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31/03/2026

I’ll be at again this year - will I see you there?

Head on over to their page for all the info. I’ll be speaking Saturday 1.30pm x

24/03/2026

On this episode of the Fertility Life Raft pod, I’m joined by leading health psychologist and author of It’s All in Your Body: A Practical Roadmap to Healing, Dr Sula Windgassen otherwise known as , to talk all things mind–body connection and what it means for your fertility journey.

Dr. Sula shares her personal experience of living with chronic, debilitating bladder symptoms that left her feeling dismissed by the medical profession.

When traditional medical routes didn’t provide answers, it was as a last resort she began exploring mindfulness thanks to her Dad’s suggestion; she finally found relief and this led to a her research and vocation as a health pyschologist.

Sula is a MUCH needed voice in the mind-body space...

We talk about:

- What the mind–body connection actually means (and what it doesn’t)
- The difference between stressors, stress reactions, and your response
- Reframing your relationship with your body during infertility
- Letting go of self-blame
- How mindfulness can change your relationship with symptoms and uncertainty

Comment Sula and I’ll send the direct link or just go to wherever you get your pods and search Fertility Life Raft

17/03/2026

.elementpilatesyoga is one of those people you cannot help but be drawn to online!

Her hilarious RELATABLE reels combined with gentle invitations to reconnect to your body through yoga and pilates is so needed in the fertility space.

The founder of Elements Pilates & Yoga, Jen, based in Australia but with a global audience, supports women through infertility and pregnancy loss using fertility yoga, pilates and nervous system work.

Jen shares her own fertility journey in this episode of the Fertility Life Raft podcast, which includes an early menopause diagnosis in her early 30s, cycles that didn’t respond to IVF medication, and years of trying to understand what was happening in her body.

Against the odds, she conceived her daughter through IVF.

But when she later faced secondary infertility, multiple failed treatments and pregnancy loss, everything changed again.

It was discovering yoga during the COVID lockdown that Jen says actually changed her life...

We talk about:

-Being diagnosed with early menopause in your 30s
-IVF cycles that don’t go to plan
-Secondary infertility and the guilt that can come with it
-The role of nervous system regulation in fertility
-How yoga and spiritual practices supported Jen through loss and pregnancy

So much of the fertility journey happens in the spaces between appointments.

Those days, weeks and months where you are waiting for answers.
How you care for yourself during those stretches makes a huge difference.

Comment podcast for the link to listen 🎧 or go to Fertility Life Raft wherever you get your pods!

Thanks so much Jen for being my guest this week .elementpilatesyoga ✨

On Mother’s Day, I am thinking of all the women longing, grieving, dreaming, waiting, hoping for a child, while doing ev...
15/03/2026

On Mother’s Day, I am thinking of all the women longing, grieving, dreaming, waiting, hoping for a child, while doing everything they can to try and make it happen.

This day is yours too.

Please leave a 💐 in the comments for yourself, someone you’re thinking of or who’s been there for you.

Alice x

10/03/2026

This weekend is Mother’s Day in the UK

I’ve always believed Mother’s Day is for those hoping and trying to be parents just as much as those actively parenting a living child.

We sacrifice an enormous amount for our potential children through infertility, just as all parents do - but we’re not seen on Mother’s Day because it’s not considered parenting.

It can be a day which brings up all kinds of emotions for lots of reasons too - I sincerely hope that stopping the scroll and taking a few minutes here with me, helps you to feel held; even for a moment.

If you’d like to, you can save this reel and come back to this meditation whenever you like - feel free to share with anyone you think might find it supportive too.

You can also find the full transcript to my meditation on the site.

Take care,
Alice Rose
Mindset Coach

Thank you for supporting the creation of this free meditation for you. 💫

Thank you to for inviting me to be part of this excellent event this week at the House of Commons. I can’t believe the ...
06/03/2026

Thank you to for inviting me to be part of this excellent event this week at the House of Commons.

I can’t believe the length of time it takes so many women to get diagnosed with Endo which is still between 7-9 years but often much longer.

As the charity says the condition remains widely under-funded, under diagnosed and misunderstood but they are working to change that.

You can get involved and sign an open letter calling for national action to protect future fertility of those affected by endo which includes these key recommendations

• Earlier diagnosis and reduced referral delays
• Structured fertility counselling at diagnosis
• Equitable access to fertility preservation
• Clearer pathways between endometriosis and fertility services
• Improved data collection and research through a national registry
• Appropriate monitoring during pregnancy for those at higher risk
• Expansion of specialist surgical training and regional centres

A brilliant day seeing so many friends old and new working together for positive change 🙏🏻

24/02/2026

New podcast episode!
Comment Pod for the link or send me a dm.

Someone once said - after I released my most downloaded little piece of content ever (self compassion for a pregnancy announcement meditation)- that no amount of meditating would change how announcements would impact how she felt about them

And I got it. I really did.

And…I also know this is called a fixed mindset; if we believe nothing will change it…won’t.

A growth mindset believes things CAN change and that’s what I talk about in this episode of the pod - as well as subconscious fertility patient blame (a phrase I coined a while ago) cos we can’t talk about mindset without addressing society’s lack of understanding.

It goes together.

I’m a transformative coach and I support my clients and members all the way though fertility and beyond to radically transform the stories they tell themselves so they change their lives even when they go through infertility 🙏🏻

How do you feel about this? I’m really open to the conversation on it, talk to me 💛

16/02/2026

I LOVED this conversation with who is bringing such a breath of fresh air to my social media feed.

I knew I had to have her on the pod as - if you’ve been here a while you’ll know - living and waiting at the same time is what I’m really about.

Lindsey has experienced three pregnancy losses and is now going through IVF with genetic testing...but this conversation really isn’t about treatment, even though it is of course a big part of the story.

It’s about what happens to your life when everything begins to revolve around “maybe this month.”

We talk about Lindsey’s story so far; how she’s managing social media and why it’s so important to trust your doctor.

We also break down an Instagram post Lindsey shared that resonated with thousands of women: her decision to stop putting life on hold while trying to conceive and how she’s planning to do it, including things like:

✨To buy clothes she enjoys now; not for pregnancy.
✨To plan holidays even if treatment might interrupt them.
✨To do things that bring joy without attaching them to fertility outcomes.

Living does not mean you don’t cry or find some days really hard too - and enjoying your life does not reduce your chances.

If you feel like everything is paused…
If you feel guilty making plans…
If you’ve been measuring your life in cycles and months…

You’re going to love this conversation, comment LIFE and I’ll send it over for you.

And a huge thank you to Lindsey for chatting with me. Your content is inspiring thousands of people.

Alice x

I saw the most beautiful reel recently and I don’t know who it was - but! It made me feel HOPEFUL.I’ve been on Instagram...
10/02/2026

I saw the most beautiful reel recently and I don’t know who it was - but!

It made me feel HOPEFUL.

I’ve been on Instagram for nearly 8 years and lemme tell ya, I had never seen anything like this before.

Maybe it was happening somewhere-but it certainly wasn’t usual and it definitely didn’t happen when I was going through infertility

It was simple: Women coming together, as a surprise gathering for their close friend.
Candles, hugs, laughing, gifts, holding hands, listening.

And look - I know this wouldn’t be for everyone.

But imagine if it was normal?! To hold a fertility circle and help that person in your life feel SO seen and heard and cherished and nourished with care and compassion?

Imagine the positive impact on your nervous system, mindset and energy?

I hold monthly women’s circles inside the life raft & everyone has the opportunity to speak if they want to (no pressure) because: women gathering in circle is powerful.

We’ve done it for centuries and tuning into this ancient wisdom holds a sort of strength that can’t be easily explained: you have to feel it to understand.

So while we wait for things to keep progressing in the normal world, the life raft is here for you, serving the community every single day; as we have done since 2020 ✨putting the soul back into fertility support, where it should have been all along.

Comment Raft to join us for the next one x

09/02/2026

Self blame in my experience, is rife in the fertility world.

It’s one thing to take ownership of our fertility, but becomes deeply problematic when we start blaming ourselves if things don’t go the way we hope.

In this episode of the podcast, I’m joined by .sekhon , a reproductive endocrinologist, IVF specialist, and author of The Lucky Egg.

She’s guided thousands of women through IVF, egg freezing and conception… and she’s also been a patient herself.

We talk about lots of the things I see every single day in my work.

The belief that if a cycle didn’t work, you must have done something wrong. You worked too much. You exercised too hard. You didn’t relax enough. You ate the wrong thing. You were stressed.

Dr. Lucky explains why, biologically, that usually isn’t true.

We talk about:
✨Her own experience of cancelled cycles, self-blame and IVF emotions
✨Why “being perfect” during treatment doesn’t determine the outcome
✨The overlooked role of s***m in embryo development
✨Red flags to watch for in online fertility advice
✨What a good fertility clinic relationship should feel like

Many women try to control fertility by controlling themselves, their food, their routines, their stress, their bodies.

But fertility treatment doesn’t work like a test you can revise harder for.

If you’ve ever replayed a cycle in your head…
If you’ve ever believed a failed transfer was your fault…
If you’ve ever thought “maybe I ruined my chances…”

Comment podcast and I’ll send the episode to you or find the Fertility Life Raft podcast wherever you get your pods!

Alice

02/02/2026

This week on the podcast I’m joined by Chloe Sowter. She’s an IVF mother of one, a travel influencer and executive coach, a former HR director - and a previous coaching client of mine.

Chloe brings a deep understanding of what it means to hold ambition, grief, identity, and hope all at the same time.

We talk about navigating IVF, miscarriage, and loss while continuing to lead, deliver, and perform and believing, like so many women do, that infertility was her problem to manage, without burdening anyone else.

We talk about:
- How work can be a lifeline, not a threat, during infertility
- Why stress is often misunderstood in fertility conversations
- The emotional reality of miscarriage that doesn’t fit neat timelines
- Making the deeply personal decision to be “one and done”
- Letting go of embryos and what that really requires
- And an incredible decision Chloe made which moved me so much…

Fertility can challenge your identity, your confidence, your sense of safety at work, and your beliefs about who you’re allowed to be.

Comment podcast for the link to this brilliant conversation and a massive thank you to for her time x

31/01/2026

Relief this way 👇🏽

Right listen up I really need you to read this several times and take notes!!

1. truth is positive

Don’t gaslight yourself because a manifesting podcast told you only positive thoughts will do. No. That’s not how manifesting works.

Rage, anger, jealousy and grief ? Welcome to planet earth! Congrats…you’re a human, here’s a massive hug 🫂 and ps when you let yourself feel: this IS positive!

2. Self compassion is strength

The kinder we speak to ourselves AND the stronger our boundaries (like saying no to that baby shower) the more we build self trust and self love.

Self trust = clearer intuition.

Intuition = better, quicker decisions and less ‘what the f**k do we do NOW” when the clinic call & say they can’t fit you in on a Saturday but that’s when you need a scan to check on the follicles you’re taking so much care to nurture.

To summarise:

Truth is positive
Self compassion is strength

Practice these and you’ll change your entire life, not to be dramatic or anything.

Which do you love most?

Take care, Alice x

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