The Fertile Mindset Podcast is here to support and inspire you to create a meaningful and happy life with the 3 core values of Clarity, Purpose and Joy. Hosted by Sarah Holland, the Fertile Mindset Coach who uses EFT Tapping to calm the mind and unlock potential, she is joined by fascinating guests sharing their inspiring stories and words of support. Sarah has a special interest in fertility support, and the first 80 episodes of the podcast are fertility focused - if that’s what you’re looking for. Wherever you are on your path through life, you are welcome to join us for episodes 81 onwards! If the podcast sparks something within you and you want to live your life with clarity, purpose and joy, sign up for my Daily Seeds emails for daily messages of support and inspiration, along with welcome gifts including an EFT tuition video and tapping exercises. https://www.fertilemindset.com/dailyseeds
Episodes
Jan 6, 2022
Jan 6, 2022
9 min
Welcome to the first episode of the Fertile Mindset Podcast in 2022. Although we’re almost a week into the new year now, I’d like to wish you a Happy New Year and also acknowledge how you may be feeling. When you’re on a fertility journey the new year can be a time for a renewed focus and energy, maybe making new plans or taking new steps, and it can also be an overwhelming time when you’re not sure what to focus on. The temptation is there to use the fresh start of a new year to take lots of action, but this doesn’t always feel good and may not be a good approach for you and your fertility.
Here’s what is included in this episode:
- Sharing the Tapping Tip sent to my Fertile Mindset Sanctuary members, titled: New Year, New Plan? Or Not…
- 3 steps to help you feel calm and mentally strong at the start of this year.
- An invitation for you to send in your questions and requests which I will answer on the podcast.
- How sending in your request to the podcast could be a positive mindset shift for you and the rest of your fertility journey!
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Dec 30, 2021
Dec 30, 2021
8 min
2021 has been quite a year hasn’t it? In this final podcast episode of the year, I invite you to look at your fertility journey and experience of the past 12 months in a new way. And I would also love you to join me in transitioning into the next year with kindness and support. Wishing you a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year filled with more moments of joy and some wonderful surprises along the way too. I’ll see you in 2022!
Here’s what is included in this episode:
- What my first year of podcasting has been like!
- Taking a wider more inclusive view on the year that is ending.
- An invitation to journal and transition between the years in a healing and supportive way.
- My wishes for you in the year to come.
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Dec 23, 2021
Dec 23, 2021
10 min
Christmas can be a difficult time when you’re still waiting for your baby. Seeing family and friends, much of the celebrations being centred on children, and the worry that you’ll be asked probing questions about when you’ll be having a baby. And maybe you are feeling particularly sensitive right now after a setback or loss. This episode is to help you create your own perfect Christmas, protect yourself in challenging situations, and rediscover the joy of the season. I hope you find support within this episode, and I wish you a happy Christmas.
Here’s what is included in this episode:
- Recognising the pressure and expectations at this time of year, and how you may be feeling.
- Creating a Christmas that is exactly what you need with some new traditions too.
- A simple technique to protect yourself and your energy at family gatherings.
- Bringing joy into your fertility journey and life with guided EFT on Instagram
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Dec 9, 2021
Dec 9, 2021
10 min
The "what if?" questions and thoughts that can keep us up at night, and tap into our greatest fear and worries about the future. “What if I don’t get pregnant this year?”, “What if I never have a baby?”. In this episode, we talk about these questions, and how acknowledging and addressing them can be the biggest gift to yourself and your fertility journey.
Here’s what is included in this episode:
- How the “what if?” questions can impact on us and our emotional wellbeing.
- My own experience of working through my questions and fears, and how this lead me to my babies.
- How you can address your own questions and use EFT tapping on the emotions that come up.
- Why I believe this is some of the most important mindset work you can do.
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Nov 25, 2021
Nov 25, 2021
13 min
See that number above!! It’s the 50th episode of the Fertile Mindset Podcast! To celebrate reaching this milestone, the fabulous guests who’ve joined me, and the thousands of listeners, I’d love to invite you to sit down with me for a cup of tea and a chat. This episode is something a little different where I share a “pep talk” with you to give you a boost, support, and inspiration to live your life with courage, determination and gentleness towards yourself. So I invite you to take a few minutes out of your day to listen in. I hope you find this short episode useful, and it’s one you may revisit whenever you feel in need of a boost. Listen to the end for an important question to ask yourself… I’d love to hear your answers! Feel free to let share it with me here: https://www.fertilemindset.com/contact-me/
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Nov 18, 2021
Nov 18, 2021
18 min
While I was having a tidy up of my audio files, I came across this talk from an event I ran a few years ago called Your Empowered Path to Parenthood. In this talk, I share how it’s important to feel empowered on your fertility journey, and the 3 steps you can take to go from feeling out of control and disempowered - which is a common place to get to, especially when you're trying to conceive has been medicalised - and get back to feeling strong and empowered, and having ownership of your fertility once more. I hope you enjoy listening and putting the 3 steps into action.
Here’s what is included in this episode:
- How and why we become disempowered on a fertility journey and what the impact can be.
- Taking back ownership of your fertility support team, and the surprising additions you can make to your team that are not people!
- Mastering your emotional response to triggers, the questions you can ask yourself to get clear, and the technique that will make it easy to connect with your most natural and supportive mindset.
- Owning the decisions that you make and freeing yourself of outside influences that can be confusing so you can calmly make good decisions that are right for you.
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Nov 11, 2021
Nov 11, 2021
36 min
Solo parenthood is increasingly becoming an option for many, and Mel is a wonderful guide and supporter for anyone considering solo parenting by choice. She has her own experience of the challenges and realities of deciding to parent as a single mum and now leads amazing communities to bring others the support, insights and friendships she wished she’d had from the start.
Here’s what is included in this episode:
- The different places from which a journey into solo parenthood can start, and how it can feel like you’re the first person to ever make this choice.
- Why it’s so important to have clarity and leave comparison behind, and how society can make this challenging.
- How it’s essential to have a support network or Mum Tribe, and how Mel loves to connect people through “solo mum matchmaking”.
- The importance of questioning and reframing beliefs around the fairy tales of marriage and parenting we’ve been brought up with.
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Nov 4, 2021
Nov 4, 2021
39 min
In this episode, I speak with Mindset and Holistic Fertility Coach Monica Bivas, who through her own experience of fertility issues, IVF and loss has become an empathic and supportive voice in the fertility community. She’s the author of the book The IVF Planner, and she focuses her support for people who are having fertility treatment, are pregnant after infertility, or have experienced pregnancy and baby loss. I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation.
CONTENT WARNING: As Monica shares her experience there is talk about pregnancy loss, stillbirth, and suicidal thoughts.
Here’s what is included in this episode:
- Monica’s story of fertility issues, IVF and loss and why mindset and emotional support was invaluable.
- The experience of grief on a fertility journey and how this can be supported
- Can infertility and loss make us stronger?
- How to keep the romance flame with your partner alive while walking this path.
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Oct 28, 2021
Oct 28, 2021
39 min
In this second episode about my own path to parenthood I share what happened when we decided to try for another baby, and how this ultimately led to us adopting a baby boy and completing our family. If adoption is on your radar in any way, you may also find episode 42 useful to listen to, “Why don’t you just adopt?”. And you can find the first part of my own story on episode 45, My Fertility Story.
Here’s what is included in this episode:
- The surprises we faced as we tried for baby #2.
- The challenges of coming to a joint decision when changing from TTC to adoption, and how we managed it.
- My experience of the whole adoption process from the first moment we considered it to when we brought our baby boy home.
- The things we did that made it so easy for us to bond with our baby, and helped him get to know us too before we even met.
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Oct 21, 2021
Oct 21, 2021
33 min
After touching on our adoption experience in episode 42 “Why don’t you just adopt?” I received lots of messages asking me to share more about our adoption story. Before I do this, I thought I should start where it all began, when we first decided to try for a baby. So, this week’s podcast is My Fertility Story and next week’s will be My Adoption Story. My stories may have similarities to yours or be completely different, and no two experiences are ever the same. But I hope you find support, inspiration and hope within these two episodes, and more understanding about why Fertile Mindset exists and how my experiences help me support you with empathy and understanding.
Here’s what is included in this episode:
- Why my fertility story began at age 10, and most likely before I was born.
- How EFT helped me make the biggest and best decision of my life.
- Advocating for myself and my fertility, and walking out on my fertility doctor.
- The adrenaline fuelled dash that led to me finally becoming a mother!
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