If you opened this post, I am assuming you know what it's like when sh*t just keeps hitting the fan. 

What the f***! When will this end? Is there light at the end of the tunnel? Why me? 

And then, once the sh*t actually stops hitting the fan so hard, we often find ourselves just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Can life actually feel so pleasant? I wonder when the next crappy thing will happen? 

After prolonged times of bad news and feelings of exhaustion and disappointment and heartbreak and low self-esteem, it is easy to develop an unconscious anticipation for more bad things to happen. 

If you are one of the 85% of women who are dealing with any emotional PMS (think: anxiety, depression, irritability, mood swings, tiredness/ trouble sleeping...) or physical PMS (think: cramps, bloating, headaches, constipation, tender breasts, acne...), I have good news for you: PMS is not necessary, normal, or only treatable with medication (such as the pill). 

I believe that one's name is enormously powerful. It is the sound the world makes when referring to you forever. It carries strong energy. It influences how the world sees you and responds to you; often without ever having met you. It is how you introduce yourself to others. It is a huge part of your identity.

An article in the New Yorker Why Your Name Matters, even reported that "some recent research suggests that names can influence choice of profession, where we live, whom we marry, the grades we earn, the stocks we invest in, whether we’re accepted to a school or are...

This Sunday will be my very first mother's day. While it may seem like I am fishing to get your congratulations, that is only part of the reason ;) Just kidding... I am writing to you today because this past year has held so many lessons for me that are applicable to you whether or not you are a mom. 

I'm also writing, because, in celebration of this day and to honor all the amazing family, friends, and mentors who have supported me in becoming the women, wife, mother, and coach I am today, I am also offering

One of my biggest missions in my own life is to create a FERTILE, FUN, COLORFUL LIFE for myself and my family.

What that means is that I want to, not only, live in a hormonally balanced body that can be the best possible place for a baby to grow, but that I want to rest in a calm, resilient mind. That way I can make decisions from a playful, inspired place that allows me to foster amazing relationships and do my work full-heartedly. Besides that I also simply want to have a ton of fun, eat delicious food, and laugh lots.  

That's why in today's post I want to share 10 things that have lately rocked my world and will (hopefully) help you along your journey of creating a "fertile life" on all fronts as well: 

When we go to bed at night, my husband frequently says "I hope you dream of chocolate." 

He knows me well;)

I loooove chocolate. I've had a sweet-tooth for as long as I remember. In fact, my whole family is really into sugar (it's not out of the realm of their imagination to suggest dessert after breakfast. Truth.).

While chocolate brings me a lot of pleasure, it has also (dis-)served me in 2 major ways:

Last week, I had the privilege to be interviewed by Amy Neuhedel, a Birthing Year Coach, Hypnobirthing teacher and certified birth doula (DONA), living in Sweden. She is the founder of an amazing podcast called The Cord and I'd love to invite you to listen to our interview called "Holistic conception: Creating a fertile life."

I literally couldn't be more stoked for today's blogpost because I get to share the powerful wisdom of feng shui expert Bryce Kennedy with you.

Bryce Kennedy is a lawyer turned feng shui expert who focuses on helping women discover their passion and power by reflecting their personal beauty into their space, relationships and lives.

In the interview below...

Do you find that everyone is talking about self-care these days? What they can do to treat themselves well, eat healthfully, exercise regularly, stress less, sleep better, improve their communication, get a raise, feel more beautiful... the list goes on. 

The majority of women I know spend the better part of their teens, twenties, and even early thirties terrified of getting pregnant accidentally. So much of our efforts go into trying to avoid pregnancy for so long that many women find themselves surprised that getting pregnant when they are ready is actually not as easy as they once thought. 

I was one of those women who spent 15 years of my life on some sort of hormonal birth control just to discover that I had had an underlying hormonal imbalance that the pill had been masking (or perhaps created).

hi lovely- as a joy seeker myself I've thought a lot about what joy means, how it manifests, how to get more of it, how to share it with others, how to make it last...

Joy is a tremendously important feeling to foster within oneself when it comes to receiving anything in life: love, friendship, genuine kindness, money, a promotion, and yes, a baby!  

Since becoming a mom myself, what brings me joy and what I do in order to feel joyful has changed -simplified, in fact.

It is with such pleasure, pride, and joy that I am writing to you today to share the news about my baby boy, Felix Gustav Marlow Zwickson. He was born on June 8th at 7lbs 11oz and 21 inches.