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by Selene Yeager

Our first Feisty Menopause Performance Retreat blew me away…and in some very unexpected ways.

We descended on Lake Nona ready to learn. A dozen women confident enough in who they are to be fully open to who they could become. Women who have embraced menopause as a time to turn thei...

Low on mojo? What fires you up can change in menopause and midlife, but it doesn’t mean the flame is gone. It just needs a different fan.

Selene Yeager

Dragging yourself through the motions more often than not these days? You’re not alone. The physical and psychological changes that occur du...

Can these fungi help with mood swings, brain fog, and other menopause symptoms? Science is trying to find out.

By Selene Yeager

Mushrooms are having a moment. People have used mushrooms medicinally for thousands of years. But they’re currently enjoying a surge in popularity in the mainstream...

If you can read this (without corrective lenses) you’re lucky!

By Selene Yeager

Sometime after your 40th birthday, you start noticing this annoying blurry type everywhere…in phone messages, food packaging, novels, you name it, there’s this itsy-bitsy print that you have to hold at arm’s leng...

The headlines can be scary. But there’s a lot that’s in our hands.

By Selene Yeager

If you’re going through the menopause transition right now, your brain is physically changing. If you have already gone through the menopause transition and are postmenopausal, your brain has physically chang...

Research shows menopause starts earlier and is more challenging for Black women than for other races and ethnicities. 

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. It's ...

This high-end thermal wearable is designed to help you feel cooler or warmer, and lull you to sleep.

By Selene Yeager

Note: This review first published in early 2022. At that time, the Embr Wave was available only through Embr Labs. The device has now widened its distribution and is availabl...

More menopausal women are trying marijuana for relief. Here’s what science says.

By Selene Yeager

I got my medical marijuana card because I was curious. Could a cannabis product help take the edge off the occasional bout of postmenopausal anxiety or when I’m stuck in the stress-loop at the e...

What I would — and wouldn’t have — done differently if I knew what I know now.

 By Selene Yeager

“What would you do differently if you knew what you know now?” As the host of Hit Play Not Pause and Content Manager for Feisty Menopause, it’s a question I’m asked frequently when I’m interviewe...

Here are the golden nuggets of wisdom from some of our favorite episodes of Hit Play Not Pause.

By Selene Yeager

The guests on Hit Play Not Pause provide a LOT of wisdom. Here are some common themes that can help us optimize our health and performance no matter what our hormones are doing. I...

Active menopausal women need to toss this bad advice in the trash

By Selene Yeager

Women have been indoctrinated with the 1,200-calorie-a-day diet. It’s just part of the ocean of diet culture we all swim in. Countless articles, books, and diet platforms, including Noom, Weight Watchers, and ...

Prolonged inactivity is especially bad for menopausal bodies.

By Selene Yeager

I sit. A lot. More than eight hours a day podcasting, researching, and writing books, articles, and blogs (ironically like this one!) on an average weekday, according to my Oura ring, which consistently prompts...