About

I founded Women's Health Pathway to create the kind of care every woman deserves, multidisciplinary, stigma free, and emotionally safe.

About the Women's Health Pathway
Raelene Ristevski

For too long, topics like incontinence, pelvic pain, and hormonal health have been met with silence or shame. I wanted to change that.

I've had the privilege of working alongside some truly inspiring women's health advocates, clinicians, educators, and individuals across the globe with lived experience who've shown me the power of visibility, compassion, and shared knowledge. Their courage and commitment lit the spark that brought this platform to life.

Women's Health Pathway is more than a website, it's a movement, it's a choir, where we all have a voice. It's a place where evidence-based resources meet real stories. Where care is not just clinical, but deeply human. Where no one has to navigate their health alone.

Whether you're here to learn, contribute, or simply feel seen, thank you for being part of this journey. Together, we're breaking stigma and building a future where women's health is honoured, understood, and supported.

Raelene

Meet our advisory contributors

Women's Health Pathway is strengthened by a collective of healthcare professionals and advocates who share a commitment to accessible accurate evidence-based women's health information.

Together, they help shape the resources, language, and educational content across this platform with the goal of empowering women, supporting clinicians, and breaking down long-standing barriers to care.

I am grateful for the knowledge and expertise they bring to this space.

  • Portrait of Sherrie Palm

    Sherrie Palm

    APOPS

    • Founder and CEO of the Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support (APOPS)
    • Pelvic organ prolapse patient advocate
    • Women's health activist
    • Award-winning author
    • International speaker
  • Portrait of Kristen Parise

    Kristen Parise

    Blueberry Therapy

    • Pelvic Health Physiotherapist
    • Podcast Host - The Hole Shebang
    • Conference Creator - The Pleasure Principle
    • Founder of Blueberry Therapy
    • Educator
  • Portrait of Dr Emily Fitch

    Dr Emily Fitch

    Viospex

    • Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
    • Clinician specialising in women's health innovation
    • Medical advisor and educator
    • Leader in modernising gynaecological tools and patient-centred care
  • Portrait of Phillipa Bains

    Phillipa Bains

    Thrush Support

    • Advocate for yeast infections and vulvodynia
    • Patient-led educator and community support leader
    • Campaigner for better awareness, research, and clinical understanding of thrush & vulvodynia
  • Portrait of Dr Sarah Henschel

    Dr Sarah Henschel

    Natology

    • Founder and Director of Natology Functional Medicine
    • BHSC Naturopathy
    • BHSC Nutritional Medicine
Women's Health Pathway Mission Statement

Mission statement

At Women's Health Pathway, our mission is to break the silence surrounding taboo health topics and create a safe, inclusive space where women feel seen, heard, and supported. We champion multidisciplinary care that honors the full spectrum of lived experience, from pelvic health, intimacy to mental wellbeing and identity.

We curate evidence-based resources, amplify unheard voices, and foster global peer support communities centred around compassion, clarity, and trust. Through ethical partnerships, contributor collaboration, we're building a movement that redefines care, not just as treatment, but as a genuine connection.

We believe that healing begins with visibility. And that every woman deserves care that's stigma-free, safe, and emotionally empowering.

Women's Health Pathway Vision statement

Vision statement

We envision a world where every woman, regardless of age, background, or diagnosis, has access to stigma-free, emotionally safe, and multidisciplinary health support. A world where taboo symptoms are met with compassion, not silence. Where care is not just clinical, but deeply human.

Women's Health Pathway exists to transform how health is understood, accessed, and experienced. We aim to build a trusted global network that amplifies unheard voices, curates' evidence-based resources, and fosters communities grounded in empathy and connection.

Our vision is bold: to rewrite the narrative of women's health with dignity, transparency, and hope, one story, one resource, one safe space at a time.

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