Tamsen Fadal
This is the space where we finally talk about it all, identity shifts, career pivots, body changes, menopause, relationships we’re redefining, and bold moves we never saw coming. Let’s stop waiting for permission and start rewriting the script together.
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How Do You Quit A Career That Defines You? (opens the original)
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(If you want to listen to more on the topic here’s the link) 5 Signs Your Career Is No Longer Right For YouMaybe you are reading this at your desk at work, in your car before going into your job or maybe late at night after another day that took it all out of you.And your thoughts about your job: I don’t think I want to do this anymore.I know it well. Then the guilt arrives. And, you remind yourself that you worked your butt off to get here. You have a good job. People re
Everything You Need to Know About Your Gut in Menopause (opens the original)
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I thought I had a pretty complete picture of what it takes to feel good in midlife. Hormones, sleep, muscle, protein, bone density. Years of conversations with the best doctors in the space. But I was missing one enormous piece.I sat down with Cynthia Thurlow, nurse practitioner and author of The Menopause Gut, for the 100th episode of The Tamsen Show. What she told me about the gut completely reframed how I understand bloating, belly fat, food sensitivities, and why so many women do everything
5 Red Flags in Relationships That Are Easy to Miss (opens the original)
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I used to be embarrassed to say this out loud…I have been in relationships with abusive men, manipulative men, controlling men, insecure men. And I consider myself a confident, independent woman.That is exactly why I am saying it. Because one of the most damaging things we tell ourselves is that being strong and self-aware makes us immune to bad relationship dynamics. It does not, and I am proof and so are so many of the women I hear from every week.I also spent years as a matchmaker in New York
Still A Work In Progress... (opens the original)
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I've spent a long time priming myself to be present for as much of my life as I can be. And, I am the first to admit it is really hard for me between work and trying to respond to people in a timely manner, especially coming from the news world where everything was urgent or breaking.A few weeks ago, our whole family, three generations, ages 15 to 86 — traveled to Italy together. And for once, I actually did it! I put the phone down (although I did take some fun pictures!) I didn't scroll throug
What No One Tells You About Losing Your Mom (opens the original)
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I lost my mom three weeks after my 20th birthday. She was 51 and it was the day after Christmas at the end of a long battle with breast cancer.For more than three decades I did not talk about it. I went from caretaking her to caretaking her mother, went back to college, started my career, and told myself I had handled it. When someone said they were sorry I would say it was a long time ago. I am okay. Which I now understand was a way of managing their feelings so I did not have to deal with my o
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