Surfing the Turbulent Waters of Midlife and Menopause with Lisa Alfano (Episode 104)

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Fitness, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Body image issues. Wrecked sleep. Struggling with slowing down. Midlife and menopause can send us into some seriously turbulent waters. This week’s guest, Lisa Alfano, manages to keep from going under by riding the waves–literally. Lisa is a surfer and triathlete who has married her passions in her business Tri2Surf, a community for women ages 50+ who want to reset or discover their active selves and claim their power and passion.

Lisa has battled body image issues her whole life. Menopause and midlife magnified them, and also ushered in poor sleep, anxiety, hot flashes, and a host of symptoms that were pulling her under and threatening to upend her sense of self. At age 50, she found salvation in triathlon, which gave her a sense of community and turned her life around. At age 57, she gave herself another midlife boost by taking up surfing, which she says brings her “joy and peace no matter what is happening.” We talk all about surfing, triathlon, and finding passion in menopause and beyond. You can learn more about Lisa and Tri2Surf at https://www.tri2surf.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.
0:30.3	Hello, Strong Feisty Women.
0:33.0	So we talk a lot on this show about finding new challenges because it can be easy to hit menopause
0:39.4	and midlife and all the struggles they bring and find yourself comparing your current self
0:44.5	to your old self and battling body image issues and feeling all sorts of self-doubt and sometimes
0:51.0	it can be just really helpful to immerse yourself in something new.
0:56.3	And this week's guest, Lisa Alfano, embodies that as well as anyone I has ever spoken to.
1:03.1	Lisa entered the triathlon world after turning 50 and then started surfing at 57, which frankly gives me a lot of hope, as that is a sport I am keen to learn.
1:15.0	Lisa credits both of those pursuits with helping her find joy in peace during what can be very turbulent years.
1:22.2	And most recently, she married those pursuits into a newly formed business, try to surf,
1:28.3	which she describes as a community for women ages 50 plus
1:31.7	who want to reset or discover their active selves
1:34.6	and claim their power and passion.
1:36.9	We talk all about that and a whole lot more.
1:40.3	And speaking of that whole lot more,
1:43.0	maybe a bit of a warning.
1:44.4	This show goes places I did not see coming, including Lisa unearthing a repressed memory of sorts
1:51.3	that sent us into a pretty passionate discussion of body image and midlife and how early it can all start in our life.
2:00.5	I might curse a little, but this issue is one that we really need
2:04.9	to just keep chipping away at so we can all be free. So I hope you enjoy this conversation as much
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