Topics · Sensation · 54 episodes, 30 guests
Pleasure can start to feel distant in midlife. Orgasms can take longer or feel less intense, and I've shared that in menopause clitoral sensitivity often decreases with declining estrogen, so arousal takes longer. The beautiful truth is that your body remembers. Try asking, instead of what's wrong with me, what's changing, what do I need, and what could feel good right now?
Here are a few of them, with the episode where we talked about it.
Dr. Maria Sophocles
OB-GYN, author of The Bedroom Gap · Ep 93
Dr. Aviva Romm
Yale-trained MD, midwife, herbalist · Ep 45
Dr. Kelly Casperson
Urologist, author of You Are Not Broken · Ep 28
Dr. Emily Jamea
Sex and relationship therapist · Ep 36
Dr. Laurie Mintz
Psychologist, author of Becoming Cliterate · Ep 41
Dr. Maria Uloko
Urologist · Ep 15
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 1Intimate wellness isn't optional or indulgent, it's essential self-care that supports your comfort, confidence, and connection to your body in midlife.
Play episode 82Midlife isn't the end of pleasure. It's a new beginning. Discover five essential principles to reconnect with your body, reawaken your sensuality, and reclaim the pleasure that is your birthright.
Play episode 54Arousal, tissue and timing change with hormones in midlife. Here is what is actually different in your body, and why, plainly explained.
Read the articleSex feels different now because your body is different now. Hormonal shifts in perimenopause and menopause change tissue, arousal timing and sensation throughout an entire network of erectile tissue and nerve endings, not just one place. That difference is physical and well documented. It is not a sign that pleasure is over. Read the article
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