Where the Eff Is My Red Tent?: On Periods, Pmdd and Hormone Hell - Paperback

by Heather Hendrie (Author)

Where the Eff is My Red Tent is a visceral, unflinching memoir-in-essays about what happens when a person grows up believing their suffering is just part of life. For decades, Heather Hendrie lived in a body and mind she couldn't quite trust. Each month, like clockwork, a storm rolled in-- one of despair, self-doubt, and disconnection. Doctors dismissed it. Culture normalized it. She believed it was her fault. It wasn' t. Told with startling clarity and lyrical precision, Where the Eff is My Red Tent traces Hendrie's journey through the unspoken, misunderstood world of PMDD-- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Part medical mystery, part feminist reckoning, and part love letter to anyone who has ever felt " broken," Hendrie unearths the systemic silencing of menstruating people and shines a light on a condition that affects 1 in 20 people with cycles-- yet remains dangerously underdiagnosed. From panic attacks in the backcountry to therapy sessions in snowstorms, Hendrie-- a wilderness therapist and clinical counsellor-- writes with deep compassion and sharp insight about what it means to heal in a culture that gaslights and mistrusts what's commonly seen as " women's pain."

Author Biography

Heather Hendrie is a bestselling author and a nature-based therapist originally from Guelph, Ontario. She lived in Cusco, Costa Rica, California, Colorado, and the Canadian Rockies before calling Whistler, British Columbia home. Heather's intimate writing style draws on her varied life experiences and work as a clinical counsellor to remind us all that in our tough or embarrassing moments, we are not alone. Heather's bestselling anthology series awfully hilarious has won the Canadian Book Club Awards readers' choice for the past two years.