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EP450 – Monogamish: Exploring Intimacy and Freedom Aug 05, 2025

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Welcome to Episode 450 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I’m excited to be joined by Carrie Jeroslow who speaks to me about exploring monogamish relationships, communication, and relationship diversity.

In this conversation, Carrie unpacks the term “Monogamish,” originally coined to describe a space between strict monogamy and fully open relationships, and shares how transparency, not secrecy, became the cornerstone of her own early experiences with non‑monogamy. We talk through the realities behind the “ish”: clunky starts, learning curves, aftercare, and the deep inner work that jealousy often invites.

International Best-Selling Author and Relationship Diversity Advocate, Carrie Jeroslow, is passionate about bringing intentionality into intimate relationships by releasing the programming of what we’re taught relationships SHOULD be and shifting to what we really WANT them to be. This highly personal process requires getting to know one's ever-evolving self as intimately as possible. She believes that when we learn and accept who we truly are, we can be more authentic in our relationships with others, which brings an unparalleled sense of joyfulness and fulfillment to our lives as a whole.

In this episode, you will hear:

· Defining Monogamish

· Honesty Over Secrecy

· Aftercare And Debriefs

· Becoming Intimate With Jealousy

· Updating Inherited Beliefs

· Boundaries You Can Revisit

· Move At The Slowest Partner’s Pace

· Culture, Labels, And Flexibility

· Communication As A Core Skill

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EP449 - Sex and Self-Image: A Pleasure Journey Jul 29, 2025

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Welcome to Episode 449 of the Sexology Podcast! Today, I’m excited to be joined by Jackie Goldschneiderwho speaks to me about eating disorders, body image, recovery, and how all of this intersects with sexuality and pleasure.

In this conversation, Jackie shares the raw, unglamorized realities of living with anorexia for two decades, much of it while in the public eye. We explore her “inherited food trauma,” the cultural pressure of the 90s, and how secrecy, rules, and constant tracking kept her illness alive. Jackie opens up about the pivotal moment at 45 when health scares and a second rock bottom pushed her to choose recovery, tell her husband, and assemble a true treatment team to address the mental, physical, and emotional layers of healing.

Jackie Goldschneider is an author, activist, speaker and a longtime cast member of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Before joining the show, Jackie was an attorney and freelance journalist, and has contributed extensively to publications including Good Housekeeping, HuffPost and Scary Mommy, and wrote a weekly parenting column for New Jersey's The Record newspaper for several years. Her debut memoir, The Weight of Beautiful, was published by ‎Simon and Schuster in September 2023. Since then, Jackie has been a nationally recognized advocate for eating disorder recovery.

In this episode, you will hear:

· Inherited Food Trauma And Early Body Shame

· Fifteen Years Of Anorexia Hidden In Plain Sight

· Strategic Eating To Outsmart Cameras And Castmates

· Recovery As A Lifelong, Nonlinear Commitment

· Malnutrition’s Toll On Hormones, Estrogen, And Libido

· Therapy, Dietitian, And MD: A Three-Person Care Team

· Boundaries Around Body And Food Comments Are Essential

· Reclaiming Pleasure, Playfulness, And Nakedness In Sex

· Breaking Secrecy By Confiding In A Loved One

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EP448 - Connection and Pleasure: Reclaim Lost Desire Jul 22, 2025

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Welcome to Episode 448 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I’m excited to be joined by Dr. Kate Balestrieri, who speaks to me about navigating low desire and reigniting intimacy in long‑term relationships.

In this conversation, Kate and I normalize the reality that everyone, including sex therapists, experiences fluctuations in sexual desire. She shares the multifaceted story behind her own temporary drop in libido, touching on burnout, perimenopause, pandemic stress, and relationship “growing pains.”

Dr. Kate Balestrieri, Psy.D is a Licensed Psychologist (Clinical and Forensic) in CA, FL, NY and IL. She is a Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist – Supervisor, and PACT III trained couples’ therapist.

The Founder of Modern Intimacy, a nationwide therapy practice, Dr. Balestrieri is a passionate advocate for mental, relational and sexual health. Throughout her work, Dr. Balestrieri focuses on helping people build resilience and recovery from what ails them to move from a position of pain or discomfort to one of thriving, holistically in their lives. Dr. Balestrieri is the author of What Happened to My Sex Life? A Sex Therapist’s Guide to Reclaiming Lost Desire, Connection and Pleasure, and is the host of the Get Naked with Dr. Kate podcast.

In this episode, you will hear:

· Normalizing Fluctuating Desire

· Multifaceted Roots Of Low Libido

· Love–Lust Divide In Long‑Term Bonds

· Stress And Burnout As Desire Dampeners

· Role Of Novelty And Mystery

· Dangers Of Obligatory Or “Pity” Sex

· The 30% Orgasm Gap Explained

· Embodiment And Pleasure Practices

· Rekindling Passion With Intentional Effort

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EP447 - The Mother of Sex Coaching: Wanting Love, Finding Yourself Jul 15, 2025

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Welcome to Episode 447 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I’m excited to be joined by Dr. Patti Britton, who speaks to me about her new memoir Chasing Sex, the life events that shaped her as a pioneer in sex coaching, and how we can all cultivate pleasure and transcendent intimacy at any age.

In this heartfelt conversation, Patti traces the winding path from her “little girl named Patti” to the globally known “Dr. Patti.” She opens up about the matriarchs who modeled sexual confidence, the traumas she survived, and the counter-culture influences that called her to sexology. You’ll hear how writing her memoir became a race against time to preserve her stories, and why she now gifts readers “52 Lessons for Life” drawn from those pages.

Dr. Patti Britton is a nationally board-certified, world recognized Clinical Sexologist, known as the “Mother of Sex Coaching”. She’s the author of hundreds of articles, book chapters, forewords, and five major books in sexology. She is a proud member of the LA writers’ community, having studied Method Writing for over 20 years. She is published in several anthologies with a variety of her stories. Her memoir, Chasing Sex, Wanting Love, Finding Myself was released in 2024 from Balboa Press.

In this episode, you will hear:

· Dr. Patti Britton’s Matriarchal Role Models

· From Trauma to Thriving: Finding an Authentic Sexual Voice

· Why She Wrote Chasing Sex in Her Seventies

· Pleasure Framed as a Fundamental Human Right

· The Five-Level Touch Continuum Explained

· Transcendent Sex vs. “Good Enough” Sex

· Aging, Orgasm, and Embracing New Erotic Scripts

· Tips for Men: Shift From Performance to Sensation

· Keeping Desire Alive Through Novelty and Play

· Patti’s Free “52 Lessons for Life” and Ongoing Legacy

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EP446 - Feminist Porn: Producing Pleasure Jul 08, 2025

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Welcome to Episode 446 of the Sexology Podcast! Today, I’m excited to be joined by Inka Winter, who speaks to me about her journey from surviving a sex cult to pioneering feminist, female-gaze erotica that centers women’s pleasure and authentic consent.

Inka Winter is an erotic filmmaker and founder of ForPlay Films, an independent, all-woman porn production company. Spending her formative years living in an alternative artist commune in Austria gave Inka a critical eye for what constitutes sexy, consensual female pleasure and set the foundation for her creative endeavors in erotic filmmaking. Her background in costume design and styling informs her aesthetic and translates to the editorial feel of her films.

In our conversation, Inka opens up about growing up in an Austrian commune that devolved into an authoritarian sex cult. She describes the rigid hierarchy, the separation of children from parents, and the constant pressure to conform to cult-mandated ideas of “free love.” We discuss the lingering impact of early exposure to sexual activity, the leader’s eventual arrest, and the complex process of unraveling trauma, reclaiming agency, and seeking reparations decades later.

In this episode, you will hear:

· Childhood In Authoritarian Sex Cult

· Leader’s Arrest & Commune Collapse

· Processing Trauma Through Therapy

· Documentary Mirror Of Lived Reality

· From Fashion Design To Erotic Filmmaking

· Defining The Female Gaze On Screen

· Consent-Driven, Performer-Led Scenes

· Holistic Porn As Sex Education

· Debunking Porn “Addiction” Myths

· Empowering Women’s Pleasure & Fantasy

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EP445 - How to Have Mindful Masturbation Jul 01, 2025

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Welcome to Episode 445 of the Sexology Podcast! Today, I'm excited to be joined by Darshana Avila, who speaks to me about mindful masturbation as a form of self-care and erotic exploration.

In this conversation, Darshana and I dive into why so many of us default to the same quick, goal-oriented masturbation routine and how that habit is wired into our neural pathways. We explore the power of slowing down, setting an intention, and treating solo pleasure as a ritual, complete with an opening, body-centered exploration, and a conscious closing.

Best known for her contributions to Netflix's Sex, Love & goop, trauma informed,pleasure centric, culturally relevant erotic education is Darshana's sweet spot. Supporting women & queer community, individually or alongside their partners, is her deepest passion She's a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner & Sexological Bodyworker, guiding & serving through her private practice, public speaking & online offerings.

In this episode, you will hear:

· Defining Mindful Masturbation

· Neural Pathways And Habit Loops

· Intentional Rituals For Solo Sex

· Full-Body Touch Before Genitals

· Navigating Boredom And Plateaus

· Sensate Focus Vs. Visual Stimulation

· Fantasy As A Creative Arousal Tool

· Scheduling Familiar And New Practices

· Challenging Inner Critic Narratives

· Pleasure As Personal And Collective Liberation

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EP444 - Exploring Sex Tech Trends and Listeners’ Most Asked Q&A Jun 24, 2025

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Welcome to Episode 444 of the Sexology Podcast! Today, I'm excited to be joined by Lisa Schaefer VP of Marketing at Promescent, who speaks to me about the biggest trends reshaping sexual-health products and sex-tech innovation.

In the first half of the episode, I dive into three listener questions and unpack why fantasy is perfectly healthy, offer concrete scripts for sharing kinks without shame, and celebrate self-pleasure as a lifelong birth-right, while sprinkling in resources, exercises, and confidence-building tips you can try tonight.

Then, Lisa joins me to map out the fast-evolving landscape of pleasure products, from wearable vibrating rings that turn penis-owners into “hands-free” vibrators, to blood-flow-boosting arousal gels that help close the orgasm gap, to tech-driven “pleasure-mapping” apps and menopause-friendly solutions.

In this episode, you will hear:

· Listener Q&A On Fantasy & Orgasm

· Talking Cross-Dressing With Your Partner

· Celebrating A High Midlife Libido

· Why Fantasy Is Totally Normal

· Scripts To Share Your Kink Shame-Free

· Rise Of Wearable Male Vibrators

· Arousal Gels That Boost Blood Flow

· Pleasure-Mapping Apps & Sex Tech

· Menopause-Focused Products On The Horizon

· Communication As The Ultimate Toy

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EP443 - Somebody Hold Me: Single and Touch Starved Jun 17, 2025

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Welcome to Episode 443 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I'm excited to be joined by Epiphany Jordan who speaks to me about the essential role of nonsexual, nurturing touch in our lives and how it intersects with wellness, relationships, and even trauma recovery.

In this rich and deeply personal conversation, Epiphany shares her journey from studying sacred sexuality to creating structured touch experiences aimed at fostering connection and healing. We explore the cultural, religious, and psychological factors that shape how we experience touch, especially in societies where physical affection is often conflated with sexuality.

Epiphany Jordan, MPH, CPH, is on a mission to rebrand human touch. From 2013-2020, she provided platonic touch therapy in a ritualized setting with her business, the Austin-based Karuna Sessions. She is also the author of Somebody Hold Me: The Single Person's Guide to Nurturing Human Touch. Somebody Hold Me addresses the touch deficit singles face, and offers multiple solutions. She has appeared on several podcasts discussing human touch, and spoke about solving loneliness with human touch at Austin’s SXSW Interactive Festival in 2019. In 2023, she completed her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Social Marketing from the University of South Florida, and researched rebranding human touch as part of her program.

In this episode, you will hear:

· Why Touch Is A Mammalian And Biological Need

· How Nonsexual Touch Can Heal Emotional Wounds

· Cultural And Religious Impacts On How We View Touch

· The Problem With Conflating Touch And Sex

· The “Branding Problem” Of Physical Touch In Society

· Four Reimagined Touch Archetypes For Modern Relationships

· How Touch Supports Trauma Healing And Psychedelic Integration

· Structured Ways To Practice Safe, Intentional Touch

· The Four S’s Framework: Safe, Slow, Specific, Structured

· Why Asking For Touch Can Be A Radical Act Of Vulnerability

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EP442 - Dance Naked: The Joy of Sexual Fantasies Jun 10, 2025

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Welcome to Episode 442 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I'm excited to be joined by Eleanor O’Brien who speaks to me about exploring erotic fantasies through creativity, theater, and self-expression.

In this conversation, Eleanor shares how her personal journey with fantasy evolved from taboo-fueled curiosity to embodied empowerment. We explore the fascinating world of erotic storytelling, from her theater adaptations of fantasy monologues to the value of devising your own erotic scenes through selfies, writing prompts, and roleplay.

Eleanor O’Brien is the artistic director of Dance Naked Creative, a sex-positive theater and event company. She is a writer, performer and facilitator. She is the creator of solo shows Plan V, How to Really, Really? Really! Love a woman, GGG: Dominatrix for Dummies and Lust & Marriage.

She directed and starred in the Inviting Desire series, ensemble productions that include A Theatrical Aphrodisiac, Lubricate Your Libido, Pleasure, Permission, Possibility...and The Dawn of Sex. She has produced & directed the community cabarets What Is Erotic?, Revelations, and Sex We Can! and is the founder of the biennial sex and culture theater festival Come Inside. She hosts the monthly erotic open mic Stand Up Smut, and teaches workshops exploring the intersection between sexuality and creativity. She is the captain of the Erotic Creators Club on Patreon.

In this episode, you will hear:

· Erotic Fantasy As A Tool For Self-Discovery

· How Nancy Friday’s Work Sparked A Creative Revolution

· The Healing Power Of Erotic Theater

· Ways To Cultivate An Erotic Inner Life

· How To Use Fantasy As Connection, Not Escape

· Role Of Taboo And Power Dynamics In Desire

· Creating Erotic Rituals With A Partner

· Why Investment Behaviors Are Arousing

· Moving Beyond Porn To Create Personal Erotica

· How Set And Setting Can Enhance Arousal

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EP441 - Falling In Love Again: Bringing Erotic to Your Everyday Jun 03, 2025

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Welcome to Episode 441 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I'm excited to be joined by Dr. Alexandra Stockwell who speaks to me about cultivating intimacy in long-term relationships, navigating sexless marriages, and reigniting erotic connection between partners.

In this episode, we explore what truly keeps the spark alive in long-term relationships and why the common advice of compromise may actually undermine deep connection. Dr. Stockwell introduces her approach of Uncompromising Intimacy, which champions full self-expression over self-suppression in partnerships.

Alexandra Stockwell, MD, aka “The Intimacy Doctor,” is widely known for her ability to catalyze immediate and profound shifts in high achieving couples who want it all–genuine emotional connection, sensual passion, and erotic intimacy.

A physician coach and Intimate Marriage Expert, Dr. Alexandra is the best-selling author of “Uncompromising Intimacy,” creator of the Aligned & Hot Marriage program, host of The Intimate Marriage Podcast, a wife of 28 years and a mother of 4. Couples who work with her discover the key to passion, fulfillment, intimacy, and success isn’t compromise–it’s being unwilling to compromise--because when both people feel free to be themselves, the relationship is juicy, erotically alive, and deeply nourishing.

In this episode, you will hear:

· Understanding The Concept Of Uncompromising Intimacy

· Why Compromise May Hinder Erotic Connection

· Recognizing Early Signs Of A Sexless Marriage

· Emotional Safety As A Foundation For Sexual Intimacy

· How Curiosity Revives Connection Outside—and Inside—the Bedroom

· Practical Tips For Couples Who Feel Like Roommates Or Siblings

· The Power Of Slowing Down And Tuning Into Arousal

· How To Rebuild Sexual Connection After Years Of Disconnection

· Navigating Past Hurts, Affairs, And Emotional Wounds In Intimacy Work

· Why Ongoing Communication About Sex Is Essential For Lasting Passion

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