Posttraumatic-Growth-Aftermath-Personality-Psychology/dp/0805823190
- TranscendingInfertilityBook.com


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A lot of us in the fertility journey often find that we can create meaning out of our experience by helping other people who are dealing with the same thing and today’s guest, Jasmine from Jazzkatat.com has a really interesting and unique approach in this.

About Jasmine:
I’m Jasmine Katatikarn, aka “JazzKatat.” I’m an ACC Certified Coach, Life Strategist, and Animation Artist. I help women release the emotions, stress, and pure exhaustion of their fertility journey easily by approaching it with a mindset of an artist so they can live a life where no obstacle will ever get in their way of being “happy.”

As an artist, I have the skills to find creative solutions to any problem. I use these skills in my profession as a lighting artist for computer-animated films, as well as in my everyday life through photography, family life, and entrepreneurial ventures.

But the real superpower of an artist is not the creative work itself, but the ability to use the same skills to affect overall happiness.

Instead of accepting that there is nothing to be done when given an impossible situation and feeling defeated, I see the opposite – I look for the potential and hidden beauty in the situation to solve the problem. I think of multiple alternatives and start testing, visualizing, and iterating multiple solutions and reframing what a perfect life means. Life is full of imperfections, and rarely does everything work out as planned.

We can choose to focus on the negative aspects of those imperfections or focus on beauty, on how we can use these imperfections to create something even better. We can think like a designer to create a beautiful work of art, or in this case, a beautiful life based on how we approach and take actionable steps to facing our obstacles.

This is my goal every day, and my mission to help you with your fertility journey and life. Life is not perfect, but we have the power to design our version of “Perfect.”

This creative mindset is how I approached my fertility journey that resulted in getting pregnant only months after I was given a less than 1% chance of having a child.

In a time where medical terms surround much of the discussion around fertility, what meds to take, what foods to eat, what exercises to do, and everything in-between. It’s a breath of fresh air to get a completely different perspective that can effectively give you easy control over your fertility journey.

I am here to share with you the artist’s mindset so that you can easily apply what I did to your fertility journey and life moving forward.


Here is what is covered in today's episode:

- Jasmine’s fertility journey
- Finding multiple creative solutions in the fertility journey
- Sharing the approach Jasmine took through a free fertility training

Resources in this episode:

- Jasmine at http://www.jazzkatat.com
- Transcending Infertility - http://www.transcendinginfertilitybook.com

Interested in piloting the e-course that goes with the program in Transcending Infertility? I'm only looking for a select few. Email me: [email protected]


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Experiencing trauma due to fertility issues has made me a better person today.

Today, we talk about spiritual changes brought by Posttraumatic Growth.

This is part 5 of this 5-part series on Posttraumatic Growth.

Here is what is covered in today's episode:
- Finding love and beauty in every religion
- Having total humility and openness and not needing to be right
- How letting go and acceptance help you grow

Resources in this episode:
- What is Post-Traumatic Growth? https://www.watkinsmagazine.com/post-traumatic-growth
- Posttraumatic Growth: Positive Changes in the Aftermath of Crisis by Tedeschi, Park & Calhoun, 1998 https://www.amazon.com/Posttraumatic-Growth-Aftermath-Personality-Psychology/dp/0805823190
- TranscendingInfertilityBook.com


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Experiencing trauma due to fertility issues has made me a better person today.

Today, we talk about new possibilities

This is part 4 of this 5-part series on Posttraumatic Growth.

Here is what is covered in today's episode:
- Imagining new possibilities
- Feeling the trauma step
- Realizing you can do hard things

Resources in this episode:
- Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9TShlMkQnc
- Sweet Grapes: How to Stop Being Infertile and Start Living Again by Jean W. Carter, Michael Carter https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Grapes-Being-Infertile-Living/dp/0944934234
- Posttraumatic Growth: Positive Changes in the Aftermath of Crisis by Tedeschi, Park & Calhoun, 1998 https://www.amazon.com/Posttraumatic-Growth-Aftermath-Personality-Psychology/dp/0805823190
- TranscendingInfertilityBook.com


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Experiencing trauma due to fertility issues has made me a better person today.

Today, we talk about how to appreciate the crap and the awesomeness.

This is part 3 of this 5-part series on Posttraumatic Growth.

Here is what is covered in today's episode:
- Recognizing the benefits of our struggles
- Learning how to slow down
- Appreciating all the crap along with the awesomeness

Resources in this episode:
- Brene Brown https://brenebrown.com/the-research/
- Posttraumatic Growth: Positive Changes in the Aftermath of Crisis by Tedeschi, Park & Calhoun, 1998 https://www.amazon.com/Posttraumatic-Growth-Aftermath-Personality-Psychology/dp/0805823190
- TranscendingInfertilityBook.com


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Experiencing trauma due to fertility issues has made me a better person today.

Today, we explore how relating to others improves parts of your fertility journey.

This is part 2 of this 5-part series on Posttraumatic Growth.


Here is what is covered in today's episode:
Feeling your feelings without being your feelings
Building your personal strength
Two domains of relating to others

Resources in this episode:
- Brene Brown https://brenebrown.com/the-research/
- Posttraumatic Growth: Positive Changes in the Aftermath of Crisis by Tedeschi, Park & Calhoun, 1998 https://www.amazon.com/Posttraumatic-Growth-Aftermath-Personality-Psychology/dp/0805823190
- TranscendingInfertilityBook.com


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Experiencing trauma due to fertility issues has made me a better person today. Today, we explore the wonders of Posttraumatic Growth and what you can do to achieve this transcending level of healing and growth. This is part 1 of this 5-part series on Posttraumatic Growth.

Here is what is covered in today's episode:
- What is Posttraumatic growth?
- Exploring the concept of Posttraumatic Growth
- The 5 Aspects of Posttraumatic Growth

Resources in this episode:
- TranscendingInfertilityBook.com


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