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Am I Ovary Acting?

Amber Izzo & Annabel Gurnett

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Am I Ovary Acting with Amber and Annabel: a deep dive into the most euphoric highs and the messiest of lows of being a woman, with everything in between. The girls bring you all of the unfiltered conversations we should all be having. From navigating fertility to the chaos of careers, relationships, social media and self-image, tackled with a perfect mix of humour, vulnerability and unapologetic honesty. Raw stories, belly laughs and the kind of girl talk that feels like a wine-night-in with ...
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Hi. I'm Alice. After my own fertility journey I wanted to support and empower other people facing one too. I needed: powerful tools to cope crucial information must have mindset hacks connection to a community who got it So, on board my podcast the Life Raft this is what you'll find. It's a totally safe space, so you can get cosy and listen to warm, honest, sometimes funny, inspiring and uplifting conversations with leading life coaches; mindset experts, thought leaders, real life patients p ...
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On this week's show, Amber & Annabel discuss how their inability to complete any task has resulted in a TikTok diagnosis of ADHD, and the problem with the TikTok diagnosis in general. Plus, Amber's visited her childhood home for the first time in 15 years, and this weeks Am I Ovary Acting is a case of the evil stepmother (or not?). Support the Show…
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This week, Amber and Annabel are joined by Laura Bradshaw, fashion and beauty influencer and founder of Just Bad Luck. Laura joins AIOA to talk about her experience of recurrent loss, from losing her first baby on her hen do, through to the fertility treatment that finally brought her her son in 2022. @imlaurabradshaw www.justbadluck.co.uk Support …
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox In this week's episode, Amber and Annabel are talking vacuum cleaners aka cementing the fact they are adults. Annabel has some big news and this week's ovary action is complex. Support the Show. @amiovaryacting | @amberizzo | @annabelgurnett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva…
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox With another week of Am I Ovary Actings, the girls are BACK! You can get in touch at: aioapodcast@gmail.com. Amber's London Marathon Sponsorship (thank you x) Support the Show. Follow us at: @amberizzo | @a…
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox With another week of Am I Ovary Actings, the girls are BACK! You can get in touch at: aioapodcast@gmail.com. Amber's London Marathon Sponsorship (thank you x) Support the Show. Follow us at: @amberizzo | @a…
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox With another week of Am I Ovary Actings, the girls are BACK! You can get in touch at: aioapodcast@gmail.com. Amber's London Marathon Sponsorship (thank you x) Support the Show. Follow us at: @amberizzo | @a…
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With another week of Am I Ovary Actings, the girls are BACK! You can get in touch at: aioapodcast@gmail.com. Amber's London Marathon Sponsorship (thank you x) Support the Show. @amiovaryacting | @amberizzo | @annabelgurnett Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform…
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox With another week of Am I Ovary Actings, the girls are BACK! You can get in touch at: aioapodcast@gmail.com. Amber's London Marathon Sponsorship (thank you x) Support the Show. @amiovaryacting | @amberizzo | @annabelgurnett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform…
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox With another week of Am I Ovary Actings, the girls are BACK! You can get in touch at: aioapodcast@gmail.com. Support the Show. @amiovaryacting | @amberizzo | @annabelgurnett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox With another week of Am I Ovary Actings, the girls are BACK! You can get in touch at: aioapodcast@gmail.com. Support the Show. @amiovaryacting | @amberizzo | @annabelgurnett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox With another week of Am I Ovary Actings, the girls are BACK! You can get in touch at: aioapodcast@gmail.com. Support the Show. @amiovaryacting | @amberizzo | @annabelgurnett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox With another week of Am I Ovary Actings, the girls are BACK! You can get in touch at: aioapodcast@gmail.com. Support the Show. @amiovaryacting | @amberizzo | @annabelgurnett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox With another week of Am I Ovary Actings, the girls are BACK! You can get in touch at: aioapodcast@gmail.com. Support the Show. @amiovaryacting | @amberizzo | @annabelgurnett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox This week Amber & Annabel are joined by embryologist and lab manager Millie Kanani, aka @milliefromthelab. Millie works at The Evewell, and for many years has been the embryologist behind the scenes making the magic happen. She joins the girls to talk about breaking down the ba…
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox This week marks Mothers Day in the UK, and to mark the occasion, the girls are back to talk about the ins and outs of coping with Mothers Day when you're trying to conceive. From whether even the 'fertility community' on that day contribute to the feeling, or if its something y…
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Kate Moyle is my guest today. She is the Therapist on the BBC Three series Sex On The Couch., host of The Sexual Wellness Sessions Podcast and Director at The Thought House Partnership, Accredited by the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists, a Registered Psychosexual and Relationship Therapist and a Certified Psycho-Sexologist, I think it’…
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Hello Life Raft pod peeps. Please meet Gemma. Gemma is a Life Raft member, a personal coaching client of mine and very much still in the middle of her own fertility voyage on board the Raft. She's also a certified yoga teacher, fertility yoga trained and is running a gorgeous 4 week yoga course for the Life Raft which you can join right here: https…
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Ok my friends, I know Christmas can be one of the hardest times - even if you don't celebrate, the Festive Season can feel triggering as F**k. So, here's a wee solo episode from me to give you some hope that you can actually use tools and techniques to: honour where you're at not ignore your sadness but give it the space it needs understand how to …
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Send us your ovary actions, your feedback, or topic suggestions! <3 xox Join Amber & Annabel as they divulge into the world of trying to conceive and infertility, this week discussing the prospect of cancelled IVF cycles. From not making it to egg collection, to failed fertilisation and not reaching the transfer stage, the girls discuss their perso…
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