Mother’s Day can be just awful when you’re trying to conceive. Hoopla, celebration and honor for Mom’s is well deserved. Church’s make a big deal. Restaurants are packed with families. It should be honored. But its a bit like going to a baby shower when you’re having difficulty conceiving. DON’T GO! You don’t have to subject yourself to questions about ...READ MORE »
Heal From Within workshops are a holistic approach to pregnancy. Conception is both a mind activity: a notion, an idea, a concept; and a physical activity: the implantation of a fertilized ovum in the womb. Using the mind to influence the body, we weave the fabric of our bodymind back to wholeness, so that conception can happen in the mind ...READ MORE »
We all do the best we can when managing a crisis. There’s no “best” way. There’s figuring out what to do and how to take care of the situation and ourselves. But because it’s a crisis, which normally puts people into stress mode, we may not be thinking as clearly as when we’re not in a crisis. By definition, difficult conception ...READ MORE »
The process of difficult conception is harsh enough. Large doses of kindness and compassion nourish a tender heart and create fertile ground (pun intended) for even more. We’re at the start of a new year now where we get to begin again. 2012 may have gone just perfectly fine for you. But most likely, there were a few things that ...READ MORE »
“What meaning CAN this have in my life”? Difficult conception has a way of chipping away at our physical, mental and emotional bodies like nothing else I can think of. Whether one has a specific diagnosis or not, the first emotional reaction is one of disbelief and hesitation in grasping that this very basic human right is being denied you. At ...READ MORE »
Finally, a young woman approached who was not dressed in black. She had a vessel on her shoulder, and her head was covered by a veil, but her face was uncovered. The boy approached her to ask about the alchemist. At that moment, it seemed to him that time stood still, and the Soul of the World surged within hm. ...READ MORE »
Take the summer off? or full speed ahead? This topic comes up frequently. We’ll talk about it at the June 9, Fertility Road Workshop. “We can’t plan our vacation because we don’t know when our next cycle is going to start.” “I’d like to accept a new position, but if I get pregnant on this cycle, then I’m asking for leave already?” “Summer is ...READ MORE »
It takes courage to be with, to really be with someone who is suffering. Difficult conception (infertility, though it’s not the same) is an unfamiliar condition for most people to understand, even for those who love us. If you have good support from friends and family, it’s a real blessing. The words ” what can I do” or “what do ...READ MORE »
The daily, concrete demands of work, travel, logistical planning of doctor appointments, procedures, financial planning, research, decision-making: what to try next, this doctor or that or try naturally, take a break or push on… There’s little time for rest much less taking the time to consider how the fertility process affects your spiritual life, the dents it’s making in your ...READ MORE »
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