Ready. Set. IVF: Mind-Body Tools for Navigating Fertility Treatments, Surrogacy and Pregnancy Loss

Jennifer Robertson
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Welcome to the No 1 podcast for women navigating IVF. Whether you're preparing for your first cycle or finding your feet again after an unsuccessful one, you need real support from someone who has been there, kicked infertility's butt, and helped hundreds of women do the same. Join Jennifer Robertson, Life Coach for women navigating infertility, for mind-body tools, cycle-by-cycle guidance, expert interviews and frank conversations about grief, relationships and the resilience it takes to keep going, quit second-guessing and ditch the emotional overwhelm.

  1. 4d ago

    The Infertility Stress Series Ep 4: Why Meditating doesn't work for you (and what to do instead) (Ep17)

    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 fertility clinic, and you feel more agitated than when you sat down. It's not that you're bad at meditating. Turns out there's a really good reason for that. In this episode: Why your brain gets louder the second you close your eyes to meditateWhy sitting still could be making your IVF stress worseWhy can’t you even meditate properly, and does it mean anything about your ability to get pregnant?The type of woman meditation was never built for (and how to tell if it’s you)What actually calms you down when sitting still makes you want to crawl out of your skin Links and resources: Email me at jennifer@jenniferrobertson.co Click here to follow me on Instagram⁠ ⁠Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠ ⁠1:1 coaching⁠

  2. Oct 12

    The Infertility Stress Series Ep 3: How we self-sabotage our mental health while TTC (Ep16)

    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 you stuck in the exact cycle you're trying to escape. In this episode: Why you come out of every Google session more anxious than when you went inWhy your body treats every unanswered question like a threat to stay on alert forThe real reason you can't stop searching even when you know it's making things worse, and why there's nothing wrong with you for doing itThe one thing to do before you open that search bar, so the worry can finally switch off Links mentioned in this episode: Episode 12: How to support a loved one navigating IVF or infertility (practical tips + suggestions from an expert) Email me jennifer@jenniferrobertson.co Other links and resources: ⁠Click here to follow me on Instagram⁠ ⁠Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠ ⁠1:1 coaching⁠

  3. Oct 5

    The Infertility Stress Series Ep 2: Why "just be positive" is BS (and why it's making your stress worse) (Ep15)

    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 tell you exactly why. In this episode: The 9:47am fertilisation-call moment that shows why "just be positive" makes things worseThe second job you take on every time you fake it, and what it costs your bodyThe grieving dolphin who taught us what someone in pain actually needs insteadThe 80/20 nerve fact that explains why you can't think your way calmWhy the part of your brain doing the "positive thinking" has already clocked off for the day Links mentioned in this episode: Want to work with me? Email me at jennifer@jenniferrobertson.co or DM me on Instagram @msjenniferrobertson. New to the Infertility Stress Series? Start with Episode 14, then come back to this one. Other links and resources: ⁠Click here to follow me on Instagram⁠ ⁠Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠ ⁠1:1 coaching⁠

  4. Sep 28

    The Infertility Stress Series Ep 1: How your bodies stress response actually works (Ep14)

    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 make when it comes to reducing stress, including the things you're doing right now that don't just fail to help, they might actually be keeping you stuck. Each episode reveals a different one. But first, we need to start here, with what's actually happening in your brain and body when stress takes over.In this episode: Why fear, anxiety, worry and stress aren't actually the same thing, and why knowing the difference mattersThe two-part nervous system that's running the show without you even realising itWhat your amygdala does the second your phone rings and your clinic's name pops upWhy you can't "think" your way calm in that moment, and the science behind whyThe pattern that separates a healthy stress response from the one keeping you stuck in IVF, and why understanding it means you can stop punishing yourself for not feeling calmer Links mentioned in this episode: Email me at jennifer@jenniferrobertson.co or send me a message on Instagram @msjenniferrobertson if you'd like to learn more about working together. Other links and resources: ⁠Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠ ⁠1:1 coaching⁠

  5. Sep 21

    10 benefits of getting pregnant later in life (and being an older mum) (Ep13)

    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 had about being an "older mum" and why most of it turned out to be noise. In this episode: The age I started trying to conceive, and why the world had already convinced me it was too lateThe 10 things I actually love about becoming a mum later in lifeThe study that suggests older mums might live longer, not shorterWhat I know now that I wish someone had told me back then Other links and resources: Click here to follow me on Instagram⁠ Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠⁠ 1:1 coaching⁠

  6. Sep 14

    How to support a loved one navigating IVF or infertility (practical tips + suggestions from an expert) (Ep12)

    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 real grief, not an overreaction, and the one sentence that explains itThe phrase to say instead of "just relax" or "stay positive" (and why those two lines land so badly)What not to say when she tells you this cycle might not workWhy baby showers can feel like a war zone for her right now, and how to support her without pressure or judgementThe one question to ask instead of "any updates?" that she'll actually want to answer Links mentioned in this episode:Follow me on Instagram at msjenniferrobertson. Check out my book, The Injustice of Infertility. Email jennifer@jenniferrobertson.co to ask about support for your loved one. Other links and resources: Click here to follow me on Instagram⁠ ⁠Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠ ⁠1:1 coaching⁠

  7. Sep 7

    How to find hope when your last IVF cycle failed (Ep11)

    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 about hope, so you can walk away feeling a little more hopeful for real reasons, not because you chanted an affirmation in the mirror. In this episode: Why hope isn't actually a warm fuzzy feeling (and what the research says it really is)The flawed logic behind blaming a failed cycle on "not having enough hope"The one big difference between hope and optimism that changes everythingWhy doing IVF at all means you already have more hope than you thinkThe real reason it hurts more when a cycle fails, and it's not because you let yourself hope Links mentioned in this episode: Want support putting this into practice? Book a free 30-minute call with me Other links and resources: ⁠Click here to follow me on Instagram⁠ Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠ ⁠1:1 coaching⁠

  8. Aug 31

    A love letter to the woman who is about to do IVF (Ep10)

    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 this feels. But I do. So I'm sharing a love letter I wrote for the woman who has just made the decision to do IVF. This is everything I wish I had been told going into it. By the end of this you're going to feel seen. Normal. Understood. Relieved. Links mentioned in this episode: Download our free IVF-Prep checklist and get IVF-ready without the overwhelm⁠ Other links and resources: ⁠Click here to follow me on Instagram⁠ ⁠Join the waitlist for She is... Ready: an online program to keep you calm and grounded through IVF's hardest moments⁠ ⁠1:1 coaching⁠

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Welcome to the No 1 podcast for women navigating IVF. Whether you're preparing for your first cycle or finding your feet again after an unsuccessful one, you need real support from someone who has been there, kicked infertility's butt, and helped hundreds of women do the same. Join Jennifer Robertson, Life Coach for women navigating infertility, for mind-body tools, cycle-by-cycle guidance, expert interviews and frank conversations about grief, relationships and the resilience it takes to keep going, quit second-guessing and ditch the emotional overwhelm.

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