You Belong with Elizabeth Allen (Episode 70)

Hit Play Not Pause

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

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

We all want to belong. That desire can increase during the menopause transition, when having a community to share experiences with helps us feel less alone. But making those connections isn’t always easy, especially when culture doesn’t include you. This week’s guest, long time athlete Elizabeth Allen, who identifies as a Black, plus-sized GenXer (who is also now firmly in the menopause transition) knows all about that.

Elizabeth was recently honored as a “Change Maker in Cycling” by Stamina Racing Collective for helping change the cycling and larger outdoor industry to be more inclusive and welcoming to People of Color. We dive into that, as well as how women of different races experience menopause. Along with being the Associate Director of Organizational Development, Training, and Culture for the Valley Youth House for vulnerable, abused, and homeless youth, Elizabeth is a social media content creator specializing in outdoor activities and social media takeovers for gravel cycling events. She shares her outdoor adventures at Turtle Wandering on YouTube and Instagram.

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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.
0:25.2	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.0	Hello, strong feisty women.
0:33.6	So in putting this show together, I try to present a variety of topics and viewpoints,
0:38.8	mixing up researchers, clinicians, trainers, athletes, and the like. And many of you have
0:44.0	requested hearing more from everyday women. So I've been making it my goal to include those
0:49.2	voices too. And this week is one of those shows. I sat down with my longtime friend Elizabeth Allen.
0:57.1	Liz will be a familiar voice to anyone who attended last year's Feisty Women's Performance Summit,
1:02.6	where she was part of a panel who spoke on the topic of belonging.
1:06.5	As a woman who identifies as a black plus-sized Gen Xer,
1:10.2	who has competed in traditionally white male spaces,
1:12.6	though thankfully that's getting better, like cycling and mountain biking,
1:17.6	belonging isn't something she's always felt too keenly, which is something we'll talk about here,
1:22.6	because, well, that belonging piece can be even more challenging sometimes as we reach menopause and
1:29.0	midlife.
1:30.6	Liz was recently honored as a change maker in cycling by Stamina Racing Collective for helping
1:36.4	change the cycling and larger outdoor industry to be more inclusive and welcoming to people
1:41.8	of color.
1:42.7	We talk about that as well as how women of different
1:45.8	races experience menopause differently and her thoughts there too. Liz is particularly
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