Come see me in Houston!

Houston Fertility Insitute has invited me to speak:

Thursday, June 3rd at 6:30pm

The Westchase Marriott

2900 Briarpark Drive ~ Houston 77042 ~ 713-978-7400

They will be giving away an IVF cycle, and every person who attends receives a complimentary copy of Love & Infertility.
Come join us!

April is Aphrodite's Month!

Did you know that April is Aphrodite's Month? Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty and sexuality. She is identified with the Roman goddess Venus. April means Aphrodite.

As we move into the month of April and spring there is a natural cycle to blooming and fertility. The earth is coming alive again from the dormant winter.

During this month the week of April 24 through May 1st is National Infertility Awareness Week, I like to refer to this week as "Fertility Awareness" so please join me for many offerings to celebrate our feminine energy during this week!

Saturday, April 24, 1:00-3:00 PM, Village Fertility Pharmacy will host a complimentary "Love and Infertility" event during National Infertility Awareness Week with award-winning fertility author, consultant and life coach Kristen Magnacca. Magnacca will help participants celebrate their feminine energy and learn strategies for creation and coping. 335 Bear Hill Road, Waltham MA. The event is limited to 30 women. Register at mnair@villagepharmacy.com.

Monday, April 26, 6:30-8:30 PM, "Focus on Flourishing: The Fertile Mind, Body and Soul Connection" Kristen, with kundalini yoga instructor Jill Sasso Curtis, and massage therapist and yoga instructor Kim Blanc, will collaborate to present three mini - workshops focusing on Flourishing for your mind, body & soul.
Kristen will focus on the mind, helping participants learn how to develop a "Fertility Game Plan~ give birth to your heart's desire". Sasso Curtis and Blanc will focus on body and soul flourishing techniques. Time in Grace Offices, 68 Tupper Road, Suite 5, Sandwich, MA. Register at info@kristenmagnacca.com.

Thursday, April 29th, 6:30-8pm
Focus on Flourishing Tele-Workshop, Join Dr. Rob Kiltz and Kristen Magnacca as they share information, support and more to celebrate National Infertility Awareness Week. Dr. Kiltz will announce details of his IVF Giveaway during the call. All are welcome to join, no cost to participate! RSVP to Kristen at kristen@cnyfertility.com for the phone number to dial-in and join.

Spring Fever!

Spring Fever! I got it bad!

Feeling as though I am not able to concentrate or follow through on tasks. My eyelids are so darn heavy!!!

Don't get me wrong I'm working through the "to-do" list but I have a longing. I stumbled upon this quote from Mark Twain and I think he was talking about me!!! Or perhaps he was talking to you?

“It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” Mark Twain

Do you feel it too? The beating of your undercover heart’s desires that perhaps are longing for renewal and the promise of the spring cycle? Rebirthing you?

So, I ask you what is your heart aching for?

Valentine's Day Events

During the month of February, please join me for the following events focusing on "keeping your loving feelings alive". Blessings, Kristen

February 9th Love & Infertility ~ Tele-Workshop 6:30 to 8:00pm Sponsored by Village Fertility Pharmacy

Keeping that loving feeling during fertility treatments

Listen in from the comfort of your home as Kristen Magnacca shares some proven strategies to keep lines of communication open between you and your partner, discusses tips to go from reactionary to proactive through this time. Kristen will share with you “what she know now that she wished she knew then” about keeping the loving energy flowing. RSVP to kristen@Kristenmagnacca.com for call in information.

Listen in on February 10th Legal Broadcast NetworkRadio Show Theresa Erickson http://www.blogtalkradio.com/surrogacylawyer

February 23rd Melissa Brisman

Join Melissa Brisman and me as we discuss balancing strategies and fertility game plan including the options of creating your family through adoption and surrogacy. www.reproductivelawyer.com

This free teleworkshop RSVP to Kristen@kristenmagnacca.com

Over stuffed!

I completed my “to do list” for Thursday containing my Thanksgiving’s Day Contributions:
1) Grandma’s secret meat stuffing (I’ll take the recipe to the grave) 2) Brownies 3) Ice box Pie (Chocolate pudding in a graham cracker crust) 4) Home made cranberry sauce

I am so grateful for the abundance in our lives and I am actually anticipating the “over stuffed” feeling.

Do you know the feeling? The turkey- tryptophan induced sleepy feeling brought on along with the over indulgence of mashed potatoes and all the fixings, especially the secret meat stuffing!

But most of all I am anticipating being with my family. My not so “normal” family who finds joy in each other’s crazy antics. Last year my sister brought the long skinny balloons that you blow up with a straw and when released fly crazy all over. We laughed so hard that we were breathless as each and every one of us held our balloon and released it simultaneously causing group chaos.

That memory is one of our families’ favorite!
After dinner we all comb through the “Black Friday” flyers and plan our strategy for hitting the sales at 4:00 O’clock in the morning.

We do so with a mission, we abstain from purchasing each other gifts, or are suppose to, to create a Christmas for a woman and her family transitioning from the local women’s shelter to her own home. Most of the time these families are victim of spousal abuse and leave their homes with the clothes they have on their backs. So, our intention is to outfit their household and we “charge” out at 4:00 o’clock in the morning with list in hands to do so.

We divide the list up taking our targeted items and off we go, last year my sister and I had the kitchen and the items needed which was so much fun, I’m hoping for the same assignment this year too.

But, it is reading the list of items that the children request which always brings me to tears; socks, PJ’s and crayons, is what they ask for and most frequently they request that we buy things for the other family members not them.

Crayons, socks, PJ’S aren’t those items just a given in a person’s live?

It makes me overly grateful for that overstuffed feeling brought on from the amazing thanksgiving dinner and to be honest a bit embarrassed about the “overstuffed feeling” in the other parts of my life.

So, when a life’s journey brings disappointment, struggle and hardship the comparison to another seems to have a way of snapping yourself out of the “why” me story playing in ones head.

I am extremely blessed even when life brings to me another learning lesson, one that seems insurmountable, because it really is the stuff that helps you cherish the “overstuffed” moments that can sometimes be forgotten.

So for this Thanksgiving I wish you a wonderful turkey nap! God Bless You. Kristen

Are you open to possibilities?

The last few months have been a bit of a whirlwind filled with all new and exciting opportunities.

During these last four weeks I have been in three states... New York, South Dakota and Georgia and went to each state with an open heart for adventure and that is what I found.

Do you set your intention to have an open heart? Do you open yourself to all possibilities?

This quote from Leo Buscaglia is a reminder to me of how you can "hold yourself open to life"

"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind."

So, when was the last time you played in the leaves? Or perhaps you have been complaining about raking them instead? Or when was the last time you skipped? My daughter, Grace and I just skipped into the grocery store on Sunday, we did get some looks but I really didn't care.

Holding your heart open is a matter of making a decision to do so? The practice of being open can be a challenge when life is thrown at you. How about this? For today why don't you begin with checking in on the state of your heart and decide for today that you will remain open to all possibilities that come your way.

Maybe a different seat at lunch to connect with someone you normally don't, or perhaps it is extending yourself to a grieving family member, or perhaps it is just taking a walk and seeing what you notice?

Try something out of the ordinary and possibilities open up!

Blessings, Kristen

Holiday Survival Coaching Group!

NEW! Holiday Survival Coaching Group — The holiday season can be stressful and when you tack on TTC, it can be hard to see this time as the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year"!

I will share with you some simple strategies to shift the energy around this time and help bring joy to the season. The group meetings will focus on strategies for the mind, and a relaxation or meditation for the body and soul. The January group will focus on goal setting and staying clear on the year’s intentions. Come and share, connect with others, have a yummy dessert, and be introduced to some amazing mind, body, and soul balancing techniques.

Thursdays, November 12 and December 3, 2009 and January 7, 2010
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Merchant's Square, 68 Tupper Road 5A, East Sandwich, MA
Fee: $10 per session plus a materials charge
RSVP via email kristen@kristenmagnacca.com