THE STORKA PRECONCEPTION WELLNESS PROGRAMME
Prepare consciously for pregnancy—before you begin trying.
A nine-week programme combining science-backed education, expert perspectives and practical reflection for women, men and couples who want to approach conception with greater awareness and intention—and prepare in body, mind and relationship.
Understand women’s and men’s preconception wellbeing
Focus on the choices and habits within your influence
Prepare individually or together with a partner
You cannot control every outcome.
You can choose how you prepare.
A CONSCIOUS BEGINNING
Preconception is not a waiting room.
The months before trying are a meaningful stage in their own right—a time to understand your body, care for your wellbeing, explore your inner readiness and, where relevant, prepare together as a couple.
Yet most people receive little guidance until they are already pregnant or encounter difficulties conceiving. Women are often expected to carry the responsibility, while men are barely included.
Storka offers a more proactive approach: nine weeks of structured learning and reflection designed to help future parents prepare before they begin trying.
Not because every outcome can be controlled, but because conscious, informed preparation matters.
Storka is for you if you want to prepare consciously before you try.
You plan to begin trying for a baby in the coming months and want to use this time intentionally
You want to understand what happens before conception—not wait until pregnancy to begin learning
You want to know which everyday choices may support your overall preconception wellbeing
You believe that both women and men have a meaningful role in preparation
You want to feel more informed, grounded and connected to your body before trying
You want to prepare emotionally and relationally—not only physically
You are willing to take an active role without demanding perfection from yourself or your partner.
You see conception as more than a single biological event and want to prepare for the transition into parenthood.
You do not need to prepare perfectly. Conscious conception is not about controlling the outcome. It is about entering the journey with greater awareness, intention and care—individually or together.
Preconception is not only a woman’s responsibility.
Inside the programme, you will explore:
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how sperm develops and functions
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factors that may affect male reproductive wellbeing
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practical choices around nutrition, sleep, stress, movement and exposures
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how both partners can prepare for pregnancy
Shared intention matters emotionally. Both partners matter biologically.
Men are not bystanders whose only role is to support their female partner. Sperm health is part of the biological picture, and factors such as general health, lifestyle and environmental exposures can affect male fertility.
A conscious approach to conception therefore includes both partners from the beginning. Storka gives men a clear, active place in preparation, while helping couples understand one another’s wellbeing, expectations and hopes for parenthood.
The programme can be followed together or individually.
A look inside the programme
See what learning with Storka feels like.
Storka brings together concise video lessons, expert perspectives and practical resources you can use in everyday life. Here is a glimpse of what you will watch, read and work through inside the programme.
GUIDES, HANDOUTS AND SUPPORTING SOURCES
Downloadable resources, written lesson summaries and supporting sources help you explore key ideas at your own pace.
BITE-SIZED VIDEO LESSONS
More than 100 focused lessons—most between three and seven minutes—designed to make complex subjects easier to understand and revisit.
REFLECTIONS AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES
Guided practices, meditations and individual or couple exercises help you turn information into a preparation that feels personal and realistic.
What Storka participants have shared
Participants have described feeling calmer, more informed and more connected—to themselves, their bodies and their partners.
Meet Your Expert Guides
“I wish this programme would have been around before I planned my pregnancies, because this would have changed the way I did things and the way I lived my life”
Annie Pettersson (PhD)
MSc in Molecular Biology
Ph.D. in Medicine
Scientific Advisor Storka
www.thrivewellnessolutions.se
Module 3:
Biology of Preconception
Storka began with our own preparation for parenthood.
As we prepared for our first child, we found plenty of scattered—and often conflicting—advice. What we could not find was one thoughtful place that brought together science-backed education, practical choices, emotional readiness, relationship wellbeing and the active role of both partners.
So we created what we had been looking for. Together with specialists from different fields, we shaped knowledge, reflections and everyday practices into one structured programme for the period before trying to conceive.
In 2022, we welcomed our first daughter. After her birth, we chose not to rush into the next chapter. We made space for postpartum nourishment and recovery, for becoming parents, and for tending to ourselves and our relationship.
When we later felt ready to grow our family, we entered a deliberate period of preconception preparation. We applied everything we teach in Storka in ways that fitted our own lives—from mindset, nutrition and fertility awareness to sleep, stress, movement, the microbiome, environmental exposures and preparing together.
Our next pregnancy brought the unexpected joy of twin girls, and our family grew to three daughters.
We do not believe that preparation controls conception or pregnancy, and we would never present our story as proof of a guaranteed outcome. What this approach gave us was a more informed, connected and intentional way to enter the journey.
Today, one of our greatest rewards is seeing Storka offer that same clarity and steadiness to like-minded women, men and couples who want to prepare consciously for parenthood.
This is not simply a programme we created. It is an approach we have lived.
Created in Sweden
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Begin your conscious preparation for pregnancy.
Move through the programme at your own pace and take the time to understand, reflect and prepare before you try.
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10 modules across 9 weeks
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100+ bite-sized lessons
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8 field-specific experts
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Summaries, sources and handouts
€397 including VAT
Immediate access to Introduction and Preconception Mindset. One new module unlocks each week thereafter.
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