Your physical, emotional, sexual, spiritual, and financial parts of self are the five parts of Your Fertile Self that require awareness and attention.
Fertile Affirmations® Stories
View the resources that have helped so many throughout their fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum journeys.
Fertile Affirmation Stories
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Ashley's Story
After being overweight for 25 years, Ashley wanted to see herself differently. On top of her struggle with body image, she struggled with infertility. When Ashley looked back on photos of herself, she chose to start a process of learning to love herself using her Your Fertile Life journal.
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Maya's Story
Maya thought that when she was ready, she could just stop taking birth control pills and become pregnant easily. When this didn’t happen, she discovered that an infection years earlier went unnoticed, and she was unable to conceive. Her emotional journey through that time led her to learning about creating a Fertile Life.
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Anne's Story
Anne’s journey to wellness has been a lifelong process. After years of appointments, she tried journaling and says it’s the one thing that has changed her life in unexpected ways. Surprisingly, Anne’s mind started to clear and she felt more in control of her mental state as she made journaling a regular practice.
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Jeanie's Story
Jeanie experienced being violated and, like the vast majority of survivors, struggled with sexual intimacy. Although her partner was patient and she knew them as a safe person, Jeanie blamed herself for the lack of closeness in their marriage. Going through a self discovery process helped Jeanie feel more confident and brought her and her partner closer.
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Ellen's Story
It wasn’t until Ellen looked at her life as a whole, that she was able to see how the financial burden of fertility treatments were impacting her life. Wanting to develop into her congruency, she used the Your Fertile Life journal to explore things inside herself that had been hidden for so long.
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Raleigh's Story
When Raleigh wanted to become pregnant, she and her partner discovered they needed a sperm donor. Although Raleigh never blamed her partner, Shaun felt inadequate and really struggled when he learned they couldn't use his sperm. With the support of their therapist and the Fertile Life Journal, Raleigh and Shaun worked through their grief, made a plan, decided on a donor and moved forward to build the family of their dreams!
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Jean and Sunny's Story
Jean and Sunny suffered a devastating failed adoption. Knowing that adoption is a calling and not a cure, they bravely followed their feelings to try again. They knew the love they had to give and the stability they could provide would give a child a wonderful home. Refusing to let fear and anxiety hold them back and allowing themselves to be embraced by their community as they healed, Jean and Sunny bravely worked through their grief. Using the Fertile Life Journal to support the next chapter of their journey, they are now journaling as the proud parents of 6-month-old Lilly!
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Cedar & Ash's Story
Cedar and Ash are a same-sex couple who have tried again and again to become pregnant via medical assistance. Cedar is open to carrying, but has stage 4 endometriosis and wants to work through the scars of past trauma before attempting to carry. The Fertile Life Journal gave them the emotional space to take the next steps in their journey.
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Rowan's Story
When Rowan reached a point in her life that becoming a parent was a priority and a possibility financially, she sought out the support required to make her dream of parenthood a reality. Medical tests, searching for a donor, and many helpful counseling appointments later, Rowan maneuvered through the process of becoming a single parent by choice. Rowan’s Fertile Affirmations card deck still sits on her meditation station to use daily.
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Kristen's Story
Nearing 42, Kristen and her husband chose to end their six-year journey with IVF. After doing tons of research, soul searching and inner work, they chose to continue trying through egg donation. Kristen and her husband's healing journey began through couples therapy and using their Fertile Affirmations deck each day. Setting aside time for self-care to sit with the thoughts and emotions Fertile Affirmations brought to conscious awareness and journaling through the sadness, numbness, and disappointment brought them so much clarity! Healing isn't easy or fast, but their resiliency remains strong and clear.
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Sarah's Story
Imagine being so excited and ready to become pregnant, only to discover that an infection from 15 years ago caused your tubes to be blocked — and you had no idea. Sarah was unaware of the long-term damage the infection caused. Devastated, she needed to physically and emotionally heal before choosing the next right step for her life. Supported by her therapist and Fertile Life Journal, Sarah was able to emotionally heal and move forward to create the family she so desperately wanted.
Hi there, I’m Windy.
I want you to know I see you and your reproductive health experiences matter to me. The content of our experiences may be different, but we share the journey.
While sitting in the beautiful NC mountains during our last miscarriage, I thought “I can’t be held hostage by this infertility and loss journey anymore. I have to get my life back.” The physical discomfort was nonexistent compared to the pain in my heart of wanting a family. I was emotionally depleted, and I knew there was something wrong with my body — but no one would listen.
After having my second miscarriage at 30, the doctors discovered I had a blood clotting disorder. Four miscarriages later, I became pregnant — we were elated. Unfortunately, the medication that was helping me to stay pregnant also caused me to develop a hemorrhage and we nearly lost my daughter. The pregnancy after loss anxiety was overwhelming.
Coping with serious medical issues while learning to be a mother was almost too much — and then we learned our second one was on the way. The postpartum depression and anxiety were also overwhelming and sometimes unmanageable.
I started writing affirmations in my journal, sometimes the same ones over and over for days: “I am trusting my journey as I emerge whole and well.” Little did I know that these affirmations would save my life, and one day become Fertile Affirmations®️ — a movement to help people through all stages of their fertility and reproductive health journeys. Counseling, journaling, and affirmations were my power of 3 and saved my sanity!
If you are in interested in counseling or coaching and live in North Carolina or South Carolina, please reach out. I’m also trained and continuously educate around Third Party Reproduction. Evaluations for Donors and Surrogates as well as Intended Parent Consults are my jam! I can complete these in both North Carolina and South Carolina. windy@innersolutionscounseling.com
I want you to know that wherever you are on your journey, whatever you have been through and are going through, that you are not alone. A Fertile Life can include starting a family, but it’s about so much more than that: It’s about caring for your physical, emotional, sexual, spiritual and financial parts of Self.
And I’d love to hold space on your journeys with you,
Windy
Ps: If you are in need of a third party reproduction evaluation, screening, or consultation, please reach out to me directly as these follow a specific protocol. windy@innersolutionscounseling.com
Pps: I’m a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina, a former Child Trauma Therapist and Child Forensic Interviewer. I was also named as a Woman to Watch finalist by WILMA Magazine, published by the likes of Yahoo!, interviewed on countless podcasts, and an active contributor to Live Pods on Peanut.
Fertile Affirmations® is a company who supports people of all genders, orientations, races, and religions through their reproductive health journeys, across their lifespan.
We believe that fertility is a mindset and a way of life, not a momentary thing — it’s about creating a better way of life for yourSelf and your family, no matter how big or small, regardless of what stage you’re in.
We believe that being fertile goes far beyond the ability to be with child: Living a fertile life is about enjoying your best life in five areas; physical, emotional, sexual, spiritual, and financial. These five areas make up your whole Self.
We believe that ‘everybody’ and ‘every body’ are distinct, that each person’s journey is unique, and that we can find comfort in the stories and experiences that we share with other people.
We believe that misinformation creates chaos, and it is our stand that awareness and education are the two crucial ingredients to a calm mind and confident decision-making.
We believe that sex should be recreational, not just procreational. We know that scheduled intimacy can easily and quickly become an impossible strain on a relationship — and we want to help you enjoy passionate time with yourSelf or your partner through your reproductive health journey.
Fertile Affirmations® is here to acknowledge you, help you embrace yourself, and walk with you through each stage of your very personal journey.
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