HORMONAL HEALTH EFFECTS HALF THE POPULATION.
THE SOLUTIONS SHOULD REFLECT THAT.
Half of Us Collective is reshaping how society understands and supports hormonal health through functional nutrition therapy, community education, and partnerships that bring care into everyday spaces and make it communal, accessible, and empowering.
WHY WE EXIST?
Eighty percent of women+ experience hormonal health challenges at some point in their lives. PCOS, endometriosis, periods that take you out for days, and the perimenopausal reality of feeling like your body has changed in ways you don't recognize.
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If you're here, you might be exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix. You might be wondering why life's demands suddenly feel impossible to meet when they didn't used to. You might not have the energy to research one more solution or try one more thing that probably won't work anyway.
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We see you. We know how isolating and scary this can be, and we know that by the time most women find us, they've already spent years searching for answers and feeling unheard.
The current system asks you to figure this out alone. We're building something different: a world where hormonal health support is woven into culture and community, where care finds you instead of the other way around.
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HOW WE ARE CREATING SYSTEMIC CHANGE
PERSONALIZED SUPPORT
Functional Nutrition Therapy That Gets to Root Causes
One-on-one consultations and three-month programs examining blood sugar regulation, inflammation, gut health, stress, and what your specific body needs to function well. We also look at the lifestyle factors that matter just as much: how you manage stress, how you move, how you rest, and who supports you. We focus on adding what helps rather than restricting what might not.
SHARED KNOWLEDGE
Free Community Education for Everyone
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We host education events throughout the year, sharing information about how food affects your cycle, how to navigate a healthcare system that wasn't built for you, and how to work with your body instead of against it.
ACCESSIBLE NUTRITION
Bringing Hormonally Supportive™ Meals to Your Neighborhood
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We heard you loud and clear, and we get it. Making food constantly with the demands of life is challenging, and to be honest, fairly unrealistic for most of us. That's why we created the Hormonally Supportive™ meal framework and partnered with local restaurants to offer it on their menus, so strategic nutrition becomes part of everyday life right where you already eat.
COLLECTIVE SUPPORT
Building Spaces Where Women+ Support Each Other
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Creating a community where people share experiences, learn together, and discover that managing hormonal health works better with support than in isolation.
WHY ARE WE DOING IT?
OUR EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH
THREE MONTHS OF EATING HORMONALLY SUPPORTIVE MEALS CHANGED EVERYTHING
We tracked women eating Hormonally Supportive™ meals for three months, and they only ate an average of 8 meals per week. That's roughly one meal a day, and the results were remarkable.
92%
experienced relief from painful period symptoms including less cramping, pelvic pain, and fatigue
75%
reported increased energy with fewer crashes and more restful mornings
91%
saw digestive symptoms like bloating and constipation improve
83%
experienced more stable moods and clearer thinking with less brain fog
MEET THE FOUNDER, LAUREN McTIGUE
Founder and CEO, NTP, RYT 500, Endo Warrior
she, her, hers
I spent 16 years going to doctors who told me my pain was just "painful periods." I tried everything. Switching gynecologists every year. Acupuncturists, pelvic floor specialists, nutritionists. Every diet that promised relief. And for years, things only got worse.
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The hardest part wasn't the pain itself. It was the isolation, the fear, and the confusion of not knowing what was wrong with my own body. It was the depressive fog that followed each cycle. The hope I'd carry into every appointment, only to leave crying in my car because my numbers looked normal and no one could explain why I felt so terrible.
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When I finally got my endometriosis diagnosis and had surgery, my world opened up. I realized that half the population deals with these challenges throughout their lives, and yet the support barely exists.
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I started Half of Us Collective because I don't want anyone else to spend years feeling alone and scared in their symptoms. I can't promise a cure, but I can offer relief, companionship, and a different way forward. I've seen the lightness that comes when people finally have solutions and care.
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That's what fuels this work now.
Birding with my wife Kate
After Endometriosis surgery
Just a pretty photo!
Picking up the first Hormonally Supportive Meals
WHY WE ARE CALLED HALF OF US
Half the world's population lives with hormonal health challenges, whether from life stages like menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause, or from conditions like PCOS, PMDD, thyroid disorders, and autoimmune issues. And despite all the progress we've made toward gender equality, the research, care, and empathy available for these challenges is still decades behind.
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That gap shapes how seriously symptoms get taken, how long it takes to get a diagnosis, and how much support exists when you're struggling. Half the population deserves better than being told their pain is normal or being left to figure it out on their own.
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We're here to make sure they get it.
WHAT DOES WOMEN MEAN?
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We use the term women+ because hormonal health doesn't fit neatly into a binary. This language acknowledges and includes people who identify as women as well as those whose gender identity falls outside traditional categories but who still experience the hormonal challenges we're here to support.
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We use the word women because the people in this group have historically been dismissed, under-researched, and overlooked specifically because they were labeled as women. We care deeply about your cycle, and we’re proud to honor the gender that feels right for you.
THE VISION WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS
A society where hormonal health is built into culture, care systems, and communities instead of left to individuals to manage alone.
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Where you walk into a restaurant and order meals designed to support your hormones. Where education is freely accessible to everyone who needs it. Where support exists in your everyday life instead of only through expensive consultations you seek out independently.
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Where the complexities of hormonal health are honored, respected, and attentively nurtured instead of being unknown, unspoken, and neglected.