It’s not in your head, it’s in your hormones.
This is your invitation to celebrate the rest of your life!
SATURDAY | AUGUST 22, 2026 | PROVO, UT
Provo Library
9:00 to 4:00
What is Meno Fest?
About us
KNOW BETTER. FEEL BETTER.
Because every woman deserves to meet menopause with a plan—not a panic.
Meno Fest is where science meets sarcasm and menopause gets the glow-up it deserves. Whether you're deep in the Hormone Hunger Games or just smart enough to prepare before your ovaries start freelancing, you'll leave with real answers, practical tools, and the confidence to know what the heck is happening to your body.
Our Mission
WE BELIEVE WOMEN
You know your body better than anyone. We're just here to help you understand it. With evidence-based education, trusted experts, and a healthy dose of humor, we'll give you the tools to advocate for yourself and thrive through every stage of midlife.
You Matter!
YOU ARE WHAT THIS WORLD NEEDS
Your ideas. Your laughter. Your wisdom. Your spark.
But it's hard to change the world when you can't sleep, can't remember why you walked into the kitchen, and your hormones have apparently chosen chaos. You deserve answers. You deserve to feel better. To laugh more. To have more fun. To be fully, unapologetically you.
ARE YOU LIKE EVEN A LADY DOCTOR?!
Hosted by Aimee Hopkin and Alison Faulkner
This conference is happily hosted by Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Women’s Mental Health and Menopause specialist, Aimee Hopkin, and the slightly-less-accredited but deeply enthusiastic Alison Faulkner, who has 20-years of hands-on experience working in women’s empowerment, and mental wellness.
April Davis, Sex Educator
April Davis is a Sex and Menstrual Cycle Educator, founder of Haus of Vagina, and one of the most refreshingly honest voices in women’s health. With a B.S. in Psychology, a background in emergency medicine, and years assisting births alongside a Certified Nurse Midwife, she brings real clinical depth to conversations that have too long been oversimplified — or skipped entirely.
Through Haus of Vagina, she builds the tools, content, and resources that make body literacy accurate, accessible, and actually fun. Her premise is simple: when people genuinely understand their cycles, anatomy, and hormones, everything changes. That work has landed on national conference stages, in therapy offices, classrooms, and living rooms alike, and on the Haus of Vagina Podcast, which she hosts. A background in branding, photography, and media means her content informs and connects.
She’s based in Southern Utah, and yes, she made a vulva plushie — anatomically complete, clitoris and all… because of course she did.
Hannah Hammond, LCSW
Hannah is a therapist, educator, and professional pattern-noticer. She believes healing is equal parts science, self-awareness, and the ability to laugh at yourself every now and then.
She got interested in psychology long before graduate school (she lovingly refers to that time as her "field research"), and for the past 13+ years she's helped people untangle trauma, eating disorders, addiction, mood disorders, and brains that have always colored a little outside the lines.
These days, she's especially fascinated by the intersection of hormones, mental health, and why so many women have spent years being told to "just manage your stress." Spoiler alert: sometimes it's not stress.
Whether she's helping someone recover from years of people-pleasing, understand their neurodivergent brain, or navigate the emotional roller coaster of midlife, Hannah brings evidence-based therapy, practical tools, and just the right amount of humor to every conversation.
Along the way, she also learned the fine art of apologizing for what's hers... without apologizing for everyone else's behavior. It's a skill she highly recommends.
Andrea Driggs, DNP, CNM
Paige Smathers, RDN, CEDS-C
Andrea is a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner with over 25 years of experience and a superpower: making perimenopause and menopause feel manageable — maybe even empowering.
She's on a mission to ensure every woman she works with feels heard, validated, and armed with real answers (not just a pamphlet).
Her clinical expertise runs deep, but what sets her apart is her ability to truly listen and make patients feel like the priority they are.
Beyond her clinical work, Andrea is a passionate advocate for women taking the wheel in their own healthcare. Off the clock, she's hiking trails, logging miles, and devouring books — somehow also wrangling five adult children, two grandchildren, and one very lucky husband.
Paige Smathers, RDN, CEDS-C
Paige Smathers, RDN, CEDS-C
Paige Smathers, RDN, CEDS-C
If you've spent your life counting calories, fearing carbs, or wondering why eating has to be so complicated, Paige Smathers is about to become your new favorite dietitian.
As a registered dietitian, certified eating disorder specialist, podcast host, and founder of Positive Nutrition®, Paige helps people heal their relationship with food instead of fighting with it. Her approach blends evidence-based nutrition with a healthy dose of compassion, common sense, and zero diet culture nonsense.
At Meno Fest, Paige will tackle one of the biggest questions women have during midlife: What am I actually supposed to eat now? She'll break down how hormonal changes affect appetite, weight, muscle, bone, heart health, and energy—and share practical, realistic nutrition strategies that actually fit into real life. No restrictive diets. No guilt. No perfection. Just simple, sustainable ways to nourish your body and feel your best through menopause and beyond.
Tara Udy, FNP, PMH-C, QMP
Paige Smathers, RDN, CEDS-C
Taylor Sublett, DNP, PMHNP
If you've ever been told to "just reduce your stress" while silently wondering if you might actually set your family on fire...Tara would like a word.
As a family nurse practitioner specializing in women's mental health, Tara has a gift for helping women separate what's happening in their lives from what's happening in their brains—and what's happening because hormones have decided to choose violence. She treats anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, postpartum mental health concerns, and all the messy, complicated emotions that come with being human.
Her philosophy is simple: listen first, judge never, and build a treatment plan that actually makes sense for the person sitting in front of you. Sometimes that includes medication. Sometimes it doesn't. Either way, you'll leave knowing someone is finally on your team.
When she's not in the clinic, you'll find her with her family, plotting her next adventure, or looking for any excuse to end up at Disneyland.
Taylor Sublett, DNP, PMHNP
Paige Smathers, RDN, CEDS-C
Taylor Sublett, DNP, PMHNP
If you've ever wondered why your brain seems determined to make your life more complicated than necessary, Dr. Taylor Sublett has probably wondered the same thing—and then gone looking for the research.
Taylor is a psychiatric nurse practitioner, veteran, and unapologetic brain nerd whose experience spans military medicine, emergency and critical care, and psychiatric practice. She has a gift for making complex mental health topics finally make sense. Whether she's talking about ADHD, trauma, anxiety, depression, or why your medications do what they do, she translates science into something you'll actually understand—and maybe even remember.
She believes people deserve more than a diagnosis and a prescription. They deserve answers. Real ones. The kind that help you understand your brain, make confident decisions about your care, and stop blaming yourself for things that were never character flaws in the first place.
If you've ever left a doctor's appointment thinking, "Wait...I still have questions," don't miss Taylor's session.