“Meeting your own goals is self-care. Dopamine is healing.”
Topics Discussed
- Autoimmune issues in women & internal progress
- Suppression, toxic relationships & chronic illness
- How herbalism helped reverse years of health issues
- Emotional trauma as a root cause of physical symptoms
- Stress, stagnation & the root of chronic symptoms
- Autoimmunity & energetic misalignment
- Subconscious triggers in motherhood
- Postpartum crashes after fertility success
“Suppression might be more dangerous than alcohol, because you carry it 24/7.”
Show Notes Summary
Hello Beautiful, Monica here, and today we’re going there. Deep. Raw. No fluff. Tania the Herbalist joins me for a truth-bomb-packed convo that will stop you in your tracks (and maybe call you out gently while doing it).
We talk about why so many women with autoimmune issues are stuck in survival mode, chasing healing from every angle, supplements, diets, protocols, but still not getting better. Tanya opens up about puking from anxiety every morning, insomnia that felt like a life sentence, and the moment she realized her body was begging her to stop suppressing. Not fixing, feeling.
This isn’t about another green smoothie or fertility-friendly tea. It’s about emotional constipation. About how not speaking your truth, staying in the wrong relationships, and never making real progress for you, not your kids, your boss, or your to-do list, is silently wrecking your immune system.
We’re unpacking what it really means to live in survival mode while chasing fertility goals, snapping at your partner, catching every cold, ruminating over laundry like it's life or death. It’s not just stress. It’s your soul suffocating under default energy loops and outdated purpose narratives.
We’re not here to slap another “modality” on the wound. We’re here to ask: What stories are you playing on repeat while folding your laundry? What do you believe about success, and does it actually excite you? This convo will challenge you, shake you up, and (lovingly) drag your nervous system out of its emotional junk drawer.
So hit play and let’s dive into what’s really keeping your body in a holding pattern, and how to finally shift it.
“Healing happens when you stop externalizing the problem and remember who the f*ck you are.”
Timestamps
01:44 Understanding why a significant number of women suffer from autoimmune illnesses.
03:50 Tanya’s rock-bottom moment with anxiety, insomnia & burnout and her journey into herbalism.
07:09 The toxicity of unspoken relationships and how suppression breaks you.
10:23 The power of mirror works in helping you face your inner demons and find healing.
15:20 The everyday energy that shapes your life and why joylessness and stagnation are the real fertility killers.
20:11 What success actually looks like and how to reverse engineer it.
21:35 Understanding that kids don’t fix you - they show you where you’re broken.
23:19 Postpartum crashes & the cost of not healing before motherhood.
“The body will scream until you listen. The signs are everywhere; you just keep overriding them.”
Full Transcript on the Blog: https://www.findingfertility.co/blog/part-one-with-tania-khazaal
Connect with Tania Khazaal
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