We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Michelle Oravitz. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Michelle below.
Michelle, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Is there a heartwarming story from your career that you look back on?
I have many amazing stories of my patients’ journey to parenthood after trying to conceive for many years. One of my patients had a particularly difficult path. She had type 1 diabetes along with rheumatoid arthritis and PCOS (now referred to as PMOS). She was seeing me for about six months and we worked on lowering her inflammation through diet, supplements, and lifestyle practices such as grounding (which has scientific backing that show a decrease of inflammation) and meditation. She began feeling a big improvement in her joints and one day she texted me “you’re a miracle worker, I’m pregnant!”. When she came into my office she received a call from her nurse letting her know that her beta levels dropped and that she will likely miscarry. She began feeling lightheaded and needed to sit down, that moment my heart dropped with her because I felt like I went on the journey alongside her. In the interim she received a very specific sign of a rainbow baby image from a magazine her mother ordered with the name she always wanted to give her first baby (rainbow babies are a symbol of babies that come after a miscarriage). Months later, she was about to start IVF at the recommendation of her fertility doctor. She waited for her period in order to begin her IVF cycle – but it never came because she was pregnant with her first son. Shortly after her first son she got pregnant with her second son. Her story really stuck with me because she was able to achieve her beautiful family despite the odds she was given and the challenges she had to face. I still keep the angel doll she bought me on my office desk!
Michelle, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
My path into fertility work began when I started as a patient of TCM trying to regulate her menstrual cycle. I started my career as an architect in New York City, and for years I struggled with missed periods that no doctor could really explain. The conventional answer was the birth control pill, which managed the symptom but never addressed the cause. After years of back and forth on the birth control, I decided to try acupuncture. My cycles returned, and I also began feeling more peace in my body and mind.
That experience changed the course of my life. I left architecture, studied Ayurvedic medicine, and went on to earn my master’s degree in Oriental Medicine, graduating as valedictorian and Summa Cum Laude. I became board certified in reproductive medicine through ABORM, and today I’m a licensed fertility acupuncturist and the founder of The Wholesome Lotus in Miami Beach, where I’ve spent years helping women conceive, both naturally and alongside IVF.
My work now reaches well beyond the treatment room. I host The Wholesome Fertility Podcast, which has grown to more than 400 episodes featuring leading voices in reproductive medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, nervous system science, and mind-body health. I’m the author of The Way of Fertility, a book that explores fertility through the lens of ancient wisdom and the deeper energetics of conception. I also offer online programs and memberships for women trying to conceive, and I train practitioners through the Wholesome Fertility Method Certification, a comprehensive program that teaches wellness professionals how to support fertility by integrating reproductive science, TCM, nervous system regulation, and mindset work.
The problem I solve, at its heart, is this: women trying to conceive are often overwhelmed, anxious, and drowning in conflicting information. Many have been told their infertility is unexplained, which can feel like a dead end. I help them understand that unexplained is not the same as unexplainable. There is almost always a story the body is telling through cycles, sleep, digestion, stress patterns, and emotional state. My job is to help women read that story and respond to it, so they can move from feeling stuck and at war with their bodies to feeling informed, regulated, and genuinely supported.
What sets my approach apart is the central role I give the nervous system. Fertility is not just a reproductive event. It’s a whole-body state, and the body prioritizes conception when it feels safe. So much of modern fertility care overlooks this, focusing only on the mechanics while the woman herself remains in survival mode. I bridge both worlds. I respect and work alongside reproductive medicine, and I bring in the wisdom of Chinese medicine, which has understood the connection between the heart and the womb for thousands of years. That blend of clinical rigor and deep compassion is the signature of everything I create.
What am I most proud of? Honestly, the messages. The photos of babies from women who had been told it might never happen. The practitioners I’ve certified who are now changing lives in their own communities. And the podcast, which has become a trusted companion for women all over the world during one of the loneliest seasons of their lives. Knowing that someone on a hard day can press play and feel less alone means everything to me.
If there’s one thing I want readers to know, it’s this: your body is not working against you. Fertility is not something you have to force or fix. It’s a state of being you can return to, and there is so much within your power to influence. You don’t have to choose between science and holistic care, and you never have to navigate this alone.
If you could go back in time, do you think you would have chosen a different profession or specialty?
A million times over! It was hard to decide to shift my career to doing what I do now because I put so much effort into studying architecture and I had a lot of pressure from my family not to flip flop on career choices. Little did they realize, this was a permanent flip that stuck because it was more aligned with my purpose. I believe we all have specific purposes that are meant for our highest expression and when we find that, work doesn’t feel like work!
Any stories or insights that might help us understand how you’ve built such a strong reputation?
Value. When you operate from a place of integrity and a place of service, people feel it and they leave better than they came. My goal has been to implement true change in people’s lives and a side effect of that is walking and thriving testimonials! I’ve had many referrals come in from these stories.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.michelleoravitz.com
- Instagram: thewholesomelotusfertility
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewholesomelotus/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-oravitz-ap-lac-534b46128/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wholesomelotus
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWholesomeFertilityChannel