Endo Empathy

Endo Empathy: Your Emotional Companion to Life with Endometriosis, by Natalie Hampshire.

Voices. Visibility. Validation.

Living with endometriosis can affect so much more than physical health. Endo Empathy is a compassionate and deeply validating book exploring the emotional experiences of living with this chronic condition.

Featuring personal stories from 33 members of New Zealand's endometriosis community, the book offers connection, understanding and practical ways to explore and care for your emotional wellbeing.

Through lived experiences, self-compassion tools and expert interviews, readers can explore their feelings, reconnect with their bodies and find ways to make space for the emotional realities of endometriosis.

The book includes insights from an obstetrician-gynaecologist, a clinical psychologist and author, and a researcher specialising in self-compassion and endometriosis.

Whether you are newly diagnosed, have been living with endometriosis for years, or are supporting someone with the condition, Endo Empathy offers a reminder that you are not alone.

Endo Empathy is a compassionate and deeply validating resource that captures the often-unseen emotional realities of living with endometriosis. — Yessenia Sandoval, Founder, Endo Warriors Aotearoa

Natalie Hampshire is a New Zealand author and communications professional. After years of pain, Natalie was diagnosed with Stage IV bowel endometriosis in 2022.

In 2023, she underwent bowel resection surgery and excision of endometriosis from her pelvis, followed by four months living with a temporary loop ileostomy.

Her personal experiences with diagnosis, surgery and recovery inspired her to explore self-compassion and emotional wellbeing, ultimately leading her to write Endo Empathy, her first nonfiction book.

Natalie lives in Tauranga with her husband, daughter and two cats.