#2 | Why Women’s Hormones Deserve More
For too long, women’s hormones have been blamed, dismissed, or brushed aside as if “being hormonal” were an insult, a punchline, or a reason to be ignored. But female hormones are not a flaw in the system. They are the system. And yet, they continue to be treated as side notes in both medical care and cultural conversations.
Hormones like oestrogen, progesterone, and testosterone influence everything from digestion and brain function to immune health and metabolism. Still, when women seek answers about their symptoms, whether it’s fatigue, bloating, anxiety, irregular periods, or weight fluctuations, they’re often met with vague advice or told it’s “just hormonal,” without real investigation or explanation.
That’s a problem.
Hormonal fluctuations are part of everyday life for women, not just during periods or pregnancy, but across every life stage, from puberty to postmenopause. These fluctuations shape how medications work, how food is metabolised, how gut symptoms present, and how mental health shifts. Ignoring these rhythms means ignoring vital clues about what’s really going on in a woman’s body.
At HER, we believe women’s hormonal health deserves centre stage, not just in gynaecology, but in general practice, sports medicine, mental health care, and beyond. We are not here to pathologise hormones, we want you to understand them.
Once hormones are better understood, they stop being the scapegoat and start becoming the solution.
The time has come to integrate hormonal health into the core of how we study, treat, and talk about women’s wellbeing. That means investing in research that includes women at every life stage. It means training health professionals to understand how hormones impact everything from gut health to autoimmune risk. And it means helping women decode their own biology and not just cope with it.
Hormonal health is human health. At HER, we empower women to feel informed, validated, and in control of their health journeys.
This is the work HER is here to do.