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Habits and Hustle

Episode 469: Tamsen Fadal: Breaking the Menopause Silence (100+ Symptoms Your Doctor Never Mentioned)

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen and Habit Nest

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.4763 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

What if everything you know about menopause is wrong? Former TV journalist Tamsen Fadal joins me on the Habits and Hustle podcast to share how a live television hot flash changed her life and sparked a global conversation about the menopause transition that affects 1 billion women worldwide. We discuss the surprising 100+ symptoms of menopause and why doctors aren't educated about this life stage. We also dive into dating and marriage during menopause, the workplace challenges women face, and why strength training beats cardio for women over 40. Tamsen Fadal is the New York Times bestselling author of "How to Menopause." After experiencing a severe hot flash on live television in 2019, she left her 30-year journalism career to educate women about perimenopause and menopause. Her documentary has been seen in 450+ cities across 40+ countries, and she's become one of the leading voices in women's midlife health. What We Discuss:  (04:29) The 100+ Symptoms Nobody Talks About  (07:49) Perimenopause vs. Menopause Explained (09:02) The Live TV Hot Flash That Changed Everything  (12:28) Why There's So Much Shame Around Aging  (16:04) Why Doctors Aren't Educated About Menopause  (19:28) The Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy  (25:03) Workplace Policies and Benefits for Menopause  (36:59) Dating and Relationships During Menopause  (42:22) Her Personal Menopause Journey and Routine  (46:01) Why Cardio Isn't King for Women Over 40  (48:56) Eating Disorders and Body Image in Midlife  (51:35) Finding Love Again After Divorce …and more! Thank you to our sponsors: Momentous: Shop this link and use code Jen for 20% off Therasage: Head over to therasage.com and use code Be Bold for 15% off  TruNiagen: Head over to truniagen.com and use code HUSTLE20 to get $20 off any purchase over $100. Magic Mind: Head over to www.magicmind.com/jen and use code Jen at checkout. Bio.me: Link to daily prebiotic fiber here, code Jennifer20 for 20% off.  David: Buy 4, get the 5th free at davidprotein.com/habitsandhustle.   Find more from Jen:  Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen   Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Find more from Tamsen Fadal: Website: https://www.tamsenfadal.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamsenfadal/?hl=en  Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tamsen-show/id1799976761

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Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.

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All right, you guys, we have Tamsin Fidel.

1:35.6

Is that you pronounce your last name?

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Tams and Fidel, who just wrote the book, How to Metapause on the show.

2:17.5

Her book quickly became a smashing success on the New York Times bestselling list. It's a great book. Thank you. Your documentary is great. She's become now, I believe, kind of like one of the big faces in metapause. Not expecting to, but yeah. Not expected to. Not a plan. But sometimes God, you know, you make a plan, God laughs, right? It's so true. You know what? I have learned that in a big way. Right? Like, did you ever think that this was going to be your life? I was like, I am going to be a newscaster and that's what I'm doing. And I would never, if you told me that 10 years ago, I've been like, I don't even know what you're talking about menopause. Yeah. Yeah. Which is what I did five years ago.

2:17.9

I didn't know.

2:19.0

And look at you now.

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There's such a need, though.

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That's the reason.

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That's why we're all, everyone's like, why is metapause having such a moment? I said, it's not a moment. This is like, this should have been around for a long time. I do feel, though, and I wasn't even sure if it was because of where I am in life, if. If it's, I'm only, is that why I'm seeing so much about metapause? Or is it just, is it having like a huge moment in the zygne's right now, you know? That's what I thought. I was like, is it my algorithm that's doing this? It's just feeding it to me over and over. But look, I think somewhat that. But honestly, I really do think that this is a conversation because I'm hearing people of all ages come up and talk about it. And men, too,

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