Sunday Pick: Interview: Aging, menopause, and rethinking fashion for comfort in midlife with Stacy London | from TED Health
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🗓️ 8 March 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
“My lens around style doesn’t have anything to do with style anymore — it’s about physicality,” says stylist and fashion consultant Stacy London. “What do I want to be able to do? How do I keep myself strong?”
Stacy’s message has resonated for many women, and for this episode, she joins Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, host of TED Health, at TED2025 for a special live conversation about why women are so embarrassed to talk about aging. For Stacy, aging became a chance to reassess her relationship to her body, and her experience with menopause and spinal surgery shifted her focus to health and wellbeing. Her best advice on what you can do to feel good in your skin? Throw away the most painful pair of shoes you own.
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Sunday and International Women's Day, TED Talks Daily listeners. |
| 0:07.8 | I'm Elise Hugh. |
| 0:08.8 | As we often do on Sundays, today we're sharing a recent episode of another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, handpicked by us, for you. |
| 0:16.6 | My lens around style doesn't have anything to do with style anymore. |
| 0:21.0 | It's about physicality. |
| 0:22.8 | That is from stylist and fashion consultant, Stacey London. |
| 0:26.9 | What do I want to be able to do? |
| 0:28.9 | How do I keep myself strong? |
| 0:31.0 | Stacey's message has resonated for many women around the world. |
| 0:34.0 | And so today we're sharing a special episode from TED Health, |
| 0:37.0 | where she joins |
| 0:37.7 | host Dr. Shoshana Ungerlider for a conversation from TED 2025 about why women are so |
| 0:43.5 | embarrassed to talk about aging. For Stacey, aging became a chance to reassess her relationship with |
| 0:48.8 | her body. Her best advice on what you can do to feel good in your own skin, throw away the most painful pair |
| 0:55.4 | of shoes you own. Listen to TED Health wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about the TED Audio |
| 1:01.1 | Collective at audiocollective.ted.com. This is TED Health, a podcast from TED, and I'm your host, Dr. Shoshana Ungerleiter. |
| 1:18.3 | Today, I'm excited to present a conversation with my friend, stylist, fashion consultant, author, |
| 1:24.8 | and magazine editor, Stacey London, of TLC's What Not to Wear. |
| 1:30.3 | In recent years, Stacey's become a powerful voice in a space that's long been overlooked, |
| 1:35.8 | midlife and menopause. Through her writing, public speaking, and advocacy, |
| 1:40.9 | she's reframing this transition not as a decline, but as a time of |
| 1:46.3 | reinvention, of power, and deep self-knowing. |
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