Topics · Boundaries · 7 episodes, 2 guests
No. Clear boundaries are necessary for real connection, and they let me offer my best self to the people around me. I no longer apologize for what I need. In my 50s I learned that every no makes room for a bigger, bolder yes. Try this: ask yourself what boundary would most support your well-being right now.
Every one of us is encoded to experience pleasure. It is our birthright.
Gabriella, host of Pleasure in the Pause, on Episode 1
Here they all are, with the episode where we talked about it.
Prioritizing your pleasure isn't selfish, it's the key to connecting with others and experiencing your full humanity. Discover how cultivating joy ripples out to benefit everyone around you.
Play episode 1Your gut holds 40 trillion bacteria, makes 90 percent of your serotonin, and houses 70 percent of your immune system. Most menopause care never asks about any of it.
Play episode 106Self-pleasure scored 4.35 out of 5 for easing menopause symptoms, ahead of diet, exercise, and supplements. Only 4 percent of postmenopausal women say a doctor ever brought it up.
Play episode 80No, it isn't. Caring about your own pleasure isn't selfish, and the people around you benefit when you do. Here's why that's true, and where to start.
Read the articleAs women, we often receive messages that prioritizing our own pleasure is selfish or indulgent. That message is wrong. When you make space for what genuinely feels good, you have more to give the people around you, not less. Pleasure works like a resource you draw from. Depleting it depletes everyone who depends on you. Read the article
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