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Afya Njema (@sexual.reflexology) helps people find their centre in sex, relationships and life, through her work and study as a doula, reflexologist, nutritionist, esthetician and Universal Healing Tao instructor. ~ She shares here some of her amazing questions and reflections on you being your full satisfied self, whatever the past has held, focussed on solo time and relating today as you are and wish to be. ~ Thank you Afya for sharing the depth of your care, listening, and experience. ~ ~ If this show makes a difference in your life, your support would mean the world! Come visit www.patreon.com/satisfyingintimacy and join a private online community with group events and personal time and inspiration. Thanks for listening, and to Jhelisa Anderson for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @satisfying.intimacy on Insta.  On parle français.  Se habla español.  Have a great day. Support the show

Welcome to the new incarnation of Healthy Sex and Relationships! Thanks for your amazing interest and input through the 1st & 2nd seasons with 80 shows, 1000+ follows & 5000+ listens. Season 3 begins with big questions people are asking me and looking for online... each week for 10 weeks, 1 on Love, 1 on Sex and 1 on Relationships. Then back to interviewing groundbreaking lovemaking people around the world, sharing original juicy meditations for your mind body spirit emotional pleasure, and who knows what other best kinda trouble can be found. Wishing you immediate and lifelong joy, benefit, and inspiration. ~ If this show makes a difference in your life, your support would mean the world! Come visit www.patreon.com/satisfyingintimacy and join a private online community with group events and personal time and inspiration. Thanks for listening, and to Jhelisa Anderson for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @satisfying.intimacy on Insta.  On parle français.  Se habla español.  Have a great day. Support the show

Lexi Duquette (@mermaidinthevtmountains, seagoddesshealingarts.com) and her team of healers and visionaries is here to help you last as long in love and relationship as you want to, to keep finding that spark for your own life, attraction to your partner, curiosity for your future together. ~ 14 years and 3 kids into a marriage that like others neared divorce many times for old resentments, sexual disconnection, hurtful actions and the like, she and her partner went to work hard on themselves to come out of the rough seas refreshed and in love with life. ~ Here Lexi also talks about how important it was to have a couple of happy long-time couple role models to shine the light of possibility amid bleak prospects of putting up with each other if not hating each other but sticking it our cause of loneliness, "for the kids" or whatever other reason than happiness, freedom, helping each other become your best selves better than you can do alone. ~ Thanks Lexi for all your insight, passion and trail-blazing in the dark! ~ ~ If this show makes a difference in your life, come support it and enjoy group and 1-on-1 calls at www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships! Thanks for listening and to Kaytranada feat. Syd for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @healthy.sex.and.relationships on Insta. Ici on parle français. Se habla español. Have a great day. Support the show

Candice Leigh (@nakedyogatherapy, nakedyogatherapy.com) was years into yoga before the question came, what is the yoga of sex? ~ Her teacher didn't have an answer, so she found her way through the forest of tantra, sexological bodywork and somatic experiencing (SE) to create Naked Yoga Therapy in New York, USA. ~ As she tells here, most of her solo sessions, couples work and group classes aren't actually naked, though that is an amazing experience that can teach us so much about ourselves, unhelpful messages we got around our bodies and sexuality, even around social interaction; that can remind us to feel the joy of simply existing, moving, with elements all around. ~ Rather, naked is about plainly facing oneself and bringing that in to facing another. The idea is, the more self-accepting and self-embracing we are, the more we can really let ourselves connect with others, especially in the intimate places we so crave. In the same way that emotional vulnerability can be even more powerful than nudity, emotional intimacy can be more powerful than sex, although a wonderful conclusion of all this is to bring the two together. ~ Thanks Candice for sharing the fruit of your travels and integration in the mind/body/soul, and expressing it so movingly. ~ ~ If this show makes a difference in your life, come support it and enjoy group and 1-on-1 calls at www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships! Thanks for listening and to Kaytranada feat. Syd for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @healthy.sex.and.relationships on Insta. Ici on parle français. Se habla español. Have a great day. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships)

Amaka Ruth Njoku (@thegriefcircle_naija) has created a space for people to be themselves, with grief, so we can feel more whole, enjoy relationships and life, and help others. ~ Amaka lost her mom back in Nigeria while living in Mexico and didn't get to say goodbye, and then had a hard time finding a community anywhere that would welcome and help her understand what she was going through. She created The Grief Circle Naija so others would be able to start that much further ahead. ~ She talks her about her experience, social taboos, finding your tribe, having open conversations, new rituals, self-love, and being with friends and partners who are ready to rock a real life with you. She encourages everyone to take as long as it takes and let it come out however it needs to, and not let anyone stop you or push you feel bad about it. ~ Thanks Amaka for blazing a path back to ourselves and to the future of new openness. ~ ~ If this show makes a difference in your life, come support it and enjoy group and 1-on-1 calls at www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships! Thanks for listening and to Kaytranada feat. Syd for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @healthy.sex.and.relationships on Insta. Ici on parle français. Se habla español. Have a great day. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships)

Freya McFarlane (@freya_mcfarlane) is a tantric intimacy teacher who loves ritual... little rituals every day with yourself and your beloved, little or big rituals when the seasons change, or birthdays/holidays/anniversaries, or even the evolving seasons of the relationship itself. ~ Based in Edmonton, Canada and coaching online as well, Freya shares here the meaning and adventure we can live with when we have a safe and inviting space together. There are ideas for playing with the elements, sensual exploration, chatting needs and dreams, going out into the world with purpose, celebrating each waking up and going to bed. ~ The ritual itself can be much of what builds trust between you and gives your relationship special powers from connection to nature, as our ancestors have done for thousands of years. ~ Thank you Freya for sharing such a quality of loving teaching. ~ ~ If the show makes a difference in your life, come support it and enjoy group and 1-on-1 calls at www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships! Thanks for listening and to Kaytranada feat. Syd for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @healthy.sex.and.relationships on Insta. Ici on parle français. Se habla español. Have a great day. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships)

Marie Thouin (www.loveinsight-dating.com) is a coach helping people meet desire and discovery on dates, based in San Francisco, USA and consulting also online. ~ In this show we talk about knowing and caring for yourself before, during and after an encounter all the while really listening, sensing, connecting with the other person. We talk about first dates, getting closer thru many get-togethers, and how to keep a relationship even years-old fresh and exciting in love and curiosity. Rooted in your safety, unashamed to communicate, laughing at so-called mistakes, a world of fun and fulfillment opens up, and so does the clarity to walk away when it's not what you want. Part 1 of 2 of this year's Valentine's Day offering for those who enjoy. ~ Thanks Marie for modeling being yourself and so alive in but one conversation, sharing the benefits of your experience. ~ ~ If the show makes a difference in your life, come support it and enjoy group and 1-on-1 calls at www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships! Thanks for listening and to Kaytranada feat. Syd for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @healthy.sex.and.relationships on Insta. Ici on parle français. Se habla español. Have a great day. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships)

Yet another pair of camps we get divided into and dehumanize each other with is empaths and narcissists. ~ Yes any one of us can be empathic (focussed on others) or narcisisstic (focussed on self) in a moment or as a habit. And both can have good reason to exist for survival and co-habitation. However, when the extreme cases that are a minority get focused on, we can think that in our or our partner's mild empathy or narcissism, one is right and one is wrong, one is healthy and one is sick. ~ Why would we want to see the world so black and white, threatening each other with physical or moral power-over? ~ Who doesn't benefit from us getting along, succeeding in love, working well together, uniting for a better society and relationship with the natural world? ~ Here are suggestions to dial in our ability to view self and other as mixes, with room to play and make mistakes, try our best with good intention, and draw a new picture of the world based on our truths. ~ ~ If the show makes a difference in your life, come support it and enjoy group and 1-on-1 calls at www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships! Thanks for listening and to Kaytranada feat. Syd for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @healthy.sex.and.relationships on Insta. Ici on parle français. Se habla español. Have a great day. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships)

James Thorp ([email protected]) is an American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology-certified doctor serving women and families in reproductive health for 40+ years. Currently practicing in Gulf Breeze, USA, he's become aware of menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and newborn health problems linked to having received mRNA gene therapy injections in some COVID vaccines. ~ He's one of many doctors to have experienced censorship and smearing for speaking up, on the principle that informed consent is necessary to fulfill the doctor's oath to look out for patients' health. ~ This interview presents Dr. Thorp's understanding of how the injections can affect a woman's reproductive cycle (pre-puberty and post-menopause uterine bleeding, decidual cast shedding, entry of injected lipid nanoparticles to ovaries/placenta/fetal brain) and the need for careful monitoring. Also presented are examples of approved medicines like DES linked to reproductive health problems, and examples of government medical policy that harmed people and violated the Nuremberg Code so-called "for their own good", as in the forced sterilization of aboriginal women in Canada, the USA, and Australia. ~ The question is raised, what is dangerous about people having a variety of information from health care professionals and making up their own minds as to what's best for themselves and their children? ~ Thank you Dr. Thorp for making the time to share your insider's experience and current work analyzing documentation on adverse events. ~ ~ If the show makes a difference in your life, come support it and enjoy group and 1-on-1 calls at www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships! Thanks for listening and to Kaytranada feat. Syd for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @healthy.sex.and.relationships on Insta. Ici on parle français. Se habla español. Have a great day. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships)

Stephen Quaderer (@headeroapp) helped create the Headero app for lovers of oral pleasure and connection, starting in New York, USA and spreading out from there. ~ Headero's goal is to make a difference in the world of online dating by uniting people of all genders/orientations, having community standards based on consent/conduct not looks/performance, encouraging oral as anything from appetizer to dinner to dessert, and not playing into the shame game of saying you want dating those times you want sex. ~ The team looks at the major apps/sites and our evolving cultural values and is guided by member input, so far 17,000 people 6 months after launching. ~ Thanks Stephen for showing another side of that world with your group's vision and passions. ~ ~ If the show makes a difference in your life, come support it and enjoy group and 1-on-1 calls at www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships! Thanks for listening and to Kaytranada feat. Syd for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @healthy.sex.and.relationships on Insta. Ici on parle français. Se habla español. Have a great day. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships)

Everyone has delightful places on their body and everyone has sweet spots in their ears... I mean, the mind, the feelings, everything. Do you ever talk about it with your beloved? ~ What are your absolute favourite things to hear? What's the setting? ~ And what are the words you love to say? Is it about their heart, body, ideas, way of being? How about your shared memories and dreams? ~ This show is a very simple reminder to enjoy sharing the love language of words. ~ ~ If the show makes a difference in your life, come support it and enjoy group and 1-on-1 calls at www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships! Thanks for listening and to Kaytranada feat. Syd for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @healthy.sex.and.relationships on Insta. Ici on parle français. Se habla español. Have a great day. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships)

When you're in the middle of a conflict with your beloved, can you remember the purpose of your life and this relationship? ~ Do you get lost in reacting, trying to see things their way, insisting on being heard in your feelings and ideas? Does conflict excite you or terrify you or does it not phase you at all because it's just part of life? ~ This show talks about how you can use conflict as a golden opportunity to get to know yourself and them even better, sometimes even a sign that you're doing things right and the two of you are ready to open up to the next level of trust, love, passion and purpose. ~ ~ If the show makes a difference in your life, come support it and enjoy group and 1-on-1 calls at www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships! Thanks for listening and to Kaytranada feat. Syd for the music sample. Comments & suggestions? DM @healthy.sex.and.relationships on Insta. Ici on parle français. Se habla español. Have a great day. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/healthysexandrelationships)