14: Fertility Expert: How to Increase Your Chances of Getting Pregnant Naturally | Flora Crichton

Matt & Corisande sit down with Flora Crichton, a nutritional therapist specialising in fertility, to unpack why so many unexplained infertility and recurrent miscarriage cases trace back to something almost no one is taught to check: the microbiome. Flora shares her own years-long battle with endometriosis — including the painful periods, hospital visits, and being told to “just take the pill” — and how she went on to resolve her symptoms naturally, which is what led her to train as a nutritional therapist and specialise in fertility in the first place. They get into the surprising link between oral hygiene and miscarriage, why a couple’s shared microbiome matters as much as either partner’s individually, the real answer to “should I freeze my eggs,” and — for the first time ever on the podcast — Matt & Corisande finally share the six-year-old belief, planted by a stranger at a wedding, that they’re convinced nearly stopped them from conceiving. Matt & Corisande, with Flora, discuss:  Flora’s own experience with endometriosis — the symptoms she ignored for years, why it’s so often missed on a scan, and how she brought it into remission naturally rather than going on the pill What endometriosis actually is, and why it can make the uterus a harder place for a baby to implant, even in women who don’t know they have it Why the mouth’s microbiome is directly linked to miscarriage, and the simple dental habit most couples trying to conceive are skipping The real conversation around freezing your eggs: when it makes sense, when it doesn’t, and the women she’s worked with who conceived naturally in their 40s, 50s, and even 60 What Flora’s learned from testing hundreds of couples about the gut, uterine, and seminal microbiomes, and why she tests partners together, not separately Matt & Corisande’s own six-year journey with a prophecy from a stranger that nearly became a self-fulfilling block to their fertility Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:00 Intro to Flora Crichton 00:02:28 What Flora Does: Fertility Nutrition Explained 00:06:08 Flora’s Personal Battle With Endometriosis 00:08:32 What Is Endometriosis And How It Affects Fertility 00:10:38 Spotting, Diagnosing And Reversing Endometriosis Naturally 00:13:34 Studying Nutritional Therapy And Discovering The Microbiome Link 00:16:08 Inside A Fertility Consultation With Flora 00:18:47 The Gut And Reproductive Microbiome Explained 00:19:45 The Surprising Link Between Oral Health And Miscarriage 00:21:09 Feeding The Good Bugs: Diet For Fertility 00:26:37 Why The Body Needs To “Train” For Pregnancy 00:29:25 Biological Clock Myths And The Power To Heal 00:31:25 Matt & Corisande’s Cut-Healing Story 00:32:55 Does Age Really Affect Your Fertility? 00:36:10 Should You Freeze Your Eggs? 00:37:13 Join the Beyond Community 00:41:13 Preparing The Body: Chakras And The Uterus 00:42:05 Flora’s Sister’s Fertility Story 00:46:02 Matt & Corisande’s Untold Pregnancy Story 00:54:01 The Belief That Nearly Stopped Them Conceiving 00:56:34 Sperm Quality, Resistant Partners And The Shared Microbiome 00:59:10 Rebuilding Your Body After Birth 01:02:06 Miscarriage: Causes And What Helps 01:04:12 The Frequency Of Love, Letting Go And When To Consider IVF 01:10:21 What Does ‘Beyond’ Mean To Flora? 01:11:12 Where To Find Flora About Flora Flora Crichton is a nutritional therapist specialising in fertility, working with couples facing unexplained infertility, recurrent miscarriage and endometriosis. After resolving her own endometriosis symptoms naturally, she trained in nutritional therapy in Sydney, Australia, and now runs a UK-based practice, Flora Crichton Nutrition, combining comprehensive testing (blood, gut, and reproductive microbiome) with diet, supplements and lifestyle work to help couples optimise their health before and during conception. Visit Flora’s website: https://www.floracrichtonnutrition.com/ Follow Flora on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flora_crichton_nutrition/ Connect with Flora on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flora-crichton-nutrition-b85471a7/ About Matt & Corisande Cooke Matt is a manifestation coach, researcher, speaker and the author of Beyond Wanting: The Art of True Manifestation. For years, he has explored the intersection of manifestation, consciousness and the quantum world, helping people understand how to work with their thoughts, emotions and intentions to create their future. Corisande is a creative director with a deeply intuitive approach to life and business. Through meditation, she often experiences remarkably vivid glimpses of what’s ahead, seeing ideas, spaces and possibilities in extraordinary detail, sometimes long before they become reality. Together, they bring two different perspectives to Beyond: Matt’s endless curiosity for understanding how the unseen might work, and Corisande’s instinctive ability to feel and see it before it arrives. Sign up to Matt’s Saturday Manifestation Newsletter: https://www.mattcooke.me/newsletters Buy the book Beyond Wanting: The Art of True Manifestation here: https://bio.to/beyondwanting Join the Beyond Community: https://the-beyond.mn.co/landing/ Follow Matt on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattcookecoach/ Follow Corisande on Instagram: ...