How to Thrive in Midlife & Menopause

When my body started changing in perimenopause, I wish I could say I looked at myself and thought, This is a normal hormonal transition. I should learn more about what’s happening.

For years, we've been trying to change the conversation around weight on The Tamsen Show.

I sat down with Dr. Chris Winter, one of the leading sleep specialists in the country, and walked away with a completely different relationship to the whole thing.

One of the biggest mistakes I've made in my past is thinking I was too smart and too confident to be tricked by a manipulative man.

My mother got sick when I was 14 years old and I lost her at 20. I went straight back to work and told myself I had handled it.

I'm 55 and lately I keep thinking about the women in my life in their 30s and 40s, the girls on my team, so many of you who reach out every day.

I thought I had a pretty complete picture of what it takes to feel good in midlife. Hormones, sleep, muscle, protein, bone density.

I used to be embarrassed to say this out loud…

I lost my mom three weeks after my 20th birthday. She was 51 and it was the day after Christmas at the end of a long battle with breast cancer.

I found an old note from a doctor's visit recently. It said “patient complaining of weight gain and moodiness.” That was it.

In 1984 the average age of a first-time mother in the United States was 19. Last year it was 30.

I want to start by saying something I wish someone had said to me years ago.