We all deserve to live a “life extraordinary”. A life that’s full of joy, purpose, and love. A life that comes in technicolour. As women, we also deserve to feel powerful, untamed, and uncaged – wolverines running wild and free across a lush landscape, ready to chase and follow our dreams. And yet, almost all women I speak to – and perhaps you too – are unable to do this. Instead, they feel as though they’re tethered and trapped. They’re in pain, burned out, and suffering with their periods, perimenopause, or countless symptoms triggered by wayward hormones. Most months they struggle with debilitating PMS, tender breasts, and chronic bloating. Mood changes that swing from red-hot rage to teary and anxious at breakneck speed. Yet, alongside this, there’s a common thread that entwines us all: we don’t realise that we no longer need or deserve to struggle, or even that there’s another way. This is because most women (me included) have been taught that period problems, and chronic pain and suffering, are part of the pink ribbon that ties up our experience of womanhood. This book is here to tell you it’s not. Because, no matter what you’ve been told, it’s not normal. It’s not normal to live in pain, to have breasts so sore you can’t exercise, or mood swings so severe they give you whiplash. It’s not normal to struggle with your menstrual cycle and hormones – and it most definitely isn’t your fault if you do. Goddess, I’m so glad you’re here, and I’m so glad that you have this book in your hands. It’s time to make friends with your hormones and your body, because you deserve so much more.