The Fertile Mindset Podcast

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

Next steps:

• Learn how to do EFT and be guided through a tapping round in episode 20
• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit
• See if my one-to-one Fertile Mindset coaching support is right for you.
• Follow me on Facebook
• Connect with me on Instagram

Rachel Bolton from Plan Yourself Pregnant was my first guest on the Fertile Mindset Podcast back in episode 3 which was released on our launch day on 1st January 2021. Rachel recently invited me into her lovely Fertility Heroes group on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, and we had a conversation about all things mindset and why it’s a vital part of a fertility journey. It was a really lovely chat about both of our approaches to mindset work in relation to fertility. I think you’d like to listen to it too, so I was thrilled when Rachel sent me the recording to share with you, my wonderful podcast listeners! We talk about so much here, and there’s such a synergy in the way that we support people on a fertility journey. I hope you enjoy listening and find some useful support for you within our conversation.

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• What do we mean by “mindset” and why is this important on a fertility journey?
• The most common mindset issue that is most often the reason people seek support with me.
• Our thoughts on “taking a break” from trying for a baby when it gets too stressful.
• The importance of the meaning we give to what happens on our fertility journey.

Guest Links:

• Join Rachel’s Fertility Heroes Facebook group

Next Steps:

• My favourite mindset books: Untamed by Glennon Doyle, Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant, The ONE Thing by Garry Keller
• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit
• See if my one-to-one Fertile Mindset coaching support is right for you.
• Follow me on Facebook
• Connect with me on Instagram

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.

Next steps:

• For the 5 minute guided EFT to use with this episode, go to episode 20 and skip to 17:33
• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit
• See if my one-to-one Fertile Mindset coaching support is right for you.
• Follow me on Facebook
• Connect with me on Instagram

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/

Next Steps:

• Download your free Fertility EFT Starter Kit
• See if my one-to-one Fertile Mindset coaching support is right for you.
• Follow me on Facebook
• Connect with me on Instagram

Model Strangers is one of my favourite accounts to follow on Instagram. The videos are beautiful snippets of human life and interaction, and the community that it has created is so positive and heartwarming. Knowing that this was one person’s project, which seemed like a pursuit of their purpose, I knew that I had to invite Chris to the podcast. I was delighted when he accepted my invitation and I really enjoyed this ‘behind the scenes’ conversation where we talk about how and why Model Strangers got started and learn more about this amazing project which has a rapidly growing following.

Christopher Ward was born in South Africa and now lives in Northern Ireland. He’s a wedding videographer and photographer who decided just last year to try something different. He'd been feeling creatively unfulfilled for a long time and wanted to explore a new project that would showcase humanity. The result is Model Strangers, now with over 700k followers on Instagram.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Chris and feel inspired by how he has brought purpose into his life in a very creative way.

Here’s what is included in this episode:

• How feeling creatively unfulfilled and wanting to ‘get out of his own head’ led him to a new idea and project.
• Creating a positive online community and the responsibility he feels to the people he features on his account.
• The qualities he’s looking for which indicate they’ll be an interesting person with a story to tell, and how vulnerability and authenticity lead to real connection in his conversations.
• The skills and attributes that he’s recognised in himself since setting up the Model Strangers project.
• “Behind the scenes” and insights into his videos and the people he has met, and how one of his most popular videos with over 10 million views surprised him.

Guest Links:

• @modelstrangers on Instagram
• @modelstrangers on Tiktok
• @modelstrangers on Facebook
• @modelstrangers on YouTube
• www.christopherwardfilms.com

Next steps:

• Sign up for Daily Seeds emails to inspire and support, and a bundle of free gifts!
• See if my one-to-one Fertile Mindset coaching support is right for you.
• Follow me on Facebook
• Connect with me on Instagram