Welcome to Know Your Flow - a bold and transformative podcast by femme, founded by Stefanie Meachin, Sarah Barnes, and Laura Cartwright.
We’re here to explore the full arc of the menstrual journey - from your first period to your last - with honesty, curiosity, and compassion.
Through real stories and unfiltered conversations, we unpack the truths behind periods, fertility, sex, perimenopause, and menopause - and everything in between.
Our mission is simple:
To help you understand your cycle, own your body, and step into your power at every stage of womanhood.
Season Three Wrap-Up: The Reality of Building femme – Growth, Doubt & What Comes Next
In this special end-of-season episode of Know Your Flow, all three femme founders come together to reflect on the realities of building a growing women’s health business - the highs, the doubts, the personal challenges, and the breakthroughs that shaped 2025.
From navigating personal life alongside professional pressure, to leadership, confidence, team growth and learning when to do less - this conversation pulls back the curtain on what it truly takes to grow a purpose-led brand. The founders share honest reflections on rebranding, building trust, managing teams, redefining success, and why women in business so often struggle to sit with their achievements.
They also look ahead to what’s coming next: community, new products, bigger conversations, and the evolving vision for femme.
This episode isn’t about perfection - it’s about progress, perspective, and staying human while building something meaningful.
16 Dec 2025
Maintaining Intimacy During a Fertility Journey
Fertility journeys can put unexpected pressure on relationships - and intimacy is often one of the first things to change.
In this episode of Know Your Flow, femme co-founder Stef Simpson is joined by Andrea Balboni, sex and relationship coach and founder of Lush Coaching, to explore how couples can maintain closeness, connection and pleasure while navigating fertility treatment.
Together, they unpack how IVF, IUI and timed intercourse can turn intimacy into a performance, the emotional and psychological impact this has on both partners, and why redefining what intimacy means can help couples feel safer and more connected.
This conversation explores:
💛 What intimacy really means beyond sex
💛 How fertility treatment affects desire and connection
💛 Navigating performance pressure and anxiety
💛 The role of vulnerability and honest communication
💛 How stress and hormones impact libido
💛 Why touch doesn’t have to be sexual to be intimate
💛 Practical ways couples can reconnect during treatment
💛 When seeking professional support can help
Whether you’re actively trying to conceive, supporting a partner, or simply want to strengthen your relationship during a challenging season, this episode offers reassurance, insight and practical tools to help you feel less alone.
🎧 Listen now and remember: small steps, open communication and compassion can make a big difference.
8 Dec 2025
What Managers Need to Know About Supporting Fertility Journeys
In this episode of Know Your Flow, we’re joined by Natalie Silverman, co-founder of Fertility Matters at Work, broadcaster, and long-time advocate for improving fertility support in the workplace. Drawing from her own IVF experience and over a decade of hosting The Fertility Podcast, Natalie brings powerful insight into why fertility struggles deeply affect employees - and how managers can respond with empathy, clarity and confidence.
Together, we explore:
💛 Why 1 in 6 people will navigate fertility challenges - and why many feel unable to tell their employer
💛 How fertility, IVF, pregnancy loss and treatment pressures spill into working life
💛 The emotional and psychological toll employees carry in silence
💛 The common missteps managers make (and how to avoid them)
💛 Practical tools, language and support approaches managers can use
💛 Why policies alone aren’t enough - real cultural change requires conversation
💛 The hidden experiences of men and LGBTQ+ employees in fertility journeys
💛 How organisations can create safer, more compassionate workplaces
Natalie also shares the story behind the creation of Fertility Matters at Work - and why she believes fertility awareness is a core part of modern workplace wellbeing.
This conversation is honest, human and deeply needed.
Whether you’re a manager, HR leader, business owner or simply someone who wants to support colleagues better, this episode offers both understanding and actionable guidance.
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