Hormones & Heroines
Hormones & Heroines is a podcast for women who appear effortlessly composed while secretly struggling beneath the surface. Hosted by broadcaster and mum-trepreneur Sarah-Jane Crawford, it addresses the unspoken challenges women face, including fertility treatments, perimenopause, period pain, and pregnancy loss. The show features honest conversations with women who have mastered the art of hiding their struggles and are now ready to share what lies beneath.
Episodes
Professor Khalil Answers YOUR Pregnancy Questions
For the first time on Hormones & Heroines, Sarah-Jane sits down with one of the most respected names in maternal and foetal medicine. Professor Asma Khalil.Professor Khalil also delivered Sarah-Jane's two children, so this one is personal.Whether you're pregnant, trying to conceive, navigating a previous loss, or just terrified of doing the wrong thing, this episode is for you.If you've ever w
Hayley Mulenda: From Suicidal Teen to Six-Figure Speaker — Why You’re Too Broke to Stay Invisible
She grew up in a single-parent household in East London. Nearly stabbed. Nearly recruited by gangs. Ran for Young Mayor of Newham. Then hit rock bottom. She was suicidal, lost, and searching. What pulled her back? Spirituality, love, and an unshakeable belief in her own voice.Hayley Mulenda is now a global speaker commanding six figures per engagement. Her viral talk “You’re Too Broke to Not Be Vi
How Heartbreak and Failure Built a Peloton Icon: Hannah Frankson
She was supposed to be an Olympian. Then she got engaged. Then it all fell apart. And from the rubble of compounded failure, Hannah Frankson built something none of us saw coming.In this episode, Hannah, one of Peloton’s most recognisable and beloved instructors, sits down with Sarah-Jane Crawford for a deeply honest conversation about what it really takes to rebuild yourself from scratch.Hannah F
Michelle de Swarte: Career Pivots, Perimenopause & Daring to Try
This week’s heroine is the brilliant Michelle de Swarte, a model turned writer, actor and stand-up comedian whose sold-out comedy tour has been spotlighting perimenopause in the most unexpected and powerful way.We talk about Michelle’s journey back to her natural hair after relaxing it to survive an industry that wasn’t ready for her, and why protecting her hair from inexperienced hands became an
HENRIETTA RIX | RIXO: The Brand, The Breakdown & The Ultimate Juggle
She built one of Britain’s most beloved fashion brands from an IKEA table. No investment. No blueprint. Just vision, grit, and a best friend from university who believed in the same dream.This is Henrietta Rix. And this is the story behind the success.Because while the world was watching Rixo land on Net-a-Porter, appear on the backs of celebrities and become a globally respected British fashion b
Eve | 14 Fibroids, 4 Rounds of IVF & Becoming a Mum at 42
In our first episode, we sit down with rapper, actress, global superstar and — her favourite title of all — Mum. This is Eve. And this is the story she hasn’t fully told.Because behind the Grammy, the hits and the iconic status, Eve has been fighting battles that will feel painfully familiar to so many of us. Fibroids. Painful periods. Four rounds of IVF. The desperate, exhausting, hope-and-heartb
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Hormones & Heroines is the podcast for women who look effortless on the surface while their legs are kicking furiously beneath it.Hosted by broadcaster and Mum-trepreneur Sarah-Jane Crawford, it was born from a simple but rarely spoken truth: women are constantly showing up — to the boardroom, the school run, the studio, the startup — while quietly navigating fertility treatments, perimenopaus
