Ep7 Pressing Play on Midlife Beauty with Mala Moonbeam

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_/]

Ep6 Pressing Play on The Stress Trap in Perimenopause (and 5 ways to get out)

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 happening in the hippocampus and amygdala as Estrogen fluctuates, why cortisol hits differently in midlife, and how to work with the renovation instead of fighting it. Then she gives you 5 ways to support yourself including Tapping (as seen by Emily in the Devil Wears Prada 2) — practical, doable, and rooted in both science and soul. This is perimenopause support for midlife women who are done being told it’s “just stress” or “just ageing.” It’s neither. It’s a hormonal transition that deserves real understanding. In this episode: • Why perimenopause anxiety is a brain event, not just a hormone event • Why cortisol lands harder in midlife (and what that means for stress, sleep, and mood swings) • 5 evidence-informed ways to support yourself: sleep, exercise, nutrition, community, and play • Why dopamine through play isn’t optional — it’s neurological maintenance for women over 40 • Embracing the Power Years on the other side of the renovation About Jo Fiddy  A Menopause Coaching Specialist who blends science with soul, anf works with women who’ve hit an invisible pause button in perimenopause and are questioning whether their best years are behind them. Through her Menoplaying® approach, Jo helps them regulate their energy, rebuild their confidence, and step into a powerful next chapter. The 90s have made a comeback and now it's your turn. Get your FREE Comeback Kit - download here. [https://jofiddy.myflodesk.com/comeback] Work with Jo - find out more about working with Jo and how you can start pressing play on our life - find out more here. [https://jofiddy.com/coaching] Podcast: Pressing Play — available on Apple & Spotify & Amazon out every Thursday www.jofiddy.com [http://www.jofiddy.com]