Dancing in the Face of Menopause, Trauma, and Midlife Challenges with Alexa Uhrich & Mirella Russell, The “House” Wives of Hip Hop (Episode 190)

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

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Menopause can be challenging. Menopause for women who have been through trauma can be exponentially harder. Few know this better than political refugee and abuse survivor, Mirella Russell, one of the “House Wives” of Hip Hop who found hip hop dance when she was 40 and has used it to bring joy through her grief and struggles for the past 10 years. She’s joined this week by fellow team manager, Alexa Uhrich, who along with the rest of their midlife squad has been dancing through sleepless nights, nagging injuries, anxiety, and the many challenges menopause can bring. They also give back to their community and raise funds for causes near and dear to their hearts, including Battered Women’s Support Services. We talk all about it and the myriad physical, mental, and emotional benefits hip hop and house dance can have for midlife and menopausal women.

The “House” Wives of Hip Hop is an adult dance crew of women 35+ yrs. Inspired by a love of “House” music and Hip Hop, this non-professional diverse team was formed in 2016 and since then we have been creating magic on and off the dance floor through commitment to hard work, friendship, laughter, and spreading joy and positivity through dance. They were recently honored to perform as the opening act for Grammy Award winning American singer Mya. In addition to dancing, the team supports women’s organizations to help end gender based violence. You can follow them @thehousewivesofhiphop on Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok.

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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 your best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.2	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.1	Hello, Strong Feisty Women.
0:33.2	I have such a great show for you this week.
0:36.5	I've been following this really fun group of women out
0:39.3	of Canada for a while now, who called themselves the housewives of hip-hop. And recently,
0:44.9	they reached out about coming on the show to talk about the benefits of dance during midlife
0:49.8	and menopause. And I thought, sure, why not? I have written whole features about how dance has
0:56.1	uniquely powerful, emotional, physical, and mental health benefits. So I invited on Alexa O'Rourke and
1:02.6	Morella Russell, who do much of their media to come on the show and talk all about it. And boy,
1:08.1	oh boy, I had no idea the depths that this conversation would dive.
1:14.5	Turns out, Morella is a political refugee who has been through what one could absolutely
1:20.2	fairly describe as hell on earth. And as we talked about in past episodes here, trauma
1:26.9	makes menopause even harder.
1:29.9	And just listening to her, talk about her experience and the joy and emotional refuge she
1:35.6	finds in dance, it's honestly hard to put into words.
1:40.7	So I'm going to keep it short here and just let the interview speak for itself. But just for
1:45.7	a little background, because I know that they would want me to make sure I mention that their crew
1:49.9	is not just the two of them. The Housewives of Hip Hop is an adult dance crew, about 11 of them of
1:56.3	women, 35 years and older. They were inspired by their love of house, music, and hip hop, and they formed
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