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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...
What’s good for your muscles is good for your mind.
By Selene Yeager
As menopausal women, we care a lot about our brains, especially as the hormonal shifts that happen starting in perimenopause can lead to changes in our brains and women have a greater risk of developing...
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)...
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...
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...
