In this episode of Suitcases & Sensuality, we sit down with Gita Aspen, a credentialed sex therapist, for an honest conversation about menopause and sensuality — a topic that deserves far more nuance than it usually gets.

We start with Gita's own path into this specialty and what personally drew her to this work. From there, we dig into what's actually changing in the body during menopause, why the cultural conversation around it is so often incomplete, and what it means to hold onto — or even deepen — sensuality during this transition. Gita shares both the clinical picture and her own personal experience, offering perspective you won't find in a typical menopause conversation.

We also talk about the emotional and identity layer of this transition — the changing relationship many women have with their own bodies, the role of cultural messaging about aging, and how to talk openly about physical realities like dryness and discomfort without reducing everything to a medical problem.

From there, we shift into relationships: how menopause tends to ripple through a partnership, what partners often don't understand but wish they did, and practices couples can use to stay sensually connected during this stage — including how novelty and new environments can help reconnect a relationship that's gone quiet.

We close with a broader look at where the cultural conversation around menopause is shifting, and where doctors and therapists are still falling short of what women in this stage actually need.

This is a candid, occasionally vulnerable conversation about desire, aging, identity, and connection — for anyone navigating this transition themselves, or loving someone who is.

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Content note: This episode includes frank discussion of sex, aging, and relationships. Listener discretion advised.