Helena Tubridy MA RGN RN is a top fertility coach and hypnotherapist. She helps women and men optimise fertility to achieve pregnancy naturally and prepare for IVF success, and mind mental health. Recommended by fertility doctors her sessions are online via Zoom. Helena integrates her clinical expertise as midwife, gynae nurse, EMDR practitioner and clinical hypnotherapist. Her recent Master’s degree is in Fertility. She partners with women, and men, from infertility to pregnancy and the 4th trimester. Using EMDR she helps clients heal after miscarriage and traumatic birth. Helena holds a Master’s in Ethics, focused on fertility care in Ireland. A regular in press, magazine, radio, TV and podcast, Helena contributed to Sile Seoige’s TG4 documentary ‘Deireadh Tachta’ on miscarriage. a fertility health and wellbeing speaker. Helena’s self-paced online course ‘Fully Charged Fertility’ is available https://www.helenatubridy.com Follow her on Instagram @HelenaTubridy

Sex and Seaweed

Sex and seaweed doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue. I discovered a vital link which surprised me. Sex hormones make us sexy. The thyroid gland is the iodine-seeking device which brews up those vampish hormones we love.They need iodine and seaweed is full of it. No, it’s not just for the ladies. Iodine turbo-charges sperm.…

Real Life Mindfulness

Real Life Mindfulness Let me break it to you gently. Like it or loathe it, you can’t escape real life mindfulness! Taking a shower, baking a cake, making love, composing an email? There’s nothing new about present moment focus. And yes, we thrive on it. It’s credited with boosting creative thinking, reducing depression and improving physical…

Love actually

It’s all around Falling in love is the most wonderful feeling in the world. So can we hang onto that special magic? Love flickers, fades and falls into routine, even for the most in-love couples. Science explains why. Brain chemicals sparking romance are different to the long-term blend. Espresso turns to Nescafé.  It’s hard to…

Infertility makes you blue

Guess what? Infertility makes you blue. It’s official. Baby-making is fun for maybe three months. Six at a pinch. Sex gets a tad less spontaneous. Excitement fades pretty damn fast. Niggling doubts, worry  and plain old icy fear. Once the ‘f’ word leaps out of the bedroom and onto the doctor’s couch there’s no stopping it. Next thing…