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We all need help with intimacy. Join certified somatic intimacy coach, and former academic scientist, Dr. Laura Jurgens for this myth-busting, de-shaming, inclusive show. She helps you understand socialized shame and sexual repression, distills the latest research, and introduces play-based approaches to growing your capacity for intimacy. Every episode offers an experiential exercise to build skill and confidence.  If  you want to discover an effective, fun path to better sex and connection, this show is for you. No ads, no product placements. Just free help. Disclosure: expect explicit content and some swearing!

Sex Help for Smart People Laura Jurgens, Ph.D.

    • Gezondheid en fitness

We all need help with intimacy. Join certified somatic intimacy coach, and former academic scientist, Dr. Laura Jurgens for this myth-busting, de-shaming, inclusive show. She helps you understand socialized shame and sexual repression, distills the latest research, and introduces play-based approaches to growing your capacity for intimacy. Every episode offers an experiential exercise to build skill and confidence.  If  you want to discover an effective, fun path to better sex and connection, this show is for you. No ads, no product placements. Just free help. Disclosure: expect explicit content and some swearing!

    Initiating Sex: Key Troubleshooting Questions for Couples

    Initiating Sex: Key Troubleshooting Questions for Couples

    This episode helps couples troubleshoot problems around initiating sexy time. In it, I guide you through how to talk over two of the most important topics for you and your partner to cover:1) How are we dividing up initiation and do we both like the split? If not, what kind of split might feel better to each of us and why?2) Are the initiation styles we've been using working as well as they can for both of us? How can we improve them?We'll cover some styles of initiation that can fall flat an...

    • 20 min.
    Inner Critics Gone Wild: Boost Your Mojo & Improve Your Connections By Being Nicer to Yourself

    Inner Critics Gone Wild: Boost Your Mojo & Improve Your Connections By Being Nicer to Yourself

    If you regularly feel ashamed, defensive, less worthy than others, or underconfident -- that's your inner critic at work. You may not realize that an inner critic gone wild isn't just harming you, it's harming your relationships and sex life. All of us can be mean to ourselves occasionally, but when it's a regular pattern it makes us feel awful, kills our mojo, and undermines our relationships. If you have that pattern, you probably learned it long ago and have been doing it for years. But yo...

    • 27 min.
    Arousal Styles: Which of These 3 is Yours?

    Arousal Styles: Which of These 3 is Yours?

    This episode covers the 3 main arousal styles. Only one is commonly depicted in media, but all are very normal and very common in reality. Most people have one dominant and possibly a secondary. Knowing your arousal style is part of discovering the manual to your own turn-ons and very helpful for communicating with your partner about what you like. Get the free guide Find Your Secret Turn Ons to discover the roadmap to your best sex life at https://laurajurgens.com. You can also learn m...

    • 22 min.
    How to Support a Partner with Sexual Trauma

    How to Support a Partner with Sexual Trauma

    It can be hard to know what to do when you're partnered with someone who is starting to heal from sexual trauma. They may be pulling away sexually. You may be feeling rejected, resentful, and/or disappointed. You may want to support them, but not know how. Today we’re going to cover the key things you can do to support your partner’s healing and your intimacy together. Four things are oriented specifically towards how you interact with your partner and four are oriented towards supporting you...

    • 19 min.
    Recovering from Trauma: My Process

    Recovering from Trauma: My Process

    This is a special one. It's both vulnerable and also really satisfying. I’m sharing my story of the 8 key processes that helped me heal from dissociation and PTSD that I accrued from various traumas, including sexual assault, child abuse, homelessness, bullying and harassment.It's never the same path for everyone, but I hope that this episode will inspire you to try out some of these approaches or understand better how to support loved ones. If you are feeling stuck, have genital numbness, fe...

    • 48 min.
    8 Core Principles of Consent & Why They Will Make You Super Sexy

    8 Core Principles of Consent & Why They Will Make You Super Sexy

    Learn the 8 core principles of consent, why consent competence makes us all sexier and more respectful lovers and human beings, how to share and model consent principles with kids, and some advanced issues around consent for those interested in kink and/or BDSM. Here is the basic outline of the 8 core principles of consent:Ask first, rather than just trying or assuming. Accept that anything that’s not a clear Yes is a No, and that’s ok. Slow down to find your yes or no, and let...

    • 24 min.

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