Tamron Hall Is Redefining Ambition in Midlife — But She’s Not Done Competing

Tamron Hall’s holiday wish for women is a “greater perspective,” a gift that the journalist, talk show host, and author says that midlife has offered her. “What I am now recognizing is… not everything is a big deal.”

Hall was “afraid to run out of time” in her thirties. After 15 years at local news stations in Texas and Illinois, she made the jump in 2007 to bring her unique perspective to major national networks — anchoring and hosting shows at MSNBC, serving as a correspondent on NBC News, and co-hosting the third hour of the “Today Show.” 

“Your hair is on fire because you want to get it done and you want to succeed,” Hall recalled about that time of growth and transition to Flow. “You’re trying to figure out what ambition means and you want to define yourself in this very big way.” 

Now in her fifties, Hall seems to have finally gotten it all done. 

She has won two Emmy Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and two Gracie Awards from The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation, and the New York City Council has issued a proclamation in her honor for her Outstanding Service and Achievements. 

Her nationally syndicated, self-titled talk show on ABC, “Tamron Hall,” which she hosts and produces, entered a milestone fifth season this year, and is the second longest running Disney-produced syndicated talk show and one of the highest-rated daytime shows of TV. 

Her Court TV original true-crime series, “Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall,” is now in its second season, and she is slated to publish the second book in her Jordan Manning mystery series in 2024. 

And, just a few years ago, at age 48, Hall became a mother for the first time. 

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In other words, she’s not done doing the work she loves and building the life she deserves — but she has learned how to let the rest of it flow, and to stop “putting a 20 on a 10,” as her husband likes to say. “Everything matters, but your reaction should be appropriate and fit that situation.”

“I’m not soft. I am still a competitor,” Hall tells Flow. “I still want the things that I want. But I’ve also recognized that I can’t let waters rise that don’t need to.” 

Watch Flow’s full interview with Hall above.