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Fertility Life Raft
by Alice Rose
Hi. I'm Alice. After my own fertility journey I wanted to support and empower other people facing one too. I needed: powerful tools to cope crucial information must have mindset hacks connection to a community who got it So, on board my podcast the Life Raft this is what you'll find. It's a totally safe space, so you can get cosy and listen to warm, honest, sometimes funny, inspiring and uplifting conversations with leading life coaches; mindset experts, thought leaders, real life patients plus topical news and so much more. I am determined to make this all just feel much less scary or overwhelming for you, less lonely and much more manageable, whatever your story. It is time to radically change the narrative for people going through all this (and our wider society). Also, I promise never, ever to tell you to 'just relax'. Not on my watch. PLUS when you subscribe, rate and review I'll
Episodes
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How Alma Is Changing the Fertility Journey
I'm so pleased to share this conversation. In this episode, I interview Dr. Shabana Bora and Dr. Kate McLaren about their innovative fertility clinic, Alma emphasising personalised care, holistic approaches, and the importance of trust and honesty in fertility treatment. We talk about: The…
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Mind-body connection with Dr. Sula Windgassen
Feeling in need of a reset? Take our free quiz to find out what sort of self care will best suit you - because not everyone needs a meditation: https://fertilityliferaft.com/quiz On this episode, I’m joined by leading health psychologist and author of It's All in Your Body: A Practical Roadmap to...
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How yoga changed my life through infertility with Jen Edmonds
Want to find your fertility voyager archetype? Click here to take my quiz and receive a personalised self care report: https://fertilityliferaft.com/quiz Jennifer Edmonds is one of those people you cannot help but be drawn to online! Her hilarious RELATABLE reels combined with gentle invitations…
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How to tell yourself a new story
How do you keep calm and stop spiralling when you don’t have control of the outcome? I KNOW it feels impossible... So here's my take on how to focus your mind so you feel less spiral-ly when your life is planned around appointments; your mood depends on the next phone call and your brain has...
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How to live and wait with Lindsey Keohane
Need help living your life while you try to have a baby? Take the free quiz to find out what sort of Fertility Voyager Archetype you are: https://fertilityliferaft.com/quiz I LOVED this conversation with Lindsey Keohane who is bringing such a breath of fresh air to my social media feed. I knew I...
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Dr Lucky Sekhon: The Fertility Knowledge Gap
Take my Fertility Archetype Quiz for free here: https://fertilityliferaft.com/quiz In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Lucky Sekhon, fertility doctor and board certified OBGYN, and author of The Lucky Egg. She’s guided thousands of women through IVF, egg freezing and conception… and she’s also…
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Fertility at work and beyond
- Take the quiz to find out your fertility voyager archetype and get your personalised self care report here: https://fertilityliferaft.com/quiz This conversation addresses the reality of having to keep showing up, at work, in meetings, in your life, while you feel like you're falling apart. I’m...
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Supplements are not a silver bullet
Have you taken my quiz? https://fertilityliferaft.com/quiz for a personalised self care report -click the link and spend 2 minutes answering a few questions and I'll send your results over to you ,so you know exactly what to focus on. Links: Find out more about OVUM at startwithovum.com 15% off...
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Choosing a word for the year
Let's be honest, January can feel a bit MEH, especially if you’re on a fertility journey and facing another year of uncertainty. Planning can feel impossible when you don’t know what’s going to happen, so I’m sharing my unique approach to planning when you have no idea how the year is going to…
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The Big Calm Reset: Mind, Body and Soul
Full Masterclass Audio! I've done something a little bit different this week - if you missed my live free masterclass last week, then fear not... for: VOILA! I have shared the full audio from the Big Calm Reset complete with meditations, journal prompts, affirmations and more, all here for you to...
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Breaking Taboos & Evolving Hope with Kreena Dhiman and Seetal Savla
🎙️ Resistance, Acceptance & the Unexpected Path to Motherhood This is one of those episodes that will stay with you long after you’ve listened. I’m joined by two remarkable guests — Kreena Dhiman and Seetal Savla — for a deeply layered, honest, and soul-shifting conversation on fertility…
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When you've lost yourself
What if the very thing you’re doing to try and stay in control… is actually what’s making you feel so lost? In this solo episode, I’m unpacking what happens when the journey to conceive takes over everything. Not just your calendar, your diet, your sleep, and your supplement regime — but your…
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The Sleep Episode: Small Shifts That Can Transform Your Nights (and Your Life)
Can’t sleep… even though you’re bone tired? I get it — and so does today’s guest, Khaliah O’Guillory, certified sleep coach and founder of Nap Bar. Whether your insomnia or sleep issues are tied to stress, fertility struggles, burnout, or just a brain that won’t switch off… this episode is here…
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Afterglow with Katie: When it Doesn't Work
In this deeply moving and empowering conversation, Alice welcomes Katie to the Fertility Life Raft Podcast. Katie shares her unexpected journey through infertility, the decision to step away from treatment without a baby, and how she has built a joyful and fulfilling life on her own terms....
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Gel Nails and Fertility Burnout
Mini chat with Alice and Lucy on what happens when both of you feel burnt out (relevant if you're doing this solo too) and discussing a post by Katie from the wonderful https://fertilityaction.org/ on gel nail polish... Come and follow us on social media…
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Ro Huntriss: Fertility Dietician and Egg freezing, What's Worth Doing?
I'm lucky enough to have met a lot of leading fertility experts over my time working in the space and Ro Huntriss, award winning fertility dietician is one of them. In this episode I'm honoured to have Ro share more than ever before about her personal story - choosing to freeze her eggs after her...
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Behind the Scenes of Fertility Life Raft: Lucy Shares Her Story for the First Time
WE ARE BAAAACK! Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of pregnancy loss, recurrent miscarriage, IVF, and TFMR (termination for medical reasons). Please take care of yourself as you listen. While we do talk about incredibly tough experiences, the conversation is shared with compassion...
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How to Prepare for Social Events Through Infertility
Welcome back to the Life Raft Podcast with me, Alice Rose. It’s 2025 and I’m going to walk with you (literally!) through all the hard stuff, all the questions and all the worries. I recorded this episode while out for a walk so I’m going to invite you to join me. Grab your phone, stick in your...
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Louise Brown, Netflix Joy and Me
This week, Netflix called and asked if I would like to come to Bourn Hall, the first ever IVF clinic, to meet Louise Joy Brown, the first ever IVF baby and have a chat, ahead of the new movie Joy, all about the story of how Jean Purdy, Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe invented IVF. UM…YES…
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When Everything is a Trigger
A short solo episode on all things triggers. As long as I've been supporting people in this space, and from my own personal experience, triggers have been a big topic. Here's some comforting reminders and knowledge about what's actually happening in your brain and body which I hope will help you...
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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 triumph is the central theme of our conversation. We delve into her...
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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 a baby while the other one is still trying. We speak about the...
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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 Sexual and Relationship Therapists, a Registered Psychosexual and Relationship...
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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 thoroughly tested before going down an IVF route how Coni's work in Women's...
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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 industry and realised how much simply felt WRONG. The way we are marketed…
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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 is smashing records all over the place since it was launched just a couple of weeks ago.…
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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 yoga teacher, fertility yoga trained and is running a gorgeous 4 week yoga course…
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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 that you can actually use tools and techniques to: honour where you're at not ignore your...
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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, as well as a leadership coach with experience coaching and training…
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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 incredible new service which is an NHS funding eligibility calculator....
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How do I move past my life feeling like it’s on hold?
I remember feeling totally marooned on a rock while everyone else moved on and my life felt completely on hold. It’s really one of the foundational problems most people feel when experiencing fertility issues or any kind of difficult path to bringing home a baby. So you’re definitely not alone....
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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 Micaiah died after a complicated diagnosis at six months old. This is a really beautiful and moving episode...
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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 passionate about her work as a Trustee for Tommy’s. Shema tells me about how…
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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 that the work Amy does has had on her own life, and why she now spends her...
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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 “Type A+” and we talk about: how she deals with the lack of control (escapism via smutty novels...
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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 tools on how to manage so many different emotional obstacles when we are…
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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 grateful to him for being so open about how he dealt with this when there…
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Stress does not cause infertility with 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 stage when we're actually feeling quite desperate because things aren't...
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The Science and Magic of Embryology
Listen up listen up - such a good episode here! This is so much more than your average fertility info chat. Lucy Lines is a clinical embryologist (https://www.twolinesfertility.com.au/) and knows a shit load of stuff, with over 23 years experience in the field - and more than that, she’s here to...
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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 EXCELLENT hugs. Things we talk about on this live recording with Life Raft…
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Secondary Infertility, Self-Care and Nutrition
Nichola Ludlam-Raine is a renowned registered dietician with 14 years experience, a TV regular and runs a big Instagram account; here she shares her story of secondary infertility and double pregnancy loss. This was an amazing, honest and vulnerable chat - which also, bonus (!) - includes tons of...
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So Much Pressure
Helen and I have regularly shared between us on many many whatsapp voice notes, how we feel about the wildly enormous pressure put on people trying to conceive and the bombardment of information available. It's not that we can't take responsibility for our health and feel empowered education and...
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Your IVF Abroad with Emma Haslam
When we were going through treatment I only knew ONE person who had been abroad and I just wasn't in the right headspace to even consider it... if only I knew what I knew now! Deffo have a listen to the super inspiring Emma who shares her story and everything which led to her setting up her...
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Beyond Grief with Pippa Vosper
Author Pippa Vosper wrote an article for Vogue after she lost her son Axel 5 months into her pregnancy. It went viral. Publishers kept asking her to write a book but she wasn't ready...until lockdown, when she felt she was able to sit and write with considered clarity after time to process what…
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How Do I Stay Positive and Realistic at the Same Time?
I get asked so many questions through Instagram and through my membership and community spaces, and a lot of them are often quite similar. My mission here is to impact as many people as I can in the most accessible way possible, so in these Bitesize episodes, I'm going to take a question and give…
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Informed Choices and Reliable Information with Dr. Belinda Coker
I had the honor of chatting to Dr. Belinda Coker in today's episode of Fertility Life Raft. I love speaking to women who are entrepreneurs who have been through something incredibly hard, that have looked at what they’ve experienced and have decided to do something useful with it. It makes me…
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Embodiment, Surrender, and Allowing on the Journey of Fertility with Helen Davenport Peace
I had the pleasure of chatting to Helen Davenport Peace in this week's episode. I have found Helen to be somebody I can talk to about pretty much anything, and she's one of the most wise and gentle people out there, full of knowledge and wisdom. If I’d known about Helen when we were going through...
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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Embracing All Emotion with Naomi Woolfson
I had the pleasure of chatting to the wonderful Naomi Woolfson in today's episode. We share a helpful, actionable conversation with lots of stuff you can take away and use right now to start feeling better straight away. Be sure to visit Naomi's website to download her free “3 ways to stress less...
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Donor Conception and Shifting Perspectives with Becky Kearns
I had the pleasure of chatting to Becky Kearns in today's episode. Becky is a friend of mine who I met through the online community sharing our stories and how we found we didn't have the support we needed as we were going through our experiences. In this episode she shares her story and says she...
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Empowering Yourself with Knowledge with Professor Joyce Harper
I had the pleasure of chatting to Professor Joyce Harper in today's episode. We have a real mix of guests on this show as you know. It's important to recognize that a part of this journey is just absorbing information, and that can be absolutely overwhelming. It can sometimes be hard to hear the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hi. I'm Alice.
After my own fertility journey I wanted to support and empower other people facing one too. I needed:
powerful tools to cope
crucial information
must have mindset hacks
connection to a community who got it
So, on board my podcast the Life Raft this is what you'll find.
It's a totally safe space, so you can get cosy and listen to warm, honest, sometimes funny, inspiring and uplifting conversations with leading life coaches; mindset experts, thought leaders, real life patients plus topical news and so much more.
I am determined to make this all just feel much less scary or overwhelming for you, less lonely and much more manageable, whatever your story. It is time to radically change the narrative for people going through all this (and our wider society).
Also, I promise never, ever to tell you to 'just relax'. Not on my watch.
PLUS when you subscribe, rate and review I'll
HOSTED BY
Alice Rose
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