On the Mones

In this episode of On the ’Mones , Kate Thomas, pharmacist, midlife woman, and professional oversharer, tackles one of the most distressing and misunderstood parts of perimenopause: what’s actually happening to your brain . If you’ve found yourself forgetting words, losing focus, feeling anxious “for no reason,” questioning whether you suddenly have ADHD in your 40s, or quietly Googling early-onse...

Is testosterone really making women “ragey”… or is it just giving us fewer f*$ks to give? Or is it all down to age and experience? In Episode 4 of On the ’Mones , pharmacist Kate Thomas dives into one of the most misunderstood hormones in women’s health: testosterone . Along the way, she unpacks a petty (and infuriating) pharmacy encounter that sparks a much bigger conversation about boundaries, a...

In this episode of On the ’Mones , we unpack three things many women quietly worry about - progesterone, memory changes, and the wellness advice that sounds scientific but absolutely isn’t . First, we deep-dive into progesterone . Why it’s not always a gentle background hormone, how it acts in the brain, and why some women feel calmer while others feel anxious, flat, or completely unhinged when th...

In Episode 2 of On the ’Mones , Kate starts with a moment many midlife women will recognise: a close friend, a few glasses of wine, a forgotten word, and the immediate dismissal of perimenopause as something “everyone else is doing.” That moment opens the door to a much bigger conversation. This episode explores why many women resist menopause care (even informed, health-literate women) and why pe...

On the ’Mones — Episode 1: Welcome to the Hormonal Girl Band Is it just me… or is something seriously happening to my body? In the very first episode of On the ’Mones , pharmacist of 25 years, Kate Thomas pulls back the curtain on perimenopause, hormones, rage-quitting jobs, libido loss, bone health, and the quiet suffering so many women carry alone. From estrogen “leaving the group chat” to a fri...