Your Fertility Counsellor

Tanja Faessler

95 episodes listed below

Listen to the show on

Gentle steadiness for fertility uncertainty.

The gist

Your Fertility Counsellor is a gentle fertility support show centered on the mental and emotional load of treatment. Episodes pair reflective prompts with practical coping tools for IVF stimulation, doctor’s appointments, waiting periods, relationship tension, and self-kindness.

PRESS PLAY

Find your next episode

All episodes

About Your Fertility Counsellor

Your Fertility Counsellor is a warm, reflective show about the emotional side of fertility treatment. It speaks to the part of the journey that clinic schedules do not fully hold. Recent episodes focus heavily on IVF, especially the moments before and during a new treatment cycle. The IVF Reset series moves slowly on purpose. First comes reflection. Then comes preparation for doctor’s appointments. Then comes hormone stimulation, where treatment becomes something felt in the body rather than only planned in the mind. Tanja Fessler frames these stages with practical prompts: write down priorities, pause before rushed decisions, communicate needs clearly, and make room for rest. The advice is gentle but concrete. It often asks listeners to notice what feels heavy, what feels supportive, and what might need to be released before the next step. The show also looks beyond IVF mechanics. Episodes consider happiness during uncertainty, the strain of women’s timelines, relationship connection, and the way fertility struggles can create isolation. There is attention to language, too: not every difficult feeling is a problem to fix, and not every appointment requires an immediate answer. A conversation with Nadine Balmer adds perspective on fertility coaching, taboo, online information, and the double-edged role of AI research for people trying to manage stress. The pacing is unhurried. It can feel like a counselling room, a journal prompt, and a practical checklist sharing the same space. Some episodes begin from ordinary life, such as a walk or a disrupted morning plan, then turn those moments into emotional tools. That everyday quality keeps the show from sounding clinical. At its best, it helps people feel less alone without pretending that fertility treatment is simple, tidy, or endlessly empowering. It is especially suited to listeners who want tenderness with structure. The show offers permission to soften, but it also gives something to do next.

Made for: For people navigating IVF, fertility treatment, medical appointments, waiting, uncertainty, or the emotional strain around trying to conceive. It also suits partners and support people who want more language for care without trying to fix everything.

What sets it apart: The show centers the emotional preparation around fertility treatment as carefully as the logistical preparation. Its strongest episodes turn appointments, hormone stimulation, relationship tension, and anxious research habits into specific reflection prompts and coping practices.

In their own words

I’m Tanja Faessler, an accredited coach, counsellor, and the founder of Counsellingconnectz and Fertilityconnectz. In this episode, I’ll share our journey—from starting in 2012 to supporting over 15,000 clients, a milestone that still fills me with gratitude. At Fertilityconnectz, we are dedicated to guiding you through every aspect of your fertility journey—whether you're trying naturally, going through IVF, or exploring options like egg freezing or donor programs. On this podcast, we will focus on all aspects of your well-being—mentally, emotionally, spiritually, on all levels—because we believe that balance in these areas is where the magic happens. Fertility ca...

IVF reset and preparationdoctor’s appointment confidencehormone stimulation emotionsfertility coachinguncertainty and patiencerelationship communicationmicro-moments of joywomen’s pressure and alignment

Talks about

Health & Fitness Personal Stories Fertility & Reproductive Health

Best episodes of Your Fertility Counsellor

Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.

EP #65 - Breaking the Silence: The Rise of Fertility Coaching with Nadine BallmerMar 11, 2026

A grounded look at fertility support, emotional strain, and the cost of over-researching.

The episode keeps its focus on fertility coaching, emotional strain, and the gap that opens when fertility is treated as more than a medical process.

Podcasts like Your Fertility Counsellor

This American LifeThis American Life
Family complications, public conflicts, telling details.
HeavyweightPushkin Industries
The difficulty of finding the words.
The MothThe Moth
A life remembered, a story told aloud.
Central Station - True Stories from Outback Australia
Outback lives, told close to the dust.
Motherland Australia
Rural motherhood, told with grit and care.
StrangersLea Thau
Lives changed, feelings unfinished.

Find your next episode

About Your Fertility Counsellor

In their own words

Talks about

Best episodes of Your Fertility Counsellor

Podcasts like Your Fertility Counsellor

Episodes

EP #94 - Reproductive Law: IVF, Egg Freezing & Donor Programs with Nava Dimer

EP #93 - What Makes a Family? Love, Genetics & Belonging

EP #92 - The Grief Nobody Talks About - Letting Go of the Child You Once Imagined

EP #91 - Thinking About Using a Donor? The Questions Every Recipient Should Explore First

EP #90 - Thinking About Using a Donor? The Medical Facts Every Recipient Should Know

EP #89 - Will Egg Freezing Give Me Peace of Mind? What Women Are Really Looking For

EP #88 - What Nobody Tells You About Egg Freezing - Expectations, Emotions & Life After the Decision

EP #87 - Thinking About Freezing Your Eggs? The Questions Every Woman Should Ask Herself First

EP #86 - Egg Freezing Explained - What Every Woman Should Know Before She Starts

EP #85 - July Series: WHEN DID LIFE STOP FEELING LIGHT?

EP #84 - July Series: WHEN DID WE STOP FEELING BUTTERFLIES?

EP #83 - July Series: CAN I TRUST THE PERSON I’M BECOMING?

EP #82 - July Series: CAN SMALL THINGS CHANGE A LIFE?

EP #81 - July Series: WHO DO I WANT TO BE?

EP #80 - RESETTING… WITHOUT STARTING OVER - A Gentle Mid-Year Reset for the Next Six Months

EP #79 - Why Do We Struggle So Differently? What Men Don’t Always Say About Stress, Fertility & Emotions

EP #78 - Why Does This Still Feel So Heavy? When Your Body Still Holds Stress

EP #77 - Halfway Through the Year… Where Am I, Really?

EP #76 - May Series: Learning to Hold Yourself

EP #75 - May Series: The Invisible Load You’re Carrying

EP #74 - May Series: After Mother’s Day… What Stayed With You?

EP #73 - Act pregnant now to get pregnant later with Gabriela Rosa

EP #72 - Your IVF Reset Series: Fertilised Embryos – Holding Hope & Letting Be

EP #71 - Your IVF Reset Series: Egg Retrieval – Trust, Surrender & The Waiting Space

EP #70 - Your IVF Reset Series: Navigating Hormone Stimulation

EP #69 - Your IVF Reset Series: Preparing for Your Doctor’s Appointment

EP #68 - Your IVF Reset Series: Reflection & Reset

EP #67 - Anchored in Calm: How to Stay Steady When Life Gets Messy

EP #66 - Happiness – Even When Life Feels Uncertain

EP #65 - Breaking the Silence: The Rise of Fertility Coaching with Nadine Ballmer

EP #64 - When Things Feel Out of Alignment – A Fertility Reflection for Women’s Day

EP #63 - From Frustration to Flow: Shifting Your Energy in 20 Minutes

EP #62 - The Fire Horse Year: Transformation Through Release and Renewal

EP #61 - Mindfulness and Compassion in Fertility Counselling with Sussana Wong

EP #60 - Infertility & Chinese New Year: Navigating Family, Face & Fertility

EP #59 - Understanding Vaginismus and Pelvic Floor Health

EP #58 - When Men Disappear from Their Fertility Journey

EP #57 - Breaking the Silence: Men’s Untold Stories of Infertility with Shaun Greenaway

EP #56 - New Year’s Reflections — Resolutions, Habits & Gentle Beginnings

EP #55 - Small Steps, Big Dreams: Building the Life You Want with Kristina Karlsson

EP #54 - Rowing into the unknown: A Story of Growth and Grit with Purusha Gordon

EP #53 - A Gentle Year-End Letting Go

EP #52 - Beyond the Treatment Room with Dr. Janice Tung

EP #51 – Healing Your Inner Child

EP #50 – Masculinity is character — not sperm count

EP #49 - The Hidden Link: Fertility and Men’s Health

EP #48 – Redefining Strength: The Untold Side of Men’s Struggles

EP #47 - Speaking Hope: Nourishing Your Mind, Body & Heart with Affirmation

EP #46 - Why a Strong Relationship Is the First Step to Fertility

EP #45 - A Moment for You: Reflect, Breathe, Acknowledge

EP #44 - The Gift of Compassion: An IVF Journey

EP #43 – Mental Health Matters: A Call to Awareness

EP #42 - Breaking the Silence: Grief After Miscarriage and Stillbirth

EP #41 - Breaking Taboos: Fertility Conversations in Asian Communities

EP #40 - The Hidden Link: Gut Health, Hormones, and Fertility

EP #39 - TCM and Fertility through the Holistic Lens

EP #38 - From Fear to Compassion: A Fertility Manifestation Practice

EP #37 - The Heart of Survival: Compassion, Manifestation and Fertility

EP #36 - Checking In & Walking It Out

EP #35 - Fertility and Decision Fatigue: How to Choose Without Burning Out

EP #34 – Still Trying: Fertility, Grief and Fatigue

EP #33 - Reclaiming Hope: Preparing for the Second Half of the Year

EP #32 - Reflecting & Releasing: Resetting After a Challenging First Half

EP #31 - Putting Pen to Paper: The Power of Journaling During Fertility

EP #30 - Slowing Down - The Unexpected Superpower in Your Fertility Journey

EP #29 - Slowness in a Fast World: What I Learned from The Discovery of Slowness

EP #28 - The Nature Fix

EP #27 - Simple Ways to Support birth Parents

EP #26 - The Silent Struggle of New Fathers

EP #25 - Key Considerations for Birth Conversations

EP #24 - The Truth About IVF - More Than Just a Shortcut

EP #23 - Beyond the Diagnosis: Empowering Couples Through Fertility Awareness

EP #22 - Navigating the Emotional Hotspots of IVF