Fertility Mindset: Agonizing Over Mistakes?
Rosanne Austin teaches women to embrace mistakes on their fertility journey, using Teddy Roosevelt's 'woman in the ring' metaphor to encourage resilience and forward movement instead of perfectionism.
Teachings 3
The road to fertility success is literally paved with mistakes - you will make way more mistakes than successes, so changing your attitude about mistakes is essential
Austin draws parallel to Elon Musk's SpaceX projects where they expect failures and use them to get new information and refine processes
Making peace with your own mistakes transforms how you'll parent - you become more loving, accepting and supportive when your children make mistakes
Austin explains this prevents passing on generational patterns of perfectionism and shame to future children
You must be the woman in the ring, not on the sidelines - willing to take punches and keep moving forward with grit
Austin references Teddy Roosevelt's speech and applies it to fertility journeys, emphasizing active participation over passive victimhood
Perspectives 2
Women tell themselves tragic lies that they cannot make mistakes on their fertility journey, believing that mistakes mean their baby will never come
Austin observes this pattern across 12+ years coaching women ages 28-54, noting the destructive perfectionism that keeps women stuck
The fertility journey is a training ground that prepares you to become the woman and mother you actually want to be
Austin emphasizes this journey teaches resilience needed for raising children, as motherhood involves constant mistakes and learning without a manual
Quotable Moments 3
“Any effort and any attempts that we make in the direction of the very noble cause of becoming a mom is fucking awesome.”
— Rosanne Austin“Be the woman in the ring. Feel that crunch under your sandal. Feel the crunch of the gravel in the center of the ring and be like, bring it, baby. Bring it. I am ready to learn.”
— Rosanne Austin“This desire is not there to fuck with you. This desire is because it's part of your purpose.”
— Rosanne Austin
Questions This Video Answers
How should I handle mistakes on my fertility journey?
“The road to success on this journey and in life is literally paved with mistakes. And you better change your attitude about mistakes if you wanna achieve success because we are gonna make way more mistakes than we we have successes.”
— Rosanne Austin
Embrace mistakes as essential learning opportunities that refine your process and build resilience. The road to fertility success is paved with more mistakes than successes, so changing your attitude about them is crucial for moving forward.
Why is the fertility journey so difficult emotionally?
“This journey is such a fucking gift. It is literally a training ground. It is training you to become the woman that you actually wanna be.”
— Rosanne Austin
The fertility journey is a training ground preparing you to become the mother you want to be. It builds the resilience and grit needed for parenting, where you'll constantly face new challenges without a manual.
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Key Points 5
Women tell themselves tragic lies that they cannot make mistakes on their fertility journey, believing that mistakes mean their baby will never come
The road to fertility success is literally paved with mistakes - you will make way more mistakes than successes, so changing your attitude about mistakes is essential
The fertility journey is a training ground that prepares you to become the woman and mother you actually want to be
Making peace with your own mistakes transforms how you'll parent - you become more loving, accepting and supportive when your children make mistakes
You must be the woman in the ring, not on the sidelines - willing to take punches and keep moving forward with grit
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