The Pressing Play Podcast

Ep11 Pressing Play with Yula Andrews and the power of singing in Menopause

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 the University of Essex. This one genuinely blew my mind. Yula isn’t just talking about the feel-good factor of singing, she’s proving it. And the results from her Singing for Menopause programme are nothing short of transformative. If you’ve ever thought “I can’t sing” this episode is especially for you. What we cover • How Yula built Pop Chorus from scratch on maternity leave and turned it into seven choirs and the UK’s friendliest community • Why singing in a group reduces cortisol, boosts serotonin and happy hormones in your Menopause brain • The Singing for Menopause research programme Yula ran with the University of Essex and what the women who took part actually experienced • How singing targets the specific symptoms that make perimenopause so hard: brain fog, low mood, sleeplessness, anxiety • Yula’s brand new singing retreats part wellbeing holiday, part choir experience, all joy Find out more about Yula Andrews • Pop Chorus — www.popchorus.co.uk [http://www.popchorus.co.uk] • Singing for Menopause research www.popchorus.co.uk/community [http://www.popchorus.co.uk/community] • We Are Unique Singing Holidays — www.uniquesingingholidays.co.uk [http://www.uniquesingingholidays.co.uk] Work with Jo I help women release the blocks and beliefs holding them back in perimenopause, support with their symptoms, and help them press play on the life they actually want. 1:1 online with me 90 minute energy boosting session. Find out more at jofiddy.com [http://jofiddy.com] Connect with Jo • Instagram: @jofiddy • LinkedIn: Jo Fiddy • Website: jofiddy.com [http://jofiddy.com] • Email: jo@jofiddy.com [jo@jofiddy.com] Enjoyed this episode? • Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify • Leave a review — it helps more women find the show • Share this with one woman who needs to hear it • Screenshot and tag Jo on Instagram she reads every one

Ep10 Pressing Play on Women's Health with Wizz Selvey Co-Founder of Valerie

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 irritating. Your energy dips, your mood goes rogue, and your tolerance for bullshit drops through the floor. There’s no neat explanation, just the sense that something’s changed. And it deserves better than Googling at 3am. 24/7 formulations to support energy, focus, and emotional balance - including that tired-but-wired feeling - with up to 5x better absorption than pills or powders, powered by liposomal technology. Less “what did I come in here for?”, more “I’ve got this.” Clarity, calm, and a fighting chance of finding your keys. Expert-developed. Real-woman tested. Most pills and powders break down before your body can absorb them. Valerie’s don’t. The liposomal nano-technology protects nutrients through digestion, delivering them into your bloodstream faster - for up to 5x better absorption and stronger results. For women 35+ who want to feel good now and live big later. Get 30% off with code Joanne58840 https://wearevalerie.com/ [https://wearevalerie.com/] https://instagram.com/weare.valerie [https://instagram.com/weare.valerie] https://tiktok.com/@weare.valerie [https://tiktok.com/@weare.valerie] https://www.facebook.com/people/Valerie/61553752936091/ [https://www.facebook.com/people/Valerie/61553752936091/] About Wizz Selvey, Co-founder Wizz Selvey is the Co-founder of Valerie, an unflinchingly real women’s health brand redefining how women feel day to day. After years of being told everything was “normal” despite feeling anything but, Wizz took matters into her own hands - rebuilding her energy, focus, and emotional balance through smarter, more effective solutions. That experience shaped Valerie: expert-developed, real-woman tested formulations designed to actually work. With over 20 years in retail, consumer trends, and strategic retail expertise across beauty and wellness, Wizz brings sharp commercial thinking and lived experience to a category that’s crying out for disruption. https://www.linkedin.com/in/wizz-selvey-14915552/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/wizz-selvey-14915552/] https://www.instagram.com/wizzbangwizzy/ [https://www.instagram.com/wizzbangwizzy/] About Jo Fiddy Jo is a Menopause Coaching specialist and the host of the Pressing Play Podcast who empowers & coaches women to go from living in the pause and unravelling in Perimenopause to pressing play and start Menoplaying® and regain their confidence and purpose. https://jofiddy.com/ [https://jofiddy.com/]

Ep9 Pressing Play on Peri Rage and The Anger Nobody Warned You About

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 nowhere: why it happens, what’s going on in your brain and body, and how to stop it from unravelling your sense of who you are. Jo has been featured in Top Santé on this topic and runs workshops on peri-rage. This episode is the honest, science-led conversation she wishes every woman in perimenopause could hear.   WHAT IS INCLUDED •       Why peri-rage feels like it arrives from nowhere and where it actually comes from •       The hormonal science: what Estrogen and progesterone have to do with your fuse getting shorter •       The shame spiral that follows the rage and why it keeps women stuck •       How your Belief Soundtrack™ gets amplified in perimenopause and turns up the volume on the anger •       Why the unravelling is not the end of you it’s part of the pivot •       What to do when you feel yourself losing control practical first steps    Key takeaway “Your rage is not a character flaw. It’s a chemistry shift and a signal that something inside you needs to be heard.”   Work with Jo If peri-rage, the anger, or the unravelling is part of your story right now, Jo would love to have a conversation with you. The Perimenopausal Pivot is Jo’s 1:1 work for women who are ready to stop white-knuckling their way through perimenopause and start feeling genuinely alive again. Visit jofiddy.com [http://jofiddy.com] to find out more.   CONNECT WITH JO •       Instagram: @jofiddy [https://instagram.com/jofiddy] •       LinkedIn: Jo Fiddy [https://linkedin.com/in/jofiddy] •       Website: jofiddy.com [http://jofiddy.com] •       Email: jo@jofiddy.com [jo@jofiddy.com] Enjoyed this episode? It would mean the world if you could: •     Subscribe to Pressing Play on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you never miss an episode •       Leave a review — it helps more women find the show •       Share this episode with one woman who needs to hear it today •       Screenshot and tag Jo on Instagram she reads every one   Until next time, press play.

Ep8 Pressing Play on Witchtok, Sisterhood and taking our words back

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 their confidence in Perimenopause. www.jofiddy.com [http://www.jofiddy.com]

Ep7 Pressing Play on Midlife Beauty with Mala Moonbeam

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 themselves. The conversation moves from skincare myths and ingredients to confidence, reinvention, and the inner work that midlife beauty really begins with. IN THIS EPISODE * The Mirror Time Method™ — Mala's daily ritual for confidence * Why youth culture is failing midlife women * Skincare myths, ingredient transparency, and the instant-results trap * Botox, fillers and tweakments — the honest conversation * Rapid Tapping® for confidence and self-image in perimenopause * Reinvention without losing yourself * The non-negotiables — Mala's beauty essentials for midlife THREE TAKEAWAYS 1. Look in the mirror differently. The way you talk to yourself while getting ready becomes the way you walk into the day. 2. Read the label. If you don't understand what's in your skincare, it's probably not doing what it claims. 3. Confidence is built from the inside out. Tapping, mindset, and small daily choices compound. FIND MALA * Website: verymakeupmad.com [http://verymakeupmad.com] * Read about the Mirror Time Method™: verymakeupmad.com/blog/makeup-your-face-makeup-your-mind [http://verymakeupmad.com/blog/makeup-your-face-makeup-your-mind] * Instagram: @verymakeupmad [https://www.instagram.com/verymakeupmad] * Book a free 30-min discovery call: calendly.com/hello-verymakeupmad/30min [http://calendly.com/hello-verymakeupmad/30min] PRODUCTS MENTIONED * Studio10 Beauty — SPF 30 Soft Blurring Priming Skin Tint * Elle Sera — Liposomal Collagen (use code MALA50414 for £10 off) * CurrentBody — LED Face Mask (shop here [https://go.shopmy.us/p-18653161], code MALACB) * Rosalique — 3-in-1 Balm (code MALA15) * Prime Prometics — Foundation, Lash Serum, Eyeliner (code VERYMAKEUPMAD) FREE GIFT: THE COMEBACK KIT Jo's free Comeback Kit includes an EFT tap-along to help you reset and reconnect with yourself in midlife. 👉 Download here [https://jofiddy.myflodesk.com/comeback] Follow Jo Fiddy for more ways on Pressing Play www.jofiddy.com [http://www.jofiddy.com] Instagram jofiddy_ [https://www.instagram.com/jofiddy_/]