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Asia

5 years journey · Fearlessly Fertile Method

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The Transformation

Before

Bitter, skeptical, jealous, using food to cope, weight gain, self-abandonment, angry at God

Key Shift

Changed from asking 'why me?' to 'why not me?' and learned empowered surrender

After

Excited about turning 40, empowered to take breaks for self-care, open to surrogacy, certain about becoming a mother

In summary: Asia's story demonstrates that empowered surrender after multiple ivf failures, self-care break at 39, and excitement about turning 40. despite Blocked Fallopian Tubes and Adenomyosis after a 5 years journey.

Breakthroughs5

  • When you make up your mind to do something, opportunities appear - even when you don't know where the money will come from

    Asia manifested funding for multiple IVF cycles despite financial uncertainty, and later her sister immediately offered to be a surrogate when Asia shifted into empowered surrender about needing help.

    6:09
  • The key shift is changing from 'why me?' to 'why not me?' - if this can happen for other women, why can't it happen for me?

    Asia transformed her entire journey when she stopped asking why she was suffering and started believing she deserved success like other women she saw getting pregnant.

    11:18
  • Anxiety comes from thinking about the past or future - when you're present, there's nothing to be anxious about

    Asia learned to manage fertility anxiety by staying present and choosing different thoughts without beating herself up, leading to her empowered decision to take a break at 39.

    13:51
  • It's okay to believe - it won't hurt you to feel the opposite of what you've been feeling

    Asia was a huge skeptic until working with Rosanne taught her that choosing to believe was safer than staying in negativity and despair.

    15:26
  • Taking a fertility break for self-care is not giving up - it's taking back control of what you can control

    Asia made the empowered decision at 39 to take a break, get on birth control to stop painful cycles, focus on her health and body image before becoming a mother.

    19:02

Teachings3

  • Letting go is not giving up - you have to surrender to receive what you want

    Asia initially believed letting go meant accepting defeat, but learned that surrender created space for opportunities like her sister's surrogacy offer to appear.

    12:29
  • Sometimes blessings are right under our nose and we can only see them when we get out of our own way

    Asia's sister immediately offered to be a surrogate when Asia reached empowered surrender about needing help, without Asia even asking.

    28:29
  • The desire is there because it was meant for you - it wouldn't be there if there wasn't going to be a way to bring it to fruition

    Asia maintains certainty about becoming a mother despite 5 years of treatment failures, blocked tubes, adenomyosis, and now considering surrogacy.

    31:46

Reframes2

  • Negativity breeds more negativity - being in that dark place brings more darkness and makes you a bitter, skeptical, jealous person who can't enjoy simple things in life

    Asia described how her negative spiral led to weight gain, using food to cope, and self-abandonment before she shifted to asking 'why not me?' instead of 'why me?'

    10:27
  • This journey is preparation for the mother you're going to be - all of this prepares you to mother differently

    Asia realized her 5-year journey through blocked tubes, adenomyosis, IVF failures and miscarriage was preparing her to be a better mother than she would have been without these experiences.

    24:50

Quotable Moments5

  • I don't know what it is about forty, but I just feel like I'm in line for a miracle and something amazing is about to happen in my life

    Asia20:13
  • The desire is there because it was meant for you. It wouldn't be there if there wasn't gonna be a way for you to bring that to fruition

    Asia31:46
  • I didn't understand that in order for me to receive it, I had to surrender it

    Asia12:09
  • It's okay to believe. It's not gonna hurt you to believe

    Asia15:16
  • Sometimes blessings are right under our nose and it's only when we get out of our own way that we can see them

    Rosanne Austin28:29

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