Episodes

March 7, 2024

When Life Doesn't Go To Plan with Jessica Hepburn

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 tri...

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Feb. 29, 2024

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

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...

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Feb. 15, 2024

Trying to Conceive: Sex and Relationships with Kate Moyle

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 …

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Feb. 8, 2024

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

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 …

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Jan. 25, 2024

Putting Things Right in the Fertility Industry: Jenny Wordsworth

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 …

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Jan. 18, 2024

The Conception Plan - Dr. Larisa Corda

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 …

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Jan. 11, 2024

Male factor, moon phases and yoga

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 …

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Dec. 7, 2023

Finding Peace And Joy This Season

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 …

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Nov. 28, 2023

Moving Through the Trauma Years; Susannah Tresilian

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, ...

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Nov. 10, 2023

How to choose a clinic with Fertility Mapper

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 ...

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Oct. 10, 2023

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

I remember feeling marooned on a rock while everyone else moved on and my life felt on hold and this is one of the questions I get asked the most. It’s why I created my course Reclaim which you can …

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Oct. 5, 2023

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

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 died after a complicated diagnosis at...

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Sept. 28, 2023

Shema Tariq - My Unexpected Story

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 passion...

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Sept. 21, 2023

Breathwork for trauma with Amy Rushworth

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 tha...

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Sept. 14, 2023

Being Type A when you have no control

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 …

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July 14, 2023

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): Tapping with Sarah Holland

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 tool...

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June 30, 2023

Knackered Knackers: A male fertility journey

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 grat...

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June 15, 2023

Hannah Pearn

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 stag...

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May 25, 2023

The Science and Magic of Embryology

Listen up listen up - this is a really good episode, please do have a listen. So much more than your average fertility info chat. Lucy Lines is a clinical embryologist and knows a shit load of stuff, with over …

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May 19, 2023

Fertility, Diversity and Faith

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 EXCELLEN...

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May 11, 2023

Secondary Infertility, Self-Care and Nutrition

Renowned registered dietician Nichola Ludlam-Raine shares her story of secondary infertility, double pregnancy loss, plus tons of helpful information on nutrition.

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April 27, 2023

So Much Pressure

From toxins to negative thoughts: it's not your fault

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April 16, 2023

Your IVF Abroad with Emma Haslam

Emma shares the story which led to her setting up her business, including early perimenopause, male factor infertility, NHS funding being denied thanks to BMI and finally a successful double donor conception.

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Nov. 1, 2022

Beyond Grief with Pippa Vosper

How it feels to move beyond grief while honouring loss, so you can breathe once more

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