Female health
Empowering advice on hormones, fertility, sexual health, and menopause. Navigate your body’s changes with expert insights and supportive, tabboo-free guides.
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Forget Morning Routines—Experts Say 'Micro-Recovery' Is the Wellness Habit to PrioritiseMove over, elaborate alarm calls.
By Anna Bartter
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I'm Building One of the World's Biggest Pilates Apps and Just Had My First Child—Here's How to Feel Your Strongest Pre- and Postpartum"Give yourself grace, move in a way that makes you feel good, and do it entirely in your own time."
By Ally Head
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I Still Don't Know If I Want Children. I Desperately Hoped a Fertility Assessment Might Help Me DecideI wanted something to make my mind up for me. Instead, my fertility assessment reminded me that biology isn't always the biggest barrier to becoming a mother.
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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I Track My Cycle Religiously—But a Chinese Medicine Practitioner Taught Me More Than Years of DataTurns out, listening to your body can be one of your greatest tools.
By Ellie-Mae Hammond
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I'm an Exercise Physiologist—If You’re Feeling Puffy, Tired, and Achy This Summer, These Everyday Habits Could Be Playing a RoleYour summer slump might not be the weather's fault.
By Ellie-Mae Hammond
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I Taught Women To Listen To Their Bodies. Now I Can't Stop Listening To MineThe line between self-advocacy and health anxiety is thinner than we think—and I found myself standing right on it.
By Ellie-Mae Hammond
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Don't Ignore Your Bone Health—It's A Key Longevity Marker For Women. 8 Simple Ways To Protect YoursThis underrated health marker could be the key to living better, for longer.
By Ashleigh Spiliopoulou
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Exhaustion, Brain Fog, and Low Mood Aren't Always Burnout—Here's The Diagnosis Women Are Missing1 in 8 women in the UK is living with the condition.
By Ellie-Mae Hammond
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7 Avoidable Everyday Habits That Could Be Draining Your Energy Without You RealisingYou might be more than "just tired."
By Ellie-Mae Hammond
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Women Are “Stress Holding” in Their Pelvic Floors—5 Warning Signs Experts Want You to Know AboutExperts say the body has been holding stress in places we were never taught to look.
By Ellie-Mae Hammond
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A Gynaecologist Explains Why Your Cycle Feels More Difficult During a Heatwave—And How to Make It a Bit More BearableLock in - we’re period-proofing summer.
By Ellie-Mae Hammond
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Over 800,000 Women in the UK Have PMDD, Yet 90% Are Misdiagnosed—Here's What's Going WrongWomen with PMDD fight silent battles every month—with their minds, bodies, and system that overlooks them.
By Ashleigh Spiliopoulou
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As Steven Bartlett Says Wine 'Ruined His Life'—Top Psychologists Question Our Obsession With OptimisationHave we reached optimisation saturation?
By Anna Bartter
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I Tracked These Two Simple Biomarkers to Understand My Cycle Better—and It Taught Me So Much More Than I AnticipatedWelcome to the biology lesson you never had.
By Ashleigh Spiliopoulou
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Women With Endometriosis Are Being Failed—and Medical Trauma Is Rising With ItWomen with endometriosis are facing dismissal from the very system meant to help them.
By Ashleigh Spiliopoulou
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You're Doing Everything “Right”—But These 3 Everyday Habits Could Still Be Affecting Your HormonesExperts break down three surprisingly common habits that may be quietly disrupting your balance.
By Ellie-Mae Hammond
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Everyday Fatigue Makes You Feel Like You're Running on Empty—5 Tips To Tackle Nagging ExhaustionWelcome to the modern fatigue era.
By Ellie-Mae Hammond
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“I Felt Like A Failure For Gaining Weight After Birth”Alex Light on the pressure to “bounce back” postpartum — and why she refuses to erase the signs of motherhood from her body
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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I Didn’t Notice Becoming Invisible — Then I Hit MidlifeNo one tells you the exact age it starts, just that one day, you stop being seen
By Eleanor Tucker
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I'm a Renowned Female Health Expert—and I Want You To Know The Truth About Marathon Training and Your CycleFeeling inspired by the London Marathon? You'll want to read this.
By Ally Head
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Shreddy's Cult-Favourite PCOS Supplement Has Sold Over 100,000 Units—My Honest Review, After Testing for A MonthSpoiler alert, readers: it's a good'un.
By Amelia Yeomans
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Medical Trauma Is on the Rise, and Women With Endometriosis Are Being FailedFrom being told their pain is normal to waiting nearly a decade for diagnosis, women with endometriosis often face dismissal in the very system meant to help them.
By Ashleigh Spiliopoulou
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I Surveyed 5000 Women on Their Menstrual Cycles - Even as an Expert, I Was Shocked at the FindingsAddressing the real-life lived experience of the menstrual cycle and how our perception of the cycle affects day-to-day life, one research paper at a time.
By Dr Hazel Wallace
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Endometriosis Is Quietly Derailing Women’s Careers - and It’s Time for That to ChangeThis Endometriosis Awareness Month, we explore how millions of women are still managing a chronic illness in silence at work.
By Ellie-Mae Hammond
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“We’re Punished Because of Our Biology”: Ashley James on the Shocking Costs of PeriodsThe tampon tax may finally be gone, but women are still paying through shame, stigma, and a staggering £20,000+ lifetime cost of periods.
By Mischa Anouk Smith
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As "Trimester Zero" Trends - Is Our Obsession With Optimising Our Fertility Helpful or Harmful?In a word that tracks everything, has fertility become the next thing to optimise?
By Ellie-Mae Hammond
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I Didn’t Tell People About IVF Until It WorkedI carried hope carefully through IVF, unsure I could survive explaining what felt like failure if it came.
By Kerry Downes


