Hi! I’m Tamsen —
NYT bestselling author. Global keynote speaker. Podcast host.
Helping women unlock their full potential in midlife.
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As a 13x Emmy-award winning journalist, only one thing took me off air in 25 years...
Perimenopause.
One minute I was reading the teleprompter. The next, I was sweating, dizzy, and couldn’t sit upright.
A colleague walked me to the bathroom, where I collapsed on the floor, cheek against the cold tile, heart racing, unable to finish the broadcast.
I had no idea what was happening to me because perimenopause wasn’t a conversation anyone was having.
50% of the population go through it. Millions of women have their own version of this story, and for decades have suffered in silence.
I’ve covered war zones, natural disasters, and breaking news, but I never expected menopause to be the story that changed everything.
From TV news anchor to global menopause advocate
here’s the story so far...
2008 - 2023
Primetime TV anchor of the WPIX-TV News, covering national and international stories including the Columbia Shuttle crash and the war on terror in Afghanistan
2022
Launches Tamsen Fadal Media with a trusted audience of 4+ million
2023
Wrote the NYT bestseller book How to Menopause, a global resource translated into 8+ languages
2024
Documentary producer and executive-producer of The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause, screened in 700+ cities across 44 countries
2025
Launched the podcast The Tamsen Fadal Show with honest, expert-backed, real conversations about what midlife is really like
2025
Threw the World’s Hottest Menopause Party with 62,000 women, including Halle Berry Naomi Watts, to break the silence on menopause
This movement is dedicated to my mom — and all your mothers who suffered in silence
My mom passed away at 51 from breast cancer — the same age I found myself on the bathroom floor, blindsided by a hot flash I didn’t understand.
Back then, she didn’t have language for medical menopause. I remember watching her struggle with the heat, the sleepless nights, the silence. She never talked about it. None of us did.
I think about that a lot now.
It’s why I’ll never stop talking about menopause — until no woman has to go through it confused and alone.
Talk about it, make a noise, and let’s change this story forever.
Women everywhere are taught that their stock goes down as their age goes up. But life’s not over at 50.
For me, it was a complete life reboot: I walked away from a 30-year news career, built a global advocacy platform, and even got married at 51. Midlife cracked me open — and gave me the chance to live more fully, more honestly, more on purpose.
This isn’t the end of the story. It’s your chance to rewrite it.
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