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Speaking of Sex with The Pleasure Mechanics Pleasure Mechanics

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Join The Pleasure Mechanics for explicit, honest & soulful conversations about every facet of human sexuality. Chris and Charlotte are your guides into the complex terrain of sexuality, and each episode equips you with erotic knowledge and know-how so you can experience more pleasure, joy and connection.

    Erotic First Aid

    Erotic First Aid

    The Five As of Erotic First Aid : What To Do When Good Things Go Wrong













    As Chris recovers from a recent sex injury, we share the five steps of offering Erotic First Aid. From broken bed frames to thrusting gone askew, we share stories of sex injuries and accidents and offer a reliable framework for responding with care, getting the help you need, and staying connected.







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    No matter what kind of sex you are enjoying, sex accidents and sex injuries can happen in any moment – often when we are deep in pleasure or high on arousal! Accidents happen, and HOW you respond to the moment is crucial. A little preparation can go a long way to create a calmer response in the heat of the moment, so tune in to equip yourself with our five-step framework for providing your lover (or yourself!) with Erotic First Aid.







    The 5 A’s of Erotic First Aid are:









    * Awareness







    * Assessment







    * Action







    * Aftercare







    * Accountability









    Want to share your story of a sex accident or injury, or what kinds of Erotic First Aid have been most useful to you? Record us a voice memo here and share your story with the Pleasure Mechanics community!

    • 35 min
    Praise Kink

    Praise Kink

    Praise can feel like loving strokes that go right to our soul’s sweet spots, giving us the affirmation, acceptance and encouragement that so many of us crave – but can also cause embarrassment, discomfort or even humiliation! Some people love being praised for their physical appearance, and others find this distracting. In this podcast episode, we explore erotic praise, praise kink and the full range of emotions that receiving praise can evoke. Get to know your specific relationship with praise, discover if you might have a praise kink, and learn how to praise your partner just how they like it, all in this free episode of Speaking of Sex with The Pleasure Mechanics!







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    • 24 min
    Paths To Lust : Map Your Emotional Floorplan with Emily Nagoski

    Paths To Lust : Map Your Emotional Floorplan with Emily Nagoski

    Emily Nagoski shares the game-changing tool from her new book, Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections. The Core Emotional Floorplan is a framework that allows all of us to more clearly see and share their own unique emotional experience, and find pathways back home towards Care, Play and Lust.







    Join Chris for a guided video practice in mapping your own emotional floorplan and mapping your own paths to lust – it’s included in your FREE first month of Pleasure Pod membership.















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    Listen to part one of this interview here: The Surprising Science of Lasting Sexual Connection: An Interview with Emily Nagoski

    • 39 min
    The Surprising Science of Lasting Sexual Connection: An Interview with Emily Nagoski

    The Surprising Science of Lasting Sexual Connection: An Interview with Emily Nagoski

    In this intimate interview, Emily Nagoski shares her insights from authoring her new book Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections. We dive into the common misconceptions about long term erotic relationships, and what really works when it comes to creating a sex life worth wanting.







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    Books by Emily Nagoski:









    * Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections







    * Come As You Are – REVISED and UPDATED







    * Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle









    Pleasure Mechanics Interviews with Emily Nagoski:









    * Episode #079: The Surprising Science of Sex With Emily Nagoski, Part 1







    * Episode #080: The Surprising Science of Sex With Emily Nagoski, Part 2







    * Episode #330: Burnout: The Stress and Sex Connection – An Interview With Emily Nagoski







    * Episode #389: Come As You Are Interview with Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.









    More Resources Mentioned In This Episode









    * Why Good Sex Matters by Nan Wise







    * Mediated Intimacy article by Meg-John Barker, Rosalind Gill, and Laura Harvey

    • 40 min
    Touch To Feel

    Touch To Feel

    When we Touch To Feel, we unlock boundless potential for sensual, emotional and relational pleasures. Touching To Feel is a lifetime practice of waking up our bodies to FEEL more, feeling the true depth and range of our own emotions, expressing ourselves through touch and touching with purpose and intention to create a wide range of extraordinary erotic feeling states! All of this, in three simple words: Touch To Feel









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    This episode was inspired by a voicemail from a listener. Thanks Andrew! You can leave your own message for us, sharing your wins, stories or questions at PleasureMechanics.com/hello

    • 26 min
    Tend The Tender

    Tend The Tender

    Tend The Tender is a phrase that invites us all to bring more loving attention to our most tender places, and to allow others to care for us when we are feeling a bit raw. To be tender is to be human, and yet many of us struggle to ask for care when we need it most. If we learn how to tend the tender, we can bring more compassionate care to ourselves and those we love the most.







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    Continue The Conversation With These Speaking of Sex Episodes









    * Episode 423: Just Hold Me







    * Episode 467: Touch Hunger

    • 23 min

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