Endometriosis, Period Pain & Breaking the Taboo | EmpowerPeriods Founder Victoria Causley
In this episode of The Health Review, journalist Emily Rose Adams speaks with Victoria Causley, founder of EmpowerPeriods about her journey living with endometriosis and painful, often debilitating periods - and how being dismissed by doctors for over a decade pushed her to create the platform she wished she had.
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Victoria Causley shares her 10-year journey with heavy, painful periods, and being repeatedly dismissed by doctors while still awaiting answers via an upcoming laparoscopy.
She founded Empower Periods after feeling isolated at university during the pandemic, initially to find others who felt the same and to build a supportive community.
The conversation covers symptoms often left out of school education, including PMS, PMDD, discharge changes during ovulation, and the emotional side of menstruation.
Victoria discusses practical things she personally finds helpful, such as ice packs over hot water bottles, peppermint tea, yoga, meditation, journaling and gentle cycle tracking.
She stresses the difference between periods being normal and period pain not being normal, and calls for more women's health funding, research and faster diagnosis.
She talks about creating spaces for open conversation through university, workplace and community talks, and viral videos featuring her housemates learning about periods.
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