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1. Why Glennon believes the bravest thing she’s ever done was marching into her counselor’s office in high school—and what made her finally say, “I’m not leaving until I get some help.”
2. How we can identify the difference between our Knowing versus our anxiety and conditioning.
3. Why Glennon describes herself as Dory from Nemo, and how she returned to meditation when her mind became unmanageable.
1. The story that led to Abby’s iconic haircut—how that decision terrified her, changed how she played the game, and changed how she lives her life.
2. How Abby and Glennon view “brave” differently—and why Amanda believes their perspectives may be more similar than they think.
3. Why for Amanda the bravest decisions feel like “lonely certainty” that can never be explained or defended to others.
We’re back with author and sex educator, Emily Nagoski, taking our Pod Squad’s questions about sex.
1. How to navigate a relationship when one partner has a lower sex drive and the other has a higher sex drive.
2. The “sleepy hedgehog” practice Emily suggests to help partners find their way back to each other after months (or years) of not having sex.
3. How to raise our kids in a more sex-positive family culture.
4. Emily advises Glennon on an exercise to help unbind her bedroom silence.
EMILY NAGOSKI is the award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling COME AS YOU ARE and THE COME AS YOU ARE WORKBOOK, and coauthor, with her sister, Amelia, of New York Times bestseller BURNOUT: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. She earned an M.S. in counseling and a Ph.D. in health behavior, both from Indiana University, with clinical and research training at the Kinsey Institute. Now she combines sex education and stress education to teach women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies. She lives in Massachusetts with two dogs, a cat, and a cartoonist.
The book recommendations Emily made during this episode:
Magnificent Sex: Lessons from Extraordinary Lovers by Peggy Kleinplatz
What Fresh Hell Is This? by Heather Corinna
Girl Sex 101 by Allison Moon
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Ages 15+ years)
The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes (Ages 15+ years)
Let’s Talk About It by Erica Moen and Matt Nolan (Ages 14+ years)
Queer: The Ultimate LQBTQ Guide for Teens (Ages 11+ years)
Wait, What? by Heather Corinna and Isabella Rotman (Ages 9+ years)
Sex Is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg (Ages 8 - 11 years)
What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg (Ages 2 - 5 years)
Podcast: https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com
Instagram: @enagoski
Twitter: @emilynagoski
We welcome our very first guest, author and sex educator Emily Nagoski, who talks with us about how to finally build true, joyful, confident sex lives:
1. How our sex issues are totally normal—we’re all worrying about the same things.
2. Why more than 75% of women do not orgasm from penetration alone—and why Glennon thinks the world doesn’t want us to know that.
3. The single factor that is most predictive of strong sustained sexual connection over time.
4. How Abby’s still healing after a lifetime in locker rooms spent comparing her body to other women’s bodies.
CW: We reference sexual trauma, including what to say when someone discloses sexual trauma to you.
About Emily: EMILY NAGOSKI is the award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling COME AS YOU ARE and THE COME AS YOU ARE WORKBOOK, and coauthor, with her sister, Amelia, of New York Times bestseller BURNOUT: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. She earned an M.S. in counseling and a Ph.D. in health behavior, both from Indiana University, with clinical and research training at the Kinsey Institute. Now she combines sex education and stress education to teach women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies. She lives in Massachusetts with two dogs, a cat, and a cartoonist.
Podcast: https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com
Instagram: @enagoski
Twitter: @emilynagoski
1. Why Abby says that people pleasing is both her superpower and her Achilles heel.
2. Why Glennon says playing with kids is just the worst—and insists it’s okay for adults to sit it out. (This is why she’s not a parenting expert.)
3. Why Glennon and Abby decided to say goodbye to Florida and hello to California.
4. Glennon, Abby, and Amanda answer rapid fire questions about: their astrological signs, first kisses, and their morning routines.
1. The one question to ask ourselves if we want to know if our love is really reaching our people.
2. How Glennon’s dearest friend Liz Gilbert taught her that a relaxed woman is the new revolution.
3. Abby offers tips for bonus parents—and why she says earning her kids’ love has been the most rewarding part in her entire life.
1. The amazing life hack that has Glennon and Abby replying “Yes” to social invitations.
2. Glennon acknowledges her sexual fantasies … and TRIES (but fails) to share them.
3. Glennon talks about how she “knew what to do” the first time she and Abby were together.
4. The best and worst parts of Glennon and Abby’s big California move.
1. How Abby discovered she was gay while out to dinner with her parents at a Macaroni Grill.
2. The moment Glennon knew for sure she was queer (in an Amish Boogie Nights bathroom)—and the song that sealed the deal.
3. How, as a straight, cis woman, Amanda never had to wrestle with her sexuality, why she thinks that stunted her exploration.
4. How Glennon’s failed Van Gogh visit inspired Amanda’s next sex steps.
1. The viral note Glennon wrote to herself in her car this week—and how the world’s response confirmed that we’re all struggling right now.
2. How we tend to either Avoid the world’s pain or Be Consumed by it—and how to survive the overwhelm by embracing the Third Way.
3. What Glennon fears most as her oldest child leaves for college.
4. Why we can’t let the fact that we can’t fix everything keep us from doing something—and how Together Rising began.
1. Glennon describes how she’s feeling as her oldest leaves for college—and the survival strategy that’s getting her through.
2. The life secret someone told Glennon in early sobriety that changed her life.
3. Amanda discusses the only two strategies that are proven to help us cope with our emotions and become more resilient.
4. How hard feelings always reveal something to you about you.
5. How the life hack Glennon calls “Save as Drafts” has saved her relationships.
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