147. I Would Not Be the Woman I Am Today Without This Woman: An Intimate Conversation with Regena Thomashauer, aka Mama Gena, aka The Queen of Pleasure
Plenty with Kate Northrup
Kate Northrup
4.8 • 840 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
What if one woman could change the entire trajectory of your relationship with your body, your desire, and your power—for the rest of your life?
In this deeply personal episode of the Plenty Podcast, I sit down with the woman who did exactly that for me: Regena Thomashauer, also known as Mama Gena, the Queen of Pleasure.
I met Regena when I was 22 years old. I walked into her brownstone living room in New York City not knowing that a single class would reshape how I experienced my body, my relationships, my confidence, and my aliveness. I can say this without exaggeration: I would not be the woman I am today without her.
In this intimate, emotional conversation, we talk about what happens when women are taught to distrust their desire and what becomes possible when that conditioning is dismantled. Regena shares the origin story of Mama Gena, why reclaiming pleasure is not frivolous but revolutionary, and how appreciation becomes a doorway back to power. We explore why so many high-achieving women look successful on the outside while feeling disconnected internally and how pleasure is often the missing link.
We also go behind the scenes of her iconic Mastery program, including what it took to lead thousands of women at a time, why she ultimately chose to close that chapter, and what it cost her physically, emotionally, and spiritually to keep that portal open for so long. Regena speaks candidly about motherhood, lineage healing, partnership, surrender, and what it actually takes to receive deep love after a lifetime of armor.
This episode is about more than pleasure. It’s about life force. It’s about the creative power that fuels our work, our wealth, our relationships, and our leadership. It’s about what happens when women stop outsourcing their aliveness and start choosing it, even in hard seasons.
If you’ve ever felt successful but strangely disconnected… if you’ve built a powerful life but know there’s more vitality available to you… if you want to understand how pleasure, power, and purpose are inseparable—this conversation will meet you right where you are.
XO,
Kate
“When there is aliveness within, connection without becomes possible—and miracles can happen in a microsecond.” — Regena Thomashauer
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00:00 – Introduction to Mama Gina and Feminine Empowerment
11:04 – Cultural Disconnection and Self-Approval
18:40 – Connection and Miracles
22:51 – The Evolution of Feminine Identity
27:50 – The Challenges of Holding Space
39:40 – The Sacred Feminine and Sensuality
48:27 – Cultural Discomfort with Female Sexuality
50:19 – Reclaiming Sensual Education
52:50 – Navigating Mother-Daughter Dynamics
55:04 – The Path of Pleasure and Connection
Links and Resources:
Money Breakthrough Guide
Relaxed Money®
Connect with Regena Thomashauer:
Website
Instagram
Facebook
Pussy: A Reclamation
Programs & Trainings
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| 0:00.0 | I think my opinion is that every single woman is a force of nature that wants to be unleashed in her lifetime. |
| 0:07.6 | And I see this as possible. I know shit looks really like dark at the Mo Mo, but I really see that it is a time that the feminine is being called on. |
| 0:19.4 | I'm so excited to introduce you to today's guest. |
| 0:22.8 | Perhaps you already know her. |
| 0:25.5 | Her name is Regina Thomas Hauer, otherwise known as Mama Gina. |
| 0:30.8 | She's the New York Times bestselling author of Pussy, a Reclamation. |
| 0:34.2 | And I met her when I was 22, and I rolled up in the living room of her |
| 0:39.5 | brownstone to take a class that she taught in her living room at the time called Mama Gina's |
| 0:45.1 | School of Womanly Arts. And this woman absolutely changed my life. She changed my relationship |
| 0:53.1 | with my body, my relationship with men, my relationship |
| 0:56.2 | with pleasure and sensuality, and my aliveness. And I would not be the woman I am today without |
| 1:03.8 | Regina. She helped us heal a legacy of suppression, I would say, in my maternal lineage of suppression of our life force |
| 1:15.0 | energy. And my daughters are having a better experience of being girls in this world because |
| 1:22.8 | of Regina. Her work has been featured on the Today Show by the New York Times, by Allure Magazine. |
| 1:30.1 | She used to run an incredible program called Mastery, where she would teach over up to 2,500 |
| 1:38.2 | women at the Javitt Center in New York City. |
| 1:41.5 | She is a pioneer, a world changer. She's hysterical. She is a surrogate mother |
| 1:47.4 | to me. I cried basically through the entire episode. She's a surrogate bubby to my girls. |
| 1:53.4 | And I'm so excited for you to get to know and love Mama Gina as much as I do. |
| 2:07.4 | Welcome to Plenty. I'm your host, Kate Northrop, and together we are going on a journey to help you have an incredible relationship with money, time, and energy, and to have |
| 2:15.1 | abundance on every possible level. Every week, we're going to dive in with |
| 2:20.8 | experts and insights to help you unlock a life of plenty. Let's go fill our cups. |
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