World Menopause Day 2025: Lifestyle as Medicine for the Athletic Woman

In 2021, one of the biggest challenges athletic women faced in perimenopause and beyond was silence. Very few were showing us what this stage could look like; women kicking butt in the gym, pushing limits on the bike, or chasing personal bests. Yet it was happening everywhere.
Today, this conversation is happening on many different levels and we can acknowledge and celebrate this major shift.

This year’s World Menopause Day, with its theme “The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Menopausal Health”, is aligned with how we coach, live, and train at Team Element.

The International Menopause Society White Paper highlights six pillars that form the foundation of long-term health and symptom relief: Healthy eating, physical activity, mental well-being, restorative sleep, healthy relationships, and avoidance of risky substances.

These are not abstract recommendations, they are the framework of robust health, performance, vitality, and joy that we practice daily through our MNTR System: Mindset, Nutrition, Training, and Recovery.

Lifestyle medicine and athletic pursuits are not separate endeavours.They are two expressions of the same truth: how we live is how we perform. Whether it’s doing strength work to protect bone density, building an aerobic base to stabilize mood and metabolism, learning to sleep deeply again, or redefining what success looks like, the science and the lived experience meet here.

The Release: Where We Go Next

Over the past four years, I’ve had 130+ conversations with leading experts and changemakers: physicians, researchers, psychologists, nutritionists, and athletes: all exploring the intersection of hormone change, training, and thriving in midlife.

Today I released ALL these interviews publicly. In the many weeks to come we will explore themes important to you, share key interviews on that theme and also do new interviews to bring more light to the topic. This knowledge belongs to every woman navigating health, performance, and big, beautiful, complicated lives. You can listen to many different experts now in the menopause space.

These discussions are different because they come from the field, from athletes rebuilding strength after injury, rediscovering confidence in their bodies, and proving that performance doesn’t end at 45, 50, or 55. It evolves. 

Celebrating Progress, Honoring Potential

This World Menopause Day, I celebrate every woman who refuses to shrink her ambition to a false representation of what hormone change is, who trains with intention, eats with health-full joy, recovers well, and shows up with courage.

Together, we expand what it means to be an athlete in perimenopause and beyond. We create a new model of health and performance: one grounded in science, shaped by experience, and shared through community. Here’s to strong, joyful, and curious movement, in sport, in health, and in life. With gratitude and excitement,