About tamsen fadal
NYT bestselling author. Global keynote speaker. Podcast host.
Helping women unlock their full potential in midlife.
Hi! I'm Tamsen...
As a 13x Emmy-award winning journalist, only one thing took me off air...
Perimenopause.
One minute I was reading the teleprompter. The next, I was sweating, dizzy, and couldn’t sit upright.
A colleague walked me to the bathroom, where I collapsed on the floor, cheek against the cold tile, heart racing, unable to finish the broadcast.
I had no idea what was happening to me because perimenopause wasn’t a conversation anyone was having.
50% of the population goes through it. Millions of women have their own version of this story, and for decades have suffered in silence.
I’ve covered war zones, natural disasters, and breaking news, but I never expected menopause to be the story that changed everything.
From TV news anchor to global menopause advocate
here’s the story so far...
2008 - 2023
Primetime TV anchor in NYC, covering national and international stories including the Columbia Shuttle crash and the war on terror in Afghanistan
2022
Launches Tamsen Fadal Media focusing on producing documentaries, podcasts, and educational resources centered around midlife and longevity.
2023
Researched and wrote the instant New York Times bestseller How To Menopause, a global resource translated into multiple languages
2024
Documentary creator and executive producer of The [M] Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause, screened in 700+ cities across 45 countries
2025
Launched The Tamsen Show Podcast with honest, expert-backed, real conversations about what midlife is really like
2025
Held the World’s Hottest Menopause Party with 62,000 women, including Halle Berry and Naomi Watts, to help break the silence on menopause
This movement is dedicated to my mom and all your mothers who suffered in silence
I lost my mother when she was 51 years old from breast cancer, the same age I found myself on the bathroom floor, blindsided by a hot flash I didn’t understand.
Back then, she didn’t have language for medical menopause. I remember watching her struggle with the heat, the sleepless nights, the silence. She never talked about it. None of us did.
I think about that a lot now.
She is why I'll never stop talking about menopause — until no woman has to go through it confused and alone.
Women everywhere are taught that their stock goes down as their age goes up. But life’s not over at 50.
This isn't the end of the story. It's your chance to rewrite it.
For me, it was a complete life reboot: I walked away from a 30-year news career, built a global advocacy platform, and even got married at 50.
Midlife cracked me open and gave me the chance to live more fully, more honestly, more on purpose.
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