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More research, resistance training, and grace rank high on our want list for the New Year.

By Selene Yeager

It’s a brand new year with days on the calendar lying at our feet like a blanket of new fallen snow. We here at Feisty Menopause are excited about what’s in...

Physical activity is good menopausal medicine. These studies show why.

By Selene Yeager

It goes without saying, we love exercise here at Feisty Menopause. Running, riding, rowing, lifting, hiking, surfing, and generally healthy, active living are in our DNA. We don’t...

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...

Active women especially can struggle to get quality care. Here’s why.

By Selene Yeager

We are literally a new generation of menopausal women like the world has never seen. We are the first generation of women who grew up with Title IX in the US, which ushered in a...

Here’s stuff we love that helped us live our best, strongest, feistiest menopausal lives last year.

By Selene Yeager

Three years ago, we started Feisty Menopause with the goal of providing the training, nutrition, and lifestyle advice you need to maximize performance...

Putting something on the calendar now can benefit you for years to come as a menopausal woman.

By Selene Yeager

I’ve seen a lot of transformations the past few weeks. The first was at a Spartan Stadion event in Fenway Park in Boston, which was a 5K through the stadium (so a...

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,...

Research shows our metabolism doesn't dim at midlife—but does that really matter?

by Selene Yeager

Our society has had a metabolism obsession for decades. I cannot count how many times the magazines and publishing houses I worked for cooked up storylines and entire books...

Here’s why Mother Nature is a menopausal woman’s best friend.

By Selene Yeager

We all know we feel better when we get outdoors to run, ride, hike, swim, or even just sit and stare at the beauty of nature, whether on a remote backcountry trail or a tree-lined park...

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...

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...

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....