Hormones & Heroines
Hormones & Heroines is the podcast for women who look effortless on the surface while their legs are kicking furiously beneath it. Hosted by broadcaster and Mum-trepreneur Sarah-Jane Crawford, it was born from a simple but rarely spoken truth: women are constantly showing up — to the boardroom, the school run, the studio, the startup — while quietly navigating fertility treatments, perimenopause, crippling period pain, pregnancy loss, and everything in between. We are biologically different to men, and yet we’re expected to perform as though we’re not. Honest, warm, and unflinching conversations with heroines who’ve mastered the art of the mask, and...
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Olympian Michelle Griffith Robinson: The Domestic Abuse, Misdiagnosis & Shame No One Saw
<p>As women of colour, we often look in the mirror and see a much younger woman</p><p>looking back but what’s really going on underneath?</p><p></p><p>And we’re not the only ones who see it. Healthcare professionals see it too. Add the “strong</p><p>Black woman” trope into the mix, and you get delayed diagnoses, dismissed symptoms, and</p><p>research that shows women of colour are consistently under-treated for the same conditions.</p><p>In this week’s episode of Hormones & Heroines, we sit down with Olympian and midlife icon</p><p>Michelle...
Sober Club Founder: Women's Wake Up Call To Quit Drinking
<p>This episode drops during Alcohol Awareness Week (6 to 12 July 2026), and marks 9 years of my own sobriety on the 7th, so it truly resonated and felt incredibly timely.</p><p>She toured the world with Wham!, hosted one of the UK's biggest radio shows, and wrote a bestseller 20 years ago. There was also a time in her life when she was drinking every day. Janey Lee Grace, founder of The Sober Club, joins me to talk about the wake up calls she ignored, the GP visit that nearly kept her stuck for another three years, and why nobody ever tells...
Cancer Survivor, Natural Born leader: Leanne Pero MBE, founder of Black Women Rising
<p>Leanne Pero MBE knows what it is to face a devastating diagnosis and then sit in waiting rooms seeing no one who looks like you and be questioned about why you've turned up for the Cancer group..</p><p>So after feeling excluded from support, she did what she'd always done since childhood, when home didn't feel safe, she built something. Back then it was a dance class. This time, it was a 7 figure charity movement!</p><p>Leanne Pero MBE is a cancer survivor, activist, entrepreneur and founder of Black Women Rising, one of the UK's most important...
Professor Khalil Answers YOUR Pregnancy Questions
<p>For the first time on Hormones & Heroines, Sarah-Jane sits down with one of the most respected names in maternal and foetal medicine. Professor Asma Khalil.</p><p>Professor Khalil also delivered Sarah-Jane's two children, so this one is personal.</p><p>Whether you're pregnant, trying to conceive, navigating a previous loss, or just terrified of doing the wrong thing, this episode is for you.</p><p>If you've ever wondered whether it's safe to take paracetamol, drink coffee, have sex, fly, exercise, or eat sushi while pregnant, Professor Khalil is here with the science, the straight answers, and the...
Hayley Mulenda: From Suicidal Teen to Six-Figure Speaker — Why You’re Too Broke to Stay Invisible
<p>She grew up in a single-parent household in East London. Nearly stabbed. Nearly recruited by gangs. Ran for Young Mayor of Newham. Then hit rock bottom. She was suicidal, lost, and searching. What pulled her back? Spirituality, love, and an unshakeable belief in her own voice.</p><p>Hayley Mulenda is now a global speaker commanding six figures per engagement. Her viral talk “You’re Too Broke to Not Be Visible” has reached millions — and her book ‘Speak Up’ is your blueprint for using your voice to make money and impact.</p><p>This episode will shake you!</p>
How Heartbreak and Failure Built a Peloton Icon: Hannah Frankson
<p>She was supposed to be an Olympian. Then she got engaged. Then it all fell apart. And from the rubble of compounded failure, Hannah Frankson built something none of us saw coming.</p><p>In this episode, Hannah, one of Peloton’s most recognisable and beloved instructors, sits down with Sarah-Jane Crawford for a deeply honest conversation about what it really takes to rebuild yourself from scratch.</p><p>Hannah Frankson is proof that failure, shame and embarrassment can be the very foundation of a life built entirely on your own terms. If you’ve ever felt like you’ve fal...
Michelle de Swarte: Career Pivots, Perimenopause & Daring to Try
<p>This week’s heroine is the brilliant Michelle de Swarte, a model turned writer, actor and stand-up comedian whose sold-out comedy tour has been spotlighting perimenopause in the most unexpected and powerful way.</p><p>We talk about Michelle’s journey back to her natural hair after relaxing it to survive an industry that wasn’t ready for her, and why protecting her hair from inexperienced hands became an act of self-preservation. We get into what it really takes to pivot careers, how she went from the catwalk to the comedy stage, and why trying and failing live, unedited and un...
HENRIETTA RIX | RIXO: The Brand, The Breakdown & The Ultimate Juggle
<p>She built one of Britain’s most beloved fashion brands from an IKEA table. No investment. No blueprint. Just vision, grit, and a best friend from university who believed in the same dream.</p><p>This is Henrietta Rix. And this is the story behind the success.</p><p>Because while the world was watching Rixo land on Net-a-Porter, appear on the backs of celebrities and become a globally respected British fashion brand, Henrietta was carrying something far more personal. She’d always known she wanted a big family. It was never a question. But getting there was harder than...
Eve | 14 Fibroids, 4 Rounds of IVF & Becoming a Mum at 42
<p>In our first episode, we sit down with rapper, actress, global superstar and — her favourite title of all — Mum. This is Eve. And this is the story she hasn’t fully told.</p><p>Because behind the Grammy, the hits and the iconic status, Eve has been fighting battles that will feel painfully familiar to so many of us. Fibroids. Painful periods. Four rounds of IVF. The desperate, exhausting, hope-and-heartbreak cycle of trying to become a mother while the world only sees the highlight reel.</p><p>That’s exactly what Hormones & Heroines is here for. The stuff behind the scen...
Hormones & Heroines - Coming Soon
<p>Hormones & Heroines is the podcast for women who look effortless on the surface while their legs are kicking furiously beneath it.</p><p>Hosted by broadcaster and Mum-trepreneur Sarah-Jane Crawford, it was born from a simple but rarely spoken truth: women are constantly showing up — to the boardroom, the school run, the studio, the startup — while quietly navigating fertility treatments, perimenopause, crippling period pain, pregnancy loss, and everything in between. We are biologically different to men, and yet we’re expected to perform as though we’re not.</p><p>Honest, warm, and unflinching conversations with heroines who’ve mastered t...
