1. What's your worst, funniest, or most awkward period story?

Before I even got my period, my mum and older sister were convinced it was coming soon - probably because I had morphed into a moody little brat overnight. I was moody, emotional, and deep in denial that anything was changing. I remember declaring, “You're all wrong, I'm fine!” Fast forward a few weeks and I was crying in the bathroom thinking I was dying. Ran to my mum, totally freaked out. She just gave me the classic “told you so” smirk and handed me a pad. Iconic.

2. What have you demystified about your female body that you wish you knew when you were younger?

That your body isn't a machine to be hacked - it's a living, breathing system that responds to how safe, supported, and resourced you feel. I spent years trying to control it, thinking if I just worked harder, ate cleaner, or tracked more data, it would finally do what I wanted - like get pregnant. But fertility doesn't respond to pressure. It responds to regulation and solid inner safety.

3. Have you been diagnosed with a women's health condition?

Yes - I was diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency, with high FSH, low AMH, and poor egg quality. Basically, a diagnosis that left specialists recommending donor eggs and suggesting I wasn't a great candidate for IVF. But here's what they didn't look at: my nervous system was in overdrive, I was living in chronic stress, and my body was energetically depleted. It wasn't that I was infertile - my body just couldn't keep up with how I was living.

4. What was your diagnosis experience like?

Demoralizing. It felt like getting handed a number and being told, “This is your worth now.” I wasn't asked about my stress levels, how disconnected I felt from my body, or how I was showing up in life. No one asked about my patterns - my perfectionism, over-achieving, or inability to slow down - even though those exact patterns tell me so much about what's draining your fertility. The diagnosis focused on my ovaries, but no one looked at the whole picture.

5. How has your condition changed your daily life?

It changed everything - not in the way you'd expect. It forced me to slow down, tune in, and stop outsourcing my power to everyone in a white coat. I began living in a way that supports my body instead of fighting it - and now I help other women do the same. I conceived at 35 on a 6% chance IUI, and again at 37 naturally (after being told I had a 1% chance of that ever happening). Turns out the body listens… when you finally do.

6. What symptoms made you think something wasn't right with your body?

Honestly? Nothing obvious at first. I was just stuck in this chronic low-grade burnout. Tired but wired. Always in go-mode. My period was regular, my lifestyle was “healthy,” but my energy was shot. And I had this gut feeling: my body was holding back - not because it was broken, but because it was running on empty. The constant output, pressure, and nervous system strain was directly impacting my ability to conceive.

7. Have you tried anything that helped manage your symptoms?

Yes, but not in the way most people expect. It wasn't another supplement or stricter protocol. It was nervous system regulation, emotional work, and energetic alignment. I used mind-body tools, subconscious rewiring, and embodiment practices to get out of my monkey mind and into my body, so that I could finally tap into the wisdom and messages that my body had been trying to send me for years (probably decades).  I stopped treating fertility like a performance goal - and that's when everything clicked.

8. What's one thing you wish more people understood about women's health?

That it's not just physical. Your body is not a standalone machine - it's a reflection of your emotional, energetic, and nervous system state. You can eat all the kale and take all of the expensive supplements, and still be depleted if you're constantly hustling for your worth or people-pleasing your way through life. Fertility isn't just about ovulation. It's about inner safety and receptivity.

9. If you could tell younger you one thing about your body, what would it be?

You don't have to earn your rest. Your body is not an inconvenience to push through - she's your compass. And when you stop trying to outsmart her and actually listen, she will do incredible things.

10. When your body feels hard to live in, how do you take care of yourself?

I stop pushing and slow down - even if just for a moment. I'm not immune to slipping back into hustle, overworking, or trying to prove myself. But now I catch it faster. I pause. I breathe. I remember that regulation is a return, not a perfection goal. And sometimes that looks like walks in nature, sometimes that looks like stillness, sometimes it looks like movement, and sometimes it's canceling everything and watching trashy reality TV in trackies. It's not always sexy, but it's real.