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EPISODE · Jul 17, 2026 · 20 MIN

Fertility Burnout: The Hidden Pattern Nobody Talks About During IVF & Infertility

from Finding Fertility · host Monica Cox

You know what nobody tells you about the fertility journey? That the woman doing everything right, the one who's researched every protocol, optimised every habit, and shows up perfectly every single day, is often the most stuck. This episode is different. No blackboard. No graphics. Just Monica, her eye patches, a pile of clean laundry on a semi-dirty floor, and one of the most honest conversations she's ever had on this podcast. Because the laundry isn't about the laundry. And the fertility journey isn't about the protocols. It's about the emotion underneath all of it that you've been avoiding, again and again, because feeling it is so much harder than just doing more. In this episode Monica gets raw and vulnerable about her own buffering, her own patterns, and the four stages of awareness that actually move the needle when you've already done everything right and you're still stuck. In this episode you'll discover: The four stages of awareness that create real, lasting change in your fertility journey Why awareness and understanding alone aren't enough — and what the missing action phase actually looks like Why there is no quantum leap without first sitting in the uncomfortable emotions blocking you What clean laundry on a dirty floor has to do with your fertility (seriously) Why the Type A identity you've been glorifying is contributing to the chaos in your body How changing the emotion connected to an event literally changes your cellular reality Why most people stop just before the stage that actually shifts everything Timestamps: 00:00 — Welcome to Finding Fertility 01:02 — Why Monica is folding laundry in her pyjamas and what inspired this episode 01:59 — Why she's been buffering and struggling to articulate this next phase of her work 03:28 — The knowledge is out there — why Monica's work has had to evolve beyond information 04:20 — When clients knew more than she did and what that revealed 05:18 — Observing yourself in real time — what true awareness actually looks like 06:17 — The four major stages of this work (awareness, understanding, emotion, action) 07:43 — Why most people stop before the action phase and what that costs them 08:39 — Stop adding knowledge — start calling yourself out with grace 09:34 — The clean laundry story and why the Type A identity was running the show 10:33 — How you get through what you want to change (it's not one session) 13:55 — There is no quantum leap without sitting in the fire first 14:51 — Why the people who make it look easy spent years sitting in the uncomfortable 15:22 — It's not the laundry. It's the emotion towards the laundry. 16:16 — What happens to your stories and emotions when you actually do the work 17:10 — When quantum leaps are real and when they're bypassing 18:08 — From AIP diet prison to eating lasagna again — what actually changed 19:12 — Where to start. Right now. Today. 19:36 — Closing reflection and leave a review 📖 Read the full blog post: https://www.findingfertility.co/blog/fertility-burnout-the-hidden-pattern-nobody-talks-about-during-ivf-infertility Let's Do This Together 💚 Monica Instagram: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityIG  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@findingfertility TikTok: https://bit.ly/FindingFertilityTikTok  🌺 Book Your Fertility Breakthrough Session Today here: https://calendly.com/findingfertility/discoveryconsultation?month=2022-10 🎙 Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform:⁣⁠⁣⁣⁣ Apple: http://bit.ly/FINDINGFERTILITYAPPLE⁣⁠⁣⁣⁣ Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FindingFertilitySTITCHER Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0BMtwCvdyR4aJyfSfcKh6i 🍍HELP SUPPORT THE SHOW🍍 You can shop for your favourite fertility support products over on: Seeking Health:https://bit.ly/FFSeekingHealth & Amazon:http://bit.ly/FindingFertilityAmazon   Anything written or said about health and diet are my opinions, that I have formed over the years, through trial and error, study, reading, listening and observing. What worked for me, may not work for you. I am not a doctor, nutritionist or dietician and all medical advice should be gotten from a qualified professional. Product recommendations are based on what I used during my infertility journey or wish I had.  

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