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Sep 28, 2018

Sarah Clark, host of the Get Pregnant Naturally podcast, shares her story of infertility and the food intolerances behind it. As a Certified Life and Health Coach, Sarah now supports women and couples in their quest to get pregnant naturally. Join us as we explore pathways to slowing down, embracing grief, change, and personal growth.

 

 

  • How food sensitivities can impact fertility
  • How patience for Functional and Ayurvedic medicine practices are worth while
  • Why thoughts matter as much as action

 

 

Links Mentioned:

Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com

Kripalu Yoga Retreats  https://kripalu.org/stay/rr-retreats

Get Pregnant Naturally Podcast https://fabfertile.com/project/podcsat/

Integrated Health Associates (IHA) Nurse Midwives http://www.ihacares.com/locations/iha-nurse-midwives

Dr. Claudia Welch https://drclaudiawelch.com/

Sarah Clark’s Book, Fabulously Fertile https://fabfertile.com/product/fabulously-fertile/

Dr. John Douillard’s book Eat Wheat https://eatwheat.lifespa.com/

ShuNahSii Rose’s Women’s Sacred Mysteries Class https://www.insacredbalance.org/womens-sacred-mysteries/

Brené Brown’s book Daring Greatly https://brenebrown.com/books-audio/

Show Highlights:

02:00 Easeful Living Practice, Dirgha Pranayama, 3 part Breath

07:01 Interview with Sarah Clark begins with Andrea’s connection to supporting women in their childbearing years

11:19 Sarah’s story of infertility related to food-intolerance

21:03 Sarah describes food sensitivity testing and elimination diet

26:54 Sarah’s journey in life-coaching and her method of care and practice

31:00 Why eat an earlier lighter supper and how the slow science actually works quickly

34:00 Sarah’s favorite self-care practices

 

Favorite Quotes:

“I can’t keep doing it all; I have to take a step back. I can’t just add one more thing on. -- Sarah Clark

“We believe in using a foundation of the testing...then you’ve got to actually change your diet.” -- Sarah Clark

“99% of the thoughts you have today, you’ll have the same ones again tomorrow.” -- Sarah Clark

“A lot of people that are going through fertility, they may feel broken... there’s a lot of heartache, there’s jealousy, there’s triggers almost everywhere...by people expanding their family, pregnant bellies, baby showers, feeling stuck, everyone’s moving on that seemingly every woman should be able to do.”  -- Sarah Clark

“Where’s your joy?” -- Sarah Clark

“We believe in it all, just not all at once, because that’s super overwhelming.” -- Sarah Clark

“Crying is something you can do and actually feel better after it.” -- Sarah Clark

“To help others, I have to work on myself first.” --Sarah Clark


Meet Sarah:

When Sarah Clark was 28 years old, she received a diagnosis of premature ovarian failure. She accepted the diagnosis and had both her children through in vitro fertilization. Years later she realized the root cause of her infertility was a food intolerance.


She is a certified life coach with accreditation from the International Coaches Federation and a health coach with training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.  
She is the author of Fabulously Fertile - Supercharge your Fertility Naturally, Fabulously Fertile Cookbook and Fertility Preparation Program. Her fertility coaching program, which includes functional lab testing, supports couples to make diet and lifestyle changes that dramatically improve the chances of a healthy pregnancy and baby!  


On her Get Pregnant Naturally Podcast she shares that with functional medicine and natural fertility solutions we can eventually reverse infertility.  Check it out on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play.