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Midlife women need to calculate their lifetime heart disease risks.

By Selene Yeager

We can’t let American Heart Month pass without a discussion on one of the most vexing cardiovascular factors menopausal women face—the changes that happen to their lipid levels during this transition.

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Muscle is harder to make and maintain in midlife. These supplements can help.

By Selene Yeager

*This is a sponsored post. As with all sponsored posts here, we use, believe, and stand by every product we promote.

If you had told me (and heck maybe someone did and I didn’t listen) how hard ma...

Pain and discomfort down there is common. You don’t have to live with it.

By Selene Yeager  

Of all the changes and challenges that menopause can bring, vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA), which falls under the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), is among the most common and bothersome, im...

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 autonomic nervous ...

30 years of research shows we can and should be doing a lot better.

By Selene Yeager

February is Black History Month in the U.S. (It’s October in the U.K. and July in Australia) — an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans. And there are many in the menopause space.

There a...

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) finding the most...

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 believe in New Year, Be Good to ...

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 store for 2024, includin...

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 need studies to tell ...

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 written all this anyway. If you’re...

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 massive wave of girls an...

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 during the menopause ...