Misdiagnosis: Herpes or Perimenopause?

After years of thinking love wasn't in the cards, Golden Globe, Emmy and Academy Award winning actor Halle Berry stopped chasing and that's exactly when everything changed. In this live conversation from Eudemonia, Halle and I get into what it really takes to have a loving connection and  incredible sex in your 50s, why she thought her partner gave her herpes (spoiler: it was perimenopause), and how becoming whole on her own finally attracted the relationship she'd always wanted.

From faking multiple orgasms in her 20s to now having no problem telling her partner exactly what she needs, Halle shares why the "zero fucks to give" era might just be the sexiest time of a woman's life. She also opens up about misdiagnosis, advocating for women's health in Washington, and why she's throwing herself a "siesta" party when she officially hits menopause in March.

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In this episode, you'll learn:

 • Why chasing a relationship kept Halle attracting the wrong partners—and what shifted when she finally prioritized herself

 • How vaginal dryness got misdiagnosed as herpes and Sjögren's disease, and what that taught her about the gaps in women's healthcare

 • The permission slip every woman needs to stop performing in bed and start asking for what actually feels good

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Chapters:

00:00 - Chapter Title

00:09 - Halle Berry Admits She Used to Fake Orgasms

02:12 - Love, Divorce, and Lessons After Three Marriages

04:26 - Why She Slept With Men on the First Night

07:03 - The Health Scare That Changed Her Intimacy

07:46 - Being Misdiagnosed With Herpes

09:11 - Realizing She Was in Perimenopause

10:36 - How Sex Changed in Her 50s

13:03 - Why So Many Women Fake It

14:08 - The Unrealistic Sex Standards from Porn

17:08 - Learning You Can Say No to Sex

26:32 - The Truth About Multiple Orgasms

29:31 - Why She Launched Respin

30:50 - The Menopause Healthcare Gap

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