So, today is my birthday.  And although now it is a time for celebration and I am embracing everything that being in your early 40’s throws at you, I am reflecting today on all the birthdays where I had the birthday blues.  Where a birthday was just a reminder of my infertility challenges and another year getting older.  The tick tick tick in the back of my mind and with each passing year the tick tick tick getting louder and louder.

In this very short ep I talk through why birthdays suck when you are going through infertility and the ways in which you can make them suck a little less.  

Anita 
xo

In this episode I speak with Emma Turner, who some in this community may know as one half of the Not Another Bad Egg Instagram Account and Blog.  Emma has been on her journey for a number of years now and at the time of recording she was three days out from another embryo transfer, so I am so appreciative of her time and willingness to share her story while she is in the midst of another round.  

Emma talks through her journey so far, the ups and downs and everything in between from needing to have a difficult conversation with her fertility doctor, to jumping into personal training sessions with her husband during infertility to the way our brains are almost rewired to expect the worst during all of this.  

As always please feel free to reach out and connect with me on Instagram or LinkedIn, whether you have questions you want answered, a suggestion for an episode or you would like to be on the podcast!  (links below).

Anita xo

LINKS:
https://www.instagram.com/heartache_2_hope/?hl=en
@heartache_2_hope

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-thompson-3a263626/
https://www.instagram.com/not.another.bad.egg/
@not.another.bad.egg

https://www.notanotherbadegg.com/

HOST & PRODUCER 🎧
Anita Thompson 
https://www.instagram.com/neets36/
@neets36

Hello hello, welcome back if you are a regular listener and welcome if this is your first time listening.

I am so thrilled to bring you this episode.  You may know Lisa Messenger as one of the most incredible entrepreneurs not just in Australia but globally and she did this before entrepreneurship was even a thing!  She’s shared the stage with the likes of Richard Branson and has had Sarah Jessica Parker, Ryan Gosling and Jamie Oliver to name a few on the cover of her magazine, Collective Hub.  

But what no one knew, was behind the scenes of her successful businesses, she was battling an 8 year-long infertility journey.  18 rounds of IVF and the emotional and physical rollercoaster that comes with that.

Lisa has only very recently opened up about her journey, so I feel incredibly privileged to have her as a guest.  I felt like we could’ve talk for hours, and I simply appreciate her openness and honesty it was just like two girlfriends having a chat.  

I am sure you will get so much out of our conversation, from her experiences and tips to the two things that I really want you to takeaway, the strength of mindset and of hope.

As always please feel free to reach out and connect with me on Instagram or LinkedIn (links below).

Anita xo

LINKS

https://collectivehub.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lisamessenger/?hl=en 

https://www.instagram.com/heartache_2_hope/?hl=en
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-thompson-3a263626/

HOST & PRODUCER
Anita Thompson 
https://www.instagram.com/neets36/