Mireille Silcoff

from the Oval Office with Bill Clinton to now King Charles with wanting to be Camilla Parker Bowles as Tampax to Marla Maples. I mean, it just never stopped. And I think there were these female archetypes that were really in the mix at the time that many of us felt like, well, that's just what you needed to be like. So you were either fending off rapacious men

from the Oval Office with Bill Clinton to now King Charles with wanting to be Camilla Parker Bowles as Tampax to Marla Maples. I mean, it just never stopped. And I think there were these female archetypes that were really in the mix at the time that many of us felt like, well, that's just what you needed to be like. So you were either fending off rapacious men

And being like, oh, he, he, he, you know, like, no, no, no. Or you were this like nymphette who could never get enough.

And being like, oh, he, he, he, you know, like, no, no, no. Or you were this like nymphette who could never get enough.

Yes. And I wanted to jump in and I did. And I had many partners and I took many morning after pills and I had many STD tests because it was the era of AIDS and COVID. condoms broke. And, you know, I remember the Sex and the City era where it was threesomes are the new blowjobs, right? So things were just getting more and more extreme.

Yes. And I wanted to jump in and I did. And I had many partners and I took many morning after pills and I had many STD tests because it was the era of AIDS and COVID. condoms broke. And, you know, I remember the Sex and the City era where it was threesomes are the new blowjobs, right? So things were just getting more and more extreme.

And suddenly every guy around the turn of the millennium wanted a threesome. I don't think anybody really liked those threesomes, frankly. And I don't know. Listeners, write in. Yes, listeners, please write in. Back then, it felt like every single thing existed for male titillation.

And suddenly every guy around the turn of the millennium wanted a threesome. I don't think anybody really liked those threesomes, frankly. And I don't know. Listeners, write in. Yes, listeners, please write in. Back then, it felt like every single thing existed for male titillation.

And I was part of that. And yes, it was exhausting. I didn't know it at the time. I just thought sex is something you do all the time. It's tiring. Maybe you don't enjoy it that much, but you do it and you do it because you're a sexy woman. It's weird things like that.

And I was part of that. And yes, it was exhausting. I didn't know it at the time. I just thought sex is something you do all the time. It's tiring. Maybe you don't enjoy it that much, but you do it and you do it because you're a sexy woman. It's weird things like that.

My story was very much sidetracked by the fact that at the age of 32, I became catastrophically ill with a really rare condition called spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak syndrome. I was very...

My story was very much sidetracked by the fact that at the age of 32, I became catastrophically ill with a really rare condition called spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak syndrome. I was very...

very very ill for many many many years uh at some points you know confined to a declined bed with my head lower than my chest i mean really really could not could not move and and in a lot of pain because when you have no spinal fluid you have no cushion around your brain which means that your brain is clanking against your skull all the time so it was not an easy way to live

very very ill for many many many years uh at some points you know confined to a declined bed with my head lower than my chest i mean really really could not could not move and and in a lot of pain because when you have no spinal fluid you have no cushion around your brain which means that your brain is clanking against your skull all the time so it was not an easy way to live

Yet you figure things out. That toughness comes back. The toughness comes back. So within the marriage, we had two kids. I very much raised them from bed. My ex-husband did a lot of heavy lifting. There was always some help in the house, too. That was hard. being sick and a young mother and also displaced at one point to a new city. We had to move to Toronto. That was extremely hard.

Yet you figure things out. That toughness comes back. The toughness comes back. So within the marriage, we had two kids. I very much raised them from bed. My ex-husband did a lot of heavy lifting. There was always some help in the house, too. That was hard. being sick and a young mother and also displaced at one point to a new city. We had to move to Toronto. That was extremely hard.

So the overwhelm of just living in a long-committed relationship with two young children and my health being what it was did not create the best conditions to have the best And so there were many, many years, which were just years of survival, I would say.

So the overwhelm of just living in a long-committed relationship with two young children and my health being what it was did not create the best conditions to have the best And so there were many, many years, which were just years of survival, I would say.

I think that, like, on every level. let's call it top of the brain, no. I felt like I was never going to get better and never going to be cured. Did I think that I would experience pleasure in life again, joy in life again, bodily pleasure, even sexual interest? Yes, because I never really lost that. It just kind of went under for a while.

I think that, like, on every level. let's call it top of the brain, no. I felt like I was never going to get better and never going to be cured. Did I think that I would experience pleasure in life again, joy in life again, bodily pleasure, even sexual interest? Yes, because I never really lost that. It just kind of went under for a while.