Let’s start with what landed and landed hard, starting with Postgraduate qualified Clinical Sexologist Jo Brown’s Hormonal Health retreat. Jo has a rich background in reproductive and sexual health. She speaks with fierce clarity, and still somehow manages to keep things light and humorous, while diving deep into what it means to live inside a hormonally complex, often misunderstood female body.

She blends science with a dose of spirit. She understands that our hormones shape how we relate to ourselves, to others, to pleasure, to power. And she brings that understanding to life in a way that’s accessible and, dare I say, joyful.

“Nothing is off limits,” she told me. And she meant it.
There were moments we talked about sex and intimacy, others about cycle tracking and mood. But it was never clinical. It was never vague. It was honest and deeply so. The kind of honesty that makes you laugh with your whole belly, then suddenly blink back tears, because oh. That lands.
What Jo offers is something most women never receive: a space to reconnect with their bodies as whole, integrated landscapes. It was the kind of sex ed I wish I’d had at 13, the kind of woman I wish I’d met at 25, and the kind of wisdom I feel lucky to have encountered now. If you’re curious, go. You’ll walk away feeling more in your body than you have in a long time.

Rahima S

November Edition 2025