Two sentences that changed everything.
One made my future feel smaller. “There’s nothing you can do except surgery and hormones.” The other challenged me to change its direction. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Dare to change.” Ten years ago, I had surgery for stage IV endometriosis. I haven’t needed another endometriosis surgery since. What I learned throughout the decade since turned into Endo45.
How my experience became Endo45
From seven years of researching and testing to a practical tool for the moments between appointments.
01
I stopped dismissing what my body was telling me
Looking back, there had been signs for years — bloating, digestive problems and pain during sex — but I had never understood that they might be connected. The pill masked much of it through my twenties. When I stopped taking it, my body stopped whispering. It was not being dramatic or difficult. It was telling me something was wrong.
02
I kept pushing for the fuller picture
My first gynaecologist attributed my symptoms to PCOS and suggested returning to the pill. But stopping the pill was the only major thing I had changed. I wanted to understand what was happening before covering the symptoms again. I kept asking questions, gathering information and seeking other opinions until I was fortunate enough to reach a specialist who saw what others had missed: this was not only PCOS. It was likely severe endometriosis. I had the resources and confidence to keep pushing. I know many women do not — and they should not need to — simply be taken seriously.
03
Surgery changed my life, but it wasn’t the end of the story
I was diagnosed with stage IV endometriosis and underwent significant surgery. That surgery mattered enormously. But it could not automatically restore everything pain, exhaustion and years of pushing through had taken from me. I still needed to rebuild energy, gut health, hormone balance and my nervous system. I began to see surgery not as the finish line, but as an important window in which to ask: what else does my body need now?
04
I approached my health like an engineer
I read research, spoke with practitioners and looked across areas that had previously been treated as separate: sleep, movement, nutrition, digestion, recovery, pain science, stress and the nervous system. I tested, learned and adjusted. No single change was a cure. And I cannot claim that these choices explain why I have not needed another endometriosis surgery. But together, they gave me a clearer and more sustainable way to understand my body and support my health to be the best it can be.
05
I learned that consistency mattered more than perfection
I stopped trying to find one miracle answer. I changed how I ate, exercised, slept and recovered. I learned breathing techniques, worked with a physiotherapist, stopped pushing through every signal and began checking in with my body instead of constantly overriding it. Not perfectly. Not all at once. But consistently enough to create something stable to return to when work, stress, motherhood or life disrupted the plan. Over the years that followed, I rebuilt a life that once felt as though it might disappear. I progressed in my career and was named Young Energy Professional of the Year in 2021. I became a mother to my beautiful son.
06
We built the tool I wish I’d had
The more women who shared their experiences with me, the clearer the gap became. They were trying to connect symptoms nobody had explained, searching through contradictory information and experimenting with diets, supplements and routines while also trying to work, maintain relationships and live their lives. They needed someone to say: "You’re not imagining how much this is affecting you, and you should not have to figure it all out alone." We built Endo45 to bring everything else you can do alongside your medical journey into one practical place: understand your baseline, notice your patterns, identify what matters now and take the next manageable step. Because the purpose of managing endometriosis is not to make it your full-time job. It is to help endometriosis decide less of your life.
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Here are some of Juliet's interviews on living well with endometriosis and building Endo45.
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