"I cannot recommend Kate's Healing HA program enough. I have had HA for 14 YEARS and have tried half-heartedly so many times to recover. With Kate's expert advice and the support of an incredible group of women I was able to really make the necessary changes to support recovery and got my period back the last week of the course!! If you are like me and think it won't work for you, or it's been too long, I hope i am proof that it is possible! This course has changed my life and I will be forever grateful. It's not easy but it is so, so worth it! If you are even considering signing up for this course, do it now! I promise it will be the best money you ever spent on yourself - you are worth it! xoxo" - Kate Colp

"Being a part of Kate’s healing hypothalamic amenorrhea course has made me feel so supported. For the first time in my long and horrible journey with HA, I actually feel like I am not alone. Kate has created such a nurturing group of women and the feelings of solidarity, sisterhood and belonging have helped me to push through some significant hurdles. Kate is one very special lady. xo" - Emi

“I first came across Kate Callaghan on Facebook, which led me to her website. After reading about Kate's personal journey dealing with amenorrhea, I knew I had finally found someone who would understand what I was experiencing and who could help me get my cycle back.

I've always been active and enjoyed athletics and lifting weights. In 2014, I started training with a new personal trainer whose sole mandate was to help me see my abs. I embarked on a new exercise program that involved intense, hour-long weight training sessions 2-3 times a week that left me completely drained in addition to 2-3 weekly CrossFit sessions. To fast track my fat loss, I was prescribed a zero carb diet,which I meticulously followed for months. And it worked! My diet and exercise program gave me visible abs, chiseled arms, and sub 10% body fat measurements.I was proud of my achievement and continued with my intense workout schedule and restrictive diet in order to maintain my lean physique.

Fours months into my new exercise and diet program, however, my period stopped. I wasn't too concerned initially. My trainer told me that my body would "reset" and my period would come back just like that. A few more months passed but my body didn't reset like I was told it would. I sought the advice of my family doctor and gynaecologist, both of whom told me I just needed to gain weight.

I knew I had to put on some body fat to get back my cycle, but for someone who was so obsessed about maintaining a lean physique, it wasn't as straight forward as just stuffing my face with donuts and ice cream. My Aunt Flow had been on hiatus for 1 year when I started working with Kate in September 2015. Our initial session revolved around discussions about my weekly training program and my daily diet, and immediately Kate was able to pinpoint the issues and explain the problem and what she believed was contributing to my missing cycle. I appreciated Kate's direct yet sensitive, never dismissive mannerism.

It took one month of following Kate's advice and a 5kg weight gain for my cycle to come back. I was pleasantly surprised that my cycle came back so quickly, but I did have to do everything Kate advised me to do. I went from 5-6 weekly sessions of intense weight training and CrossFit metcons to leisurely walks and bi-weekly personal training sessions that barely had me breaking a sweat. My diet was also completely revamped. I was encouraged to eat carbs (lots of it) and a good amount of healthy fats, give up caffeine, and take certain supplements.

I've gradually gone back to lifting weights and doing CrossFit style work outs as it's what I love to do. The difference now is that I'm more mindful of the energy in / energy out balance, careful of not breaking the delicate equilibrium. Kate has taught me the importance of listening to my body and convinced me that visible abs and toned arms are not worth sacrificing my health for, which, after all, is why I like being physically active and eating well” - Regina

"I am proud to say I am both a patient and colleague (fellow holistic dietitian) to this amazing lady. Despite my knowledge in this area, it was not until I received Kate's empowering advice and guidance that I was able to truly cure my HA. After not having a regular period for over 4 years, I am now a healthy, happy weight with a wonderfully functioning fertile lady garden. Even if you think you "know it all" when it comes to HA. There is so much more to overcoming it than the cold hard facts/info. This is what this program is about. It is comprehensive, supportive, empowering and invaluable. I highly recommend this to anyone who is struggling to find their fertility and restore their monthly cycle" - Nat Douglas, www.nataliekdouglas.com

"I came across Kate’s HA story over a year ago and when I read it something about it resonated with me. I thought I was ‘healthy’ and I believed my diet/exercise could not be to blame for not having a period for 6 years. After many specialist visits and 4 failed IVF attempts I knew I had to do something and in my mind I would always come back to Kate. I didn’t want to go through another round of IVF before I knew it was absolutely necessary. I signed up to Kate’s course and went ‘all in’. Thanks to Kate I have now regained my period! I feel so much happier in every area of my life. I have no reason to believe that I cannot get pregnant naturally. Kate is truly amazing and she has changed my life. I am so thankful to have found her." Allison (update - Allie is now a mother!!!)

"I can't tell you how many women I have praised and recommended Kate to. Her work began changing my life even before I worked with her formally. I first read her story over two years ago and it helped to open to eyes to how my under eating, over exercising, and over stressing were affecting my body. I slowly began to make changes, gaining some weight, easing up on the exercise, and starting to feel better. I then sought Kate out after I had gone off the pill (who knew it was so bad for you! it's so the norm for women these days!) and still hadn't gone my period back after 4 months. Given my history and that I had been on the pill for 7 years, that wasn't so surprising. But within 3 months of working with Kate last July, I had gotten my first natural period in 7 years. I was nourishing myself more and seeing the results. The time between my periods slowly diminished and we began trying to have children in November. And by March of this year, I had fallen pregnant. I'm currently 15 weeks pregnant and so grateful for all that I have learned from Kate. Kate's perspective on nutrition is holistic (duh, I guess). She provides you with ways to nourish your body and to nourish your soul (simple relaxing techniques, etc.). I think most importantly, she teaches to you to listen to yourself. I had been ignoring what my body was telling me for so many years, doing only what I thought I was *supposed* to be doing. Now, I have learned to listen when my body says it needs more of this or that or if it needs to just rest. Important lessons for all but especially for me as I was trying to fall pregnant. I could probably go on and on but I'll stop here. Thank you, Kate! :)" - Carly

"This course has literally changed my life. Yes, I have had a period, which is amazing, but I have gained so much more than that! My relationship with food and exercise is much healthier and balanced, I have so much more love and acceptance of myself and I have learnt to listen to my body… this was probably the number one thing I needed to do! For so long I just felt confused, alone and like none of the doctors I went to see understood my problem or could give me helpful answers on what I should do. The best I got was ‘maybe you just need to put on a KG or two and get more fat than muscle’. With no real explanation as to why this was not something I wanted, or truly believed I needed, to do. This is where Kate comes in – she was fabulous. Having gone through exactly this herself she understands all of the uncertainty and takes the time to explain not only what we needed to do but WHY. This is key, you are never going to change your behaviour if you don’t understand and believe that you need to. Recreating your outlook on yourself and life is a big challenge but that is where the group of girls I did this course with were so amazing and supportive! I now have recovering HA sisters all around the world, who ACTUALLY get it! Accepting all of the support you possibly can is the best thing you can do on this journey. You do not need to try and battle through this alone, others have already navigated this path and are here to help guide you. Thank you Kate for being the guiding light that we have all been looking for – you are a star!" <3 - Ruth xxx

"I remember the day I read Kate’s announcement that she was starting an 8-week course for healing Hypothalamic Amenorrhea. I remember it so well because I was just about to give up on the whole ‘healing’ thing. I was sick and tired of trying to heal something that I still held on to as “healthy,” and I was done with feeling so incredibly alone in the process. When I read that post, it lit a spark of hope that I so desperately needed. At that point, I had been missing my period for almost a year post-pill. Although I had been consciously working to regain my period for a few months, I was far from “all-in”. I somehow believed that if I could just will my period to come, all of my obsessions and fears surrounding food and exercise would disappear. I was incredibly deep in denial and I was so desperately clinging to my identity as the “fit, healthy” one. Who would I be without that? Looking back, I have so much love for that girl. That girl helped me through some of the toughest years of my life. That girl also led me to who I am today. That being said, that girl needed help. I did not know what to expect when I first began the course. Would I be let down? Would these women really understand? Did I even need this? No, yes, and absolutely, yes. It is difficult to put into words all that I gained from this course. Typical of my personality, I just wanted a straightforward equation to get my period back. I quickly realized that’s not how it works. Yes, I gained understanding of the causes and factors that lead to Hypothalamic Amenorrhea and the appropriate steps to heal it (Newsflash, there is no magic equation), but I could not have imagined the amount of understanding that I would gain emotionally. That was the real work…the self-love. It was the work that I had previously wanted to just skip ahead of. It was the work that I could not have done without the bottomless support of Kate and my HA sisters. Yes, sisters. I consider each and every one of these women to be family. They lifted me up when I felt like I had nothing left and they challenged me when I needed it most. It’s still surreal to write these words, but I regained my period in Week 7 of the course.Me! The one who was so deep in denial when she started that she felt the need to explain to everyone that she probably didn’t have Hypothalamic Amenorrhea…that the doctors just hadn’t found the mystery cause. I now fully embrace the fact that I had Hypothalamic Amenorrhea. I embrace it not because I am proud that it got to that point, but because that point has helped me to find new meaning and purpose in life. Although I am far from being at the end of my healing journey – I believe healing can be a life-long learning process – I can proudly say that I feel free from the identity that I was so previously consumed in. Now, I am just me. If there was one piece of advice I could give to someone starting their journey it is this: Go all in. Just do it. Acknowledge the fear & denial that is probably there & then just jump in. It's going to be one the scariest, most vulnerable, amazing, frustrating, humbling, and insightful journeys of your life. Soak up every second." -Kendra