Overdoing, Urgency & the Illusion of Running Out of Time During Infertility & IVF:: Week 8
About this episode
This episode explores the impact of urgency and overdoing on the fertility journey, emphasizing the importance of slowing down and noticing bodily sensations.
“Urgency is a sensation before it is a decision.” Topics Discussed How overdoing is driven by time pressure, not motivation The nervous system pattern underneath fertility burnout Why urgency feels responsible even when it is dysregulating The illusion of being behind and how it speeds up the body Stillness as a threat when worthiness is tied to action Noticing sensations instead of fighting stories Why slowing down is not indulgent on a fertility journey “Movement feels like progress even when nothing is actually changing.” Hello Beautiful, Monica here supporting you to become the conscious mama you were born to be… This episode is for the woman who cannot seem to stop doing. Reading. Researching. Optimizing. Fixing. The one who tells herself she will rest once this works. The one whose body feels like it is constantly racing an invisible clock. And somehow, slowing down feels irresponsible. We are not talking about ambition here. We are talking about urgency. The kind that comes from the story that you are behind. That you should have started earlier. That age is the most important factor. That time is running out. And when that story takes over, the nervous system speeds up…
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- IVF, Control & Time Pressure: Why You Still Feel Behind During Infertility :: Week 16
- Subconscious Blocks Hidden in the Fear of Waiting During Infertility & IVF :: Week 15
- Fertility Burnout and Time Pressure: Healing Urgency at the Nervous System Level :: Week 14
- When Time Pressure Hijacks Your Fertility Decisions During Infertility & IVF :: Week 13
- Frequency Shifts for Women Tired of Carrying Infertility :: Week 12
- Subconscious Blocks: The Frequency of “I’m Running Out of Time” During Infertility :: Week 11
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