Health & Wellness Podcasts
Welcome to the Hit Play Not Pause Podcast, a Feisty Menopause podcast for active, performance-minded women who aren’t willing to put their best years behind them. It’s time to break the silence and get past the stigma of what you can accomplish as an active woman in your 40’s, 50’s and beyond.
You Belong with Elizabeth Allen (Episode 70)
We all want to belong. That desire can increase during the menopause transition, when having a community to share experiences with helps us feel less alone. But making those connections isn’t always easy, especially when culture doesn’t include you.
You Are More than Your Body with Kaisa Keranen (Episode 69)
For far too long, many of us have defined ourselves (or worse our self worth) by the size of our thighs and the circumference of our waistline, setting ourselves up for a lifelong battle with our bodies and an underlying discontent with who we are based upon a largely unattainable “ideal.” That can get worse during the menopause transition when our body shape starts to shift.
March to Your Own Drummer with Jennifer Maxwell (Episode 68)
Sometimes life sidelines us, knocking us off the path we thought we’d be on forever, or at least for the foreseeable future. Menopause can certainly trip us up. But so can many other random, sometimes terrible, events we never saw coming. And sometimes we end up contending with all of it.
Meet the Menoparkers with Gina Ransom (Episode 67)
What do you do when menopause turns you into a nearly unrecognizable version of yourself? If you’re Gina Ransom, you pore through every resource you can find, advocate for yourself and others in the same situation, and form a community so you all can keep on kicking ass.
No Limits with Leah Goldstein (Episode 66)
It’s easy to look at the barriers we face and think, “I can’t.” Leah Goldstein is here this week to show you, you can. Leah won the Race Across America (RAAM) outright last year at age 52, beating the next closest man by 17 hours.
When Trauma Meets Menopause with Athena Farias (Episode 65)
Running is a coping mechanism for many trauma survivors. You lace up and put one foot in front of the other for solace and escape.
It's Time to Stop the Shame
You're past your prime. You should slow down. Your best years are behind you.
Maggie
It's so good to find out you aren't alone, you are normal, and there is help. The laughs along the way and positive feedback is such an encouragement.
What We Do
There is no one-size-fits-all solution for women experiencing hormonal changes. Every woman's journey is different.
Do I Belong Here?
Do you find menopause confusing? You're not alone. The symptoms read like the side effects of a scary pharmaceutical commercial. Even worse, medical providers are often undertrained and uncomfortable talking to their patients about menopause.
What Exactly is Menopause?
This refers to the time when women begin to make the natural transition to menopause. Your hormones start to change, and you'll see a variety of symptoms begin to appear. This can start as early as the mid-30's for some women and lasts until a woman experiences menopause.
