Hey Sister! Journal – Period, Menopause & Wellness Insights

Ladies, get ready to embark on an enlightening journey through the vibrant landscape of women’s health, where the intricate dance of diet, periods, and the enigmatic entity known as endometriosis takes centre stage. Our mission? To demystify the complexities, share the latest research, and sprinkle a dash of innovation.

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Cold Flushes: The Menopause Symptom Nobody Warned You About (Yes, Cold)

The quick version Cold flushes are a real menopause symptom: a sudden wave of cold, shivering or goosebumps in a room that has not changed temperature. They are a vasomotor symptom, the same fa...
Periods, Performance and the Lie Women in Sport Have Been Sold
Menstrual Health

Periods, Performance and the Lie Women in Sport Have Been Sold

Australia, we need to talk If you have ever trained through cramps so intense that you had to stop and breathe your way through them, while quietly wondering whether anyone would believe how much p...
Period Bloat: Why Your Jeans Suddenly Declare War - and What Can Help
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Period Bloat: Why Your Jeans Suddenly Declare War - and What Can Help

You know the feeling: you got dressed that morning without incident, but by 3 pm your jeans appear to have shrunk two sizes, your stomach feels like a slightly over-inflated beach ball, and you are...
Stop Getting Ripped Off In The Menopause Aisle. Here’s What The MTick Actually Means.
#BreakingTheStigma

Stop Getting Ripped Off In The Menopause Aisle. Here’s What The MTick Actually Means.

Ever stood in the pharmacy aisle holding a product that’s suddenly labelled “menopause support” and thought. Hang on, wasn’t this the exact same thing last year, just cheaper. Yep. If you’re 35 to ...
A woman with dark shoulder-length hair sits beside the window on a bus, wearing a grey coat and drinking from a takeaway coffee cup. She looks thoughtfully out at the blurred city street.
education

Women are dying from a lesson that was never written for them

If the only heart attack you’ve been taught is a man clutching his chest, you’ve been taught an incomplete story.And when the education is incomplete, women pay for it in hesitation, misreads, and ...
If a teenager could ask for help easily, they would.
#Puberty

If a teenager could ask for help easily, they would.

How parents can spot the early signs and make it safe to talk (Australia) If teens could wander into the kitchen and say, “I’m not okay,” without it turning into a big scary Talk… they would. Most ...
 Illustration representing The Quieter Mind and perimenopause brain fog recalibration for midlife women.
Brain Fog

The Quieter Mind: Why “Brain Fog” Is The Wrong Name For What You’re Feeling

This is not you failing. This is your system recalibrating. If your brain feels like it has changed overnight, you’re not imagining it. If you’re losing words mid-sentence, forgetting what you walk...
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Women health

Your symptoms aren’t scheduled - why pharmacist prescribing endorsement matters for women in Australia

It’s 6:12pm, your bladder is on fire, your GP clinic is shut, and your body is not interested in waiting politely until next week. If you’ve ever been in that moment (Or the “I need my contraceptio...
An exhausted mum leans forward with her face hidden in her folded arms, resting on a woven basket of baby laundry on a grey couch
Motherhood

Motherhood has changed. Have we kept up?

What today’s mums in Australia are juggling (and why travel, work and wellbeing feel harder than they should). Motherhood in Australia doesn’t look like it did for our mums — and definitely not lik...