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Fertile Ground: A Mind-Body Approach to Getting Pregnant without It Taking over Your Life
Why can’t I get pregnant?
On the quest to become a mother, you’re willing to do anything and everything. You spend endless hours at doctors’ offices and online searching for answers—no sacrifice is too great.
But there’s a reason this doesn’t it’s stressful. Research shows that your state of mind impacts fertility. Still, the mind–body connection is rarely discussed.
In Fertile Ground, Spenser Brassard brings the research to life with a new, compassionate approach to conception. After an eight-year fertility journey, Spenser found that trading shame for compassion and restriction for growth strengthens the mind–body connection and can increase fertility by up to 55 percent. With a stronger connection, becoming pregnant is no longer a problem but an opportunity to reconnect with yourself before becoming a mother. Fertile Ground is your fresh start, a book you need to get your body and mind on board so that you can get your baby on board.
On the quest to become a mother, you’re willing to do anything and everything. You spend endless hours at doctors’ offices and online searching for answers—no sacrifice is too great.
But there’s a reason this doesn’t it’s stressful. Research shows that your state of mind impacts fertility. Still, the mind–body connection is rarely discussed.
In Fertile Ground, Spenser Brassard brings the research to life with a new, compassionate approach to conception. After an eight-year fertility journey, Spenser found that trading shame for compassion and restriction for growth strengthens the mind–body connection and can increase fertility by up to 55 percent. With a stronger connection, becoming pregnant is no longer a problem but an opportunity to reconnect with yourself before becoming a mother. Fertile Ground is your fresh start, a book you need to get your body and mind on board so that you can get your baby on board.
238 pages, Paperback
Published May 8, 2024
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January 2, 2025
There’s some good stuff in here that aligns with a lot of DBT skills and practices which I appreciated!
February 4, 2026
Read this via audio book & really enjoyed it! 😁
As someone who’s been TTC (trying to concieve) for 1.9 years now, with 1 loss, I’ve taken in A LOT of info/experiences, from all different kinds of sources! 🤯
When I first started this book I thought that it’d be nice, but preaching to the choir tbh! 😅
But, as it went on, it was more about giving a different technique we can use to handle this journey (mind/body connection) & reminding us about how great our life can be, regardless-rather than going over what we already know. 🙂↕️
I loved hearing all the stories from other people (whether ‘successful’ or not)-especially the older people! ☺️
The language was, as is usual in this subject, all focused on women TTC, with one perspective from a man too. As a Non-Binary person who’s TTC, I’m still yet to see much inclusion re that sadly! 🫥
The author was narrating the audio book, which was great & she has a very clear, upbeat voice, but it felt a bit corny for me sometimes-given the subject! 🙃
Overall, I thought it was a great, interesting, relatable read, that gave me a new perspective on things! 😊
As someone who’s been TTC (trying to concieve) for 1.9 years now, with 1 loss, I’ve taken in A LOT of info/experiences, from all different kinds of sources! 🤯
When I first started this book I thought that it’d be nice, but preaching to the choir tbh! 😅
But, as it went on, it was more about giving a different technique we can use to handle this journey (mind/body connection) & reminding us about how great our life can be, regardless-rather than going over what we already know. 🙂↕️
I loved hearing all the stories from other people (whether ‘successful’ or not)-especially the older people! ☺️
The language was, as is usual in this subject, all focused on women TTC, with one perspective from a man too. As a Non-Binary person who’s TTC, I’m still yet to see much inclusion re that sadly! 🫥
The author was narrating the audio book, which was great & she has a very clear, upbeat voice, but it felt a bit corny for me sometimes-given the subject! 🙃
Overall, I thought it was a great, interesting, relatable read, that gave me a new perspective on things! 😊
September 29, 2025
If a book could win an award for the number of highlights and takeaways and journal prompts… this would be it for me. I’m still processing this and will keep coming back to it but this is such an amazing read for any person who is trying to conceive and honestly anyone who isn’t because the concepts in this book are about so much more than getting pregnant.
July 9, 2025
I found this to be the most useful book I have read so far while TTC. I cannot recommend it enough to anyone. It is a change of perspective that I needed and whether it results in greater success or not, it completely changed how I am looking at this journey!
October 24, 2025
Ok I absolutely loved this book and it was such a fresh perspective about just chilling out, living in the now slowing down etc. BUT the audio was sooo cringe and so hard to listen to. Glad I stuck with it though!!
January 21, 2026
Not finished yet but my recommendation would be to read the book as opposed to listen to the audio - the tone is painfully misaligned
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