{"id":2549,"date":"2019-04-10T12:55:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T16:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natural-womanhood.local\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2024-04-23T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T19:45:13","slug":"la-fertilidad-en-el-punto-de-mira-anna-saucier-cycle-power-summit-031019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalwomanhood.org\/es\/fertility-awareness-spotlight-anna-saucier-cycle-power-summit-031019\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertility Awareness Spotlight: Anna Saucier"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s hard to think of someone who relates to the many aspects of fertility awareness as much as Anna Saucier<\/a>. Saucier suffered infertility for 7 years before she became educated in Fertility Awareness-Based Methods and ultimately began working as a Creighton Model practitioner.<\/p>\n

Saucier designed a program to help manage her clients, which could be used particularly with the Creighton Model. As she progressed in her career and began to talk to other practitioners and educators, she could tell they shared a passion for the method, but she also realized that there was a significant information void. Many practitioners had difficulty getting clients, managing their time, or managing a scheduling system.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when Saucier made The Profitable FCP: A Business Handbook for FertilityCare Practitioners<\/i>. She wanted to create a platform to help FABM and NFP educators make a sustainable profit from their hard work. \u201cIt kind of became a go-to in our little niche for questions in our business and learning a lot about stuff as you go,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m strong in systems and processes and collating information,\u201d so, as an expert in that area, Saucier wanted to create something that would equip fertility awareness educators to have a thriving business, instead of just a mission with a high potential for burnout.<\/p>\n

After this, Saucier continued in her work seeing clients as a FertilityCare practitioner, until she had her second baby. Saucier found herself with a 3-year-old and a 3-month-old as she came back from maternity leave to see clients again. But something wasn\u2019t clicking.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always felt that [FABM educating] was my thing; I want to make a big impact in this space,\u201d but she soon realized the current workflow wasn\u2019t working for her anymore. \u201cI felt personally like there was something more out there for me; so I started asking myself questions and brainstorming what I wanted to do, and I came to this idea of helping other practitioners to expand their reach.\u201d She thought that\u2019s an area she could bring her unique skills and still contribute to the fertility awareness industry, even if she wasn\u2019t seeing clients as much herself. \u201cMaybe that\u2019s where I can make a greater impact,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

The result was another never-before-offered resource for people hoping to spread FABM. \u201cI created a community where I\u2019m essentially bringing in an expert in business marketing because I\u2019m still learning myself. However, I’m good at making those connections, building those relationships, and collating those experts on a regular basis, and I decided to throw it out there without having it put together . . . a business academy for fertility-awareness educators, and the response was pretty incredible.\u201d Saucier sent an email to her contacts in fertility awareness and invited them to respond within 24 hours if they were interested in becoming a founding member of this academy. \u201cI told myself I\u2019d be happy with 10 people,\u201d she said. \u201cI ended up with 22 founding members and when I opened it again for new members in September, it grew to 63 members.\u201d Clearly, these ideas were gaining traction.<\/p>\n

Saucier learned along the way that she didn\u2019t need to see hundreds of clients herself to spread fertility awareness. With FCPro offering FertilityCare Practitioners an online logbook to stay organized and more productive, and this latest business academy for FABM educators, she was helping others increase their reach. \u201cI love it, and it allows me to have much greater impact. If these practitioners and educators can have these tools, then they\u2019re more suited to see more clients themselves. They\u2019re also better positioned to take care of themselves and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so much burnout in this industry,\u201d Saucier told me. FABM educators are \u201cmothers, they\u2019re wives, and they often do extra ministry on top of that. When something has to go, this is what goes.\u201d This is why Saucier is such a strong advocate for FABM educators who do such an incredible service to get something back for what they put in.\u201dYour family needs money to have food and shelter and do things together, and have that vacation every once in a while. If you can give that to your family, you\u2019re much more likely to continue to do this, and not be stressed and fragmented about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cycle Power Summit<\/h2>\n

Saucier\u2019s latest project is the Cycle Power Summit, a free online conference taking place May 2 to 5, 2019. Designed to empower women to manage their health and fertility, the Cycle Power Summit<\/a> provides four days with more than 30 presentations by educators, researchers, leaders, thinkers, and medical professionals, making it the \u201clargest gathering of people who are passionate about understanding the power of the menstrual cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n

The online nature of the conference not only allows more experts to present, it allows more people to attend\u2014as Saucier says, \u201cin your pajamas with your favorite coffee mug, without having to travel, and without having to leave the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saucier said that virtual summits have become very popular within the health and wellness industry, and also in the business industry. Saucier said that this new approach allows registrants, \u201cto get the valid information out about fertility awareness in a more grassroots way.\u201d Participants can join in on discussions and listen to conversations and speakers\u2014and it\u2019s all for free between May 2-5.<\/p>\n

The conference isn\u2019t just meant to attract healthcare professionals, however. Saucier\u2019s goal was to create an event that can be used to get information out to women who are unfamiliar with FABMs or in search of more information to discuss with their doctors. But medical professionals can benefit as well. The medical community outreach group FACTS (Fertility Appreciation Collaborative to Teach the Science) “does a great job of getting this out to medical professionals but the more we get this out, the more it validates it,\u201d Saucier said. Ultimately, the conference brings together attendees from all walks of life, including those who are already FABMs practitioners. In this environment, people can come together with different perspectives and angles\u2014all there for the same goal.<\/p>\n

In addition to enjoying pre-recorded sessions at the virtual summit, attendees can partake in live components, as well, including a Q&A session, which gives listeners an opportunity to interact with presenters, some of whom include:<\/p>\n