THE WHOLESOME FERTILITY PODCAST
#101 Fertile Hope Yoga Founder Erin Mccollough Shares How the Practice Can Increase Chance Of Conception
Erin McCollough is Founder of Fertile Hope Yoga, the world’s first online fertility yoga studio allowing women to practice from the comfort of their living room floor.
For more than a decade, Erin has been leading the industry with her in-person yoga fertility program at the CNY Fertility Center. She is the Co-Creator of The Fertile Secret book and has helped thousands of women reach out and hold their baby after they had been told they could never get pregnant.
She calls upon her 20 years of training and practice in the healing arts: yoga teacher trainings, licensed massage therapy, Reiki certified, Doula trained, myofascial release, Arvigo Therapy certified to name a few and uses the modalities to change how women approach motherhood .
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#100 6 Ways to Boost Your Qi
In Chinese Medicine, qi is what is referred to as 'life force energy'. When it comes to fertility health, qi is vital for egg quality, sperm quality, as well as sustaining the pregnancy. Qi is at the core of life and fortunately, there are ways that you can boost qi!
I will be sharing some tips for you to boost your qi in this episode!
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#99 The Fertility Expert Marc Sklar Discusses the Importance of Sperm Health
For more than 18 years, Dr. Marc Sklar (aka The Fertility Expert) has been helping couples struggling to conceive empower their fertility naturally with his online fertility programs and virtual consultations.
He’s the creator of FertilityTV, a youtube channel dedicated to natural fertility with over 100,000 subscribers, the founder of the Reproductive Wellness Clinic in San Diego California and the clinical director of MarcSklar.com helping couples via online programs and virtual coaching.
He has extensive experience and expertise in treating and resolving the causes of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss with classical Acupuncture and Chinese Medicines. A Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Board Certified Herbalist and Oriental Medicine Practitioner, and President of the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine (ABORM), Sklar approaches his patients with an open mind, compassion and a medically integrative perspective.
Since completing his master’s degree, Marc has studied with many prominent figures in the field of Oriental Medicine, as well as the Western medical world at large. Working closely with his mentor, local fertility specialist Donna Keefe, Marc has been trained and certified in the treatment of infertility and women’s health.
Marc has also trained at the Harvard Medical School, Mind/Body Medical Institute under Dr. Herbert Benson, M.D. and Peg Baim, M.S., N.P., where he became certified in Mind/Body Medicine.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCckJrww4bImdjwPFvr631zA
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#98 PCOS Diva Amy Medling Shares How We All Hold the Power to Our Healing
Amy Medling, best-selling author of Healing PCOS and certified health coach, specializes in working with women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), who are frustrated and have lost all hope when the only solution their doctors offer is to lose weight, take a pill, and live with their symptoms. In response, Amy founded PCOS Diva and developed a proven protocol of supplements, diet, and lifestyle programs that offer women tools to help gain control of their PCOS and regain their fertility, femininity, health, and happiness.
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#97 How Jasmine Katatikarn Conceived within Months of Being Told She had Less than 1% Chance of Getting Pregnant with Her Own Eggs!
Jasmine Katatikarn is a fertility warrior who struggled to have a child for six years. After multiple IUIs and her 2nd IVF, she was told that she had a less than 1% chance of having a baby and to stop trying. However, Jasmine didn’t give up.
Using her background as an artist, she applied an artist’s mindset to overcome her roadblocks and design a life that gave control of her fertility journey and life moving forward.
As a result, she became pregnant within months of being told she had less than a 1% chance. Today, Jasmine now has two kids, both through IVF.
Using her designer point of view and tools, Jasmine shows you how to take control of your own fertility journey as well. For more information on her free fertility training visit https://bit.ly/FertilityTraining.
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#96 Katherine Alexander Anderson Discusses ABORM and Her Fascinating Research on TCM’s Effect on the Menstrual Cycle
Katherine Alexander Anderson is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, international speaker, published author, researcher and Executive Director of the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine (ABORM). Katherine takes an integrative, evidence-based approach to medicine and enjoys educating both her peers and patients alike.
She has over 25 years experience in healthcare and has dedicated her practice to reproductive issues and women’s health. She works with patients in her private clinics in Maine and New Hampshire as well as online through her virtual sessions and online programs.
As the Executive Director and immediate past president of ABORM, she has been on the forefront of ensuring that Chinese medical practitioners across the globe specializing in infertility receive the highest level of training.
In addition to running her busy clinics and lecturing on infertility, Katherine is getting ready to defend her PhD thesis on the impact of Chinese medicine on menstrual cycle regulation and time to conception.
For more information about Katherine, visit www.rhythmsforwomen.com
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#95 Mastering Your Fertility Host Kristin Cornett Shares the Importance of Gut Health & How It Can Impact Hashimoto’s
Kristin Cornett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner with specialized training in functional medicine, women’s health, and fertility. She works with couples all over the world through her virtual fertility practice, called Tiny Feet, and also hosts the Mastering Your Fertility podcast.
Kristin uses a unique functional medicine approach that gives couples the tools they need to get to the root cause of their health and fertility struggles, conceive successfully, and set their babies up for a healthy life from the very beginning. Her passion for fertility work comes from her own lifelong battle with health issues and years of trying to conceive without success.
After finding answers and healing through nutrition, functional medicine, and mind-body work, she’s determined to bring this same hope and healing to other couples so they can build the families they’ve always dreamed of. You can learn more about Kristin on her website at tinyfeet.co.
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#94 Jessica Ortner Shares The Transformation Power Of EFT Tapping And How It Can Help The Fertility Journey
Jessica Ortner is a stress-reduction expert and one of the leading voices teaching EFT Tapping, a revolutionary self-soothing technique that combines ancient Chinese acupressure and modern psychology. Tapping has been proven to help reduce cortisol (the stress hormone), making Tapping a powerful and easy tool to manage the stress of our daily lives.
She is a producer of The Tapping Solution, the breakthrough documentary film on EFT/Meridian Tapping. She is the New York Times best-selling author of The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss and Body Confidence – a book based on her online program, which has helped more than 11,000 women tackle the stress that leads to weight gain. Jessica is also the host of the Tapping World Summit, an annual online event that has attracted over one million attendees from around the world.
In 2018, along with her brothers Nick and Alex, she launched The Tapping Solution App to make this stress relief technique accessible to anyone around the world. With over 200 Tapping meditations to choose from, there is something for everyone. The app has had over 1.6 million completed Tapping sessions, with over 200,000 people having used her “Releasing Anxiety” Tapping meditation, showing an average 41% decrease of anxiety in just 9 minutes.
Link for free access for first responders as discussed in episode: https://thetappingsolutionapp.com/responder.php
Instagram: @jessicaortner
Follow Jessica on Twitter: @JessicaOrtner
Facebook: facebook.com/JessicaOrtner.
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#93 Dr. Carrie Jones Explains how the DUTCH Test can Reveal many Fertility Hormonal Imbalances
Dr. Carrie Jones, ND, MPH, is an internationally recognized speaker, consultant, and educator on the topic of women’s health and hormones. She graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM), School of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon where she also completed her 2-year residency in women’s health, hormones and endocrinology. Later she graduated from Grand Canyon University’s Master of Public Health program with a goal of doing more international education. She was adjunct faculty for many years teaching gynecology and advanced endocrinology/fertility and has been the Medical Director for 2 large integrative clinics in Portland. She is the Medical Director for Precision Analytical, Inc, creators of the DUTCH hormone test.
For more information about Dr. Carrie Jones, visit http://www.drcarriejones.com
For more information about the DUTCH test, visit https://dutchtest.com
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#92 Katie Bryan Shares Her Single Greatest Choice
Katie Bryan is the creator of the Single Greatest Choice, a place for women who are worried that singleness might mean missing out on motherhood. Katie helps women gain clarity on what they truly want, create pathways to get there, and, most importantly, learn how to manage their minds along the way. Katie hosts a podcast called The Single Greatest Choice, where women tell their stories about singleness, fertility, motherhood and choice. She also coaches women who want to “hit snooze” on their biological clocks or need help embracing Plan B when life doesn’t turn out as planned. Katie moved from fear to freedom on her own fertility journey, and her goal is to provide information and inspiration for other women to do the same.
www.singlegreatestchoice.com
https://www.instagram.com/single_greatest_choice/
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#91 Helping Children Understand IVF | Children's Book Author Tess Kossow
After having her baby boy Ferris, Tess decided to write her first children’s book about her IVF journey so that children all over the world can understand how they and their siblings came into the world.
Ferris was born from Tess’s last embryo and the answered prayer of faith, love and science through IVF.
Reading holds a very special place in Tess’s heart, and this next stage of her career has her creating something that his so very dear in the lives of IVF children through her picture books.
https://tesskossow.com/book/im-very-ferris/
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#90 Kela Smith Shares how Her Hormone Puzzle Method was the Missing Piece to Her Fertility Health
Kela has an extensive background as a professional fitness trainer, wellness educator, and author. To date, she has published two books: The Complete Hormone Puzzle Cookbook and The Hormone Puzzle Method for solving infertility, as well as an online course with the same name. Kela also holds four distinct qualifications as a Certified Holistic Health & Wellness Coach. She realized her dream of creating a virtual holistic health and wellness practice and helps women all over the world solve these issues. As the creator of the Hormone Puzzle Method, Kela helps her clients learn how to cycle sync so they have pleasant periods, boosted fertility, happy hormones, hotter sex lives and greater creativity, productivity, and wellbeing at work.
https://www.hormonepuzzle.com/
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#89 Heather Grzych Discusses the Inspiration for Her Book “Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility”
Heather Grzych is the author of The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility. A board-certified Ayurvedic practitioner, she bridges the worlds of conventional and alternative medicine to help women and men heal their physical and emotional lives. Heather is on the board of directors for the National Ayurvedic Medical Association and has consulted with doctors, governments, and insurance companies. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Visit her online at http://heathergrzych.com.
Heather’s book: The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathergrzych/
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#88 Yoga & Meditation Teacher Chrissy Carter Shares Her Sacred Journey
Chrissy Carter is a passionate multi-hyphenate who inspires the art of mindful living. Chrissy is a yoga and meditation teacher, writer, and founder of the lifestyle site, H(OM)E® Known for her warmth and down to earth approach, Chrissy's teaching creates space for self-inquiry and self-acceptance. She teaches LIVE streaming yoga classes at H(OM)E® and is a featured meditation teacher on Meditation Studio App. Chrissy has appeared in numerous publications such as Yoga Journal, The New York Times, and Live Happy Magazine.
https://www.instagram.com/yogachrissy/
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#87 Zahra Haji Discusses Navigating the Fertility Journey while Coping with the Unknown
Zahra Haji is the Yoga Goddess. She created the first online fertility yoga and meditation program, which is practiced by women in over 25 countries. The Moon Goddess cycle-harmonizing, fertility-enhancing practice has helped over 50% of her clients conceive. Zahra is also a Registered Psychotherapist, and Women's Reproductive Health & Fertility Coach, helping women address the often left-out psychological and emotional aspects of infertility.
If you want to learn more about how Zahra and Yoga Goddess can help you conceive, visit www.yogagoddess.ca.
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#86 How Samantha Kellgren Overcame Hypothalamic Amenorrhea and Got Her Cycle Back
Samantha is certified through ACE Fitness and the Integrative Women’s Health Institute as a preconception through postnatal health coach. She currently lives in Asheville with her husband, toddler, and dog. After a Hypothalamic Amenorrhea diagnosis, and undergoing IVF to have their son, Samantha made drastic changes to her unhealthy relationship with exercise and healthy eating. She now supports other women through the major mindset shifts around food and fitness it takes to get pregnant. Samantha has been featured on Scary Mommy, the Get Pregnant Naturally podcast, Run Lift Mom, and the Beat Infertility Podcast.
https://simplywellcoaching.com
https://www.instagram.com/simplywellcoaching/
https://www.facebook.com/Simplywellcoaching/
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#85 WellBe Founder Adrienne Nolan-Smith Shares how Her Own Journey to Health Inspired Her Life’s Mission
Adrienne is a board-certified patient advocate, speaker and the founder of WellBe, a media company and lifestyle brand focused on bridging the large gap between the healthcare system and the wellness movement. Her mission is to help people prevent and reverse chronic health issues naturally.
From her 20-year journey through the conventional healthcare system as a patient, caretaker and then technology professional working with hospitals, Adrienne has seen how empowering patients through integrative health and wellness is key to preventing and reversing the chronic disease crisis.
Adrienne received her BA from Johns Hopkins University and her MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. She lives with her husband in New York City. WellBe is her greatest passion and her life’s work.
https://www.instagram.com/getwellbe/
https://www.facebook.com/getwellbe
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#84 Awakening the Divine Feminine | Alexandra Roxo
Alexandra Roxo is a writer, artist, spiritual + emotional guide and teacher who is extremely passionate about the intersection of spirituality and sexuality in the lives of women. Her writing on personal growth, healing, the divine feminine resurgence, moon ritual, and modern spirituality can be read on Girl Boss.com. Teen Vogue, Mind Body Green, and more. She has been featured in many publications for her deep, sensual, and raw approach to healing and transformation, and has also been named a “modern spiritual leader” by Well + Good and has appeared on multiple TV shows and been featured in top podcasts.
She was called to find a way to share her spiritual work with women in places in the world where there is less access to workshops, classes, and retreats, so together with Ruby Warrington, she co-created the online community MOON CLUB, which consists of hundreds of women worldwide who attend monthly online rituals, empowerment talks, and are guided in journey, meditation and breathwork practices. MOON CLUB has since transitioned into Alexandra’s Group Coaching Container, Radical Awakenings. She is working on her first book with the publisher Sounds True, out in July of 2020, and will be leading a retreat in July at Kripalu Center as well as a small book tour in the summer.
For more information on Alexandra, visit: www.alexandraroxo.com
Instagram: @alexandraroxo
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#83 Fertility Coach Melanie Legend Discusses how each Individual Requires Their Own Fertility Healing Tools
Melanie started her journey at Western University where she started her first degree (Honours Specialization in Health Science with Biology).
After graduation, Melanie attended the (Royal College Of Surgeons in Ireland - Bahrain) for 2.5 years. At which point, she had what some may call a "spiritual awakening". Shortly after this shift in perspective, Melanie decided to leave medical school and travel home.
in 2018 she started her Naturopathic Medicine Doctorate Degree at CCNM (Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine). Currently in her 2nd year.
Melanie has always been passionate about women's health, especially after navigating her own journey through PCOS. Her career is now geared towards infertility, pre & post natal treatments, with a drive to be of service to women & children.
After working with multiple clients on hormone regulation, and fertility Melanie found her passion in redefining what fertility treatment looks like. Encompassing a mind-body-soul approach Melanie aims to teach women how to become empowered about their health, curious about their hormones and most importantly healed from the origin!
Melanie is the author of The Miracle Mind: The Power of Self-Healing. She is also host of the Get Seriously Fertile Podcast.
For more information about Melanie, visit:
Instagram: @melaniel.legend
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#82 Miss Conception Coach Chiemi Rajamahendran Discusses the Importance of Self Compassion on the Fertility Journey
Chiemi, the founder of Miss Conception Coach, is an infertility support counselor that offers individual and couples support sessions in person and via teletherapy worldwide. Chiemi has experience with various support environments, specializing in infertility trauma & loss. Her support is tailored to those experiencing stress & anxiety related to infertility and loss related to procedures such as IVF/IUI. She provides private peer support groups and an online community to support those experiencing infertility.
https://missconceptioncoach.com
https://www.instagram.com/missconceptioncoach/ https://www.facebook.com/Missconceptioncoach
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