I built the community I wish had existed when I needed it most.
My name is Dr Tanaya Atre. I'm a physiotherapist. And for years, I was also a woman who didn't have the language for what was happening in her own body.
I understood anatomy and physiology. I had studied the human body in detail. Yet I still spent years pushing through pain I minimised, symptoms I normalised, and appointments that left me feeling like the problem was me, not what was happening inside me.
When I was finally diagnosed with endometriosis, I felt something unexpected: relief.
Not because the diagnosis was easy, but because it had a name. It was real. I wasn't imagining it.
What followed was a different challenge. The information online was overwhelming and often contradictory. The advice felt generic. And no one prepared me for the emotional weight of living with a chronic condition that affects your pain, energy, fertility, and sense of self.
The miscarriage
Then we experienced a miscarriage.