The Power of Women To Listen to Their Bodies and Heal

Maddie Miles-Manley is the founder of Peace Love Hormones.

By Maddie Miles-Manley

Very early in my journey, I experienced an inequity that ultimately led to the creation of Peace Love Hormones. Like so many women, I was told my symptoms were “normal” or simply part of being a woman, even when my body was clearly asking for deeper support. What felt most unjust wasn’t just the discomfort; it was the lack of education, curiosity, and real tools offered to women. We were expected to tolerate imbalance instead of understanding it.

Rather than accepting that narrative, I chose to challenge it. I went on to study clinical herbalism and women’s physiology, and Peace Love Hormones was born from that work. Building the brand became my way of speaking up and taking action, creating clinically formulated herbal medicine and education that treats women as informed participants in their own health. Through Peace Love Hormones, I’ve worked to shift the conversation from suppressing symptoms to understanding biology, a shift that has now reached thousands of women.

To lead this work authentically, I’ve had to change my own behaviors as well. I stopped glorifying burnout, learned to honor my own hormonal rhythms, and built Peace Love Hormones with sustainability and nourishment at the center, both personally and professionally. I also moved away from doing everything alone, allowing support into my life and business so the brand could grow without compromising its values.

Women’s health is still dominated by quick fixes and symptom management, and that reality continues to motivate me. I plan to keep expanding education, advocating for body literacy, and bridging herbal medicine with clinical insight through Peace Love Hormones.

I’m deeply inspired by fellow women founders doing this work alongside motherhood, especially my friend Marilyn, founder of Hempress Hygienics, whose commitment to non-toxic period care and community impact continues to push the industry forward.

Maddie Miles-Manley is the Founder and Board-Certified Clinical Herbalist of Peace Love Hormones. https://www.facebook.com/peace.love.hormones/ ; https://www.instagram.com/peace.love.hormones/ ; https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddie-m-580942b6/ ; https://www.peacelovehormones.com/