Ep13 Pressing Play on Yourself: Permission was yours all along

Ep13 Pressing Play on Yourself: Permission was yours all along

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.   This one is for every woman who has quietly learned to put herself at the bottom of the list. Who has been responsible, available, accommodating  and is now wondering why she feels so flat, disconnected, and stuck. Especially when perimenopause arrives and makes all of that even more exhausting.   Pressing play doesn't have to be a huge reinvention. Sometimes it's a night away. A slow coffee. A walk. Listening to your own thoughts. This episode is an invitation to do exactly that.   IN THIS EPISODE, I EXPLORE: •       Why so many women learn to pause themselves and why perimenopause is the wake-up call that starts to change that •       The people-pleaser neurons that perimenopause begins to dissolve  and why that's actually brilliant •       What happens in your brain and body when you do press play •       Why we wait for permission that was ours to give all along •       Five journal questions to help you press play right now   ABOUT JO FIDDY Jo Fiddy is a Speaker and Menopause Coaching Specialist who has been through menopause twice once in her thirties and now navigating perimenopause. She helps women go from living in the pause of menopause to Menoplaying™ and regaining their confidence along the way.   Using menopause strategies, somatic techniques and her Belief Soundtrack™ method, Jo helps women release the blocks holding them back, understand what's happening in their brain and body, and press play on the life they actually want.   WORK WITH JO 90-Minute Pressing Play Session Not sure where to start? This is it. One powerful hour and a half where you tap through what's blocking you, get clear on where you are, and leave knowing your next step. Book yours email jo@jofiddy.com [jo@jofiddy.com]   The Comeback Kit — Free Reset all your passwords and now it's time to reset you. Includes a pep talk, an EFT tapping session and a boundaries guide. Grab it free here [https://jofiddy.myflodesk.com/comeback]   FOLLOW JO Instagram: @jofiddy_ [https://www.instagram.com/jofiddy_/] Website: jofiddy.com [http://jofiddy.com] Podcast: Pressing Play on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pressing-play-podcast/id1886963660]   Subscribe to the Pressing Play Podcast so you never miss an episode.

Ep12 Pressing Play on ADHD and Perimenopause with Dr Helen Wall

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 dismissed. This book which hit number one bestseller in Menopause on Amazon in its first two weeks, is her answer to that. In this episode they cover: * Why perimenopause brings ADHD to the surface  often for the very first time * The hidden cost of masking and why there is always a price paid * How to tell the difference between perimenopause and ADHD * How oestrogen and progesterone impact dopamine, GABA and the brain's chemical messengers * Why HRT alone is not the full answer  and what else needs to be in the mix * The role of gut health, nervous system regulation and diet * Dr. Helen's three practical things you can do right now * Why this is not just a book  it is a movement Find Dr. Helen Wall: 📖 Menopause and ADHD: How to Navigate Hormone Flux and Neurodivergence by Dr. Helen Wall available on Amazon [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Menopause-ADHD-neurodivergence-Vermilion-Empowered/dp/178504642X] now wherever books are sold Instagram: @doctorhelenwall [https://www.instagram.com/doctorhelenwall/?hl=en] Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/p/Dr-Helen-Wall-61579042582916/]Dr Helen Wall  Community: Finally Seen — join via Dr. Helen's website https://tvhealthdoctor.com/ [https://tvhealthdoctor.com/] Jo Fiddy is a Speaker and Menopause Coaching Specialist who has been through menopause twice, once in her thirties and now navigating perimenopause at 45. She helps women go from living in the pause of menopause to Menoplaying™  and regaining their confidence along the way. Using menopause strategies, somatic techniques and her Belief Soundtrack™ method, Jo helps women release the blocks holding them back, understand what's happening in their brain and body, and press play on the life they actually want. 90-Minute Pressing Play Session — not sure where to start? This is it. One powerful hour and a half where you tap through what's blocking you, get clear on where you are, and leave knowing your next step. Book yours and find out more jo@jofiddy.com [jo@jofiddy.com] The Comeback Kit — free — Reset all your passwords and now it's time to reset you. Includes a pep talk, an EFT tapping session and a boundaries guide. Grab it free here [https://jofiddy.myflodesk.com/comeback] Follow Jo on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jofiddy_/ [https://www.instagram.com/jofiddy_/] Subscribe to the Pressing Play Podcast so you never miss an episode.

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.