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Average audio length:
15 minutes
Guest interviews
English
Australia
19 episodes
since July 2, 2026
episodic

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Should you take a break, or keep pushing through? Your last IVF cycle didn't work, so you jump into another one. It might feel like you’re making good use of your time, because time is running out. But here’s why pushing through may be doing more damage than you think. In this episode: Short fuse…

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You're a type A with an active mind who is stressed out, and you're told to "just meditate". So you sit there and try to clear your mind, but the volume on your thoughts gets turned up. All of a sudden your nose is itchy, you can't remember if you paid the last invoice from your fertilit…
Ever Googled one question and resurfaced 40 minutes later with 12 new things to worry about? Googling feels like you're doing something useful with all that anxious energy. It's also one of the sneakiest mistakes we make trying to reduce our IVF stress. Instead of helping you calm down, it keeps y…
Ever been told "just be positive" and wanted to throw your phone across the room? "Just be positive" might be the most well-meaning, infuriating advice in IVF. It's also doing more damage to your stress levels than your negative thoughts ever could. And your nervous system can t…
The main reaction you experience when it comes to IVF is stress. Because let's face it, IVF is stressful. And as you know, stress affects your fertility. Welcome to part one of a five-part series, The Infertility Stress Series. Over the next four episodes I'm breaking down the biggest mistakes we…
Do you flinch every time your birthday rolls around because it feels like one more year without a baby in your arms? For seven years, I dreaded my birthday - it didn't feel like a celebration, it felt like a countdown. This week in honor of my 50th Birthday, I'm getting honest about every fear I h…
If you find it hard to explain what Infertility and IVF feels like, and struggle to get the support you really need from your friends and family, this episode is for you. Actually, it's for your loved ones. So share it with them, because I explain: Why the grief your loved one is carrying is re…
Do you have a rocky relationship with hope? Does even hearing the word make you want to roll your eyes? The longer you're trying to conceive, the harder hope gets to hold onto, and everyone telling you to "just have hope" isn't helping. In this episode I'm busting four myths we believe a…
If you've just decided to do IVF and are feeling equal parts terrified, hopeful, overwhelmed, relieved and disappointed all at the same time... this episode is for you. You don't want to do IVF, yet, here you are. It's a choice, but it's not really. And very few people understand how confusing th…
Do you ever lie awake at 3am running through every worst case scenario your brain can invent, then wake up exhausted from a disaster that hasn't even happened? If your brain jumps straight from "what if this monitoring scan shows no follicles" to planning how you'll break the news to ever…
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