177. An Unexpectedly Wonderful Journey of Love and Science with Dr. Erica Bove

The Mindful Healers Podcast with Dr. Jessie Mahoney and Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang

Uncertainty = possibility. Uncertainty very often leads to things you never expected. Very often things even more wonderful than you ever imagined.

“Just as a caterpillar thought the world would end, it became a butterfly.

Just when the blastocyst thought it would starve it found a uterus.” - Dr. Erica Bove

Dr. Erica Bove, a board certified REI specialist shares her journey in the year since her Pause & Presence Yoga and Coaching Retreat in March 2023.

She shares why she decided to come even though she was not working and had no CME funds. She was also not a yogi and had never been to a retreat before.

The retreat brought her clarity - both on her mat and in nature. She now has a regular yoga practice and brings mindfulness into her day many times a day in small ways.

Her Sagrada experience also led her to change her eating habits. She continue to eat colorful foods slowly to this day. She does this not because it’s healthy or she should, but because she wants to and it feels good.

Since Sagrada, Erica lives her life doing what feels good, trusting her intuition, and following her heart.

Her heart has led her to start a new coaching business called Love and Science Fertility where she coaches those growing their family with science with coaching.

She infuses love and compassion into her work as a coach.

The blending of love and science is key to my work as well.

Love, and self-compassion help create a healthy and nourishing neurochemical soup. A healthy "neurochemical soup" help you navigate life’s challenges whether they are related to working in medicine, designing and creating an aligned career you love, being in a neurodiverse marriage, or when growing a family with science.

My favorite coaching question - What would love do? - is another tool that brings together love and science.

Mindfulness, yoga, and coaching also do.

In this episode we encourage you to honor and embrace the stage you are at, whether during fertility treatment, in a physician career, as a parent, or when your relationships are ending, beginning, or ongoing for the long-term.

We also encourage you to come to a Sagrada Nourish & Transform Mindfulness Coaching, Yoga and Culinary Medicine Retreat. Please follow Erica’s lead and come even if you don’t need CME credit or have CME funds to support your registration. It’s worth it. www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-nourish-and-transform

If you are on a fertility journey, or even considering it, reach out to Dr. Erica Bove for coaching support at loveandsciencefertility.com. Supporting yourself with coaching is an amazing gift that will likely lead to an unexpectedly wonderful fertility journey.

If you want to develop a mindfulness practice or a speaker for your group, reach out to Dr. Liang www.awakenbreath.org

*Nothing in this episode should be considered medical advice.