The Babymakers Fertility Podcast

The Babymakers Fertility Podcast

di Danica Thornberry
Medicina alternativaMedicina
Stagione 3
Embracing Your Inner "Spirit Mama" -- Ariane De Bonvoisin
This episode ties everything together for those on the path to motherhood! It’s 90 full minutes of women’s wisdom you can use to tackle (or embrace!) the issues that arise along the journey. This special conversation with author and public speaker Arian De Bonvoisin is about maintaining a trusting perspective when disappointments and delays occur. Realizing that you’re already a mother in someone’s else’s eyes, reminds you to stay focused on things you CAN control — like finding more patience and trusting that inner knowing… Listening to today’s episode will restore your feelings of empowerment and possibility, and leave you feeling more at peace. Ariane invites listeners to enjoy her free download: Spirit Mama Manifesto, a beautifully designed guide for women on their fertility and motherhood journey. This free download includes empowering affirmations and principles to help women reduce stress, trust their bodies, release expectations, and embrace divine timing. It serves as a companion to her book, Spirit Mama: A More Conscious Journey Through Motherhood. Listeners can download the free Manifesto here: https://www.spiritmamabook.com For more about Ariane and her work as a transformational coach and speaker, you can also visit: https://www.arianedebonvoisin.com.
S3 · E14
22 apr 2026
1:31:05
Is social media harming our fertility? - Keri Cohen, LMFT
Licensed psychotherapist and fertility coach Keri Cohen discusses the impact of stress, cortisol and social media; and our innate desire to somehow stay ‘in control’ as family building attempts often force us to accept challenging circumstances, and soften our grip on the illusion that any of it is actually within our control… Having been through the IVF process herself numerous times, Keri recognized a gap in traditional therapy for “IVF women” and those struggling with the multitude of decisions and frustrations that accompany fertility treatments. This episode is as soothing as it is directional. It addresses real feelings that come up in therapy and offers insights for women to pursue during fertility counseling for more support. The topics covered include: •Self talk •Secondary Infertility •Fertility PTSD •Vulnerability •Serving others •Living in the surrender •True readiness •How we spend this time really matters •Perils of social media & our reactions to what we see •How the fertility journey creates more resilience — and fosters the “mother within” who’s there already You’ll find perspective and inspiration in this conversation that’s all about embracing what’s happening, in order to move forward. To begin working with Keri, you can send her an email or visit her website: TherapyWithKeri@gmail.com www.KeriCohenLMFT.com *This show is sponsored by SeedFertility.com. Listeners of The Babymakers’ Fertility Podcast save 20% on all SeedFertility online courses, using promocode BABYMAKERS at checkout. To work with Danica, visit www.DanicaThornberry.com. Thanks for listening!
S3 · E13
8 apr 2026
46:03
Functional Medicine & Fertility - Dr Tali Kahan, NMD
This episode explores the various benefits that can come from working with a functional medicine provider when you’re focused on building your family. In this lively conversation , Danica introduces Dr Tali Kahan, a natural medicine doctor and functional medicine practitioner in West Los Angeles. The two share their insights and clinical perspectives on: hormone optimization, immune system regulation, mold detection and candida detoxification in an effort to help listeners realize they it is often possible to find answers when the diagnosis is “unexplained infertility”. A holistic approach that leaves “no stone unturned” on the path to baby not only improves the chance of a successful pregnancy; it empowers patients with better health for the rest of their lives. Interested in working with Dr Tali Kahan to pursue functional medicine testing for your fertility or general health journey? Reach out to her here: drtali@doctortalia.com 310.909.7054 Save 20% on all courses inside SeedFertility.com by entering BABYMAKERS at checkout. Thanks for listening!
S3 · E12
2 apr 2026
51:16
How Inflammation Affects Family Building - Dr Adeeti Gupta, MD
This episode is for the listeners on the path to baby who wish they had a detective to help them solve their complex fertility case.🕵️‍♀️ Dr Adeeti Gupta is an expert in both traditional and holistic women’s health. Everyday she works with women and couples to help them understand the role inflammation plays in failed IVF cycles, pregnancy loss, cancers, hormonal imbalances (like PCOS), autoimmune infertility and endometriosis. This episode is filled with empowering information about the myriad ways that inflammation works against our babymaking efforts and fertility outcomes. Dr Gupta offers us the chance to understand what’s going on behind the scenes with the sneakiness of inflammation, while sharing some of her favorite anti-inflammatory techniques that downregulate the inflammatory cascade and optimize our hormones. Intralipids, peptides, supplements, red light photon therapy, diet changes and a mind-body lifestyle balanced perspective are a few tools discussed to give YOU more tools for your toolbox and ideas to discuss with your physician. To work with Dr Adeeti Gupta and learn more about her treatment approaches, visit www.longevitycenterbeverlyhills.com and/or www.dradeetigupta.com. She’s on Instagram at @walkingyn.
S3 · E11
18 mar 2026
52:56
Unexplained Infertility Created Life Purpose - Fertility Coach, Abbe Feder
What’s a woman to do once she’s made her way through Unexplained Infertility? Help OTHER women get through it!! That’s what Abbe Feder’s doing — guiding women everywhere with her own podcast, fertility coaching, social media and supportive e-blasts. When the diagnosis is “unexplained” is when we have to ask ourselves, “What more can I/we do to get to the root of the problem? What can I/we start doing differently, to create a different outcome?” You’ll feel the compassion, support and empathy Abbe Feder brings to her clients as a fertility coach to help women moving forward when the journey to baby feels like an uphill climb with disappointments at every turn. If you want to remember how to keep going, when all you want to do is give up, this episode is just for you. You’ll feel seen, heard, understood and redirected. Wanna work with Abbe? You can find her on instagram @abbefeder, or through her website (www.incirclefertility.com) and listen to her Women’s Wellness podcast, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/womens-wellness-with-abbe-feder/id1681652191 As always, a thank you to Seed Fertility (www.seedfertility.com) for sponsoring this episode! Listeners can save 20% off any of the Seed Fertility courses — with the promo code BABYMAKERS at checkout.
S3 · E10
11 mar 2026
1:09:40
Using Your Mind to Improve Fertility - Amy Budden
This fascinating episode explores the role of our subconscious mind; particularly the way our thoughts — what we think about our bodies and our fertility — impact our lives’ outcomes. Learning HOW to change our story by changing our inner narrative begins with choosing to believe that it’s possible, and then employing simple practices like visualizations and sitting still in meditation to create lasting change. Hypnotherapist and founder of the “Connect The Mind” app, Amy Budden, sits with Danica to share a multitude of powerful insights gleaned over decades, leading thousands of mind-body hypnosis clients in Los Angeles and worldwide to their successful outcomes. Using hypnosis and customized visual guided meditations, Amy leads her clients to the most optimal version of themselves — providing them with a full toolbox of resources they can use to overcome perceived limitations and setbacks; guiding them to their desired goals (health, motherhood, prosperity, freedom, and peace from anxiety to name a few!). Amy explains the neuroscience of how we heal and transform our body with mental practices and new beliefs, by guiding our brainwaves beyond a state of stress and overwhelm to relaxation, connection and ease: a naturally more receptive, more fertile head space! This episode includes a brief meditation led by Amy that takes listeners through a coherence exercise using heart-brain coherence, creating a mental state of regeneration, inspiration, positivity, calm and centeredness. You’ll want to return to this calming episode that’s full of high vibrations and concepts that lead you back to your highest self — the part of you who knows it’s possible to cultivate a “magnet for miracles” using your breath, a vision and different thoughts! Wanna work with Amy Budden? You can find her here: https://www.connectthemind.com/ Download Connect The Mind on iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/connect-the-mind/id6578415871 Amy’s way of saying thank-you, enjoy 25% off with these codes below: 💫 Monthly: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6578415871&code=WELCOME25OFFMON Yearly: https://apps.apple.com/reAmy here — Connect the Mind app is live ✨ Guided calm, healing & clarity, anywhere 🌿 Download on iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/connect-the-mind/id6578415871 This episode is sponsored by SeedFertility.com — listeners will save 20% on all Seed Fertility courses when they enter promo code BABYMAKERS at checkout!
S3 · E9
4 mar 2026
1:11:14
A Visualized Miracle: Diminished Ovarian Reserve & Zero Blastocysts to Naturally Pregnant at Age 44
This inspiring episode captures the essence of what is possible for women on the path to baby who completely open their mind and heart to the process. Using the wisdom of The Seed Fertility Masterclass and acupuncture consultation time with Dr Danica, she learned how to re-route her thoughts of self-doubt and scarcity to a new found wholeness and a readiness to receive. Listeners will enjoy this story that brings it all together… for a couple who never stopped believing in their dream to create a family. Save 20% on the program that’s helping women all over the world achieve their dream of motherhood using code BABYMAKERS on https://www.seedfertility.com/courses.
S3 · E8
25 feb 2026
50:47
Uplifting Journey to Baby at Age 43 - Drea
In this deeply personal and uplifting episode, Dr. Danica Thornberry is joined by Drea, a woman she met by chance at Sprouts Farmers Market —right in the middle of the now-infamous “where did all the eggs go?” moment. What starts as a funny, synchronistic encounter turns into a powerful conversation about loss, faith, nourishment, nervous system healing, and becoming the kind of woman who can hold the unknown without collapsing into it. Drea shares how she conceived her first child easily in her mid-thirties; then later—after years of being vegan—began a difficult stretch of recurrent early pregnancy loss in her early 40s. Feeling dismissed by doctors who said “it’s your age” and offered little support, she became an empowered self-advocate -- exploring progesterone, acupuncture, Chinese herbs, dietary shifts, and deeper emotional/spiritual healing. A major thread throughout the episode is the relationship between food + fertility. Drea describes moving away from a grain-heavy vegan diet to slowly reintroducing eggs, wild salmon, and high-quality fats, while cutting inflammatory seed oils—changes that helped her feel stronger and more resourced. At the same time, she navigated the invisible layers that often accompany fertility struggles: fear, grief, control, self-worth, and the nervous system’s ability to trust/receive. The story takes an even more mystical turn through the presence of her son, who repeatedly had vivid dreams about his future sister “Eleanor” including a moment where he warned she “couldn’t come right now,” just days before another loss. After a final miscarriage, a plant medicine ceremony and a silent meditation retreat helped Dre process deep fear, release control, and reconnect to a grounded inner knowing. Soon after, she conceived again, this time through what she describes as a magical, connected moment with her husband. Her son again affirmed in a dream: “She’s coming and she’s going to stay.” That pregnancy became her daughter—born naturally at 43—arriving with perfect timing during the lockdown period, which unexpectedly allowed their family to bond deeply. The episode closes with a powerful message for listeners: there is strength within you, fear can exist without defining you, and your job is to keep returning to stillness, truth, and self-trust—while staying open to how motherhood arrives. If you’re navigating loss, uncertainty, or the long middle of a fertility journey, this episode is a reminder that healing can be both practical and spiritual and that your story isn’t over. To learn how to support your fertility with food & mindset, consider the monthly membership inside The Seed Fertility Masterclass (www.seedfertility.com)! Listeners of The Babymakers Podcast receive a 20% discount when they enter promo code: BABYMAKERS at checkout — valid on all products and online courses.
S3 · E7
18 feb 2026
58:37
Calm Mind = Better Fertility with Dr. Carla Vidor
In this episode of The Babymakers Podcast, Dr. Danica Thornberry sits down with fellow acupuncturist Dr. Carla Vidor for a grounding, yet expansive conversation about the role of the Divine Feminine energy in fertility, inflammation, and healing -- using receptivity instead of forcing... Together, they explore how modern fertility care often overemphasizes control, urgency, and data—while overlooking the profound role of nervous system regulation, intuition, quiet, and embodied trust. Drawing from decades of clinical experience, personal fertility journeys, and Chinese medicine philosophy, this episode reframes fertility as a process that thrives in balance, softness, and self-advocacy. Dr. Carla shares her path into women’s health and fertility acupuncture, the importance of modulating (not suppressing) inflammation during implantation, and how acupuncture and herbs support immune regulation. The conversation weaves science with spirituality, addressing psychoneuroimmunology, stress, recurrent pregnancy loss, and why slowing down can be one of the most powerful fertility interventions available. This episode is especially supportive for women feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected from their bodies during fertility treatment—and offers a reminder that receptivity is not passivity, and surrender does not mean giving up.
S3 · E6
11 feb 2026
1:02:57
A Doctor Who Truly Understands - Rayan Elkattah, MD
In this episode of The Babymakers Podcast, Dr. Danica Thornberry meets with Dr. Rayan Elkhattah (aka “Dr E”), an endometriosis excision surgeon making a big difference in the Los Angeles fertility community. Together they unpack why endo is so frequently misunderstood and therefore misdiagnosed; setting the stage for an empowering episode about self advocacy + partnership with our providers when we’re on the path to baby/healing. The term “medical gaslighting” is discussed and how it still occurs in modern healthcare (particularly in gynecology & infertility practices), to highlight the pivot that occurs when we work with a physician who listens to their patients. Dr. Elkhattah explains how endometriosis isn’t a clear cut surgical disease, and why even the best excision surgery has limits—if the nervous system, immune system, gut health, trauma history, and lifestyle factors aren’t also addressed. One focus of the conversation is central sensitization, a situation where chronic pain derails the nervous system, such that the body continuously fires pain signals even after adhesions are removed, suggesting that healing isn’t linear, and recovery often requires a multidisciplinary approach (including pelvic PT, integrative nutrition, acupuncture, mind-body tools, stress reduction, and trauma-informed care). If you’ve been told your pain or infertility is “stress-related”, implying you need to “just relax”, or if you’ve wondered why pelvic surgery didn’t fix infertility, this episode offers clarity, validation, and insight for a more hopeful—more complete—path forward. To schedule with Dr Elkattah or to learn more about the Iris Wings Sanctuary for Endometrosis and their multi-modal, holistic approach to healing endo, visit IrisWings.com, and @IrisWings on Instagram. Interested in working with Dr. Danica? Click here to book a session: http://wellpeoplehealing.janeapp.com/ ✨This episode is sponsored by SeedFertility.com, where you’ll find “A Holistic Guide to Healing Endo”, an online course offering other expert interviews including Dr Iris Kerin Orbuch and leading fertility specialists, discussing what makes them suspect endometriosis and how to decide if surgery is your next step. Listeners can use PROMO CODE: BABYMAKERS to save 20% on any Seed Fertility course.
S3 · E5
4 feb 2026
1:04:19
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