#333 How To Navigate Menopause, Relationships & Life After Heartbreak | Tamsen Fadal

The Gabby Reece Show

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Nutrition, Wellness, Performance, Fitness, Health, 197246, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 954 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

In an honest and eye-opening conversation, Gabby Reece sits down with Menopause expert & author Tamsen Fadal to discuss timelines, expectations, menopause and more. Through personal insights and stories, Tamsen Fadal, who is known for her work as a TV journalist, podcaster and author, speaks frankly about the pressures women face at certain ages and stages in their lives. Together with Gabby, she challenges women to avoid subscribing to societal expectations and trust their own timelines when it comes to love, careers and more. This episode of The Gabby Reece Show will open your mind and heart to new possibilities and give you permission to reassess the “shoulds” in your life without shame.

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Tamsen Fadal’s Book How To Menopause: Take Charge of Your Health, Reclaim Your Life And Feel Even Better Than Before: https://a.co/d/b1Ykn2D
Tamsen Fadal’s Book The New Single: Finding, Fixing and Falling Back in Love With Yourself After A Breakup or Divorce: https://a.co/d/ddbx2br

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0:00.0	I've rolled out uni because I want to live at home.
0:02.5	I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money.
0:05.7	I've ruled out uni because of my grades.
0:10.1	Study with the Open University and there's no need to rule out anything.
0:13.9	With our respected degrees, you can learn from home and work alongside study.
0:18.1	We're open to all. Plus, you'll have the support of expert tutors. So rethink your future with the degree you didn't think was possible. The Open University. The future is open. It's not all in your head. You're not going crazy. I've been asked so many times, like, how did menopause get such a bad reputation? I was like, because it's so tied up in ageism. And we've done that in the medical system for forever. There's a lot of doctors that don't know what's going on and leave women very confused and feeling very gaslit. They feel like something's wrong with them. And we have to get out of that place. If someone's suffering, like, I'm eating air and training seven times a day and I keep gaining weight.
0:54.4	How are we directing her?
0:56.0	I want her to know.
0:56.8	Hi, everyone.
0:57.8	Welcome to the show.
0:59.3	You know, when it comes to life's crossroads, there's never a clear answer.
1:03.2	But if you approach the journey with confidence and even openness, it can really lead to something new and unexpected.
1:10.0	Few people know this better than my guest today.
1:13.0	She's a celebrated journalist, New York Times, bestselling author, and advocate for women's health.
1:18.2	Through her insights, experiences, and of course, empathy, she's become a mentor to women of all
1:24.1	ages, giving them new ways to look at everything, from marriage to menopause.
1:28.8	I've been a fan of hers for years, and if you're just meeting her today, I guarantee you will
1:33.4	be too. Please welcome Thames and Fidel.
1:36.3	With all that you know and learned, and in the two buckets of health and being in a relationship,
1:42.0	if you were speaking first to a teenage young woman and then into somebody in their
1:49.2	20s and 30s, maybe we could just go through those decades, what would you want to whisper
1:54.6	in their ear?
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