Author event with Tamsen Fadal

Zibby's Bookshop is excited to welcome Tamsen Fadal to celebrate the launch of HOW TO MENOPAUSE! Tamsen would love if you'd consider donating to help rebuild school libraries destroyed by the L.A. Fires. See here for more details!

About the book:

From an Emmy award-winning journalist and documentary filmaker, this menopause manual cuts to the chase so you can take back control of your body, your confidence—and your life.

If you’re ready to feel like yourself again, this book is "the talk" you never had. How To Menopause is packed with actionable steps and evidence-based tools from a team of 42 experts including neuroscientists, menopause-certified physicians, sex and relationship therapists, sleep doctors, and a variety of lifestyle mentors. Synthesizing research, stories, and strategies in a way that only an investigative journalist can, Tamsen Fadal helps you:

• be your best advocate in a medical system not designed to treat women in midlife,
• understand the options that tame your symptoms, whether it’s hormone therapy, supplements, or lifestyle changes,
• have science-backed strategies to get the best sleep of your life,
• be able to talk to your partner about sex, low libido, painful intercourse, or how your hormones might be impacting your relationship,
• update your style (hair, makeup, clothes) to match your changing body,
• learn simple workouts, skincare tips, and delicious recipes to deal with belly fat, dry skin, and hair loss—and much, much more.
  How to Menopause answers all the questions you’ve been too nervous to ask, and brings you into a conversation with millions of other women. Together, we can embrace a stronger, sexier self at every stage of midlife–from perimenopause through menopause and into our "bolden" years.

"How to Menopause is more than just advice—it provides a lifeline. Through her honesty, humor, research, and relentless commitment to women’s health, Tamsen Fadal has created a guide that is both practical and deeply personal. Whether you're just beginning to experience perimenopause or well into this transition, these words will leave you feeling more confident, more informed, and most importantly—never alone." —Lisa Mosconi, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of The Menopause Brain

About the author:

Tamsen Fadal is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, and social media’s “midlife mentor.” After more than three decades as a news anchor, Tamsen made the bold decision to pivot her career toward women’s advocacy. From the bedroom to the boardroom, she serves as a best friend and guide, a one-stop resource for everything women need to thrive during midlife and beyond. With a passionate and loyal social media audience of 4 million with 50 million monthly views, Tamsen leverages her decades of journalism experience to provide actionable tools from dozens of world-renowned experts on topics that women like herself have been curious about, afraid to talk about, or ashamed to ask.

Tamsen is the creator and producer of the groundbreaking PBS documentary, "The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause", which has galvanized a global movement. It has been viewed by over 1 million women, led to thousands of screenings around the world, and is the first documentary on menopause accredited to provide Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for doctors.

Her latest book, (Balance Publishing), will be available in March of 2025.

Tamsen’s candor and relatability have taken her from the boardroom to the stage at SXSW to Capitol Hill, where she advocates for policies that eliminate the stigma of menopause and foster an environment where women feel empowered to embrace their midlife transition, finding joy, confidence, and fulfillment through every life stage. In November 2024, she joined fellow documentary producer Denise Pines and Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., to highlight a bill at a panel on Capitol Hill — the first time, according to Murray, that such a discussion about menopause took place in the U.S. Capitol. Fadal regularly appears in the media, including Oprah Daily, The Today Show, The New York Times, and The Harvard Business Review.

Tamsen holds a certificate in holistic health coaching from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, serves on the national board of Let’s Talk Menopause, and is a strong voice in the fight against breast cancer, having lost her mother to the disease in 1990.

Tamsen currently lives in New York City and Santa Monica with her husband Ira Bernstein.

Event Venue

1113 Montana Ave, 1113 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, United States