For millions of women living with endometriosis, one symptom often remains hidden behind embarrassment and silence: pain during sex.

According to research, up to 80% of women with endometriosis experience pain during or after intercourse—yet many are never asked about it by their healthcare providers. In this episode, we change that.

Callie Greenberg and Jamie Silva welcome writer, storyteller, somatic coach, and host of Stories That Sparkle, Hella Rader, for one of the most vulnerable conversations we've ever had on The Girls Room After Dark.

Hella shares her journey of living with undiagnosed endometriosis, believing for decades that pain was simply part of being a woman, and not experiencing her first orgasm until age 47.

Together, we discuss:

✨ Painful sex and endometriosis (dyspareunia)

✨ The shame so many women carry around intimacy

✨ Why doctors rarely ask about sexual pain

✨ Bleeding after intercourse

✨ Pelvic floor dysfunction

✨ Learning pleasure after chronic pain

✨ Masturbation and body acceptance

✨ Vaginal estrogen after hysterectomy and menopause

✨ Medical gaslighting in women's healthcare

✨ Why women deserve better education about their bodies

This episode isn't about shock value.

It's about removing shame.

Because pain should never be normalized—and neither should silence.

If this conversation helped you, please share it with someone who may need to hear that they are not broken.

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