You deserve a roadmap. Consider this your starting point.
Hosted by Emmy-winning journalist, filmmaker, and New York Times best-selling author Tamsen Fadal, The Tamsen Show is where real talk meets real solutions. Each week, Tamsen sits down with top doctors, leading voices, and women rewriting the rules—from hormones and health to reinvention, relationships, and everything in between. Whether you're navigating perimenopause, deep in menopause, or facing the questions that come with midlife, this show is for you.
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You deserve a roadmap. Consider this your starting point.
Hosted by Emmy-winning journalist, filmmaker, and New York Times best-selling author Tamsen Fadal, The Tamsen Show is where real talk meets real solutions. Each week, Tamsen sits down with top doctors, leading voices, and women rewriting the rules—from hormones and health to reinvention, relationships, and everything in between. Whether you're navigating perimenopause, deep in menopause, or facing the questions that come with midlife, this show is for you.
It's time to take charge of your health, reclaim your life, and feel even better than before.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Follow @thetamsenshow for updates and behind-the-scenes.
The Science of Rebooting Your Life: Dopamine, Dating & Doing Things Differently
The Tamsen Show
42 minutes
4 months ago
The Science of Rebooting Your Life: Dopamine, Dating & Doing Things Differently
Routine might feel safe, but for your brain, it can become a prison. This week, Dr. Yalda Safai joins Tamsen to talk about the science of novelty and why trying something new is the most powerful way to spark dopamine, reboot your mindset, and shift out of midlife stagnation.
Tamsen and Dr Safai share dating experience and the benefits of meeting a partner later in life. Plus why women are staying single longer and why we should avoid subpar relationships at all costs!
We dive deep into what high-functioning depression really looks like in successful women. From the quiet symptoms of anhedonia and mood disorders to undiagnosed thyroid issues and the hormonal shifts of perimenopause. Dr. Safai breaks down the medical, emotional, and social blind spots that keep so many of us suffering in silence.
What you’ll learn;
Why novel experiences are a natural antidepressant
The mental health cost of playing it safe and sticking to routine
Chronic unhappiness and the silent pain of high-functioning women
Anhedonia: the medical term for when nothing feels good anymore
How thyroid issues and perimenopause are often misdiagnosed as mood swings
Why your second act isn’t about accumulation, it’s about experience
The pressure to partner up and how it leads to compromising your worth
Why you should never date to fill a void
What ghosting really says about emotional maturity
How to build self-worth before dating again
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The Tamsen Show
You deserve a roadmap. Consider this your starting point.
Hosted by Emmy-winning journalist, filmmaker, and New York Times best-selling author Tamsen Fadal, The Tamsen Show is where real talk meets real solutions. Each week, Tamsen sits down with top doctors, leading voices, and women rewriting the rules—from hormones and health to reinvention, relationships, and everything in between. Whether you're navigating perimenopause, deep in menopause, or facing the questions that come with midlife, this show is for you.
It's time to take charge of your health, reclaim your life, and feel even better than before.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Follow @thetamsenshow for updates and behind-the-scenes.
