The Pressing Play Podcast

We Weren't Meant to Do Midlife Alone Last week, for the very first time, I missed an episode of The Pressing Play Podcast . The reason? I was in London attending two incredible events. I went expecting to learn, but what I wasn't expecting was how I would feel afterwards. I came home calmer. Lighter. More energised. It reminded me that sometimes the most powerful thing we can do for our wellbeing...

Welcome back to the Pressing Play Podcast. In this solo episode, Jo dives into one of the topics women ask her about most, body confidence in perimenopause, and why it gets even harder to navigate when summer rolls around. If you've ever stood in front of the mirror before a holiday and felt your stomach drop, this one is for you. Jo unpacks why your body is changing, where the beliefs about how i...

Welcome back to The Pressing Play Podcast.   What happens when you finally give yourself permission to pause  and actually feel alive because of it? In this solo episode, I’m recording from a balcony overlooking the mountains and lake in Bavaria, on my first ever solo getaway in eight years of living there. And the questions it's brought up are ones, I  suspect you might be sitting with too.   Thi...

Welcome back to the Pressing Play Podcast. In this episode, Jo is joined by Dr. Helen Wall  GP, menopause specialist, Resident GP on BBC Breakfast and author of Menopause and ADHD: How to Navigate Hormone Flux and Neurodivergence. If you've ever found yourself asking "is it ADHD or is it perimenopause?" this one is for you. Dr. Helen Wall has spent years watching women be missed, mislabelled and d...

Welcome back to Pressing Play, I am so glad you’re here. What if the thing that could ease your brain fog, lift your mood and help you sleep better was something you already loved doing? In this episode, I’m joined by the extraordinary Yula Andrews founder of Pop Chorus, the UK’s friendliest choir, and the woman behind a groundbreaking research programme into singing and menopause symptoms with th...

Welcome back to episode 10 of the Pressing Play Podcast and this week's guest is the co-founder of Valerie Wizz Selvey. Jo and Wizz talk about dropping the p word (perimenopause), starting a hormone health business and Wizz's personal experience of Perimenopause. About Valerie Valerie is an unflinchingly real women’s health brand. Something starts to feel off. Not dramatic. Not a meltdown. Just ir...

About this episode Are you snapping at the people you love and then spending an hour in a shame spiral wondering what is wrong with you? You’re not alone, and nothing is wrong with you. Peri-rage is one of the most under discussed symptoms of perimenopause, and the one women tell Jo they feel most ashamed of. In this episode, host Jo Fiddy goes deep on the anger that feels like it comes from nowhe...

In this solo episode host Jo Fiddy explores Witchtok, how women in their 40s and 50s gathering and reclaiming the words we were taught to fear.    This episode became a conversation about aging, power, conditioning, sisterhood, perimenopause, and the stories women inherit about themselves without even realising it. Jo Fiddy is a Speaker and Menopause Coaching Specialist who helps women regain thei...

Jo Fiddy is joined by Mala Moonbeam — beauty influencer, motivational speaker for a conversation about midlife beauty, confidence, and what it actually takes to enjoy your face in your forties and fifties and beyond. Mala's philosophy is Makeup Your Face, Makeup Your Mind™ . In this episode, she shares her Mirror Time Method™ — a gorgeous daily practice that changes how women in midlife see themse...

In this Stress Awareness Month edition of Pressing Play, host Jo Fiddy unpacks the stress trap of perimenopause: the part no one warned you about. The shrinking tolerance. The thinning sleep. The cortisol that lands harder than it used to. The anxiety that seems to come from nowhere. Spoiler: nothing is wrong with you. Your brain is literally rewiring. Jo walks you through what’s actually happenin...

This week on the Pressing Play Podcast, Jo is joined by the remarkable Queen of the Cotswolds, Roanna Stromberg Smith Founder of the RSS bespoke Cotswold experienced, and a woman whose life is a masterclass in what it means to keep the pilot light on.   This episode is a conversation about authentic transition the chosen ones and the ones that choose us. About what it takes to keep pressing play w...

In this episode, Jo Fiddy reframes the midlife narrative completely because what you’re experiencing isn’t a breakdown, it’s a biological and identity upgrade that’s been centuries in the making. Welcome to your Queenager era. Let’s be honest. The stories we’ve been told about midlife are awful. Brain fog. Hormonal chaos. Losing your edge. The cultural script says you’re on the way down. This epis...

In episode 3, Selina Barker Coach, Speaker and Author of Burnt Out: The Exhausted Person’s Guide to Thriving in a Fast Paced World and Goodbye Hello Journals. Selina’s work is all about helping us rethink how we live and work, moving away from constant pressure and overwhelm and towards a way of life that actually supports our energy, our wellbeing and who we are becoming. Selina is also the creat...

In this episode, Jo Fiddy discusses the power of play and its impact on the midlife female brain particularly during perimenopause. In this episode Jo explores the role of dopamine, the different play personalities, and the importance of reintroducing play into one's life as a way to boost creativity and reconnect with oneself. Imagine how powerful the world would be if women in midlife started pr...

The first episode of the Pressing Play podcast is an empowering and motivational conversation aimed at women in midlife. Host Jo Fiddy encourages women to press play on their lives and challenges the perception of midlife as a pause or post phase. She shares insights on language, beliefs, and the power of embracing the menopausal journey as a pivot into power years. Takeaways Empowerment in midlif...

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