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My agoraphobia faded, my pain became manageable, and I was able to leave my abuser.
Elle CooperMedical Cannabis Patient & Educator
Circle v1.0: The Launch
The Women's Circle is a community of like minded women learning more about their bodies, challenging outdated conversations around women's health and discovering new ways to support themselves.
Episode 1 filmedThis week Sophie sat down with Charlotte, aka The Period Rebel, to film the very first episode of The Women’s Circle Podcast. Content is coming soon, so don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel and you won’t miss a thing.
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See the dates →10 to 11 October 2026, Somerset. A full weekend on energy, mood, movement, nutrition and pain across the female cycle, with brilliant speakers, our partners and a room full of incredible women.
“Seeing Women’s Circle 2.0 in full flow was a real dream come true. What started as an idea in my heart has grown into a beautiful community of women connecting, sharing, learning and lifting each other up. Watching that vision come to life is something I’ll never be able to put into words. This is so much bigger than me now, and I can’t wait to see where our movement grows next. The best is yet to come. 🩷”
Attendees, speakers and partners on what the weekend meant to them, in their own words.
For once, I didn’t have to be a mum, a partner or the person holding everything together. I just got to be me.
I arrived at the Women’s Circle feeling completely stuck in a rut. Life had become overwhelming, and somewhere between being a mum, a partner and trying to hold everything together, I’d lost that connection with myself.
I went thinking I’d learn a few new things, but I came home with so much more than I ever expected.
One of the biggest eye-openers for me was learning about our menstrual cycles, especially the luteal phase, and realising just how many other women experience the same struggles in the lead-up to their periods. Learning about seed cycling, cycle syncing and how we can better support our bodies through nutrition has completely changed how I look at my own health.
Something else that fascinated me was how many of us were experiencing our periods over the same weekend, including a woman who hadn’t had one in three months! Whether it was coincidence or not, it sparked some amazing conversations about just how incredible women’s bodies are.
But the most special part was the women themselves. Different ages, backgrounds, cultures and walks of life, yet there was this incredible sense of connection between us all. I usually struggle with anxiety, but I didn’t experience it once throughout the entire weekend. I felt completely accepted, understood and empowered.
For once, I didn’t have to be a mum, a partner or the person holding everything together. I just got to be me. And I don’t think I realised how badly I needed that until I was there.
Since coming home, I’ve felt a motivation I haven’t had in a long time. I’ve been making healthier changes to both my own diet and my children’s, taking more time for myself in the mornings and learning that self-care isn’t something I need to earn. It’s something I deserve.
I arrived hoping to gain some knowledge, but I left with incredible friendships, a new appreciation for my body and a confidence in myself that I’d been missing for far too long.
The Women’s Circle wasn’t just a weekend away. It was a reminder of who I am outside of everything I do for everyone else, and that’s something I’ll carry with me for a very long time. ❤️
I know we’re probably supposed to leave a retreat feeling all zen and relaxed, but I feel more fired up than ever to keep talking about this and push for change.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the women I met and the stories I heard, and at the root of every one was this endless fight to get answers, to be heard about their symptoms and believed.
These are women who are more educated about their conditions than their doctors, because they have no other choice. These are women who are labelled difficult or dramatic because they are in chronic pain or suffering from conditions that don’t get the research they deserve.
In my work, I use a lot of statistics to justify or convince others of misogyny in healthcare, but I think the real stories get lost amidst those numbers.
I know we’re probably supposed to leave a retreat feeling all zen and relaxed, but I feel more fired up than ever to keep talking about this and push for change. I think that’s what made this women’s circle so unique; it’s about creating a movement, and that is far more powerful when we join together.
I’ve never been in a space where I’ve been surrounded by so much knowledge, yet felt so comfortable asking the questions I never thought I could.
Thank you so much for allowing me to be part of such an inspiring and meaningful movement for the second time. ❤️
I’ve never been in a space where I’ve been surrounded by so much knowledge, yet felt so comfortable asking the questions I never thought I could. Once again I came away feeling empowered, more informed, and equipped with knowledge that can make such a positive difference to my life.
I’m so grateful to have been part of this experience and meeting such lovely people ✨
I believe each attendee left with more knowledge than when they arrived. Not just from the spectacular speakers, but also from the casual conversations with one another.
Now that I’ve had a chance to process my emotions around the event, it has struck me just how powerful women coming together as a community can be.
There were over twenty attendees, all from different walks of life, all with different perspectives, but all shared a commonality: we all wanted to break the stigma linked to the menstrual cycle.
Women talking together about their menstrual cycles felt incredibly empowering to me. There is still so much shame and stigma around periods, but given that half the population will experience periods, they really shouldn’t be a taboo topic whatsoever.
This is why events such as The Women’s Circle matter so much. There is no shame in our menstrual cycle, nor in the tools we use to support it; whether that be through nutrition, exercise, or even cannabis, all are valid tools in the women’s wellness toolkit.
The more women talk openly and honestly about these topics, the more the knowledge will spread.
I believe each attendee last weekend left with more knowledge than when they arrived. Not just from the spectacular speakers, but also from the casual conversation with one another. I know I certainly did 💚
Most of all, I loved being surrounded by such a supportive and empowering group of women. I left feeling inspired, grateful, and empowered.
I took so much away from this beautiful women’s circle. I learned new things about periods, hormones, and women’s health, particularly how we can nourish our bodies throughout our menstrual cycles.
Most of all, I loved being surrounded by such a supportive and empowering group of women. It was a lovely reminder of the importance of sharing knowledge, learning from one another, and creating spaces where we can openly talk about women’s health. I left feeling inspired, grateful, and empowered. 💕
It overflowed with authenticity from the speakers, the host and the chef. We all felt held in a special way.
I feel that the event provided a safe space for women to express themselves. They asked questions without feeling judged. They were eager to learn and support each other.
The atmosphere was non-judgemental and inclusive. All questions were answered with such purity that they felt understood and heard.
The event was curated in such a loving way that beautiful friendships were built, and their bodies synced into one; their cycles started flowing.
It overflowed with authenticity from the speakers, the host and the chef. We all felt held in a special way.
I will recommend this event to any woman who is willing to empower others and be empowered at the same time.
Every woman deserves to feel heard, understood and empowered to explore the options available to her.
What an incredible experience it was to be part of such a beautiful and empowering women’s circle! 🩷
It was truly eye-opening to learn more about my own body and explore how plant medicine, particularly cannabis, can support women’s health and wellbeing.
I feel so honoured to have been part of such an important conversation, surrounded by inspiring women sharing their knowledge, experiences and stories.
My biggest hope is that conversations like these continue to grow and that one day this knowledge and access to plant medicine will be widely available to women across the country. No woman should have to suffer in silence or feel that relief is out of reach.
Every woman deserves to feel heard, understood and empowered to explore the options available to her. 🌿
I’m incredibly grateful to have been part of something that I believe is a step towards a more compassionate and informed approach to women’s health. 💗
Women from all walks of life, coming together not to compete, but for a weekend of healing moments and sisterhood.
I was beyond grateful to be part of this year’s Women’s Circle, filled with women from all walks of life, coming together to share knowledge, create a safe space to ask for advice and bring women together, not to compete, but for a weekend of healing moments and sisterhood.
I left with memories I will treasure for a lifetime, a circle of women I can turn to for help and advice, as well as tailored knowledge to help not only myself as a medical cannabis patient but other patients I support. As well as connections that will enable me to continue to learn, advocate and help as many patients as possible.
To Sophie and to every single member of the incredible team, thank you. 💚
Powerful feminine energy, open conversations and so much to learn from each other.
Women’s Circle 2.0 was such a beautiful experience 💕 From surreal cycle syncing to learning about the endocannabinoid system and seed cycling, I took away so much.
Being able to listen to and speak with the doctors and clinicians was really inspiring. Alongside the yoga and meditation, what made it so special was coming together with so many women in such a welcoming space.
Powerful feminine energy, open conversations and so much to learn from each other ✨
Gathering with like-minded people is so important for our mental health, and this event achieved a strengthening of the community.
The Women’s Circle brought together women from different communities from across the country, all interested in learning how to heal themselves through nutrition, plant medicine and a better understanding of their bodies.
Gathering with like-minded people is so important for our mental health, and this event achieved a strengthening of the community.
It was a privilege to capture the heart of the event and help tell its story through our lens.
Being part of the Women’s Circle and capturing the energy of the weekend was such a special experience for The Production Packet.
There was something incredibly powerful about documenting a space where women could come together, connect, share knowledge and empower one another. From the intimate moments to the collective energy of the group, it was a privilege to capture the heart of the event and help tell its story through our lens.
We’re proud to support a project that creates such meaningful connections and look forward to seeing the community continue to grow.
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Perimenopause. Menopause. The science, the myths and the tools. One intimate day of women, clinicians and experts unpacking what’s happening in our bodies, what our options really are, and how to feel like ourselves again.
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Aurora Medicine backed Circle 1.0 and has committed as headline sponsor for Circles 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0, backing our mission to put women's health and plant medicine in the same sentence, without apology.
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PAX has committed as a partner across three Circles. After powering our Consumption Lounge at 2.0, they return for 3.0 with hands-on device education, so women prescribed medical cannabis leave knowing how vaporising works and feeling confident with their device.
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PAX's limited-edition Oxblood Mini starred in our Consumption Lounge at Circle 2.0: a safe, legal space to vaporise prescribed medicine and get hands on with their devices.
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Circle 3.0 is a smaller room by design: 15 women, one day, and every guest within arm’s reach of every brand. Gold, Silver, Bronze and goody bag places are open now, first come, first served. Join Aurora Medicine and PAX.
Medical Cannabis, Epilepsy & Menopause
Back after Circle 2.0 to talk medical cannabis, epilepsy and menopause: what the research tells us so far.
Mood, Mind & Midlife
Perimenopause through a psychologist’s lens and her own lived experience: her story, the thinking behind her work, and what midlife can look like when women have more choice.
Dr Michelle Nyangereka is an HCPC-registered counselling psychologist and member of the British Psychological Society, with 15 years in practice and a private practice based in London. She is the founder of Our Mothers’ Gardens, a UK medical cannabis company focused on women in peri-, meno- and post-menopause, and an established speaker and key opinion leader at the intersection of cannabis and women’s health.
Dr Michelle moved into the UK medical cannabis industry to create the solutions she was looking for herself. While writing her doctoral thesis on intergenerational trauma, she experienced first-hand how trauma, stress and autoimmunity can interact during perimenopause. The ten years that followed became a journey of discovery into the endocannabinoid system and a holistic approach to her own health. She now works to bring that understanding to other women, combining clinical psychology, lived experience and cannabinoid science to support quality of life through midlife and beyond.
HRT, Demystified
Speaker coming soon. Get in touch if you’d love to lead this conversation.
Skin Through the Change
Speaker coming soon. Get in touch if you’d love to lead this conversation.
Food, Movement & Everyday Tools
Speaker coming soon. Get in touch if you’d love to lead this conversation.
We’re looking for HRT, skincare and nutrition experts for Circle 3.0: menopause specialists, GPs, dermatologists and nutritionists. Want to speak, or know someone who should?
Real stories, out loud: pain, periods, sex, plant medicine, told by the women living them, not talked about around them.
Clinicians, patients and researchers at the same table, unpacking the science and the stigma in equal measure.
A community that keeps meeting long after the room empties, owning our health, our stories, and our power.
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.Audre Lorde
Sophie has spent her career inside the cannabis industry, and just as long watching women get left out of the conversation around it. The Women's Circle grew out of that gap. She's on a mission to strip the stigma from this plant until it's finally seen for what it is: just another tool in our box, sitting alongside everything else we reach for to feel well.
That means changing how we talk about plant medicine and natural wellness, and it means changing how women talk about their own bodies: periods, hormones, pain, sex, all of it, out loud and without apology. Every circle, every interview and every partnership exists to do one thing: help women feel informed, supported, and like the best version of themselves.
"I want this plant seen for what it is: just another tool in our box."
Sophie EastFounder, The Women's Circle
My agoraphobia faded, my pain became manageable, and I was able to leave my abuser.
I feel stable. Clear. Like myself again.
Change the narrative. Protect the patient. Build the future.
From bed bound to reclaiming a full, active life.
Plants over pills: ancient medicine for a modern body.
Lived experience and industry collaboration, at the same table.
period products the average woman gets through in her lifetime, and last year, 1 in 5 UK women and people who menstruate said they couldn't afford them.AHPMA UK & ActionAid UK, 2023
Where it started: a room built for honest conversation on pain, periods, and plant medicine, with the women living it doing the talking.
Four phases. Changing hormones. A full day on energy, mood, movement, nutrition and pain across the female cycle, with a live panel and Q&A.
Midlife, out loud. One intimate day on perimenopause and menopause: the science of the shift, HRT demystified, plant medicine in midlife, skin through the change, and everyday tools. Register your interest.
Desire, intimacy, and the plant. An honest, unscripted circle on cannabis and women's sex lives.
From cycle-synced drinks to period pants, meet the brands officially approved by The Women’s Circle.
of global healthcare research and innovation funding goes toward women's health conditions beyond cancer, despite women making up half the world's population.McKinsey Health Institute & World Economic Forum, 2024
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Ten quick questions. Pick an answer and we will tell you straight away whether you got it right.
A hand picked roundup of current stories in women's health, medical cannabis, and endometriosis, refreshed by the team from time to time, not a live feed.
A former consultant let go while being treated for endometriosis won an appeal earlier this year. Accenture is now asking the Court of Appeal to restore the original ruling, with the case heard on 10 and 11 November.
ENDOMETRIOSISEarly research points to a type of immune cell that may help endometriosis tissue grow. The key results so far are in mice, so the team says much more work is needed before it could lead to new treatments.
WOMEN'S HEALTHPublished in Nature Medicine, the study found blood proteins linked to brain ageing shifted with menopause stage rather than age. The researchers stress it does not show menopause causes dementia, and say longer studies are needed.
MEDICAL CANNABISA look at the questions women are bringing to clinics, what the research does and doesn’t show so far, and how access currently works in the UK.
We're a community, not a clinic. These are independent charities and organisations we rate for further reading, support and advocacy. Always speak to your GP or a specialist for medical advice.
The UK's leading endometriosis charity, with a helpline, support groups and trusted information for anyone newly diagnosed.
Visit site → HORMONE HEALTHThe patient arm of the British Menopause Society, offering fact sheets and a nurse led helpline on periods, perimenopause and menopause.
Visit site → RESEARCHA UK charity funding research into the conditions that affect women across every life stage, from periods to pregnancy to menopause.
Visit site → PCOSThe UK's patient support charity for women living with polycystic ovary syndrome, running local groups and an online community.
Visit site → PATIENT ADVOCACYPatient Led Engagement for Access, a patient run organisation working to improve fair, informed access to medical cannabis in the UK.
Visit site → EVIDENCE & RESEARCHAn independent scientific body publishing evidence based research on drugs, including medical cannabis, free from political or commercial influence.
Visit site →The Women's Circle is being built independently, with no big backers behind it. Every pound raised goes toward better interviews, expert guests, a dedicated podcast, more events and reaching more women online, plus the filming, kit and travel it takes to keep this movement growing.
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