Meet Asklé: Personalised Care for Women’s Health

When Stephanie Slater reflects on the early years of motherhood, she remembers the moments of deep struggle as much as the moments of joy. After the birth of her second child, with a newborn and a toddler at home, she no longer recognised herself.

“I remember driving home one day from the grocery store,” she shares. “My two kids were with my mother-in-law and I just couldn’t stop crying. It was the kind of uncontrollable crying that felt like it would never stop. I couldn’t understand why I was feeling this way, which only exacerbated my feeling of helplessness.”

It was a moment that forced her family to intervene and encourage her to seek help. Stephanie would later be diagnosed with postnatal depression (PND). But instead of finding clarity, she felt dismissed by the system.

“I couldn’t comprehend how a quick 10-question quiz was enough to determine a diagnosis for me,” she explains. “Whilst I believe there’s always a time and place for medication, it didn’t feel like the right first course of action for me. I truly felt my body was capable of handling things, but it just needed a bit of help.”

That search for answers, and a deep belief in the power of personalised care, would eventually lead Stephanie to found Asklé, a digital health platform that’s quietly transforming the way women approach supplements, pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond.

Six months after her diagnosis, Stephanie’s husband came home one evening and asked if she had heard of the MTHFR gene. Curious, she took a simple mouth-swab DNA test and discovered she had the genetic variant herself.

“Essentially, 40–60% of us have this genetic mutation, which makes it difficult to convert folic acid into the form our body can actually use,” she says. “There are studies suggesting a link between malabsorption of folic acid and miscarriage or PND. What scared me most was that the main prenatal I was taking had this synthetic form of folate, and I had no idea.”

Learning this was a turning point. “It’s not to say that the supplement I was taking was the only reason I had multiple miscarriages and PND, but surely I should have been in the driver’s seat determining whether I wanted to take that risk. I also couldn’t help but question: why wasn’t I informed about this, and empowered to make the decision that was best for me?”

Stephanie’s experience was not unique. In speaking to women across Australia, she realised many shared the same frustration: being dismissed, given band-aid solutions, and left to self-prescribe.

“They didn’t feel like they had someone to hold their hand, to tell them it would be ok,” she recalls. “Most of these women, like me, were given bandaid solutions or were self-prescribing. They also were crying out for something that would actually work and that was something simple, quick, and convenient.”

Her struggles mirrored the struggles of so many others. Out of that recognition came Asklé.

At its core, Asklé fills a gap no other company has addressed: truly personalised nutritional medicine.

“There’s no other company, globally, that compounds a product made specifically for one individual,” Stephanie explains. “It makes no sense that we all take the same thing when our biology, DNA, and life experiences are so unique.”

The Asklé journey begins with a 20-minute telehealth consultation with a practitioner who listens to your history, health goals, and symptoms. From there, a formulation is compounded specifically for you, reviewed and adjusted every few months, and delivered directly to your door.

“More than the product itself, women are yearning for someone to understand them,” she says. “To grow and change with them, with them at the forefront and not some other agenda.”

Every formulation is prescribed by a qualified naturopath, undergoes six stages of quality control, and is overseen by Asklé’s medical advisory board of integrative doctors, pharmacists, and nutrigenomics specialists.

Stephanie uses an analogy that makes the science of folate metabolism easy to understand:

• Folate is like buying a beautifully made chair from a high-end store: you can sit in it immediately.
• Folic acid is like buying a chair from Ikea: you need tools and time to build it.
• Folic acid with the MTHFR gene is like buying that Ikea chair but discovering you’re missing half the tools; you’ll exhaust yourself trying, and may end up with a wobbly chair.

For women with the MTHFR variant, methylated folate is the most bioavailable form and is the one the body can absorb and use right away. “There’s no harm in taking methylated folate, but there is potential harm in taking the synthetic version,” she says. “Wouldn’t we all rather take something as close to our body’s natural form as possible?”

Folate is not only crucial for preventing neural tube defects in pregnancy, but also for neurotransmitter production, mood regulation, cardiovascular health, and DNA repair. For women, this intersects powerfully with pregnancy, postpartum recovery, energy, and even risks of depression.

Asklé’s impact has been striking: 94% of women report improved symptoms within two weeks. Many notice deeper, more restorative sleep, fewer afternoon crashes, more regular cycles, and improved mood.

“Blood work is important, but our symptoms tell a story of their own,” Stephanie explains. “Keeping a small diary can help women notice meaningful changes around energy, sleep, cravings, mood and validate the progress they’re making.”

By her third postpartum, Stephanie approached motherhood differently. “My first two experiences were difficult,” she admits. “With my third, I felt wiser. I was more present with my baby and my older children. I listen to my intuition and trust myself, rather than comparing or scouring the internet for answers.”

She describes motherhood as a paradox: “We can feel so empty yet never as full as we are right now. We can dream about the future yet not want to let go of the present. I’ve learnt the moment will go whether we want it to or not, all we can do is be in it.”

That same ethos infuses Asklé. It’s not just about personalised supplements, but about creating a community of care for women who feel overlooked by a system designed more for sick-care than healthcare.

Asklé is already expanding its reach beyond fertility and postpartum, supporting women in perimenopause, menopause, skin health, gut health, and beyond. “We want to be a digital clinic for every woman, at every stage,” Stephanie says.

Her dream? A world where women no longer feel dismissed or invisible, where personalised nutrition and compassionate care are the norm, not the exception.

“I believe my journey was given to me so that I could help other women,” she reflects. “At Asklé, we want to empower women to prioritise their health, so that they can truly live their best life.”

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