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Taking a break to recalibrate your life here with

Taking a break to recalibrate your life here with Lee while we pick raspberries for the first time! Lee was the most determined 2-year-old berry picker I have ever seen. Swipe to see a video of him picking "pick .. put it in .. pick ... put it in... " OMG, so much love for this little guy. ⁠
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This week, we left NYC for the first time since March. It's been great to take a break away from home to recalibrate and also break up the "routine" we have been in for months. ⁠
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While routines are great in many ways, it also is guilty of hindering growth and change. When we get to use one environment, we become less open to new things, ideas, experiences. ⁠
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I know these days, "taking a break" by leaving home may not be an option. One of my co-workers just took five days off and didn't leave home, and she said it did wonders! You don't have to go away to "take a break." ⁠
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Are you taking any breaks? Let me know in the comments.

Life isn't going as you perfectly planned? ⁠
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I get it. This was certainly the case for me. "My perfect plan" was to have three kids by the age of 35. Instead, at 35 years old, I found myself sitting in a doctor's office, after five years of TTC, being told I had less than a 1% chance of having a child. ⁠
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Now what? What to do when life doesn't go as you envisioned it? ⁠
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Do you give up?⁠
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That certainly is an option, but there is a better route to go that I want to share with you. ⁠
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If I had given up after being told that I should give up, I would not be here watching T and Lee playing together. Instead of giving up, I used the skills I had to look at my obstacles from a different perspective.⁠
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By profession, I am an animation artist. It was through this unique lens as an artist that I approached my fertility obstacles. By approaching life with an artist mindset, I view roadblocks as something that can always be solved by stepping back and approaching it from different directions. I used this skill to design a life that gave me control of the fertility journey and life moving forward. ⁠
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So, DO NOT GIVE UP! There is a solution that gives you control of your future. (<--- I know, crazy to think you have control over anything in this journey, but you do, I have been where you are, and it took my five years to figure this out)⁠
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I help you release the emotions, stress, and pure exhaustion of your fertility journey easily by approaching it with a mindset of an artist so they can live a life where no obstacle will ever get in their way of being "happy."⁠
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Start by taking my free fertility training (link in bio)⁠
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When life doesn't go as planned, the best thing to do is to Embrace the detours and keep on moving forward, finding multiple solutions. ⁠
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💛, jasmine

If you had asked me five years ago if I would be s

If you had asked me five years ago if I would be sitting here watching Lee and Matt at dinner like this, I wouldn't have believed you. ⁠
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I'm not going to lie; the memories of fertility struggles will most likely stay with me forever. One of the biggest things I learned from the journey is that LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE, full of ups and downs. I hope that it's mostly full of ups, but if you find yourself down, especially when it comes to fertility, then I want you to know that you have the power to reverse it. ⁠
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That's precisely what I did after being told I should give up, given less than a 1% chance of having a child. ⁠
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I took the biggest "down" in my fertility journey and turned it into the most significant "UP." I am reminded of this every day, and I hope to help you do the same. ⁠
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Start by taking my Free Fertility Training (link in bio)⁠
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The holiday weekend felt a bit surreal this year -

The holiday weekend felt a bit surreal this year - for all the obvious reasons. ⁠
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We usually spend July 4th up in New Hampshire with family, and we thought we would miss that this year. Last week with the COVID numbers at the lowest they've been in NYC. Matt and I got tested - we both came back negative, and we hopped in the car with the kids and left the city for the first time since quarantine - driving non-stop. Just like that, we continued the July 4th tradition of spending it in NH with family and cousins. ⁠
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Crazy? Uncertain? I feel all these things when going, to be honest. But we agree that we did it the best way possible given the situation and there won't be a 100% "safe way" to visit family for a while. ⁠
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As I sat and watched the kids play and run in an open lawn with their cousins, I couldn't help but smile. For this moment, life felt a little bit like it had in past years. ⁠It was nice ... 💛⁠
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How was your July 4th weekend?

Fertility struggles bring on so many unexpected ef

Fertility struggles bring on so many unexpected effects in one's life. Most are considered negative, which is fair. I know I had my share of exhaustion, isolation, and pain during my fertility journey. ⁠
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It's all that, but it also has it's positives - it's life-changing. It forced me to stop moving along a path defined by society and learn about myself, be more understanding of others, and GROW as a person. ⁠
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As adults, it's easy to stop growing mentally, but this created so much internal growth that I am very grateful for. I know that I would be a very different person if I had not gone through this struggle (and not for the better.)⁠
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I know it's hard to think of positives during your fertility journey, but why not? Let's make lemonade out of lemons. Use this time to grow and invest in yourself. 💛

Do you dream? Dream not in when you are sleeping,

Do you dream? Dream not in when you are sleeping, but imagine as you did when you were a child of all the fantastic things to come. ⁠
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Dreams, by definition, are "a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal." I dream pretty often, but I do find myself being cautious with my dreams. I wonder why is that? ⁠
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I think it stems back from the time I was trying to have a baby, and I would dream of being pregnant, but as the years went on, that dream felt further and further away... I still remember this, and that is why I think I am cautious with my dreams today. ⁠
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The problem is that when we stop dreaming, we stop aspiring to something higher than what we are now. We stop growing. ⁠
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I remind myself to dream without limits every day, and it's okay if it's a journey/struggle to get there. As long as I keep dreaming and taking action towards it little by little every day, it will be here before I know it. ⁠
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Dreaming is what I encourage you to do if you are struggling with fertility or anything in your life. Dream of multiple possibilities, and you will be unstoppable. <--- next step? put those dreams into action!⁠
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DREAM WITHOUT LIMITS 💛⁠
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Happy Friday!⁠
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What does it mean to think like an artist/designer

What does it mean to think like an artist/designer, and how will it help you in your fertility journey?⁠
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Design thinking, simply put, is about creative problem solving by focusing on learning the core problem and finding multiple solutions to keep you moving forward. ⁠
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How does this apply to your fertility journey? Design thinking is the approach I used to overcome the fertility obstacles I as facing that led me to become pregnant just months after I was told I had less than a 1% chance of having a child. ⁠
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This way of approaching your fertility journey will free you from the stress and pressures of relying on a single outcome that your future happiness will depend on. ⁠
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It's like taking a breath of fresh air after being quarantined inside for years. ⁠
Ready to learn more and apply this to your journey? ⁠
Get started with learning more through my free training.⁠
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I'm excited to support you on your fertility journey!⁠
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🧡, Jasmine

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.⁠
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When I first started my fertility journey, I felt lonely and lost. When I had problems #ttc, my identity and plans were suddenly uncertain and in question. If I’m not able to have a child, what would that mean? Who would I be? I had a longing to “find myself.”⁠
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What I realized in year five of trying after sitting in the doctor’s office being told I had less than a 1% chance of having a child was that life isn’t about finding myself, life is about creating myself. Taking the information and all the resources around me, I used it to create my narrative, my future. I took control of my fertility journey for the first time in five years, and I did it by using the tools and mindset that I had had all along by using my artist’s mindset. ⁠
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As an artist, I can see multiple solutions to a problem, and that is how I moved from being told I had less than 1% to becoming pregnant just months later. ⁠
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This creative mindset and way of approaching your journey is what I am so passionate and inspired to share with you.⁠
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Are you interested in learning more?⁠
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Go to the link in my bio for free training and an introduction to this fresh creative approach to applying to your fertility journey.⁠
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