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Teaching2020-05-11·20 min

EP63 Fertility & Faith: Hello Stranger…

EP63 Fertility & Faith: Hello Stranger…

Rosanne shares her personal journey from skepticism to faith, revealing how rebuilding her relationship with God transformed her fertility journey. She explains how hitting rock bottom as a prosecutor led to a spiritual awakening that changed everything about how she approached getting pregnant.

From Skeptic to Spiritual Seeker

Rosanne shares her transformation from a faith-skeptical prosecutor who relied only on science to someone who discovered the power of spiritual connection. Her rock bottom moment in her office after a career victory coincided with another treatment failure, setting the stage for her spiritual awakening.

The Shower Moment That Changed Everything

A unexpected encounter with Darius Rucker's 'True Believers' during a shower became Rosanne's lightning strike moment of divine connection. This experience of peace and love marked the beginning of her journey back to faith and trust in something greater than herself.

Simple Prayers and Daily Conversation

Rosanne developed a practice of simple, humble communication with God, asking for signs and to be kept in mind. This led to synchronicities and guidance appearing everywhere, helping her reframe her fertility failures as divine redirection rather than punishment.

Faith as the Foundation for Surrender

The episode culminates in Rosanne's teaching that faith enables the kind of surrender necessary for fertility success. When women can trust divine timing and let go of controlling the when and how, they create space for their babies to come to them.

Questions This Episode Answers

How can faith help with fertility struggles

Faith isn't just important because it's going to change your perspective. It's critical because faith is the cornerstone of surrender.

Rosanne Austin14:44

Faith helps by shifting your perspective from seeing fertility challenges as punishment to seeing them as guidance. It enables surrender, which means letting go of agonizing about timing while staying open to receive your baby.

What does neck down fertility mean

You are trying to have a baby. The most important shit you need for that is found from the neck down.

Rosanne Austin9:07

Neck down fertility means accessing intuition, faith, and mind-body connection rather than relying solely on logic and medical facts. It's about trusting your body's wisdom and spiritual guidance in addition to medical support.

How to rebuild relationship with faith during fertility journey

My prayer every single day and frankly, sometimes minute by minute, my prayer was simple. Please just give me some signs and keep me in mind.

Rosanne Austin6:01

Start with gratitude for past blessings, begin each day saying 'thank you,' and maintain ongoing conversation with your higher power asking for signs and guidance rather than making demands.

Does age matter for getting pregnant naturally

Divine intelligence, the exact divine intelligence behind the big bang isn't worried about what day it is and certainly doesn't give a fuck about your age. It will find a way to deliver.

Rosanne Austin17:18

While age affects fertility medically, divine intelligence doesn't operate by human timelines or age limitations. Focus on spiritual alignment and trust rather than being limited by statistics.

How to see fertility setbacks as guidance instead of failure

When I allowed myself to see those things instead as gifts from something wiser than me, I could see that instead of them just being punches to the gut, they were actually nudges in the right direction.

Rosanne Austin7:34

Ask 'How is this happening for me?' instead of 'Why is this happening to me?' Look for the gifts and redirection in each setback, seeing them as nudges toward what's truly meant for you.

How to rebuild your relationship with faith during fertility struggles

A practical approach for reconnecting with spiritual support on your fertility journey

  1. 1

    Exit 'what have you done for me lately' mode

    Make a list of 25 holy shit blessings you've had in your life - car accidents avoided, healings, professional achievements, meeting your partner. Acknowledge how you've been supported throughout your lifetime.

  2. 2

    Start each morning with gratitude

    For the next seven days, before your feet hit the floor, connect with your higher power and say 'Thank you.' This is a complete prayer that opens you to receiving more blessings.

  3. 3

    Maintain ongoing conversation

    Move through your day in constant internal conversation with your higher power, asking for guidance and signs. Use simple prayers like 'Please give me some signs and keep me in mind' rather than making demands.

All Teachings 6

TeachingEmpowering14:44

Faith is the cornerstone of surrender, which allows you to let go of agonizing about when and how so you can allow your baby to come instead of blocking it with fear

Rosanne conceived naturally at 43 after rebuilding her relationship with faith, despite years of fertility treatment failures as a former skeptic who relied only on science and logic.

ReframeReframing7:34

Your fertility failures aren't punitive evidence that you're not enough - they're actually nudges in the right direction from something wiser than you

Rosanne reframed her years of fertility treatment failures as guidance that led her away from clinics that didn't care about her to ones that did, ultimately leading to natural conception at 43.

TeachingFierce9:07

The most important elements for having a baby are found from the neck down, not from cold logic, reason, statistics and medicine alone

Rosanne's approach of 'neck up' thinking - relying only on logic and medicine - resulted in years of fertility treatment failures, while incorporating faith and intuition led to natural conception at 43.

TeachingFierce17:18

Divine intelligence behind the big bang doesn't worry about what day it is and certainly doesn't give a fuck about your age - it will find a way to deliver

Despite all the statistics about age and her fertility past, Rosanne conceived naturally at 43, proving that divine timing transcends human constructs of time and age limitations.

TeachingComforting19:02

Start each day with a simple two-word prayer: 'Thank you' - this is actually a complete prayer that connects you to your higher power

This practice was part of Rosanne's faith rebuilding process that shifted her from despair to trust, ultimately supporting her journey to natural conception at 43.

TeachingEmpowering13:02

Make Gus your first resort, not your last - start moving through your day in constant internal conversation asking for guidance and what is true

When Rosanne shifted from relying on old patterns to making faith her first resort through daily conversation with God, she found the guidance that led to natural conception at 43 after years of treatment failure.

Episode Tone
2 empowering1 reframing2 fierce1 comforting

Key Teachings 6

Faith is the cornerstone of surrender, which allows you to let go of agonizing about when and how so you can allow your baby to come instead of blocking it with fear

14:44

Your fertility failures aren't punitive evidence that you're not enough - they're actually nudges in the right direction from something wiser than you

7:34

The most important elements for having a baby are found from the neck down, not from cold logic, reason, statistics and medicine alone

9:07

Divine intelligence behind the big bang doesn't worry about what day it is and certainly doesn't give a fuck about your age - it will find a way to deliver

17:18

Start each day with a simple two-word prayer: 'Thank you' - this is actually a complete prayer that connects you to your higher power

19:02

Make Gus your first resort, not your last - start moving through your day in constant internal conversation asking for guidance and what is true

13:02

Perspectives 3

Fertility failures are evidence you're being punished or asking for too much

CONSIDER: Fertility setbacks are actually nudges in the right direction from divine wisdom, guiding you toward what's meant for you

Logic, statistics, and medical science alone are sufficient to achieve pregnancy

CONSIDER: The most important elements for conception come from the neck down - intuition, faith, and mind-body connection are essential

Age and time are limiting factors that determine fertility outcomes

CONSIDER: Divine intelligence doesn't care about human constructs like age or timelines - it will find a way to deliver your baby

Quotable Moments

Faith isn't just important because it's going to change your perspective. It's critical because faith is the cornerstone of surrender.

Rosanne Austin14:44

You are trying to have a baby. The most important shit you need for that is found from the neck down.

Rosanne Austin9:07

Divine intelligence, the exact divine intelligence behind the big bang isn't worried about what day it is and certainly doesn't give a fuck about your age.

Rosanne Austin17:18

You have this desire in your heart because it was meant for you, but the only thing that is gonna get in the way is you not seeing that.

Rosanne Austin12:00

Gus had my back the whole fucking time, and Gus has your back too.

Rosanne Austin10:29

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