Hey guys, it's Jamie Scrimter here, second wife, stepmom of three and mum of one.

And you're listening to my podcast, where we talk about all things motherhood, stepmotherhood,

and living a kick-ass life. If you're ready for raw and real conversations and are striving

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Okay, guys, welcome back to the podcast.

Today I am so excited because I have Kelly MacDonald on, and guys, she is a certified sexologist.

Not only that, she's an individual and relationship therapist, a master level registered social worker. Guys, she's pretty much just like a sex and relationship guru. So welcome, Kelly. Oh my goodness. Thank you. And that was like such a nice introduction. Thank you. I don't know about guru, but I definitely have a passion for all things, sex and relationships, for sure. Yeah, you were totally an expert. Every time I talk to you,

I'm like, oh my gosh, she is so smart. So do you want to just kind of give me, before we get

started, I have like so many questions to hammer at you. But why don't you just kind of tell the

listeners like a little bit about yourself, what you do, where they can find you all of that, jazz. Yeah, sure. I love to. So I am a sex and relationship therapist in Kitchener, Waterloo. I work at a boutique private therapy practice called Bliss Counseling, and it's located in Uptown, Waterloo. And so there's a team of the nine of us, and we all do different types of therapy. So there's hypnotherapy,

individual therapy, relationship therapy, sex therapy, EMDR therapy, like all types of therapy,

but I specialize in sex and relationship therapy specifically. I have a passion for working with

individuals, couples, and relationship configurations of all kinds, helping people to

optimize their sex lives, improve their sex lives, find their way back to their sex lives.

I've talked about this with you before, but the number one issue or challenge that I see

when working with people is desire discrepancy. So when one partner has high desire and the other person has low

desire and how that impacts their relationship or even when it comes to sexual preferences

if someone wants to try something and the other person doesn't. So I try to support partners

and navigating their way through that. Awesome. And you know what? As you're like going through

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