Understand your body. Know your options. Be heard.
Hi, I'm Em. I help women, and the people who love and support them, understand periods, hormones and all the changes that come with them. No jargon, no judgement, just real conversations about your body.
Education ✦ Guidance ✦ Advocacy
Let's have a chatBased in Brisbane, Queensland
Think back to school. You probably got one awkward lesson about periods and that was it.
Then life happens. Your cycle changes, your moods shift, your energy dips, perimenopause shows up out of nowhere, and you're left googling at midnight trying to work out if what you're feeling is normal.
That's why I started Be Heard Health. I sit down with you and we talk it through. What your body is doing, what your patterns are telling you, and what to ask next time you see your doctor, so you walk out feeling listened to instead of brushed off.
And if your partner, mum, daughter or carer wants to understand too, bring them along. The more people who get it, the better.
I've got more than 15 years of nursing behind me. I've also worked in disability support, first as a Support Worker and later as a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner.
If those jobs taught me one thing, it's this: what you see on the surface is hardly ever the full picture. There's nearly always something going on underneath, and it's worth being curious about it.
I lost count of the times I saw women leave an appointment feeling dismissed or more confused than when they walked in. Some left with a prescription, but not one clear answer about what was actually happening in their body.
I get it, because I've been there myself. I've had my own battles with my hormones. I know how they can mess with your mood, your sleep, your relationships and your whole week, and how lonely it feels when nobody can explain why.
We were all shown how to manage a period. Hardly any of us were shown how to understand one.
So I put my nursing background, my own experience and, if I'm honest, quite a bit of frustration into creating Be Heard Health.
There's a mountain of conflicting advice online. Understanding your body shouldn't feel that hard, and with a bit of help it doesn't have to.
Right now I'm also studying menstrual health with the Menstrual Health Institute, because there's always more to learn.
When you understand your body, it gets a whole lot easier to be heard.
Just you and me, getting to know your cycle properly and what your hormones are up to each week.
We go at your pace and focus on what matters to you. That could be:
Hormones don't only affect you. Everyone around you feels it too.
Perimenopause, menopause and the monthly ups and downs can change how you talk to each other, how close you feel and how you get through a normal day.
I work with women one on one, and I'm also happy to help partners, couples, families and carers understand what's going on, so they know how to be there for you.
Everyone deserves to know and understand their own body. Everyone.
Give me a call or send me an email and we'll work out together if I'm the right fit for you or your family.
The period talk we all should have had years ago.
I'm putting together a relaxed, practical series for women in their 20s, 30s and 40s who are ready to understand their bodies.
We'll go through how your cycle works, what your hormones are doing, how to read your own patterns and how to feel sure of yourself the next time you're sitting across from your doctor.
Bookings and payments will open once The Cycle Series is ready. Watch this space.
Whether you've got questions about your cycle, you're going through a hormonal change, you're looking for disability inclusive support, or you're a health professional thinking about a referral or working together, I'd genuinely love to hear from you.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
