310: Menopause Changes in Midlife with Emmy Award Winner Tamsen Fadal

Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill

Natalie Jill

Business, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, you will learn:

Why midlife is just the beginning
How menopause can be embraced
How to find balance in your life when things seem out of control
How relationships can change in midlife

For Tamsen, turning 50 sparked new experiences, insights, and questions about midlife.

Donning her journalist hat, she began gathering information, talking to experts, listening to other women’s stories, and learning more about navigating my next “now what” in new, bold ways. Out of these exploration and experiences, she realized how many other women face similar questions, challenges and opportunities to move forward with confidence, courage and curiosity.

This life transition launched her into her role as a midlife enthusiast. Nicknamed the “TikTok Fairy Godmother”, she shares tips and advice with over 200k+ followers so that women do not feel alone during this stage in their lives. Tamsen also hosts the podcast Coming Up Next with Tamsen Fadal which guides women moving through midlife changes, menopause, new career directions and all the other choices and possibilities that they may face at this time in their life. On the podcast, she curates experts, thought leaders and everyday stories about women doing extraordinary things to provide inspiration and tips for her listeners so that they too can approach their own “now what” with confidence.

Tamsen has a long history of uncovering the stories that inspire others throughout her career.
While reporting is her profession (earning her 13 Emmy Awards for reporting on Hurricane Sandy, the Columbia Shuttle crash and the Afghanistan war), Tamsen’s passion is telling women’s stories that often happen behind the headlines. She travels around the globe with UNICEF to document its work, particularly focusing on the struggles faced by women and families in areas of the world most of us will never see for ourselves. Tamsen brings their stories into homes and hearts, and reveals how these women transform their lives in the midst of significant life changes.

Tamsen is the author of multiple books, in which she empowers women to navigate change and create new beginnings. Her third book, The New Single: Finding, Fixing and Falling Back in Love with Yourself, delivers tools, insights and hope to other women in the midst of their own divorce experience. Her much anticipated fourth book focused on empowerment at midlife is underway.

Be sure to follow Tamsen on Social:
IG: www.instagram.com/tamsenfadal
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/tamsenfadal

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Natalie Jill and I help women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond redefine, rebrand, and laugh
0:07.8	with aging. Welcome to midlife conversations. On this podcast, I do what I do best, taking complicated
0:14.7	information that is relevant in this point of our lives now and break it down simply with actionable
0:20.8	steps you can implement
0:21.9	to level up your life. I also regularly interview some of the most inspiring people living
0:27.4	their best midlife years now. On this show, I cover topics about our shifting hormones,
0:32.7	weight struggles, our mood and focus changes, raising teenagers, our relationships, career changes, beauty, and more.
0:40.0	If you are new here, I encourage you go back and listen from episode one when this podcast was
0:44.5	previously called Listen Up for the full transformative experience.
0:51.4	I can't wait for this midlife conversation because I've got Tamsin Fidel on today. And I've been
0:56.8	following her on social media for quite some time. And I love her content. I love what she's
1:01.2	sharing all things, menopause. And I thought I've got to connect with her. I've got to learn more.
1:05.6	I wanted to see how this person who was an award-winning journalist got so interested in talking about
1:12.3	menopause because there's not enough people talking about it yet tampson there's not a lot
1:16.3	thank you so much for being here today oh yeah thanks so much for having me i asked myself that
1:20.8	question often too i'm like how did i get to talking about menopause if you had asked me 10 years
1:26.1	ago i would have thought you were,
1:24.7	you know, out of your mind. Me too. I appreciate it. And I agree with you. More people need to be talking about this. So where did this come from? Because obviously you were a journalist. What were you reporting on? What were you doing? And how did this happen? Yeah, I still am a journalist. And it was several years ago.
1:25.5	I was in the studio.
1:27.3	I'd been having a tough time.
2:02.3	You know, my job is to read the teleprompter and to remember things and be able to talk on the fly. And I was having a really tough time with brain fog. I was constantly searching for words, constantly not remembering conversations where I left things. And I was having a tough time when it would come to the teleprompter.
2:06.5	I'd see a word cross and I would recognize it. I would know I've seen the word before, but it wouldn't come out of my mouth. And if you've experienced brain fog or you've experienced any
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