Menopause Is a Portal: Hormones Shift, the Whole Brain Awakens, and the Wise Woman Rises with Tamsen Fadal • 397

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Melissa Monte | Mindset Mentor

Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In this episode, you'll learn: The shocking physical and emotional changes nearly every woman faces but nobody talks about Real strategies for managing symptoms when your doctor just shrugs How to flip the script and use menopause as your portal to becoming the badass wise woman you were meant to be Ever notice how life comes at you in phases? One minute everyone's getting engaged, the next they're having babies, and just when you think you've got this adult thing figured out, there's a whole new transition waiting around the corner. I'm turning 40 this year, and suddenly menopause has appeared on my radar. Not because I'm experiencing it yet, but because I'm starting to realize it's this massive life event that nobody talks about until it's happening. And by then, most women are completely blindsided. It's wild when you think about it. We get the puberty talk. We have baby showers. But menopause? Complete radio silence. Like we're all supposed to just silently suffer through one of life's biggest transitions because... periods are icky and aging is scary? Give me a break. Half the population goes through this, and we still can't talk about it without whispering. Today our guest is Tamsen Fadal. She's a news anchor who found herself collapsed on a bathroom floor from symptoms nobody had warned her about, only to discover she was in menopause. After being left to figure it out alone, she's now fighting to change how we handle this universal female experience. Links from the episode: Show Notes: mindlove.com/397 Join the Mind Love Collective Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes to wake up inspired Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ever notice how life comes at you and waves? One minute, everyone's getting engaged. The next,
0:07.8	they're having babies. And just when you think you've got this adult thing figured out, there's a
0:12.3	whole new transition waiting around the corner. I'm turning 40 this year, and I'm actually really
0:17.0	excited because 30 was fucking fantastic. So I imagine that coming into a whole new
0:23.3	decade with a decades more wisdom and my life a little more together, that this is going to be
0:28.9	excellent. But suddenly menopause is appearing on my radar. And no, I'm not experiencing it
0:35.6	yet. But I am starting to realize that it's this massive
0:39.3	life event that nobody talks about until it's happening. And by then, most women are completely
0:45.9	blindsided. It's wild when you think about it. We get the puberty talk. We have baby showers.
0:53.0	But menopause? Complete radio silence. Like we're all supposed to
0:57.4	just silently suffer through one of life's biggest transitions because periods are icky and aging
1:03.2	is scary. Give me a break. Half the population goes through this and still can't talk about it
1:09.4	without whispering?
1:11.1	Well, the stats I found are pretty mind-blowing.
1:13.9	Almost half of women in paramenopause can't sleep properly.
1:19.1	Millions endure painful sex thinking this is just how it is now.
1:23.3	Women quit careers that they've built for decades because their workplace won't accommodate basic
1:28.2	biological reality. But most shocking, most doctors get practically zero training on menopause.
1:35.6	Zero. Let that sink in. I am personally not surprised by that at all. I am done being shocked with how little doctors are educated on
1:47.8	besides symptom management. Awesome in crises. Awesome if my arm is broken, but now I'm not going to
1:53.9	go ask for any sort of health advice. But that's not what this episode is about. So,
1:58.5	tangent, redirected. I am fascinated by what I'm learning about
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