Los mejores podcasts de Fertility Life Raft (2024)

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Louise Brown, Netflix Joy and Me 22:05

6d ago22:05

22:05

This week, Netflix called and asked if I would like to come to Bourn Hall, the first ever IVF clinic, to meet Louise Joy Brown, the first ever IVF baby and have a chat, ahead of the new movie Joy, all about the story of how Jean Purdy, Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe invented IVF. UM…YES PLEASE! It was a completely fascinating day and I was effe…

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When Everything is a Trigger 12:22

1M ago12:22

12:22

A short solo episode on all things triggers. As long as I've been supporting people in this space, and from my own personal experience, triggers have been a big topic. Here's some comforting reminders and knowledge about what's actually happening in your brain and body which I hope will help you feel reassured, empowered and gentle with yourself. I…

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When Life Doesn't Go To Plan with Jessica Hepburn 58:13

9M ago58:13

58:13

What a TOTAL honour to bring you this episode on publication day for Jessica Hepburn's third book, "Save Me from the Waves." Jessica's journey from heartbreak- after unsuccessful IVF and the breakdown of her marriage - to triumph is the central theme of our conversation. We delve into her transformation from a self-proclaimed "unlikely athlete" to …

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TTC: What it's like for friends with Amber Izzo & Annabel Gurnett 41:45

9M ago41:45

41:45

In this episode of the Fertility Life Raft podcast I speak with Annabel and Amber from Am I Ovary Acting about navigating friendships and what happens when you’re both trying to conceive, then one of you gets pregnant and has a baby while the other one is still trying. We speak about the announcements, baby showers and everything in between. We als…

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Trying to Conceive: Sex and Relationships with Kate Moyle 42:11

10M ago42:11

42:11

Kate Moyle is my guest today. She is the Therapist on the BBC Three series Sex On The Couch., host of The Sexual Wellness Sessions Podcast and Director at The Thought House Partnership, Accredited by the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists, a Registered Psychosexual and Relationship Therapist and a Certified Psycho-Sexologist, I think it’…

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Trying to Conceive: What it's Like for a Couple with Coni and Mike 1:06:52

10M ago1:06:52

1:06:52

Coni and Mike have been trying to conceive and this is such an open, frank, honest (at times slightly hysterical) chat about what it's like and how it's impacting them as a couple. We talk all things from: getting men thoroughly tested before going down an IVF route how Coni's work in Women's Health and the reproductive wellness space has supported…

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Putting Things Right in the Fertility Industry: Jenny Wordsworth 47:41

10M ago47:41

47:41

You are going to LOVE this episode. Jenny Wordsworth is a lawyer, endurance athlete for the North Face and founder of start up company, OVUM. When she started trying to conceive herself she took one look at the fertility industry and realised how much simply felt WRONG. The way we are marketed to; the big brand products which actually do not contai…

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The Conception Plan - Dr. Larisa Corda 50:53

11M ago50:53

50:53

What a thrill to bring this episode to you Dr Larisa Corda is a well-known Fertility doctor. You might have seen her on this morning, and she is also the author of a new book called The Conception Plan, which is smashing records all over the place since it was launched just a couple of weeks ago. I was fortunate enough to meet Larisa several years …

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Male factor, moon phases and yoga 45:08

11M ago45:08

45:08

Hello Life Raft pod peeps. Please meet Gemma. Gemma is a Life Raft member, a personal coaching client of mine and very much still in the middle of her own fertility voyage on board the Raft. She's also a certified yoga teacher, fertility yoga trained and is running a gorgeous 4 week yoga course for the Life Raft which you can join right here: https…

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Finding Peace And Joy This Season 26:12

12M ago26:12

26:12

Ok my friends, I know Christmas can be one of the hardest times - even if you don't celebrate, the Festive Season can feel triggering as F**k. So, here's a wee solo episode from me to give you some hope that you can actually use tools and techniques to: honour where you're at not ignore your sadness but give it the space it needs understand how to …

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Moving Through the Trauma Years; Susannah Tresilian 51:01

1y ago51:01

51:01

This is a very special episode with an amazing woman: Susannah Tresilian, who I know personally through a family connection. Susannah is a theatre director with extensive experience in the UK and international theatre world, as well as a leadership coach with experience coaching and training around the world and a successful audio career in podcast…

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How to choose a clinic with Fertility Mapper 30:54

1y ago30:54

30:54

I LOVED this great episode with Kayleigh from an incredible new platform called Fertility Mapper. It's a verified peer review site for fertility clinics...I know right?! So brilliant and needed. They've also just launched an incredible new service which is an NHS funding eligibility calculator. Please have a listen to find out why this platform is …

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How do I move past my life feeling like it’s on hold? 13:49

1y ago13:49

13:49

I remember feeling totally marooned on a rock while everyone else moved on and my life felt completely on hold. It’s really one of the foundational problems most people feel when experiencing fertility issues or any kind of difficult path to bringing home a baby. So you’re definitely not alone. It’s really why I created my course Reclaim why I run …

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Support, hope and awareness: black baby loss with Alicia Burnett 40:29

1y ago40:29

40:29

This week I'm chatting to Alicia Burnett, founder of Black Baby Loss Awareness Week and Tommy's midwife. Alicia only started speaking publicly about her own experience when her little boy Micaiah died after a complicated diagnosis at six months old. This is a really beautiful and moving episode which is full of hope - if you are affected by baby lo…

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Shema Tariq - My Unexpected Story 32:23

1y ago32:23

32:23

NOTE: Please be aware that this episode covers stillbirth, donor conception and unexpected conception without assisted reproduction. It was a total joy to chat to Shema on this episode about her story and why she’s so passionate about her work as a Trustee for Tommy’s. Shema tells me about how she got through losing her little boy, Altair; how she …

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Breathwork for trauma with Amy Rushworth 40:03

1y ago40:03

40:03

This conversation introduces you to Amy Rushworth, who is an empowerment mentor and breathwork healer. Some of this conversation is quite out there! Come to it with a curious mind, and have a listen to the profound effect that the work Amy does has had on her own life, and why she now spends her time supporting other people with her rebirthing brea…

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Being Type A when you have no control 40:54

1y ago40:54

40:54

Don’t miss this brilliant chat I had with Meg Faith - a smart, funny gal over in sunny Cali who gets what it’s like to go through a fertility journey cos she’s in it right now. Meg is a self-confessed “Type A+” and we talk about: how she deals with the lack of control (escapism via smutty novels and Harry Potter 🤣) co-planning her treatments with h…

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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): Tapping with Sarah Holland 33:11

1+ y ago33:11

33:11

I loved this conversation with Sarah Holland, who has been supporting people in the trying to conceive and fertility world for 20 years! She is SO experienced in what she does and she gives us some incredible insight and tools on how to manage so many different emotional obstacles when we are going through a fertility journey. We even do a live rou…

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Knackered Knackers: A male fertility journey 46:49

1+ y ago46:49

46:49

I am so pleased to share this chat with Shaun Greenaway. He and his wife tried to conceive for four years, before he was diagnosed with azoospermia (no sperm detected). This was a totally devastating diagnosis and I'm so grateful to him for being so open about how he dealt with this when there was no support that he could find available at the time…

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Stress does not cause infertility with Hannah Pearn 27:09

1+ y ago27:09

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I absolutely loved chatting to the brilliant Hannah Pearn, Acupuncturist and passionate advocate for fertility awareness. She strongly believes in proper education for everyone on menstrual cycles to avoid getting to the stage when we're actually feeling quite desperate because things aren't working. We have a really good (quite fiery!) chat about …

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The Science and Magic of Embryology 38:38

1+ y ago38:38

38:38

Listen up listen up - such a good episode here! This is so much more than your average fertility info chat. Lucy Lines is a clinical embryologist (https://www.twolinesfertility.com.au/) and knows a shit load of stuff, with over 23 years experience in the field - and more than that, she’s here to help balance out the fertility industry. She’s an imp…

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Fertility, Diversity and Faith 56:09

1+ y ago56:09

56:09

SUCH a joy to chat to the fabulous Vanessa Haye! https://www.vanessahaye.com/Vanessa Haye is a writer, speaker, and women's health advocate and now a mum to two boys after a complicated journey. She is also giver of EXCELLENT hugs. Things we talk about on this live recording with Life Raft Members: Language and why being intentional and careful wit…

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Secondary Infertility, Self-Care and Nutrition 51:44

1+ y ago51:44

51:44

Nichola Ludlam-Raine is a renowned registered dietician with 14 years experience, a TV regular and runs a big Instagram account; here she shares her story of secondary infertility and double pregnancy loss. This was an amazing, honest and vulnerable chat - which also, bonus (!) - includes tons of helpful information on nutrition (though not specifi…

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So Much Pressure 24:28

1+ y ago24:28

24:28

Helen and I have regularly shared between us on many many whatsapp voice notes, how we feel about the wildly enormous pressure put on people trying to conceive and the bombardment of information available. It's not that we can't take responsibility for our health and feel empowered education and the information needed: it's about how we communicate…

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Your IVF Abroad with Emma Haslam 1:04:40

1+ y ago1:04:40

1:04:40

When we were going through treatment I only knew ONE person who had been abroad and I just wasn't in the right headspace to even consider it... if only I knew what I knew now! Deffo have a listen to the super inspiring Emma who shares her story and everything which led to her setting up her business. Not just for those considering going abroad but …

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Beyond Grief with Pippa Vosper 46:23

2y ago46:23

46:23

Author Pippa Vosper wrote an article for Vogue after she lost her son Axel 5 months into her pregnancy. It went viral. Publishers kept asking her to write a book but she wasn't ready...until lockdown, when she felt she was able to sit and write with considered clarity after time to process what she had been through. The result is the most warm, cal…

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How Do I Stay Positive and Realistic at the Same Time? 18:10

3y ago18:10

18:10

I get asked so many questions through Instagram and through my membership and community spaces, and a lot of them are often quite similar. My mission here is to impact as many people as I can in the most accessible way possible, so in these Bitesize episodes, I'm going to take a question and give a pointed answer which I hope will be inspiring to y…

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Informed Choices and Reliable Information with Dr. Belinda Coker 51:25

3y ago51:25

51:25

I had the honor of chatting to Dr. Belinda Coker in today's episode of Fertility Life Raft. I love speaking to women who are entrepreneurs who have been through something incredibly hard, that have looked at what they’ve experienced and have decided to do something useful with it. It makes me feel really excited! I love that by using all of her exp…

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Embodiment, Surrender, and Allowing on the Journey of Fertility with Helen Davenport Peace 56:36

3y ago56:36

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I had the pleasure of chatting to Helen Davenport Peace in this week's episode. I have found Helen to be somebody I can talk to about pretty much anything, and she's one of the most wise and gentle people out there, full of knowledge and wisdom. If I’d known about Helen when we were going through our own journey, she’s someone I would have wanted o…

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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Embracing All Emotion with Naomi Woolfson 40:31

3y ago40:31

40:31

I had the pleasure of chatting to the wonderful Naomi Woolfson in today's episode. We share a helpful, actionable conversation with lots of stuff you can take away and use right now to start feeling better straight away. Be sure to visit Naomi's website to download her free “3 ways to stress less and enhance fertility using the mind-body link.” Whi…

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Donor Conception and Shifting Perspectives with Becky Kearns 1:01:22

3y ago1:01:22

1:01:22

I had the pleasure of chatting to Becky Kearns in today's episode. Becky is a friend of mine who I met through the online community sharing our stories and how we found we didn't have the support we needed as we were going through our experiences. In this episode she shares her story and says she remembers how lost and alone she felt. By hearing th…

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Empowering Yourself with Knowledge with Professor Joyce Harper 1:01:12

3y ago1:01:12

1:01:12

I had the pleasure of chatting to Professor Joyce Harper in today's episode. We have a real mix of guests on this show as you know. It's important to recognize that a part of this journey is just absorbing information, and that can be absolutely overwhelming. It can sometimes be hard to hear the truth or the science behind all of this because somet…

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Hope in the Face of Uncertainty with Natasha Lunn 1:06:11

3+ y ago1:06:11

1:06:11

Trigger Warning: Miscarriage I had the pleasure of chatting to Natasha Lunn in today's episode. I remember feeling incredibly humbled that she got in touch to say this podcast was helpful for her. I feel really honored and grateful to Natasha for coming onto this podcast and sharing in this conversation. Within the last 2 weeks, she has released he…

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Feeling Trapped with Kat Brown 1:20:17

3+ y ago1:20:17

1:20:17

Trigger Warning: Mentions of suicidal ideation, mental health struggles, and rape I had the pleasure of chatting to Kat Brown in today's episode. I first met Kat at a women's circle I was hosting. She was so honest and open and raw and just had this magnetic quality, that I really wanted to learn more about her. This conversation with Kat is no dif…

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How to Self Advocate with Gynae Geek 47:07

3+ y ago47:07

47:07

I had the pleasure of chatting to Dr. Anita Mitra, Gynae Geek, in this episode How to Self Advocate. It was so great to hear her perspective on the doctor/patient relationship and hear what we can do to advocate for ourselves even in the middle of everything. I hope this episode will be helpful to you and give you the tools and empowerment to self …

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Strength, Empowerment, and Community with Samantha Busch 48:45

3+ y ago48:45

48:45

Trigger Warning: Infertility I had the pleasure of chatting to Samantha Busch in this episode Strength, Empowerment, and Community. I was so excited when I approached Samantha to see if she might be happy to speak with me, and I was really moved by her honesty and openness as she shared her story with me. I hope this episode will be an encouragemen…

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Choosing a Fertility Clinic, Navigating Loss and Finding Boundaries with Sophie Martin 51:48

3+ y ago51:48

51:48

Trigger Warning: Baby Loss This week I had the pleasure of chatting to Sophie Martin, otherwise known as @theinfertilemidwife on Instagram. This chat is really packed with helpful information, personal insight and it’s so moving to listen to Sophie’s story but so uplifting too. So looking forward to sharing this conversation with you! Sophie Martin…

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IVF Postcode Lottery and Taking Ownership with Amber Izzo 53:20

3+ y ago53:20

53:20

Trigger Warning: Infertility I had the honor of chatting to Amber Izzo in this episode IVF Postcode Lottery and Taking Ownership. We speak about her amazing Fight For IVF Campaign, and talk about working through the frustration of being told, "You're young. You'll be fine!" and what it feels like on the other side of those words. We also have a goo…

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Finding Happiness, Whatever Happens with Aisha Balesaria 50:12

3+ y ago50:12

50:12

Trigger Warning: Infertility I had the pleasure of starting off Series 3 by chatting to Aisha Balesaria in this episode Finding Happiness, Whatever Happens. This is a powerful conversation which I hope will encourage you to feel empowered in taking space and time to process your experiences, as well as to find happiness for yourself each and every …

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Driving Positive Change and TFMR with Zara Dawson 42:53

5y ago42:53

42:53

I feel very humbled to be able to bring you this episode. I recently had this conversation with my friend Zara Dawson. Afterwards, I was really struck by the power of just sitting down with a cuppa, and listening. I hope you'll do the same... We speak about: - Zara and Lex's experience of going through a termination for medical reasons - the positi…

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The Grief Episode with Zoe Clark Coates 58:15

5y ago58:15

58:15

Heads up: we cover miscarriage and loss in this episode, but we also talk about dealing with the unique grief that comes from failed fertility treatment and any difficult path to bringing home a baby. My guest is grief expert, trained counsellor, author, CEO of the Mariposa Trust and Saying Goodbye, and government advisor: Zoe Clark Coates. We cove…

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What's it like for the Parents: Jen and Eileen 1:19:31

5y ago1:19:31

1:19:31

I had the honour of chatting to Jen Roberts and her Mum, Eileen, (back when the weather was a tad less icy!) and it’s one of my favourite podcast episodes yet. Eileen’s insight from a mother’s perspective on what it’s like to watch your child experience infertility, miscarriage, IVF- and then to share it all on Instagram- is just so moving and impo…

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Managing Anxiety and Waiting with Chloe Brotheridge 50:26

5y ago50:26

50:26

Chloe Brotheridge is the Anxiety Expert. We talk about lots of different ways we can approach the kind of anxiety that might show up when we're in the middle of waiting for a result; in between cycles of treatment...or just in general. Chloe has been featured in Women’s Health, Glamour, Stylist; she has two books out and coaches people to help them…

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Kate Meakin- secondary infertility, cancer and style 51:54

5y ago51:54

51:54

Hi guys! We're just a few days away from Fertility Week and I share a bit about the BBC work I've been creating and working on behind the scenes in this episode; I also share a wonderful, open and honest conversation with Kate Meakin. Kate and her husband Phil are trying to have their second child while going through unimaginably trying circumstanc…

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Emily Merry: surviving my mental health breakdown 43:53

5y ago43:53

43:53

Trigger warning: we talk in quite a lot of detail about miscarriage and the reality of it. Please don't listen if you don't feel able to at this point. Emily is also mum to Arthur and pregnant at the time of recording, so we talk a little bit about her pregnancy too as well as mental health. My old school friend and I, Emily Merry, sat down and tal…

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IVF Babble, Starting Something and OHSS 41:44

5y ago41:44

41:44

I had an amazing time chatting to Sara from IVF Babble; an online magazine which also runs a charity, Babble Giving. They do incredible work linking up with fertility clinics to organise free rounds of IVF; have an established, thriving online community as well as their IVF Stronger Together campaign (backed by the likes of Fearne Cotton and Holly …

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Dr Zoe Williams, being brave and #tellmewhy 52:02

5y ago52:02

52:02

Dr. Zoe Williams and I had such a great chat about all things fertility; her own personal story; the problem with getting GPs to take fertility issues seriously and how we can be brave enough to take opportunities when they come knocking. Such an inspirational woman! I also share more about the new Tommy's campaign, #tellmewhy which is pushing for …

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All The Single Ladies 1:05:40

5+ y ago1:05:40

1:05:40

Honoured to share three women, Nicole Val, Jocelyn Bell and Mel Johnson at different stages of their journey into becoming mothers with the help of science, by themselves. I wanted to respond to news that an NHS body has banned single women from accessing IVF stating research which included phrases like 'single mothers are a burden on society' and …

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Hannah and Lewis Vaughan Jones- Relationships. 'add-ons' and mentality 55:33

5+ y ago55:33

55:33

Hannah and Lewis Vaughan Jones are both broadcast journalists with the most beautiful speaking voices! They've been through 15 rounds of IVF and after mentally moving onto double donor conception, their last FET with their own embryo worked and they are currently pregnant. We had such a juicy, honest, funny but frank conversation about relationship…

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Elle Wright - hope, loss and secondary infertility 1:03:44

5+ y ago1:03:44

1:03:44

Elle Wright, author ('Ask Me His Name'), instagram queen and general excellent person speaks to me about her story so far from finding her way through the aftermath of losing her 3 day old baby, Teddy; a miscarriage after that, and the trials of trying to conceive via IVF since then. We cover all sorts and I've deliberately kept in most of our chat…

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