Fertility circle – Shifting the relationship with your body

There comes a point on the fertility journey where you realise you have done everything you possibly could. You have followed the advice, tracked your cycles, read the books, adjusted your lifestyle — and still, your mind feels full and tired, while your body feels distant, or even unreliable.

It can become a relationship filled with tension, where the body feels unpredictable or unreliable. You might notice moments of resentment, or a sense that your body has let you down. And with that, a growing layer of judgments about what your body should be doing, but isn’t.

This 90-minute online circle is an invitation to gently turn towards that experience. Not to fix it, not to push it away, but to listen more closely to what is actually there.

Together, we will explore how your relationship with your body has been shaped throughout your fertility journey, and how this has impacted the way you feel, think, and move through this process. Through a combination of reflective writing, guided meditation, and simple body-based awareness practices, you will begin to sense what your body has been holding, and what it might be asking from you instead.

Rather than trying to control or change the body, we begin to practice a different orientation — one that is rooted in listening, in noticing, and in slowly rebuilding trust.

What we’ll explore:
-The judgments you may be carrying about your body
-How your fertility journey has shaped your connection to your body
-How these experiences are held within the body itself
-What it could look like to relate to your body in a different way
-A simple, daily ritual to support this shift in your everyday life

What you can expect:

A small and intimate group setting, where there is space to both reflect and share. You will be guided through a writing exercise to bring awareness to your inner dialogue, followed by a meditation that allows you to explore how your body holds your experiences. There will be space to share if you feel comfortable, as well as a gentle integration into something practical that you can take with you into your daily life.

Practical details:

Date: Friday, April 24th
Time: 8:00-9:30 pm
Location: Online (Zoom)
Duration: 90 minutes
Investment: €25

Part of a 3-part series:

This circle is the first in a series on Reconnecting with your body’s wisdom. The series is designed as a gradual deepening, moving from your relationship with the body as a whole, into the womb space, and finally into a live, embodied experience.

Online Circle 1: Friday, April 24th, 8:00-9:30 pm
Online Circle 2: Friday, May 22nd, 8:00-9:30 pm
Live Half-Day Circle (Zeist): Saturday, June 20th, 1-5 pm

You are welcome to join each circle individually, or to move through the full series as a container.

If you feel the desire to commit to the full journey, you can book all three circles together for €100 (instead of €125).

Your facilitators:

Françoise Molenaar is a women’s group facilitator, fertility coach and host of the podcast ‘That Fertile Feeling’. Her own fertility journey lasted for over a decade, during which time she learned the importance of surrender and trusting life to unfold on its own pace. She guided women back to their bodies and shows them how to find a bit of lightness even in the darkest of times.

Semin Suvarierol Hoen is a fertility & birth doula offers holistic support for fertility, pregnancy, and birth. She has become a mother of 2 kids, after working through her own fertility challenges. Her support focuses on (re)building the trust in the body, working through emotional blockages related to the reproductive organs, and (re)finding your creative power. Her doula support combines counseling & coaching, belly massage, and rituals around fertility and grief.