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Data show that menopausal women experience mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts, but too many stay silent.
By Selene Yeager
Suicide isn’t an easy topic to talk about. But it’s far too important a topic to not talk about. Many members in our...
“The change” can upend your performance and identity. Here’s how to find solid ground.
By Selene Yeager
I am a runner. I am a triathlete. I do CrossFit. I’m a rower. Many of us identify with the activities that we’ve always done…maybe for our...
The fear factor during menopause is real. Here's what to do about it.
By Selene Yeager
“I mountain bike and am suddenly afraid to ride features I've ridden 1,000 times.”
“I’ve had full blown panic attacks in routine situations I’ve been in on the...
Manipulating your brain chemistry with music may ease symptoms of menopause and depression levels, research shows.
By Selene Yeager
People have used music to self-medicate their moods since the first stick struck the first drumskin. Music-based therapy has been used in the treatment...
Granting yourself grace is good for your midlife heart.
By Selene Yeager
It’s that time of year again, when people are inclined to take a hard look at themselves and make resolutions to change things they don’t like. Which is okay. There’s always room for us to make...
Moving to the music does a menopausal body (and mind) good.
By Selene Yeager
Dance has been a health and wellness darling for decades (centuries, really). Research shows that dancing activates brain pathways that release feel good neurochemicals like dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins. It...
New research links impaired vision to depressive symptoms in women during midlife.
By Selene Yeager
A few weeks ago, a woman in the Feisty Menopause community asked whether menopause affects eyesight. The answer is yes it can, though it can be tricky to determine which changes are...
Hair analysis study shows that practicing mindfulness techniques lowers cortisol levels long term.
By Selene Yeager
Levels of your stress hormone cortisol can increase as you make your way into the later stages of the menopausal transition, according to research. And women with increased...
Ever wonder how we got here? How is it that in 2021 billions of women are still largely in the dark about menopause? That many of us still feel kind of ashamed to talk about it? This week’s guest, historian Elinor Cleghorn, Ph.D., author of Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made...
Your big goals don’t have to change with “The Change,” but your training, nutrition, and mindset sure do. This week, long time road and track cyclist Cheryl Osborne, 55, shares how she’s chasing a gold medal and championship jersey at the USA Cycling Masters Track National...
