Halle Berry wants women to resiliently handle their menopause journey with help from her digital community Respin Health.

On Tuesday (February 18), the actress was a guest on TODAY, where she discussed her new company and navigated the toils of menopause in her career. The 58-year-old mother of two first discussed her menopause with “Women’s Health” in 2023, where she aimed to make the health topic “less taboo.”

“Sadly, people said to me, ‘Are you sure you want to talk about that? Do you want to align yourself with menopause? Do you worry how that will affect your career?’ And I said, ‘No,’” Berry told TODAY co-anchor Laura Jarrett around the 2-minute mark below.

“And that’s exactly why I should be talking about it because there’s nothing wrong with me being in my mid-life,” the Academy Award winner continued. “There’s nothing wrong with being 58, and you have to stop telling me there’s something wrong with me. And I’m going to prove to you that it’s not. And so women, we have to work together to destigmatize this time of life and change culture.”

The “Never Let Go” actress also said that she strives for women to have better self-education about their bodies regarding aging. “Women find when they start educating themselves that they can make decisions from a place of power, and then they feel empowered and they don’t feel so hopeless during this half,” she continued. “It’s not time to sit down. It’s time to reinvent. It’s time to have a beautiful, glorious second act. We can still be our fabulous selves, but we have to learn how.” 

Upon her 58th birthday last August, Berry told Extra TV that she planned to visit West Virginia to spread awareness about the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, which came into fruition.