The way women's healthcare should have always been
For too long, women have been told their symptoms are normal, their concerns are stress, and their answers can wait. This isn't normal, it’s just normalized.


We built the clinic we wished existed
Herway was born from a frustrating truth: women's healthcare too often reacts instead of anticipates, and asks her to settle for "good enough" over feeling her best.
Our founder, Carol Joy Bender, spent years in emergency medicine, watching the same patients return again and again with unresolved symptoms and unanswered concerns. That experience turned her toward integrative and regenerative medicine, a field focused on personalized, transformative care models rather than short-term fixes.
In 2016, Carol stopped waiting for someone else to build it and opened Joy Wellness Partners herself: a clinic in Southern California built around proactive care, regenerative therapies, and a space women actually wanted to spend time in, not just pass through.
When she saw what Gameday Men's Health had built, she recognized the infrastructure to bring her model to far more women than she could reach on her own. Herway is that model, scaled and shaped by a provider who understands women's health from the inside.
One place for all of it, at every stage of life
Herway was built to serve every woman who walks in, from the woman in her late twenties navigating shifting cycles and energy to the woman in her seventies protecting her strength and vitality.
Her plan evolves as she does, guided by a single team that handles her care from every angle and a clinician who remembers what she said last time.
Energy, skin, and knowing your numbers
You want steady energy, clearer skin, and cycles that make sense. Testing now shows where you stand, catches small issues early, and gives your clinician a record to compare against as you get older.
- Cycles, energy and mood
- Thyroid, iron and vitamin D
- Skin, acne and early prevention
- A full panel, on the record
Menopause, and the years on either side of it
You want to feel comfortable in your body, confident in your relationships, and ready for what's next. Menopause is part of this stage, and so are the choices that protect your health for decades to come.
- Hot flashes and night sweats
- Vaginal and urinary change
- Libido and comfort
- Bone and metabolic protection
Perimenopause, which starts earlier than you were told
You want to sleep through the night, feel like yourself again, and get a better explanation than "it's probably stress." Often it's early perimenopause, which can start even while your cycles are still regular.
- Broken sleep and 3 am waking
- Brain fog and a shorter fuse
- Weight that changes when your diet and exercise do not
- Hormone therapy, earlier than most clinics offer it
The half of your life that deserves vitality too
You want to stay strong, independent, and keep doing what you love. The work here is longevity: keeping the muscle, bone, skin, and desire you still want at seventy.
- Strength, muscle and bone density
- Metabolic and cardiovascular markers
- Skin longevity and regeneration
- Sexual health, still on the list
Call it a philosophy or just call it common sense
Most women's wellness today asks women to choose between the convenience of a screen and the depth of a clinic, a quick aesthetic fix and real medicine. Herway refuses the tradeoff.
Care should be personalized by default
Not a symptom checklist, not a generic protocol handed to the next woman in line. Care starts with a full history and comprehensive labs, so your plan is built from your biology, not a template.
Good medicine requires relationships
A ten-minute visit with someone you'll never see again isn't a relationship. Your clinician sits with you face-to-face, stays with you over time, and builds a plan around your actual life.
Treatments should work together, not in isolation
Most women's health today comes in fragments: a telehealth app for one symptom, a med spa for another, a specialist who never talks to the last one. Herway was built to be the opposite: one team, one chart, one plan.
Care should evolve as you do
Your twenties aren't your forties, and your forties aren't menopause. Herway is built to move with you through every stage, not treat you like the same woman at every visit.
Zero chance you’ll walk away with “just take some vitamin D”

Zero chance you’ll walk away with “just take some vitamin D”
Six categories, one team, whole-body care for every stage of life. We combine modern medicine, hormone optimization, sexual wellness, regenerative therapies, aesthetics, and longevity-focused medicine into whole-body care for women across all life stages.
The people behind the promise
Operators, clinicians, and builders united by a single belief: that women's healthcare can and should be better.

Carol Bender
President

Evan Miller
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman

Stephen Mercurio
Chief Operating Officer

Natalie Boyle
VP of Operations

Michael Tabor
Chief Innovation Officer

Allen Brooke
Chief Strategy Officer

Nicole Marlborough
Chief Marketing Officer