Heather Hendrie

10/18/2026

Oct 18th: “Person’s Day” — umm, WTF?!🤯
The fact that we need a day to recognize women as persons says a lot.
Rights should be a given. Too often, they’re not.
Progress isn’t inevitable. People make it happen by questioning the rules, challenging the status quo, and rewriting the story.✍🏾✍🏽✍🏼
🇨🇦Person’s Day, celebrated on October 18 in Canada, honours the Famous Five — Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards — whose fight for women to be legally recognized as persons helped advance women’s rights in Canada.🇨🇦 we’ve still got a ways to go.💪🏿💪🏽💪🏼
Huge thanks to photographer Brian Aikens (Brian Aikens | Photographer ), creator Erica Otto (Erica Otto ), Verge Art Collective (Verge Art Collaborative ), and everyone who participated in creating these stunning images. Your presence and creativity matter so much. ❤️
Persons for persons!
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We’re in it together,
Love, Heather ❤️

Had you ever heard of ‘Persons Day’?

10/06/2026

A PERIODIC BITCH HAS ARRIVED. 💅🩸
All the way from Australia! 🇦🇺📚
I’ve been waiting to get my hands on Periodic Bitch — one of the very first literary memoirs all about PMDD.
Needless to say… I’m VERY excited to read this one. 😂
(So much so that I burst a blood vessel in my bloody eye😂😂😂)!!!
And if you want to hop onto my PMDD book club train 🚂🚂, my own memoir is coming next:
📕 Where the Eff Is My Red Tent? On Periods, PMDD and Hormone Hell
Pre-order yours here:
Where the Eff Is My Red Tent? — pre-order
🇨🇦 in Canada: https://www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781773861852/
🇺🇸US:https://bookshop.org/a/99252/9781773861852
🌎Worldwide: https://amzn.to/4sSwflt
*or add it to your Goodreads ‘want to read’ list here!
📚https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/238870926-where-the-eff-is-my-red-tent?
Because apparently we’re finally getting the PMDD books we deserved. ❤️‍🔥

10/05/2026

73 health professionals. 30 years. One diagnosis: PMDD. 🩸
That’s the short version of my story, and the reason I wrote Where the Eff Is My Red Tent?
Early readers are already telling me what it meant to them (swipe →). One asked, “Where has this book been my whole life?” A registered psychotherapist said she’ll be recommending this to her clients.
This book is for anyone who’s been dismissed, told it’s “just hormones,” or wondered why nobody said something sooner. It’s also for the people who love them.
Here’s how you can help this book find the people who need it:
🩸 Pre-order: https://amzn.to/4hXMZoJ
⭐ Want to Read on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/238870926
💌 Send this to a friend who needs it
Come on in. There’s room in the tent for all of us! ⛺

09/23/2026

Couldn’t be more honoured to see our book on display at Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium in Vancouver. 🏳️‍🌈📚✨
A true q***r Vancouver institution, Little Sister’s has been championing q***r voices and building community since 1983—first opening upstairs in an old residential house on Thurlow Street before moving to its current location in the ’90s.
Through years of government harassment, censorship, and even three anti-gay terrorist bombings, Little Sister’s has continued to be a vital space for q***r books, art, culture, and community.🎉🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
To have our book on these shelves feels incredibly meaningful. Honoured doesn’t quite cover it. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Congrats to all our courageous writers:
✍🏼 Hannah | Transformational Coach | Writer
Kate Heskett
Sophia McGovern
Writing & Illustrating
yin xzi ho | 何吟曦
Pierre-Olivier Gaudreault
angelinaxxjimenez
Nicole Breit
Dean Slugger Jones
Achiro P. Olwoch
Anastasia// therapist. consultant. podcast host. author.
TSLee
Erica Otto
Jade 🍉 🏳️‍🌈
Sarah Byrd | Spiritual Therapist & Coach
Simar | Bookstagramer
Claire Locey
Wendy Lou Lou Schmidt
✨🌈✨
Published by Tidewater Press
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🎉🏳️‍🌈💓tell us the name of YOUR fave local independent bookstore!📚💓💋✨

09/17/2026

09/16/2026

Inspired by Society of Secret Poetry Appreciators I’m sharing one of my all time favourite poems in honour of the late great poet Wendell Berry: ‘The Peace of Wild Things’
🌞May you be happy
🖖May you be well
🦋May you be free from suffering

09/14/2026

I was so moved by Farha Guerrero’s excellent interview about women’s health with Dr. Jerrilynn Prior, founder of CeMCOR - UBC Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research The centre for menstrual cycle and ovulation research UBC Faculty of Medicine 🙏🏻👏

08/31/2026

How lucky we are that we can get much the same release from a really good laugh as we do from a really good cry.
And laughing’s a lot more fun. 😅 There are so many paths to healing and wellness. What matters, is which way is right for you in any given moment.
I said this on the “Sh #$t That Goes On In Our Heads” podcast and it’s stuck with me ever since — because your nervous system doesn’t really care which way you get there. Tears, laughter — both support your body’s release. Both can offer nervous system support and regulation.
So next time you’re reaching for a good cry, maybe also make room for the friend who makes you laugh until you can’t breathe, the show that makes you cackle alone in your kitchen, or that memory that still gets you every time. (Ha! For more on that front, check out some of our awfully hilarious | award-winning books 📚 😂 moments!!)
No matter how you get there. If it’s right for you, it’s right.
🎧 Had such a great conversation about all this (and about PMDD, shame, and healing outdoors) with Sh!tThatGoesOnInOurHeads on their hilarious, destigmatizing show Sh #$t That Goes On In Our Heads. Our episode is called, “From PMDD to Peace: Heather’s Journey of Therapy, Humor, and Healing”
Check it out!



Ps okay - fave new account that makes me laugh and learn everytime?! My epic cousin Jamie, a Scotsman newly in Canada 🇨🇦 killing it with his commentary - check him out:
😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ➡️🇨🇦 Jimmny 😆 😂

06/15/2026

NatGeo just published a piece on PMDD and I was thrilled this topic is finally getting long overdue coverage.
I also felt angry, and sad, because for one of the first times I saw: “rage,” and “suicidal thoughts” in the same breath as “1 in 10 women” in a mainstream publication.
Thank you! It’s about time…
They got the science right: it’s not out-of-whack hormones. PMDD is a brain sensitivity to normal hormonal shifts. Your brain isn’t broken. Neither are you. It’s just... extremely reactive to progesterone.
& here’s what science journalism can’t give you:
🩸the grief of losing two weeks of your life every month
🩸the shame spiral of “why can’t I just cope”
🩸the 2am google search no one talks about
🩸the dark humour that gets you through
🩸& the community of folks who actually GET IT
(Like the amazing and )
This is why I wrote “Where The Eff Is My Red Tent?: PMDD, Periods & Hormone Hell” because it’s the company, support and validation I needed every month after ovulating when I thought I was losing my mind.
(Link in bio to preorder)
🩸 Please share or save this if you know someone who needs it. You could save a life.

06/12/2026

Stay tuned.
More thoughts dropping on Monday…
Happy weekend all!