Podcast Season 3 Episode 20Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 16:42 min Want to try some kinky stuff with your partner, but have no idea where to begin? Panelists offer tips for those curious about experimenting with power play, sensation play, and beyond. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Cassie Porter – Somatic sex educator & […]
#S3E17 | “Sex When You Don’t Feel Like It” with Cyndi Darnell
Podcast Season 3 Episode 17Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 44:49 min Karen interviews sexologist Cyndi Darnell about her new book that helps you connect to your authentic desires and work with mismatched libidos within partnership. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Cyndi Darnell – Sex & relationship therapist, clinical & somatic sexologist Buy […]
#S3E16 | How to Talk to a Therapist About Sex
Podcast Season 3 Episode 16Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 43:28 min Do you talk to your therapist about your sex life? How can you find a sex-positive provider who works for you? Three professionals discuss what to look for and how to start the conversation. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Blake Mackie, Hannah […]
#S3E14 | Should We Open Up Our Relationship?
Podcast Season 3 Episode 14Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 24:16 min When is the right time to start a polyamory convo with a long-term partner? Panelists respond to a listener who’s on the fence about opening up a monogamous relationship. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Tazima Parris – Sex Coach Matthew Amador […]
#S2E56 | Remix! A sex-positive sampler
Podcast Season 2 Episode 56 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 42:23 min We’re kicking off the new year with a sampler of segments you may have missed from past episodes. Guests discuss common medications with sexual side effects; nonbinary identities; and techniques for climbing out of a sex rut – plus, Karen’s Sermon on reminders to […]
#S2E49 | Eavesdropping: Is suffering optional?
Podcast Season 2 Episode 49 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 51:14 min Do you avoid difficult conversations with partners, or leap right into the sticky stuff? In the second episode in our Eavesdropping series — unplanned, no-holds-barred conversations, beginning with a guest’s question for Karen — Brandon Hunter-Haydon asks, “What does it mean to choose pain […]
#S2E47 | “Should I leave my relationship?”
Podcast Season 2 Episode 47 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 23:50 min Is it time to exit an LTR that’s not working? How will you know? Panelists answer a listener question on getting out (or not), plus Karen’s Sermon on what keeps us stuck in situations we don’t want. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Chapters Panel: Should I […]
#S2E38 | “Everything’s changed”: Dating & relationships in the time of COVID
Podcast Season 2 Episode 38 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 44:58 min Many people are radically re-examining their relationship values — both in dating and with long-term partners — after a year and a half of pandemic living. Panelists discuss newfound pickiness on dating apps, being honest with yourself, and finding your center in a time […]
#S2E37 | “My partner is a flirt!” & ENM Dilemma
Podcast Season 2 Episode 37 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 22:31 min “My partner is a flirt. He says this is who he is…” Panelists answer a frustrated listener’s question on different social styles within a couple. Plus, the sticky wicket of starting a nonmonogamy convo in an established relationship. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode […]
#S2E23 | “My partner stopped wanting sex…”
Podcast Season 2 Episode 23 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 17:57 min “My long-term partner stopped wanting sex a few years ago. I bring it up from time to time, but nothing happens… Suggestions?” Our panel of sexperts tackles this tough question from a supporter as part of our exclusive monthly Q&A for Patreon members. Plus, Karen’s Sermon […]
#S2E15 | What Turns You On?
Podcast Season 2 Episode 15 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 22:23 min How can we discover what turns us on? Does “the erotic” come from taboo, longing, surprise? How can we get more of it to juice our relationships and fantasies? Panelists offer tips to cultivate more eroticism in our lives. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Chapters […]
#S2E1 | Sex Journey, Kink Journey
Podcast Season 2 Episode 1 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 40:56 min What’s it like to embark on a new sexual lifestyle in middle age? Or to figure out—after unfulfilling long-term relationships—what kind of sexual being you want to become? Two real people tell their stories. Therapist Pat Cochran tells the story of her development as a […]
