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Veterinary medicine has one of the highest proportions of women and assigned female at birth (AFAB) individuals in any professional workforce, and yet conversations about how hormonal health intersects with work performance, mental health and team dynamics remain rare or are dismissed entirely, writes Katie Ford, MRCVS <Link>. Silently ignoring these realities has a cost.
The Hormone-Friendly Vetmed campaign
There is a growing body of knowledge about what helps that needs to be shared. Most of it doesn’t require sweeping, expensive or complicated changes. This isn’t about weakness, and it’s not about needing to be more resilient. It’s about biology. Hormones affect stress responses, emotional regulation, cognitive function and energy levels every day in the workplace. This isn’t a lifestyle issue. It’s a clinical, evidence-based reality, and Vet Empowered believes the veterinary profession is finally ready to have the conversation.
Source: Vet Empowered LLC. Link. Vet Empowered believes that sustainable veterinary careers need to account for the reality of hormonal health, from menstrual cycles to PMDD, from perimenopause to menopause. Not as a tick-box. Not as an awkward HR conversation. But as a genuine shift in how we understand wellbeing, performance, and what it means to truly support each other at work.
A hormone-friendly workplace acknowledges the biological reality of its team members and makes thoughtful, practical adjustments to support them; without stigma, without fuss, and without requiring people to justify their needs in ways that feel humiliating.”
INSIGHTS: Ford’s LinkedIn post <Link> asked for people to spread the word. So, we’re doing it!
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