About Halcyon Days®: Getting Women’s Health in the Workplace Right
Welcome to Halcyon Days®: Getting Women’s Health in the Workplace Right - the podcast for HR professionals, managers, wellbeing leads and business owners who want to create workplaces where women can thrive.
I’m Sarah Darwen, founder of Halcyon Women’s Health®, and each episode we’ll explore real, practical ways to support menstrual health, menopause, fertility, baby loss, and more - with care, clarity, and confidence. Let’s make work work for everyone. Because getting it right means getting it human.
www.blog.halcyonwomenshealth.com (https://www.blog.halcyonwomenshealth.com/s/getting-womens-health-in-the-workplace?utm_medium=podcast)
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Smart support for HR, managers, and workplaces that care. Because getting it right means getting it human.
Sarah explores how workplaces can foster psychological safety by addressing the silence and shame surrounding women's health issues, ultimately benefiting the entire workforce in this interview episode.
27 Nov 2025
Why Menopause Support Matters at Work
This episode explores how menopause support in the workplace impacts organizational performance, retention, and productivity, emphasizing that it's a human issue affecting teams and leadership.
12 Nov 2025
Closing the Retention Gap
Sarah, host of Halcyon Days, examines how life-stage transitions impact workplaces and cause talent loss, advocating for human-centered systems that recognize change and promote retention; this is not an interview.
29 Oct 2025
The Hidden Cost of Presenteeism
Sarah, the host, examines presenteeism's hidden costs, like menstrual pain and hormonal imbalances, on women's focus and performance in the workplace, providing strategies for managers to offer support.
16 Oct 2025
The Real Impact of Women's Health at Work
Sarah discusses the significant impact of women's health issues like menstruation and menopause on workplace absenteeism, retention, and productivity, emphasizing the financial benefits of providing support.
20 Jun 2025
Why the Women’s Health Strategy Is So Urgently Needed
This episode examines the urgent need for the UK's Women's Health Strategy, focusing on healthcare disparities and their impact on women's careers, including domestic violence and sexual harassment.
30 Apr 2025
What the Women’s Health Strategy is
In this episode, I demystify the UK Government’s Women’s Health Strategy — what it is, where it came from, and what it means for your organisation.
We’ll explore how this major policy shift is placing new expectations on employers, and why it’s time to move from passive awareness to proactive planning.
You’ll learn:
* The key aims of the Women’s Health Strategy
* How and why workplaces are being included
* What smart employers are doing now to get ready
Sign up to take the free Women’s Health Audit for Workplaces (https://zcmp.eu/cCua)🌐 www.halcyonwomenshealth.com (http://www.halcyonwomenshealth.com/)🎵 Music ‘Scheming Squirrels’ by Chris Collins: IndieMusicBox (https://indiemusicbox.com/author/admin/)
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halcyondaysuk.substack.com (https://halcyondaysuk.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
10 Apr 2025
Welcome to Halcyon Days® – Getting Women’s Health in the Workplace Right
Welcome to the very first episode of Halcyon Days®: Getting Women’s Health in the Workplace Right – the podcast for HR professionals, managers, and workplace changemakers who care about supporting their teams in smart, compassionate, and genuinely effective ways.
In this introductory episode, your host Sarah Darwen, founder of Halcyon Women’s Health®, shares the personal story that shaped her mission — from being offered a hysterectomy in her 20s to discovering a whole new way to manage endometriosis, and how the support (or lack of it) at work made all the difference.
You’ll hear how her lived experience, clinical expertise, and background in organisational leadership now come together in a powerful programme of support for employers — and why getting women’s health right in the workplace isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing too.
Expect short, digestible insights, gentle education around taboo topics, and clear, practical steps you can take to support women’s health and wellbeing in your organisation.
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Take the FREE Women’s Health Workplace Audit – a quick, online desktop review to see how your policies and practices measure up.Sign up now for access to the audit (https://zcmp.eu/cCua) (and other fabulous freebies)
🎵 Music Credit: Chris Collins, IndieMusicBox.com (https://indiemusicbox.com/author/admin/)
To explore tailored support for your organisation or to book a discovery call, visit www.halcyonwomenshealth.com (https://www.halcyonwomenshealth.com/)
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit halcyondaysuk.substack.com (https://halcyondaysuk.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
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