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The column I wish
I’d had.

For most of my twenties and thirties, the conversations I needed happened in whispers, if they happened at all. So I write them down — from both sides of the formulation table.

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Recent writing

What the Diagnosis Explained

Neurodivergent Leadership

heatherflorio.com

Neurodivergent LeadershipAugust 9, 20265 min

What the Diagnosis Explained

At 41 I was diagnosed autistic — not a change to twenty years of work, but an explanation for it.

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  • The Cost of Not Being Believed

    Pelvic & Sexual HealthAugust 9, 20266 min

    The Cost of Not Being Believed

    On the ordinary years it takes a woman to be believed about pelvic pain, and what I've learned from the women who write to tell me theirs.

  • The One That Doesn't Fade

    Menopause & GSMAugust 9, 20266 min

    The One That Doesn't Fade

    Hot flashes fade and get talked about; what replaces them for many women doesn't fade, and almost nobody mentions it beforehand.

The four subjects

Everything here sits under one of four headings. They overlap more than the specialties suggest — a body does not file itself into departments.

Earlier

A new essay every other week.

Pelvic and sexual health, menopause, and the parts of this work that do not get printed on a pamphlet. No advice, no products — just the writing.

Published elsewhere

The monthly column, essays in other outlets, and podcast appearances. These live on their publishers’ sites.

Press & coverage →
The archiveColumn · essays · podcasts

Work published on other people's sites: the monthly column, essays in outlets that commissioned them, and podcast appearances. Heather's own essays live above, on this site.

News

  • Sept 2025 — Desert Harvest launches the first Human-Identical Lactoferrin for Menopause. Menopause "effera™ is the most direct line we've found between the science and the body — and the first product that meets women in menopause where they actually live." Read the announcement
  • Dec 2024 — Menopause in the Workplace in Authority Magazine. Menopause Personal "On the part of women's lives that a third of the workforce is living in, and the employers who could meet it better." Read the essay

Column

Dear HER-Health — monthly in BELLA Magazine. A women's-health advice column covering pelvic, sexual, urological, and menopausal health. Warm, clinical where it needs to be, never condescending. Clinical Pelvic Read the column

Selected essays

  • 2024 — Menopause in the Workplace in Authority Magazine. Menopause See News, above.

  • 2020 — Women in Wellness: Five Lifestyle Tweaks in Authority Magazine. Personal Pelvic "On pelvic health, family business, and a quieter kind of leadership." Read

  • 2024 — Late Autism Diagnosis & Leadership at When Women Inspire. Neurodiversity "On the diagnosis at 41, and what it explained about the work." Read

  • 2022 — Leading Women in Business in Forbes, by Jill Griffin. Personal "On building something from the inside out." Read

  • 2025 — CEO profile in Enterprising Women, Fall issue. Personal Read

Podcasts

  • 2024 — ADHD for Smart Ass Women EP 286 with Tracy Otsuka. Neurodiversity Listen
  • 2024 — Marta Spirk EP 343 — the neurodivergent entrepreneur. Neurodiversity Listen

Elsewhere

Interviewed and featured in Authority Magazine, BELLA, When Women Inspire, and PR Newswire.

Approached for a contribution, interview, or podcast? Jim at Capco PR handles it.