Midlife, Menopause & Masturbation with Lou Featherstone (Episode 125)

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Fitness, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.9 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Midlife and menopause can do a number on our sexual selves. Our bodies are changing. We can feel more anxious and less self-confident. After years of taking care of others, we can lose sight of ourselves. Sex might be the last thing on our minds. If that makes you sad, take heart. It doesn’t have to be that way. You can find body–and sexual–confidence with age. And it starts with self-love, which as this week’s guest Lou Featherstone explains doesn’t just mean a fuzzy appreciation of yourself. It means masturbation–literally getting back in touch with what makes you feel good sexually, which in turn can make you feel calmer, happier, and more self-confident. Plus, it’s good for vaginal health. Lou recently toured the US in a vintage Bluebird bus spreading sex positivity as well as busting myths about midlife and menopause along the way. We talk all about that journey and much more.

Lou Featherstone is a 50-something mom on a mission to help women of all ages be completely confident in themselves, encouraging them to fall back in love with themselves and rediscover what it truly means to feel sexy, no matter their age. As the self-described founding member of the Zero F*cks Club, she is helping others grow old disgracefully! From drag shows to pole dancing, from radio shows to keynote speeches, she’s been showing others that menopause and aging aren't all doom and gloom. You can learn more about her and her work at www.luinluland.com/

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.5	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:34.4	So, spring has sprung here in Pennsylvania.
0:37.4	So if I sound like I'm talking to you through a sea of pollen,
0:40.9	it's because I am. Not only do I live in one of the most consistently top rated places in the country
0:46.9	for the worst seasonal allergies, which is a true story. We live in a beautiful valley surrounded by
0:53.6	mountains that are great for riding bikes
0:55.7	and hiking, but also create a big old soup bowl for allergens to just swirl in all spring and
1:03.9	fall long. So, and allergies can get worse with menopause. So double whammy there. Yay. I sound a
1:10.5	little congested, but all is well.
1:13.1	Anyway, enough about that. Let's talk about masturbation. No really buckle up because this one
1:21.5	this week is a wild ride. I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Lou Featherstone, who describes
1:30.0	herself as a 50-something mom on a mission to help women of all ages be completely confident in
1:35.7	themselves, and as the founding member of the Zero Fox Club, she is helping others grow old
1:41.8	disgracefully. Lou recently toured the U.S. in a vintage Bluebird bus that she had sort of custom designed,
1:51.9	and I will put a link to that in the show notes because it is well worth seeing.
1:56.6	Spreading sex positivity as well as busting myths on midlife and menopause along her journey
2:03.5	across the states. And I'm going to tell you something. This conversation was not what I expected.
2:11.6	I mean, I expected a really great conversation about midlife sexuality and body confidence
2:16.3	and all of those topics. But man, this conversation was about
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