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How to Have a More Chill Menopause cold plunge menopause mental health Feb 06, 2024

Deliberate cold exposure through swimming, plunging, or showering may ease symptoms and improve mood.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

We live in a world where it can be exceedingly difficult to chill out. That’s doubly true for menopausal women, who can have a harder time balancing their...

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What Happens to Our Breasts During Menopause? breast health menopause Jan 16, 2024

As our hormones change so does the shape, size, and feeling of our breasts. Here’s what active women should know.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

As active women, we have a unique relationship with our breasts, as we can spend many years post-puberty (and then again perhaps post-pregnancy)...

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Resolve to Keep These Healthy, Active Menopause Habits in the New Year brain health hiit menopause muscle sleep strength training Jan 08, 2024

Make muscle, get strong, prioritize your sleep, and more in 2024

 

By Selene Yeager

 

The holidays are behind us, the new year stretches out in front of us. We’re back to work, ready to dig into new goals. We don’t really buy into “New Year, New You!”...but we do...

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The Power of Finding Your People During Menopause community menopause Nov 21, 2023

Community and camaraderie make this time of life happier, healthier, and just plain better.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

When it comes to health and happiness during and beyond the menopause transition, we hear a lot about hormone therapy, proper nutrition, exercise, adaptogens,...

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What’s the Deal with Shame and Stigma About Menopause? body image menopause Oct 30, 2023

 

Many of us have felt these emotions. But why?

 

By Selene Yeager

 

Shame is defined at dictionary.com as “a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior.” Stigma? That’s “a mark of disgrace associated...

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Menopausal Women Need Unique Muscle Making Guidelines menopause muscle strength training Oct 24, 2023

Science shows the general guidelines don’t cut it for postmenopausal women.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

Postmenopausal women may not actually make muscle with moderate strength training, according to a new study. When it comes to making muscle, active menopausal women also don’t...

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Supplement Spotlight: Muscle Health Blends menopause strength training supplements Oct 11, 2023

Making and maintaining muscle is key for metabolic health through and beyond menopause. The right ingredients can help.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

This post is sponsored by our Hit Play Not Pause sponsor Amino Co. The scientific evidence presented is the product of my own research and the...

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8 Hot Takes from The Menopause Society 2023 Annual Meeting hormone therapy hormones menopause Oct 03, 2023

Nocturnal hot flashes get a hard look, MHT for health preservation still up for debate, and more from the annual meeting from the society formerly known as NAMS.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

In case you missed it, The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) officially rebranded itself as The...

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5 Tools to Prepare for the Menopause Transition menopause Aug 15, 2023

Nobody knows when it will start or how long it will be. But we do know it’s not the end. Here are some tools to smooth out the ride.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

Menopause has burst out of the shadows and into the mainstream. It’s in the NY Times. It’s on Oprah. It’s on...

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Reimagine What You Can Do During Menopause and Midlife menopause Aug 08, 2023

What could you do if you actually believed it was possible?

 

By Selene Yeager 

 

Figure skater Jen McNutt, at the age of 48 after a 26-year hiatus, not only got back to doing double jumps on the ice, but is now trying for triples, because she realized the only thing holding her...

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Managing Anxiety in Menopause anxiety brain health menopause mental health Aug 02, 2023

It’s not your imagination. Menopausal anxiety is a thing.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

It started in the middle of the night, generally around 3 a.m. I’d wake with a jolt, heart racing, my mind swirling with worries about my family and the future. Sometimes I’d be soaking wet,...

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The Power of Sharing Your Menopause Experience heart health hot flash menopause mental health Jun 21, 2023

Menopause is making headlines, but far too many are still suffering in silence.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

We talk about menopause all the time here at Feisty Menopause. It’s right in our name, after all. Plenty of other people are talking about it too, including women with mighty big...

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