{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 164 - HELD IN HER STORIES: Amber\u2019s Story \u2013 Worth Isn\u2019t a Number","description":"I\u2019m thrilled to share something brand spankin\u2019 new with you \u2014 a special Fertile Ground podcast series called HELD IN HER STORIES. These are real conversations with women inside my program, Fertility Mind-Body Mastery, who are rewriting and rewiring what it means to trust life, their bodies, and themselves. Each story is a living example of what happens when we stop trying to \u201cget it right\u201d and start letting ourselves be held \u2014 by the messiness of our emotions, the safety of community, and the unseen forces conspiring in our favor. In today\u2019s chat \u2013 I sat down with Amber, a returning FMBM member who got pregnant with her first baby inside the program. She came back \u2014 not because she was broken \u2014 but because she wanted to see what this fertility, this pregnancy, this baby had in store for her. In this episode, we explore the moment Amber realized she\u2019d tied her value to a number\u2014and how she gently untied it. We talk about why we so often think we\u2019re failing when we\u2019re really not, and the difference between shame-based self-awareness and compassionate self-awareness \u2014 how one closes you while the other opens you. You\u2019ll also hear what joy actually feels like in the body (think: grilled cheeses, pumpkin carving, laughter at the park) and why receiving your real life now isn\u2019t \u201cgiving up\u201d but actually getting you closer. Plus, we dive into fear vs. desire \u2014 letting your desire be just a little louder so your life can change \u2014 and how modeling sovereignty for our kids helps them learn to trust themselves, too. \u201cI stopped looking for proof that something was wrong with me, and life got a thousand times easier \u2014 even though nothing outside me changed.\u201d If you\u2019ve done all the work and still secretly wonder, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with me?\u201d \u2014 this one\u2019s for you. LISTEN NOW! ","author_name":"Fertile Ground: A mind-body approach to getting pregnant - without it taking over your life.","author_url":"http:\/\/www.spenserbrassard.com","html":"