Harnessing Hormones Workshop: What you need to know:
Understanding, Supporting and Navigating Hormonal Health at Work
This engaging, evidence-informed 60-minute session explores how the main reproductive hormones — oestrogen, progesterone and the stress hormone cortisol — influence emotions, thoughts, actions and overall success at work. Participants gain the tools to recognise how hormonal fluctuations affect cognition, energy and decision-making — and how to align tasks with the phases of their cycle to optimise performance and reduce stress.
We also explore practical strategies for supporting hormonal balance through nutrition and lifestyle changes, helping participants minimise difficult symptoms and thrive personally and professionally.
60 minutes. Led by a highly experienced women’s health and leadership consultant. In-person UK or virtual worldwide.
This Harnessing Hormones Workshop will cover:
- The Role of Key Hormones: A beginner-friendly introduction to oestrogen, progesterone, and cortisol.
- Monthly Hormonal Patterns: Understand the natural ebb and flow of your hormones and their effects.
- Hormones and Cognition: Discover how hormonal variations influence creativity, focus, and problem-solving.
- Cyclical Living at Work: Learn how to align tasks with your hormonal strengths to boost productivity and leadership.
- Nutrition & Lifestyle Tips: Practical advice to support hormone balance and reduce negative symptoms.
Whether you’re a leader or an individual contributor, this workshop equips participants with knowledge to feel more in sync with their body, sharpen their skills, and show up as their most confident self.
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Workshop outcomes:
AAfter the session, participants typically leave with:
- A working understanding of how key hormones shape mood, energy, focus and cognition
- A practical framework for cyclical living at work — aligning tasks with hormonal strengths
- Specific nutrition and lifestyle strategies to support hormonal balance
- Greater self-awareness about personal hormonal patterns Reduced stigma around discussing hormonal health at work
Why hormonal health matters at work
- Improves wellbeing, performance and engagement. Hormonal health affects energy, cognition, mood and resilience — supporting it helps people bring their best to work.
- Reduces stigma and builds empathy. Open dialogue reduces shame or isolation around a deeply personal experience.
- Boosts retention. As more women spend mid-career navigating hormonal transitions (menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, perimenopause, menopause), hormone-smart support is increasingly valued by employees — and is a quietly powerful retention lever.(source)
- Strengthens employer brand and culture. Demonstrates genuine commitment to holistic wellbeing, fairness and inclusive care — beyond perks.
When this workshop is the right fit:
- International Women’s Day (8 March 2027) — one of the most-booked workshops for IWD. Strong opening or signature session for the day.
- Menopause Awareness Month (October) — increasingly important for retention and inclusion in mid-career women.
- Your women’s network or ERG is planning programming. This workshop works as a centrepiece event.
- You’re building inclusive policies around women’s health, menopause, fertility, return-from-maternity. Workshop pairs naturally with policy work.
- Mixed-team inclusive education. Not just for women’s networks — this workshop is increasingly booked for mixed audiences to build broader hormone literacy across managers and colleagues.
Particularly valuable for: Professional services and financial services where women’s mid-career attrition is high; tech and consulting where senior women’s representation is a strategic priority; healthcare and public sector workforces with high female representation; any organisation where menopause policies are being developed or rolled out.
Led by a highly experienced women’s health and leadership consultant
Practical and inclusive — for women, leaders and mixed teams
Evidence-informed, not pop-psychology
A signature workshop for International Women’s Day, Menopause Awareness Month, and women’s networks
About your facilitator
Led by a highly experienced women’s health and leadership consultant who brings clinical understanding of hormonal health alongside corporate leadership experience. Our facilitator delivers this content with genuine warmth and accessibility — making a topic that’s been historically taboo at work feel both interesting and immediately useful, regardless of audience.
What our clients say
Literally everything about this workshop was fantastic! Having such a session at work was an excellent idea!
This workshop exceeded my expectations, it was brilliant.
How this workshop pairs with others
The Hormones Workshop sits at the centre of a wider women’s wellbeing cluster. It pairs naturally with:
- Pair with Managing Menopause at Work — the natural lifecycle deep-dive. Hormones gives the foundation; Managing Menopause zooms into one of the highest-impact stages — supporting mid-career women through perimenopause and menopause with policy, manager training and individual support. Often booked as a pair for organisations serious about women’s wellbeing retention.
- Pair with Women’s Nutrition Workshop — women’s nutritional needs differ significantly from generic dietary advice, and shift across the hormonal lifespan. Where Hormones covers the underlying biology, Women’s Nutrition gives the food-based tools to support it.
- Pair with Sleep School — hormonal shifts are one of the biggest disruptors of women’s sleep across the lifespan. The pairing addresses both the cause and the recovery.
- Also pair with Eating for Energy or Good Mood Food for broader nutrition pairings, especially when booking as part of a wellbeing day or whole-workforce programme.
- Pair with the Mental Fitness Hour to broaden into wider mental wellbeing — hormonal health is a key part of mental wellbeing for half the workforce.
A frequently booked configuration: Hormones + Managing Menopause + Women’s Nutrition as a complete women’s wellbeing programme — often booked for International Women’s Day, Menopause Awareness Month, or as a year-round women’s network programme. Tell us your context on the discovery call.
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If you’re planning IWD, Menopause Awareness Month, or building inclusive women’s health programming, let’s talk.
Harnessing Hormones at Work: FAQs
Is this workshop for women only?
No — and that’s an important distinction. The workshop works powerfully for women’s networks, but it’s increasingly booked for mixed audiences as inclusive education for managers, colleagues and allies. Understanding hormonal health is workforce literacy, not just personal information for the women experiencing it.
Does it cover menopause specifically?
Yes. The session covers the full hormonal lifespan — menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, perimenopause and menopause. We can weight the session toward menopause if that’s the priority for your audience (often the case for Menopause Awareness Month bookings or mid-career women’s leadership cohorts).
Is it suitable for senior leadership?
Yes — and we specifically recommend it for senior leaders, managers, and HR teams. The single biggest determinant of whether women’s health policies work is whether managers understand them.
Can the workshop be tailored to our context?
Yes. We adapt for audience (women’s network, mixed inclusive education, leadership cohort), specific themes (menopause focus, fertility focus, cyclical living focus), and sector context.
Can we tie this to International Women’s Day or Menopause Awareness Month?
Yes — these are our peak booking times for this workshop. Book early.
Do you deliver to international teams?
Yes. Virtual delivery works across North America, Europe, the Middle East and APAC.
Is the content appropriate if some attendees haven’t experienced hormonal shifts personally?
Yes. The content is framed as workforce literacy and shared understanding, not personal experience-sharing. Everyone leaves with a clearer understanding regardless of personal context.
What does it cost?
Tailored pricing based on duration, format and whether you’re booking standalone or as part of a programme. Multi-workshop bookings are priced more favourably. Book a discovery call and we’ll send a quote within 48 hours.
Clients also book
Managing Menopause at Work
AUDIENCE: Menopause Awareness Month · Mid-career retention · Manager training
The natural lifecycle deep-dive. Hormones gives the foundation; Managing Menopause zooms into one of the most underaddressed and highest-impact stages — supporting mid-career women through perimenopause and menopause with policy, manager training and individual support. Often booked as a pair for organisations serious about women’s wellbeing retention.
Women’s Nutrition Workshop
AUDIENCE: Women’s wellbeing · IWD · Hormonal health
Women’s nutritional needs differ significantly from generic dietary advice — and shift across the hormonal lifespan. Where Hormones covers the underlying biology, Women’s Nutrition gives the food-based tools to support it. The natural nutrition-focused pairing for women’s wellbeing programmes.
Sleep School
AUDIENCE: Sleep disruption · Physical foundations · Mid-career women
Hormonal shifts are one of the biggest disruptors of women’s sleep across the lifespan. The pairing addresses both the underlying cause (hormones) and the recovery (sleep). Often booked as part of a women’s wellbeing programme.