Respinning Menopause: Movement, Mindset & Midlife with Maria Luque, PhD (Episode 224)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Active and athletic women can be hit hard by the menopause transition. Many of us have become accustomed to our bodies responding in a predictable way to our training and nutrition, only to have that sense of control slip away during the menopause transition. That can leave us feeling desperate for solutions–and vulnerable to predatory marketing. That’s where mindset, especially acceptance, becomes an essential tool in our midlife toolbox. While there are steps we can take to feel and perform our best at every age and stage of life, there will always be some changes outside of our control. Accepting that isn’t “giving up”, it’s freeing yourself to stop battling your body and to truly appreciate all it does for you. This week we talk all about movement and mindset during midlife and menopause with fitness expert Maria Luque, PhD, menopause coach with Respin Health.

Dr. Maria Luque is an energetic and accomplished fitness and menopause expert, former health science professor, and USAF veteran. With a PhD and MS in Health Sciences and over two decades of fitness experience, she combines academic expertise with practical insights. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist, ACE Certified Personal Trainer, ACE Fitness Nutrition Specialist, and NASM Women’s Fitness Specialist. Dr. Luque is passionate about helping women in midlife re-imagine exercise, body image, and well-being. She’s the founder of Fitness in Menopause, a company dedicated to helping women be healthier, stronger, saner, and more open to fun and adventure. In her role as head coach at Respin health, she has worked as the menopause coach to founder Halle Berry. You can learn more about her work at www.FitnessInMenopause.com and

www.DrMariaLuque.com. You can find her at Respin at www.respin.health/coaches

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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
0:21.2	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.
0:30.7	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:33.3	So, what's the first thing that comes to mind when I say the words self-acceptance?
0:39.6	If you're like many active, goal-driven women, a little or maybe a big part of you thinks,
0:46.2	well, self-acceptance sounds kind of like giving up. Because many of us have been conditioned
0:51.6	to believe that when there's a will, there's a way.
0:54.9	And if we just train hard enough, sacrifice enough, turn ourselves inside out enough, we can
1:02.1	achieve our desired results. And to be fair, that has likely often been true. Hard work,
1:10.4	sacrifice, all those things have often rewarded us in our
1:14.5	active and athletic lives. But when we hit midlife and menopause, that hard work equals
1:22.3	specific results equation can kind of go out the window. And it's frustrating, which is one of the reasons I started the show and why we're all here.
1:33.7	But it's important to recognize that while there are plenty of actions we talk about them all
1:39.4	the time that we can take to make a difference in how we perform and feel during and beyond the
1:45.1	menopause transition, we can't control everything. And what does that mean for our mental state?
1:52.3	What does that mean for how we approach our active pursuits and our life at large? And those are
1:58.3	the questions that this week's guest, longtime friend of all things feisty
2:03.1	menopause, Dr. Maria Lucay spends an awful lot of time thinking about. She is passionate about
2:10.7	helping women in midlife reimagine exercise and body image and well-being. And now she's doing
2:17.0	that work with the likes of Hallie Berry as her personal menopause coach
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