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Fearless Infertility

Fearless Infertility is the podcast for women struggling as they deal with the mental anguish of infertility. Join Jenica Parcell, your host and now mom of twin miracle babies, as she shares the exact tools, strategies, and resources she used to take back control over her mind and find joy during her experience with infertility. This podcast is designed to help you understand your mind and how you are in control of your infertility experience. I know! It might sound out of reach but I PROMISE I've got you. Each episode will leave you feeling empowered, in control, and encouraged to continue on your journey. If you are struggling with infertility, you are NOT alone. Visit us over at fearlessinfertility.com for more resources
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100. Stop Beating Yourself Up

If you’re a high achiever and you thrive in a different way than many people think is “normal”, but have not allowed yourself to do that because you think you shouldn’t be the way that you are, then this episode is for you. You’re going to learn how to honor how you live so you can move forward with peace. Get full show notes and more information here: https://fearlessinfertility.com/100/ If you’re tired of feeling awful and want to do something about it for good, WORK WITH ME: https://fearlessi...

Feb 21, 202318 min

99. How to Get Your Needs Met

You are a human being, and by nature of being a human, you are high maintenance! This is NOT a bad thing. You are NOT wrong. This is by design. You deserve to get your needs met! This includes (but is not limited to!) rest, fun, spiritual connection, physical exercise, eating healthy, laughter, and connecting with other people. That’s a lot! It can be hard, however, to create ways to get your needs met. This doesn’t mean you should give up…this just means this podcast episode is for you. I’m goi...

Feb 06, 202323 min

98. The Products you Need to Stop Using TODAY to Increase Your Fertility with Scott Anderson of the HypoChlorous Company

This is an episode I have looked forward to for a long time now! Hypochlorous has changed my LIFE. Not only have we not been sick at all this winter (actually I literally can’t remember being sick once since starting to use it 1.5 years ago) which is CRAZY because germs are flying around like the snowfall here in Utah, but I now know a big contributing factor to the rise in infertility. THIS one, simple thing will truly change your health and your family’s health. It’s the good news you needed t...

Jan 23, 202341 min

97. How to Lose Weight and Get Healthy for Good with Amanda Nighbert

I think most diets are harmful and you gain the weight back quickly after because you don’t learn the sustainable tools to be healthy for life. I finally found the best and most balanced program I’ve ever experienced and feel SO empowered to lose weight and be healthy!! I cannot explain how life changing and empowering the LEAN Program is with Amanda Nighbert, so listen in to today’s podcast episode to learn all about her philosophy on never thinking “all or nothing,” and join me, if you want, a...

Jan 09, 202346 min

96. Self Confidence

The most gorgeous thing about being 35 for Jenica Parcell is that I don’t care about what anyone but about 5 close people think about me and it’s freedom because I get to show up in the world and SERVE the women I want to serve in their infertility experience! I am still as kind as I always have been, but I don’t waste energy in caring about the opinions of others. I’ll show you exactly how to do this as well in this episode so that you can live bigger and better. Get full show notes and more in...

Jan 02, 202325 min

95. Two Questions You Need to Ask Yourself

I had one of the best conversations I’ve had maybe ever with a group of really great friends a few weeks ago and the two questions I talk about in this podcast episode are totally necessary to ask yourself at this time of year. One of my friends is incredible at facilitating incredible, thought provoking questions and this conversation has changed me for the better forever. I’m excited to share them with you so you can ask yourself, and also have great conversations with people you love. Get ful...

Dec 27, 202222 min

94. How to Have a Better Sex Life While Experiencing Infertility with Certified Sex Therapist Tammy Hill

Does the intimate part of your relationship feel like another thing to check off your to do list now that you’re experiencing infertility?! Does what was once fun and spontaneous feel scheduled and like a job you need to complete instead of connecting with your spouse? Today’s podcast episode with Tammy Hill will leave you with great ideas on how to enjoy sex again with your spouse while trying to grow your family. You’re going to love it! Get full show notes and more information here: https://f...

Dec 12, 202246 min

93. How to Make Choices so you Actually Get What You Want

We fool ourselves into thinking that the path of least resistance right now is the “easy” way. But is it, really? Nope. The concept I’m teaching you on today’s episode will allow you to reach your goals and the future that you want quicker than any other way. I’m excited to change your life for the better today so your future can be exactly what you want it to be! Get full show notes and more information here: https://fearlessinfertility.com/93/ DID YOU HEAR? I’m taking a waitlist for the small ...

Dec 05, 202220 min

92. Your Job is to be the Happiest Version of Yourself

Wait…what? So you’re saying my job is to become the happiest version of myself? Isn’t that selfish? And how does that help other people? I answer these questions in today’s podcast episode and it’s probably not what you’re thinking! This will help give you so much freedom and answers in moving forward with confidence in being able to accept and love your life! Get full show notes and more information here: https://fearlessinfertility.com/92/ I’ve reopened my free private Facebook group so you ca...

Nov 29, 202222 min

91. 3 Tools to Enjoy the Holidays During Infertility

Holidays can feel different when you’re experiencing infertility. What if aunt Becky says something that you don’t want to hear? What if grandma Sue asks you when you’re going to have kids? This episode will provide you with 3 tools you can take with you into the holiday season so you can feel confident in how you feel at family gatherings, parties and all of the events you want to attend so you can enjoy this season. Get full show notes and more information here: https://fearlessinfertility.com...

Nov 21, 202223 min

90. My IVF Baby Birth Story and a Trick to Help You Stay Calm and Present When You're Freaking Out

My IVF miracle is here! On today’s podcast, I’m sharing his birth story and something that helped me BIG TIME in getting through the moments during his IVF cycle, my pregnancy, and my birth when I was freaking out. I think these questions will help you to have some tools to help you stay calm and present throughout the challenges you’re faced with in infertility and in life as a human. Get full show notes and more information here: https://fearlessinfertility.com/90/ I’ve reopened my free privat...

Nov 14, 202240 min

89. How Stress is Affecting Your Fertility and Stress Recovery Protocol with Dr. Doni Wilson

Dr. Doni’s team reached out to me a couple months ago and I immediately said YES after reading about what she is all about! Her dad was a pharmacist, and after seeing how many medicines were dispersed for all sorts of ailments, she became obsessed with preventing the need for these medicines and healing your body and brain naturally. You know I’m all about this because this is what I did when I refused to accept the way I was feeling with the Epstein Barr virus! I was able to heal myself. She fo...

Nov 07, 202241 min

88. Infertility Caused by Anorexia and Overexercising with Amber Barker

Amber reached out to me last month and I knew I had to have her on the podcast to share her hard earned wisdom after experiencing infertility. In Amber’s words, “We need to nourish ourselves and forget the diets that plague our culture. Girls NEED to have body FAT for fertility, and over exercising and dieting can affect their ability to get pregnant. I want to give hope to the girls who fear weight gain and what it would mean to let go of counting calories.” This is an inspiring and eye opening...

Oct 31, 202240 min

87. The Most Miraculous Quadruplet IVF Story with Ashley Gardner of the Gardner Quad Squad

As I sat waiting for my first infertility appointment at the Utah Fertility Center back in 2014, there was a magazine with a family who had quadruplets on the cover! It was the Gardner Quad Squad and I happened to be going to the same clinic they had gone to. I was following them on social media and have been amazed by their grace throughout infertility and raising their quadruplet girls. Until this interview, however, I didn’t know the full miraculous story!! You will be amazed and uplifted as ...

Oct 24, 202246 min

86. Husband's Cancer Diagnosis and IVF Twins with Jennifer Hanks of Coco's Caravan

Jennifer is one of those people that you meet and you immediately think, “BUT HOW is she thriving?” Today’s podcast episode is a message of hope and resilience. When her precious husband was diagnosed with cancer just two short months after they were married, they moved forward with IVF much earlier than expected when they discovered the cancer was destroying his sperm and it was their only option to be able to have biological children together. This was not how she planned her life to go! How c...

Oct 17, 202254 min

85. All or Nothing Thinking

This is one of those concepts that hit me like a TON OF BRICKS, people!! I’ve applied it for the last two weeks and my life has changed for the better. It’s like I’m seeing with new eyes, which might sound dramatic, but let’s get real. I AM dramatic and it IS dramatic so here we are! Do you think that you have to do something (exercise, scripture reading, eating healthy) in a way that is perfect and create the ideal circumstance or you feel mad at yourself or ashamed that you’re just not doing i...

Oct 10, 202229 min

84. What the Heck Is a Pelvic Floor?! And Why You Should Care with Marcy Crouch of The Down There Doc

I don’t feel that most women get the care that they need for their “down there” parts, so in today’s episode with Marcy Crouch of the Down There Doc, we are learning all about our pelvic floor and how to take care of yourself so that you don’t suffer needlessly. This is an episode that I needed and learned IMMENSELY from at the age of 35. 35!! It amazes me that I went this long without this valuable knowledge, but I’m excited that I have it now and that I can help empower you now as well. It’s a...

Oct 03, 202259 min

83. Why You Don't Actually Want Control

Control feels like something that we would benefit from having all the time, doesn’t it? In a lot of ways, it is incredibly important. We CAN control a lot of the amazing results that we create in our lives. When it comes to infertility, however, we wouldn’t choose to be here. This can lead us to feel helpless and resentful. In today’s podcast episode, I’m showing you exactly how not controlling everything could actually be a benefit to you. I think you’ll leave this episode feeling hopeful and ...

Sep 26, 202235 min

82. Being Open to the Scary Unknown of Infertility and Trusting with Brigitte Shamy of SexyModest Boutique

Brigitte Shamy has been through it all when it comes to infertility. She is a thriving mom of 4 beautiful girls now, but she didn’t always think it would turn out this way. So how do you move forward and trust what you think would work keeps failing? How do you continue to have hope? The answer is in today’s episode. You can find Brigitte on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/modestshoppin/ Get full show notes and more information here: https://fearlessinfertility.com/82/ DID YOU HEAR? I’...

Sep 19, 202253 min

81. How to Handle the Unknown with Elise Hunter

I am so excited I get to introduce you all to my friend Elise Hunter! We met through our infertility and have become friends since. She has two little girls and has a story on how she got them here. One of the things she’s dealing with right now is her Grave’s disease and not knowing what her future holds. It can be hard to live in the unknown, and she has some beautiful and peaceful thoughts on how to manage that space if you’re in it, too. You can find Elise on Instagram here: https://www.inst...

Sep 12, 202252 min

80. Creating a Beautiful Life When you Didn't Get the Big Family you Wanted with Laura Lee Poynter

What happens when you have your life planned out and it doesn’t go how you planned?! SO MANY OF US can relate to this when it comes to infertility, and it can be especially challenging when we picture a specific number of family members in our family and that isn’t happening for us despite all of our best efforts and hard work. Today’s podcast episode is with my friend Laura Lee Poynter. Her daughter Megan babysits my kids and I have always been so impressed with the beautiful life they have cre...

Sep 05, 202232 min

79. What to Stop Doing if you Want to be Happier

I know it’s hard to hear sometimes, but I promise you’re going to love being aware of ways in which you can actually feel better and be happier because it gives you back the control, even when your life isn’t going as you planned! And you know how much I love control ;) In today’s podcast episode, I list out 11 ways that you could be inadvertently contributing to your own misery. Some may be obvious but I know there are a few ways that you haven’t thought of yet that will help you to feel SO muc...

Aug 29, 202230 min

78. Are You on the Right Track to Getting Pregnant? Optimize Your Fertility & Hormones for Conception with Dr. Patti Haebe from Premom

One of the biggest questions I get asked is about the specific ways in which I conceived after trying for so long and I love to share that information with you, BUT, it also may be completely irrelevant to you because the reasons for infertility are so varied! I’ve been looking for a way to be able to help you on the medical side of your fertility journey for a long time, and I’m really excited to be partnering with Premom and Dr. Patti Haebe on today’s podcast episode so you can get the solid s...

Aug 22, 202248 min

77. What to Do When it's too Hard

Anxiety. Overwhelm. Boredom. Overwhelm. What do you do when you feel these emotions that are so uncomfortable and that you don’t like feeling? How do you escape them? In today’s podcast episode I’m teaching you exactly how to process them so you can have full control over your experience in life and in infertility. These are powerful tools and they are more simple than you’re expecting. Get full show notes and more information here: https://fearlessinfertility.com/77/ Make sure you’re on the ema...

Aug 15, 202230 min

76. "I'm so Glad You're Here" and the Power You Hold

I had an experience this last winter when someone said something to me that was SO powerful that day that I haven’t been able to forget it. I’ve thought of it multiple times and how it illustrated the power of our words and how much they truly mean when it comes to shaping our lives. In this week’s podcast episode, I am helping you remember the power that your words hold and how you can use them to create what you want to create in your life. Get full show notes and more information here: https:...

Aug 08, 202216 min

75. Am I Normal?! How Your Brain Works

Today’s podcast episode is for you if you’ve ever thought, “Am I normal?! Am I handling this normally?!” I think we have all been there. I used to ask myself this a lot and then be super frustrated a lot, too! In today’s episode I talk about how all of our brains were designed to work. I know you’re going to feel SO much relief as you start to understand your brain’s function and what to expect in unknown situations that are causing your fear, anxiety, or any other emotion that doesn’t feel comf...

Aug 01, 202224 min

74. Is Trying to Feel Better Even Worth It?

If you follow along on Instagram, you may have caught my Instagram stories about Tyler’s finger getting sucked into a propeller at Lake Powell! Yikes. It was not a pretty situation! BUT there were so many blessings in it. It gave me the idea for this podcast episode. Is it even WORTH trying to feel better in crappy situations that we will inevitably find ourselves in like infertility? Listen in this week as I explain what I think. Get full show notes and more information here: https://fearlessin...

Jul 26, 202225 min

73. What You Believe is Possible Matters

What you believe is possible matters . In today’s Fearless Infertility podcast episode, I’m sharing with you how your brain works when it comes to belief and why this is so important. Your life will be drastically different for the better when you can come to understand this topic and how it applies to your life. I share about my missed flight to Hawaii among other stories to help you understand the results that you can create in infertility and in any area of your life when you start to practic...

Jul 18, 202224 min

72. Biggest Loser's Sarah Nitta on Adoption and Pregnancy (at the Same Time!) + Ectopic Pregnancy and IVF

Sarah Hill thought her weight was the problem in getting pregnant. In today’s podcast episode, she shares her story about being on the Biggest Loser and losing over 100 pounds, her ectopic pregnancy, IVF and becoming pregnant while going through the adoption process! I LOVE her energy and wisdom gleaned through her experiences in growing her family. She now has 4 beautiful children, and I know you’ll find hope and peace in her perspective and specific way of looking at her infertility experience...

Jul 11, 202241 min

71. Confessions of my Latest IVF Cycle

Today I’m sharing all of the details of my last frozen embryo transfer that I didn’t know if I would ever share with you! The good, the bad and the really, really hard. I’m sharing in hopes that it will enable you to advocate for yourself and have hope that you will make it through the really challenging times. Resources from the podcast: Biolyte electrolyte drink that has helped with my morning sickness: https://amzn.to/3yoal0I Instagram Reel where I share all details on what has helped with my...

Jul 04, 202232 min
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