Founder of HerRhythm, mum of two, and someone who spent years wondering why she couldn't just be more consistent.
For a long time, I thought I had a discipline problem.
I could have weeks where I was exercising, getting things done, cooking proper meals, making plans and generally feeling like I'd finally got my life together.
Then something would change.
The motivation disappeared. Everything felt harder. The routines I'd been happily following suddenly felt impossible — and I'd wonder what had happened to the version of me who was managing everything perfectly well a week ago.
So, naturally, I blamed myself.
I needed to be more disciplined. More organised. More consistent.
Or so I thought.
How HerRhythm Came To Be
My menstrual cycle was the first thing that made me question that story.
When I started learning about how hormonal changes throughout the month could affect things like energy, mood and appetite, some of my own patterns suddenly started making a lot more sense.
So I started tracking them.
At first, I was looking at everything through the lens of my menstrual cycle.
What phase was I in?
Was there a pattern?
Could I plan around it?
And there was.
But after almost two years of paying attention to my energy, I started noticing something else.
My cycle wasn't the whole story.
I could be in a supposedly higher-energy part of my cycle and still feel exhausted after a terrible night's sleep.
A stressful week could completely change how I felt.
Work mattered. Mental load mattered. Food mattered. Movement mattered. The weather mattered.
And sometimes life was simply... a lot.
That's when the question changed.
Instead of always asking:
“What phase am I in?”
I started asking:
“What's influencing my energy today?”
And that changed far more than I expected.
I Don't Think Women Are Failing At Productivity.
I Think Productivity Has Failed Women.
We've spent decades teaching women how to manage their time.
Plan better.
Build habits.
Wake up earlier.
Create routines.
Stay consistent.
And when we can't maintain all of it, the conclusion is usually that we need to try harder.
But very little of that conversation considers the fact that our capacity changes.
That's the conversation I want HerRhythm to have.
Because understanding your energy isn't about finding another system to follow perfectly.
It's about having enough awareness to recognise when you can push, when you might need to adjust and when doing less is actually what allows you to keep going.
Rethinking Consistency
This has probably been the biggest change for me personally.
I used to think consistency meant doing the same thing, at the same standard, week after week.
So if I couldn't exercise the way I'd been exercising, work at the same pace or keep up the routine I'd created when I was feeling brilliant, I'd think I'd fallen off.
And once I'd fallen off?
I'd wait until I could restart properly.
Now I see it differently.
Some weeks I can do more. Some weeks I lower the standard. Sometimes the workout becomes yoga. Sometimes the ambitious workday becomes one important task. Sometimes dinner is considerably less impressive than I'd imagined when I wrote the meal plan.
But I'm still showing up.
Maybe consistency isn't doing the same thing every day.
Maybe it's learning how to keep showing up differently.
And that's really what HerRhythm has become.
What You'll Find Here
HerRhythm isn't about organising your entire life around your menstrual cycle.
And it definitely isn't about optimising every minute of your day.
It's about noticing, understanding and working with your energy.
The tools and conversations here are designed to help you understand what's influencing the way you feel, recognise your own patterns and make decisions based on the energy you actually have — rather than the energy you think you should have.
Because the more I've understood my own rhythm, the less time I've spent wondering what's wrong with me when my energy changes.
And that feels like a much better place to start.
Ready To Understand Your Rhythm?
You don't need to change everything or find another routine to follow.
Start by noticing.
The Rhythm Tracker is a free 28-day tracker designed to help you spot the patterns influencing your energy — from your menstrual cycle and sleep to stress, movement and everyday life.
Because understanding what's influencing your energy is a much better place to start than blaming yourself for not having enough of it.