CONNECTION, STRENGTH & Maximizing Midlife

with Emmy-winning journalist, author and health advocate TAMSEN FADAL

—BY LISA MAXBAUER

Always polished while anchoring broadcast news for 30 years, Tamsen Fadal, 54, never thought her life would dramatically shift when she started riffing candidly on TikTok. “Posting videos of myself without a stitch of makeup was one of the scarier things I’ve ever done—and I’ve been embedded with the troops in Afghanistan!” she says. But when she began sharing her “perfectly imperfect” self—including her menopause symptoms—people related…to how she had to lie on the cold bathroom floor during a hot flash or how a doctor dismissed her and just pushed antidepressants. A natural storyteller, Tamsen saw a chance to tell herself—and the 1 billion women in menopause—a new version of the story of aging: one of strength, freedom and joy. “I spent a long time trying to be who everyone…

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First for Women (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 24, 2025

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