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Gabriela Rosa is a mum of two and one of Australia's leading fertility experts. With over 20 years of experience in this field, Gabriela helps couples all over the world overcome fertility issues and miscarriage through her F.E.R.T.I.L.E Method, a specifically-designed framework that looks at all the areas of a couple's life. A system that she even applied to herself to overcome her own fertility woes and fall pregnant with her two children! So if you've been trying to conceive for more than two years, have had a range of failed treatments and feel like you've tried everything and reached the end of the road, Gabriela and her team can help.

Through a holistic and highly-customised approach, Gabriela educates and supports couples in her Natural Fertility Breakthrough Programme to make changes that will help them optimise the chances of conceiving or having a successful treatment, whatever method they may choose. Gabriela has also educated over 85,000 people all over the world with her free 12-day Fertility Challenge, and she believes that if a couple wants a baby and are willing to invest the time, money, and energy to do what it takes, they will.

In this episode, you'll learn what secondary infertility is and why it is something that impacts so many couples trying to conceive their second or subsequent children. You'll also find out how age and lifestyle, as well as male fertility and DNA quality, may have an impact on your chances to conceive. And finally, you'll learn about the exact steps Gabriela takes to help people get the outcome they want the most - a new baby.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/143

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Jessica DeLuise runs an integrated medical wellness practice that helps people make practical nutrition and lifestyle changes to improve their health and wellbeing. Like me, when it comes to healthy habits around diet and everyday life, Jessica believes in making small tweaks to what you're already doing, so you can set yourself up for success in every area of your life. Because when life gets busy, we always fall back on our habits. So let's make them count.

Jessica believes that a positive mindset plays a huge role in how we're able to make change happen in our lives - be it big or small. But she's also passionate about the fact that to improve our health and lifestyle as busy mums, we need to have access to the right tools. This is why Jessica helps her clients to become more efficient in the kitchen, create a better balance between striving for our health and taking care of our daily tasks, and to teach our children about fresh, healthy food.

In this episode, you'll learn some hands-on cooking planning tips and ideas that will help you make healthier choices and prepare more nutritious meals for yourself and your family. From healthy snacks to super-food breakfast smoothies, in our interview, Jessica shared some easy-to-implement, tasty recipes that will set you up for success and completely change the way you look at food preparation.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/142

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This week I have something a little different for you. This solo episode is not only the last one of this season and of 2018 - it also represents a final chapter in the Yorks' life. In this episode, I - Lisa York - talk about our family's journey of beating childhood cancer, as our third son, Benny, prepares to have his last chemotherapy treatment on the 21st December 2018 in Sydney. An uncut, unedited video version of this episode is also available, so if you'd like to get an idea of what recording a podcast entails (warts and all) here's your chance.

As you may already know if you're a regular listener to the show, our son Benny was diagnosed with leukemia shortly before his third birthday when we were living in London (UK). In this episode, I talk you through Benny's devastating diagnosis, those hard few months of chemotherapy, and how we handled our darkest hour after moving to Canberra (Australia). It's a story full of twists and turns, lots of tears, tiredness, and difficulties.

But as we move back to Sydney and prepare for Benny's last treatment, we are entering a new, exciting chapter of our lives. I am grateful for the people who shared this journey with us and feel lucky and blessed for the way Benny's leukemia has changed me and helped me grow as a person. This podcast and my online membership - Let's Conquer Motherhood - wouldn't exist if it wasn't for what we experienced over the last few years.

We are a family who survived childhood cancer. And for me, the lesson to be learnt is that there's something good in every situation, even in adversity. So I want you to hold on to this.

Tomorrow is another day.

And you too, will get through it.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/141

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Clarissa Hughes is a Mindfulness Coach, an author, and a speaker. After being forced to leave a corporate job she loved in a large Australian multi-national, Clarissa came face to face with the reality of juggling being a single mum and working for a small business that didn't give her the flexibility she needed at the time. Exhausted, Clarissa eventually cracked under the pressure and burnt out. At a time when she felt like life wasn't much fun, Clarissa stumbled across the concept of mindfulness and decided to train to become a mindfulness coach.

Two years ago, Clarissa left her corporate job. She now lives in Sweden, and her life has changed for the better. She now teaches her clients how to incorporate mindfulness and self-compassion into their everyday, busy lives. Through her work, Clarissa helps people feel calmer, more aware, more alive and aligned with what truly matters in life.

In this episode, you'll learn how you can incorporate short mindful interventions into your daily life and what you can do when you start to feel frazzled and overwhelmed. You'll also find out why building good, healthy habits is the foundation of living a healthier life that will sustain you during the busiest and most challenging times of your life. And finally, you'll discover a way to become kinder and more compassionate to yourself so you can start to say no when you feel things are getting on top of you.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/140

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Let's Conquer Motherhood member Tanya Cunningham is a mum of 2 boys and a Life Coach based in Canberra. Having struggled in the past with her own sense of identity and with negative self-talk, Tanya now works passionately with mums to equip them and empower them to become the mums they want to be in the season of motherhood they're in. As a coach, Tanya supports mums with some of the practical aspects of their lives as well as with the transformational mindset shifts that will help them achieve success in motherhood. Whatever success means to them.

Tanya believes that as mums we are always learning. While our children may be learning to walk or talk, we are finding our feet too - always trying to do our best based on the capacity and the resources that we have available to us. Motherhood is full of seasons - some of them quite short - and it's important we always make time to adjust and re-evaluate who we want to be as mothers in the phase we're currently in.

In this episode, you'll learn why it's important to celebrate your wins on a regular basis, as small as they may seem. You'll also discover a simple tool that you can use whenever you become aware of your own negative self-talk, so you can help your brain to switch into problem-solving mode. And last but not least, you'll learn why it's important to have a long-term vision and strategy when it comes to motherhood.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/139

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Dr Emma Svanberg (a.k.a. The Mumologist) is a clinical psychologist specialising in pregnancy, birth, and parenthood. Having always been fascinated by mental health, and how our mental and physical health is influenced by our histories and environment, after completing her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Emma decided to specialise in the perinatal period and support parents during what is often a delicate time in their lives, when rapid emotional changes and transformation can take place.

Emma offers one to one psychological therapy, as well as group support. She is a keen writer and campaigner for issues related to mental health and parenting and co-founded the Make Birth Better network with Dr Rebecca Moore. She is passionate about spreading the message that it really does take a village to raise a child and that expectant and new mums and dads do need support and should not be expected to parent in isolation. This is why Emma is campaigning for change. She feels that, as a society, we need to begin to recognise how crucial this period of our lives is - so that it can lead to positive change and growth for parents and their children.

In this episode, you'll find out why tuning into your baby's cues is so important and yet so difficult, and you'll understand how small changes in the way you interact with your baby can have a huge impact on your relationship with your child. You'll also learn who you should reach out to and how if you ever feel like you're struggling, and you'll discover why being able to express and vocalise your emotions makes for a healthier approach to your own mental health and your children's too.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/138

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Fifteen years ago, Amy Rasdal left her corporate job to start her own consulting business. Today, through her brand Billable with Baby, she helps other working mums leave the corporate world and start their own successful consulting businesses. Amy makes it possible for women who love their job and have years of experience and education behind them, to gain the confidence and courage they need to build businesses that work around their families. Because having a baby doesn't mean having to make financial or professional sacrifices!

Through her practical approach and advice, Amy empowers mums to identify the skills that make them experts at what they do, so they can start to offer the right services to the people who need them and charge their worth. Amy believes that your business should make you money from the word go because that's the only way to create a career that truly gives you the freedom and flexibility to live a life on your terms and no one else's.

In this episode, you'll learn about the exact three steps you can take to secure your first clients and create a solid business that will generate money quickly. You'll also find out how not to underprice yourself, why getting a website or professional headshots shouldn't be your priorities when you first start out, and how confidence and financial planning play a big role in your consultancy business.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/137

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Esther Blum is an Integrative Dietician and author based in Connecticut, where she runs a busy private practice. Over the years, Esther has coached thousands of women to help them eliminate the need for medication, lose stubborn belly fat, reverse chronic illness, and smile when they look in the mirror. She's passionate about helping more people shift the cultural conversation around food so that you can eat more healthily but also teach your children that good food is great fuel for our bodies. Together with her 11-year-old son, Esther has developed a 6-week online program, Nutrition School for Families, to address all the tough food and health challenges that we face at home such as food battles, sleep issues, sensory issues, picky eaters, ADHD, constipation, overweight children and body image issues, and immune function.

Just like I do, Esther believes that with the right mindset and the willingness to plan ahead and get organised, you can eat a healthy diet, even if you're a busy mum. You can learn to sustain your body with the right kind of energy that will get you through the day, train your body to crave healthy food, and teach your children good eating habits from a young age.

In this episode, you'll learn how to set your children up for a lifetime of healthier choices just by having clear boundaries around food. You'll also find out why eating meals as a family, preferably without technology, is important in helping your children develop a healthy mindset when it comes to their meal preferences. If you have a picky eater in your family, you'll learn some strategies that you can use to encourage your little ones to try new foods, and you'll even find out why the temperature and texture of certain foods can be an issue for some children.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/136

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Lore Earley-Goldstein has a gift. She can read people at soul level. Originally a teacher, Lore re-trained in traditional psychotherapy after realising that something just wasn't adding up for her. Feeling lost, inadequate, and often 'broken', she struggled for a long time - deep down she knew she was meant to be on a different path and do greater work. Eventually, Lore found the courage to release the baggage that no longer served her and to start living according to who she really is, at soul level. She found her purpose. And now she helps others learn what their purpose is, so they can use their unique strengths and skills to build careers and relationships where they can thrive and flourish.

Lore's journey in moving away from a life that was built on external expectations wasn't easy. It involved a lot of soul-searching, and she went through an extremely emotional and difficult time, which even resulted in the end of her first marriage. While going through divorce, Lore also walked away from her career in psychotherapy, but it all paid off. She's now married to her soulmate and has built a successful career around her deep calling.

In this episode, you'll learn how deciding to tune into your own unique set of strengths can help you make the leap to do something more meaningful with your life, so you can experience what it feels like to live 'in flow', whatever you decide to do. You'll also find out how by understanding yourself, your partner, and your children on a deeper level, you can build stronger relationships and let go of the guilt that comes from blindly following the rules and expectations that you think society has dictated for you.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/135

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Business Coach and Let's Conquer Motherhood member Jessica Fearnley is a healthy mum of two young boys and runs a successful business around her and her family's needs. But getting to where she is today wasn't always easy. About 8 years ago, and only a few months into her marriage, things came to a head for Jessica. Feeling unwell, exhausted, and completely broken and burnt out after years of working extremely hard and putting pressure on herself, Jessica decided to leave the corporate world and the career she had worked so hard to build.

Emotionally and physically at an all-time low and unable to work, she did the only thing she felt she could do. She took time out and built herself up again one tiny step at the time. When Jessica fell pregnant with her first child, a lot of the symptoms she had experienced as a result of stress and anxiety made an unwelcome come back into her life. And needless to say, her dream of having an idyllic 9 months was totally crushed. After a difficult birth, Jessica struggled to adjust to life with a newborn, and she very quickly realised that she was keen to put her professional experience to good use again, but she had to do it on her terms. So when her son was only 4 months old, Jessica's business was born.

In this heartfelt episode, you'll learn how being completely honest with yourself and the way you feel about motherhood can help you understand what really matters to you in life. By the end of this interview, you'll be inspired to do life on your terms, be true to yourself, and be completely unapologetic about it.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/134

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