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199. Tools To Strengthen Your Long Term Relationship + The Common (But Toxic) Mistakes We Make Jan 29, 2025

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We're diving into long term relationships with Dr. Frankie Bashan, a sex therapist and founder of Little Gay Book, an LGBTQIA+ matchmaking service! We cover:

Whether or not long term relationships should feel EASY + other common misconceptions about LTRs
The tools you NEED to build a strong relationship
The common (and toxic) mistakes we're making in our relationships
How to navigate with dreaded "roommate phase"
What being "clingy" actually means and what you can do to address it
Daily + weekly habits you can start incorporating into your life to benefit your relationship

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198. Q + A: "HELP! The Sex Is Bad..." Jan 22, 2025

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In this week's episode we're answering one of YOUR questions with a combination of expert tips, personal experience, and a much needed pep talk.

The Question: "I’ve been with my boyfriend for a while now, and the sex... it’s just not great. It’s not that we don’t like each other, but it just feels off. I want to be honest, I just don't know how to approach it, so please HELP!"

We cover:

Questions to ask yourself
Expert tips for talking about sex with a partner
How to give critical feedback KINDLY
How to give feedback *in the moment*
Why it's actually TOTALLY OKAY (and very normal) to be bad at sex
Permission to break up with someone if the sex is bad

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197. How To Navigate Mismatched Sexual Desire + The #1 Question You Need To Be Asking Your Partner Jan 15, 2025

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We're exploring how to navigate mismatched sexual desire with Susan Morgan Taylor, MA, a Somatic Sex Therapist and Relationship Coach. Did you know it's completely normal for sexual fulfillment and desire to waiver over the course of a relationship? Luckily Susan has a buttload of tools to help get through these tricky times. We cover:

WHY these discrepancies happen (even if it used to feel like you were on the same page)
What the research says about HOW LONG couples struggle with intimacy issues before getting help + tips for navigating any shame associated with these issues
Steps you can take to address desire discrepancy
Questions you can ask yourself or your partner to COMPLETELY CHANGE your sex life
The skills you need to build (or rebuild) a FULFILLING sex life

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196. 50 Sex Acts To Try In 2025 (Pt. 2) Jan 08, 2025

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The journey continues as we give you OVER 50 SEX ACTS to try in 2025. From foreplay, to masturbation, to positions, to kink, we're helping you build your sexual tool kit and feel confident AF anytime you step into the bedroom. In Part 2, we're covering:

Spicy and adventurous places to get it on
Refresher on how to give amazing oral and hand sex
Kinky ideas for adding spice to your routine
Aftercare and how it enhances your intimacy
Plus BTS stories on unaired episodes

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195. 50 Sex Acts To Try In 2025 (Part 1) Jan 01, 2025

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We're giving you OVER 50 SEX ACTS to try in 2025. From foreplay, to masturbation, to positions, to kink, we're helping you build your sexual tool kit and feel confident AF anytime you step into the bedroom. In Part 1, we're covering:

Our favorite foreplay techniques
Tips for dirty talk & sexting
How to actually feel SEXY
Exciting ways to spice up your masturbation practice
10 different sex positions and tips for making them PLEASURABLE AF

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194. Here's How Listening To Erotic Romance Novels Will Change Your Sex Life Dec 18, 2024

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This week we're diving headfirst into the world of erotic romance novels and it will absolutely CHANGE YOUR LIFE. We start off the episode by talking with the co-founders of Tempt, an erotic romance audio-book app designed by women, for women with the goal of ELIMINATING the pleasure gap. We cover:

How listening to erotic novels can COMPLETELY change your sex life
The BENEFITS of listening to erotic content
How to use erotic novels to reconnect to your desire and feel sexy AF
How to use erotic novels to explore your interests & fantasies

Next we cover a few ways to start incorporating erotic stories into your solo and partnered play. This includes:

Turning yourself on throughout the day
Opportunities for roleplay
Building up and/or acting out your fantasies

Lastly, we want you to start getting all these incredible benefits ASAP... so we're sharing a clip from an erotic novel you can find on Tempt! Stay tuned until the end of the episode for a taste of "Big Bad Wolf" by Jenika Snow.

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193. The BEST Tip For Finding & Creating Meaningful Friendships + A Guide For Maintaining The Friendships You Already Have Dec 11, 2024

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Anna Goldfarb, an author and friendship explainer, is here to do just that. She teaches us the KEY to cultivating new friendships and how to lovingly maintain the ones we have. We cover:

HOW to make meaningful friendships
The #1 thing you need to be doing in all your friendships
How to build friendships that LAST
Supporting friends who are in different life stages
How many friends you *actually* need according to science
Concrete ways to SHOW UP and be a good friend

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192. Stop Feeling Behind In Life, Quit Comparing Yourself & Build Unshakable Self Worth (Even If You're At Rock Bottom) Dec 04, 2024

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We're talking with Anna Kai, the creator of maybe both, your favorite internet hype woman, and our GO TO for the brutally honest advice we need in our 20s. We unpack how to find self worth, what we're often getting wrong in our 20s and how to step off the comparison train. We also cover:

What we should ACTUALLY be focusing on in our 20s vs. what we're taught we should be doing
How to fully embrace the freedom of your 20s (whether your single or partnered)
What to do if you're struggling with self worth
How to navigate hitting "rock bottom"
Things to tell yourself when you start to compare or feel "behind" in life
Letting go of the need to be liked
Finding YOUR person aka someone who doesn't have to "leave you to love you"

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191. Q&A: How To Have Shame Free Casual Sex, Try Something New With Your Partner & Embrace Your Neediness Nov 27, 2024

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You asked, we answered, let's go. We're diving into YOUR questions and sharing all the expert advice, resources, and personal experiences we've gleaned over the past four years. We're covering:

"How do I try new things in the bedroom?"
How to talk about trying something new
Tips for initiation
How (and why) to set a container
"How can I start having shame free casual sex?"
A pep talk + reframe of why casual sex is AWESOME
Steps to combat feeling "guilty"
"How can I be less needy in my new relationship?
How to EMBRACE your needs and redefine what it means to be needy
An action plan for if you really are "too" needy

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190. Are You Overfunctioning? Why Doing Too Much & Ignoring Your Own Needs Is Killing Your Intimacy & Happiness Nov 20, 2024

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Our BESTIE Victoria Albina, NP, MPH, a coach for people with codependent, perfectionist and people pleasing thinking, is BACK and as always... it's everything we've been craving. In this episode we're unpacking OVERFUNCTIONING. Wtf is it? How do we stop? V has all the answers and more. We cover:

What it means to be "overfunctioning" and why people with codependent, perfectionist & people pleasing tendencies often find ourselves here
Examples of how we overfunction in relationships, the workplace & other areas of life
How overfunctioning impacts us overtime
How to know the difference between doing something you WANT vs. something you HAVE to
What to do if you've created a "tit for tat" dynamic in your relationship
What to do if you've become the "nagging" partner
What to do if you're ready to stop overfunctioning

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