Send us a text Going through fertility challenges can be daunting, particularly when we start entering the medical side of it all. We don't know what we don't know. So sometimes the medical world can be tricky to navigate. And hey, sometimes it's difficult to know what acupuncturist or naturopath is best for you too. So today, I have put together a list of 7 reasons you might need or want a second opinion as you navigate your fertility path in a way that feels good for you. Bella xx PS. Interest...
Aug 08, 2022•16 min•Ep. 85
Send us a text The one thing that TTC gives you is NOTHING. BUT. UNCERTAINTY. Apart from there being no guarantees about the outcomes of whether or not you will have a baby, there is all the uncertainty about what to do and what to try and trying to figure out what is wrong! There don't seem to be any easy solutions or paths to take. And then you drive yourself crazy with that uncertainty and become miserable and depressed. Today on the podcast, I want to talk to you about all your uncertainty. ...
Jul 28, 2022•16 min•Ep. 84
Send us a text Let's face it, when you have dedicated YEARS to trying to achieve a pregnancy, there might come a point where it feels like you want to give up! Like you just can't go on anymore. But as human beings, sometimes we also know that stopping our pursuits is the thing we should be doing. Just like not everyone becomes a famous actor, not everyone does become a mother and many times not by choice. So how do you know it is the right time to give up trying to conceive? And how can you do ...
Jul 25, 2022•17 min•Ep. 83
Send us a text Have you ever said, "Well part of me thinks or feels one way, and part of me feels or thinks another way" when trying to make decisions? Have you ever felt like you are having an internal power struggle against yourself? Well today's episode is for you. Find out what the cause of this is and how you can come to understand yourself better so you can make better decisions on your fertility journey. PS. Interested In Learning More? ----------------------------------------------------...
Jul 18, 2022•17 min•Ep. 82
Send us a text Technology and advances in science have enabled us to do so much more in the privacy of our own homes than ever before, which really gives way more power to us as individuals. And I'm all for it. And home pregnancy tests really are a part of the fertility journey. But are you being driven crazy by testing every month? I know women on the fertility journey who have done 100's of pregnancy tests and today on the podcast I want to show you: how those negatives push you further into d...
Jul 11, 2022•18 min•Ep. 81
Send us a text Sometimes waiting for things that we know are a certainty is hard enough. But infertility is about waiting for something that you have no certainty about - and that is mentally taxing. No matter who I talk to, whether they are 30 or 43, most women feel a time pressure to get pregnant when pregnancy is not happening. Some people feel the pinch of age. Or pressure from family or society. Some people feel like they just can't go on anymore and so it has to happen now. And everything ...
Jul 04, 2022•20 min•Ep. 80
Send us a text I know what it is like. You have that deep desire in your heart for a baby, it won't go away. And you finally get pregnant only for it to end in a heartbreaking miscarriage. You don't understand how you came this close and yet it is still even further away to the life and the dreams that you have of having a family. And now to make things worse, you are afraid of getting pregnant because what if this ends in miscarriage too? You don't think you can take the heartbreak and go throu...
Jun 26, 2022•23 min•Ep. 79
Send us a text Let's be honest, self-worth isn't a pre-requisite for fertility. But it can definitely hinder your fertility journey in many different ways. Today I will explore how having greater self-esteem and self-worth can affect your journey and where you might what to put some focus. Bella xx PS. Interested In Learning More? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Resources: Download my free mini-guide : How to Let Go of Control (Wi...
Jun 19, 2022•20 min•Ep. 78
Send us a text The stress, the overwhelm, the obsessive behaviour and thoughts, the sleepless nights, that total chaos that is infertility can boil down to one big thing - FEAR! We are AFRAID. Afraid of our emotions and how we are feeling. Afraid of our thoughts and how dark they get. Afraid of never feeling better. Afraid of getting pregnant. Afraid of not getting pregnant. The fears can be endless and crippling and it's often these that cause us the stress, the overwhelm and the chaos. So toda...
May 30, 2022•22 min•Ep. 77
Send us a text I'm a trained hypnotherapist among other things and recently I've been exploring ever more of what hypnosis and hypnotherapy can do for me and my clients. Today, I'm going to share with you how I discovered the powerful effects of self-hypnosis and how I used it during one of the most difficult times in my life to find my calm. The contrast was unbelievable! All the vast array of amazing benefits you can receive from self-hypnosis and why you may want to consider using it for your...
May 22, 2022•23 min•Ep. 76
Send us a text So many women and men are suffering because of their infertility diagnoses and journeys. And it would be fair to say that for a lot of these people they find a distinct lack of understanding of the gravity of the emotional and mental toll that this journey can take on them. That’s when they get the platitudes – ‘you can have one of mine’, ‘just relax’ and the like. In an environment that isn’t empathetic to can be hard to heal and carry on. And so today I wanted to talk about why ...
May 15, 2022•19 min•Ep. 75
Send us a text There are MORE than 3 reasons that you don't need to be perfect to get pregnant but today I just wanted to highlight some of them. AND talk about what perfectionism can really mean. I know we tend to think we do have to be perfect because you are hoping that the fertility diet and the supplements and the whatever else you are doing is the answer and if you try and perform it perfectly then maybe all this pain you are feeling will finally switch off and you can get back to being ha...
May 09, 2022•23 min•Ep. 74
Send us a text What do supermarket toilets, California wildfires and perseverance have to do with fertility? Well, EVERYTHING when it came to conceiving for Ebony Hibbert. Today I am joined on the podcast by the beautiful and amazing Ebony Hibbert from The Fertility Balance who shares with us in-depth her incredible journey to conceiving. And how she did it all SOLO! Solo Motherhood is definitely a great option to starting a family for many women, and Ebony walks us through her journey of Egg Fr...
May 02, 2022•39 min•Ep. 73
Send us a text Are you ANGRY at your partner for not making lifestyle changes to improve your fertility outcomes? I mean, you made a commitment together to have a baby. But things didn't go as planned. Now you are researching all the things that you can do to improve your fertility outcomes including lifestyle changes. Maybe you have made a bunch of them but then you see your partner still seemingly doing whatever they want. Or maybe they don't need to make changes but you do and they continue t...
Apr 25, 2022•21 min•Ep. 72
Send us a text PS. Interested In Learning More? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Resources: Download my free mini-guide : How to Let Go of Control (Without Giving Up Hope) Gentle mindset shifts and nervous system tools that actually help you feel better today. 👉 studiofertility.com/letgo Connect with Bella: Instagram: @studiofertility Youtube: @studiofertility Website: studiofertility.com If you liked this episode, please take a f...
Apr 18, 2022•22 min•Ep. 72
Send us a text I've always accepted about me that I'm about a woo and a half. And not full woo-woo. I have a very (hardcore) logical side to me but I've had one too many things happen in my life with energetic connections and weird things that have happened, including strong signs around me that it is too hard to ignore. And quite frankly, I love it. I got a LOT of signs on my fertility journey, that I didn't really recognise as such. But they also kept me company and made me feel good - you'll ...
Apr 10, 2022•23 min•Ep. 71
Send us a text If being diagnosed with infertility weren't bad enough and battling through the long journey to conceiving, what often comes with it is a serious sense of shame and guilt. I spent many a waking moment blaming my teenage dieting antics for my problems. Because I know during those years, I had pushed my body to its ultimate limits. The longer a person goes on, the more diagnoses that might be piled on or even the lack of one, it can be guilt and shame around so many things. From tha...
Apr 03, 2022•17 min•Ep. 70
Send us a text Have you ever had a friendship that you felt literally sucked the energy out of you? Or a boss or family member? Or a situation? Well unfortunately when we are miserable, depressed and deplete then more people and things can have a way of sucking the energy out of you. And it is vitally important that you learn to protect your energy if you want to get off the emotional rollercoaster of your fertility journey to do it differently. Today on the podcast I'm talking about why it is s...
Mar 27, 2022•21 min•Ep. 69
Send us a text Unexplained infertility has its own unique set of challenges. When time after time you are told there is just NOTHING wrong - what then can you do to FIX anything? Because when we can't conceive and it has been going on for years - we feel like we are physically broken, so how can we then have NOTHING wrong? So with nothing wrong and nothing to focus on, it's then very easy to get obsessed with doing EVERYTHING and trying to find that one thing that will work and trying to find th...
Feb 27, 2022•20 min•Ep. 68
Send us a text Have you been listening to a million podcasts, absorbing a plethora of articles and basically still confused about how to stop feeling so overwhelmed whilst trying to conceive? I know sometimes on the podcast, I present bigger concepts like unconscious conflicts and how true change happens at the level of identity, but sometimes that stuff can feel too out of reach when you just feel absolutely crap. So today I wanted to focus on 7 very PRACTICAL ways you can stop feeling so overw...
Feb 20, 2022•26 min•Ep. 67
Send us a text We've all heard it. Stress is bad for you. And by association stress is bad for your fertility. At least, that is what we are left believing. And so then when we get stressed at work, stressed about our fertility and stressed about everything we have to do, we start to feel guilty about feeling stressed, thinking we are ruining all our chances. Well today I want to unravel the myth of stress and look more at what TYPE of stress you have in your life so we can start to see what str...
Feb 13, 2022•17 min•Ep. 66
Send us a text Considering IVF is not a light decision - mentally, emotionally or financially. But when you have been struggling to conceive for so long, it can sometimes feel like both a life-line and that you are somehow a failure. And it can definitely feel like a scary unknown. But it doesn't have to be that way. I have seen women both excited and terrified. So when considering IVF you really do need to set yourself up right. Because when done right, IVF can also be a rather wonderful experi...
Feb 06, 2022•18 min•Ep. 65
Send us a text It seems insane that actually unravelling our fears or dealing with our mindset can have anything to do with our fertility. We have been taught for so long that the fertility journey is only a physical one. Yet Dr Alice Domar through Harvard Medical School and beyond has researched the approach of a mind body programs on women suffering infertility and has consistently found that it can have profound effects on fertility outcomes. Today I wanted to talk to you about why unravellin...
Jan 31, 2022•13 min•Ep. 64
Send us a text "I just need to think more positively," comes the inevitable reply when I ask a new client what they want to get out of fertility coaching. It's not that thinking positively isn't a good thing or isn't where they will end up. But how many times have you tried to 'just think positively' and you ended right back where you are now, feeling alone, miserable, traumatised and like you can't go on? We get stuck in loops of trying to feel better and then falling right back to where we wer...
Jan 23, 2022•14 min•Ep. 63
Send us a text Fertility Trauma is a real thing. And sometimes you can find yourself stuck in an endless loop of wanting to feel better and not being able to get yourself out of it. Maybe you are feeling really anxious, have huge fears, feel miserable or feel downright crazy! I know I felt crazy at times. Today on the podcast I talk about: our emotions and how best to process them why we shouldn't change our negative emotions too quickly when are you just wallowing in your emotions and when are ...
Jan 16, 2022•17 min•Ep. 62
Send us a text I know your fertility ride so far has been bumpy and full of ups and downs. In fact, live through the last few years with Covid has been one upheaval after another and then you lump a fertility journey on top of that - it's all too much. But it's a brand New Year, and with a New Year often comes a lot of hope, possibility and just some room to breath. So I want to help you take advantage of those good feelings and propel you forward into this year so you can gain momentum. I want ...
Jan 09, 2022•21 min•Ep. 61
Send us a text It's a brand new year, 2022, with a whole bunch of possibilities and opportunities! And so this podcast is in two parts. 1. Don't Set New Years Goals - Do you ever set New Years Resolutions and Goals? How many times have you actually achieved any of them? I want to give you a more effective way to start your year instead that will enable you to get the wins you are looking for and will enable you to start to enjoy your life more in the process, that builds trust within yourself. 2...
Jan 03, 2022•15 min•Ep. 60
Send us a text It's a problem for infertile couples that isn't going to go away any time soon. Those pesky questions about your baby plans. When are you going to have them? When are you going to have more? But for someone going through infertility, those questions can be a great source of pain and most of the time you don't want to lie but you don't know how to answer the question and still feel authentic... ...AND not tell every person that asks your story. Well today I talk about the holidays,...
Dec 12, 2021•18 min•Ep. 59
Send us a text Every bit of every message we are taught when we are younger is that if we persevere and make sacrifices now and work hard, sometimes even into the ground, then we will reap the rewards later in life. It's all do, do, do. Then enter a fertility journey and it doesn't match up. In fact the harder you work the more upset you become, the more your life starts to fall apart. So today I want to talk about on the podcast why 'surrendering to the fertility journey doesn't come naturally'...
Dec 05, 2021•17 min•Ep. 58
Send us a text Finding faith in amongst all the appointments of infertility that seem to confirm over and over again how hopeless your situation is it can feel impossible to think that you ever could think positively about your situation. I mean, it's been going on for years now right? But you beg to feel better and want to think more positively - to drag yourself out of the black pit of despair. Well today, I talk about one of the was you can start to break the cycle of negative thinking throug...
Nov 28, 2021•28 min•Ep. 57
