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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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How Three Years of Sleep Tracking Has Improved My Health and Happiness exercise oura recovery sleep Dec 20, 2023

 

Lower blood pressure, lower blood sugar, and better moods are just a few benefits I’m enjoying.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

*This is a sponsored post. But only because I’m passionate about Oura Ring and have been bugging them for three years to sponsor us. I’d have...

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Better Bedtime Tips for Menopausal Women sleep Oct 18, 2023

At a time when restorative sleep can be a challenge, these strategies can help.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

Sleep can be a great source of stress for women in and beyond the menopause transition, when a sound night of shuteye can feel as elusive as a cat when it’s time to go to the vet....

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4 Unsexy Habits that Improve Health and Performance During Menopause body image hormones mobility sleep Jul 25, 2023

No “weird tricks” or “hacks.” Just sound and science-based advice.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

What tips or tricks do you swear by that have helped you through the menopause transition? I get that question a lot when I’m interviewed for other podcasts and...

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Why Your Sleep Can Really Suck During Menopause sleep Aug 02, 2022

Can’t sleep? You’re not alone. Sleep problems are common — and often misdiagnosed — in menopausal women. Here’s what you need to know.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

It’s 2 a.m. and you’re practicing deep, controlled breathing; counting backward from 30;...

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How Much Sleep Do Menopausal Women Need? sleep May 04, 2022

It might be less than you think. Here’s what research shows and how to get a better night’s rest.

By Selene Yeager

Seven hours of shuteye a night may be the sweet spot for mental health and wellbeing in midlife, according to a new study of almost half a million adults. That’s on...

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Tuck In Between 10 and 11 for Menopause Health sleep Nov 16, 2021

Research shows the benefits of going to sleep between those hours.

By Selene Yeager

 

When I was in college, we often didn’t even go out until 11, sometimes 11:30. After all the bars were open till 2 a.m. These days I’m tucked in by 10:30 p.m. most nights, which I’m happy...

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Better Sleep from Feet Up sleep Jun 16, 2021

Research shows warming feet may help menopausal women improve their sleep.

 By Selene Yeager

Every menopausal woman knows the power of the mighty foot. Too hot at night? Just poke that foot out from under the covers. Too cold? Tuck that foot in. Now research shows that submerging your soles...

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Sleepless Night? More Whole Foods May Help nutrition sleep May 26, 2021

Cookies and milk may have been a fine bedtime treat when you were a kid, but it’s probably not the best pre-slumber snack as an adult, especially if you’re a postmenopausal woman, according to recent research showing that eating too much food that spikes your blood sugar may also...

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Sex, Body Composition & Sleep: Quality Matters sex sleep May 06, 2021

 

In any given week, a lot of research crosses my desk. Much of it I skim through and let slide on by. But two headlines recently caught my eye that I thought were worth a deeper look:


A good night’s sleep could do wonders for your sex life (well, no shit, Sherlock…but go...

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