195. Sex Talk & That Night in Miami: Sex Therapy with Vanessa Marin

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Two silent sex queens & Abby invite sex therapist Vanessa Marin onto the pod and into their bedrooms to discuss: 1. Practical, concrete tips for how to get over your discomfort and talk about sex with your partner – and how Vanessa’s advice is currently working for Glennon and Abby. 2. Why women tend to struggle receiving during sex – and how hustle culture shows up in the bedroom. 3. How to activate desire instead of shame when asking for more frequent or different sex. 4. A great tip for how to “post-game” about what you like and appreciate after sex. For the first “Silent Sex Queen” conversation, go way back and check out: Episode 14: SILENT SEX QUEEN: Why aren’t we talking about sex more? About Vanessa: Vanessa Marin is a sex therapist and instant New York Times Best Selling author of Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life, co-written with her husband and partner-in-crime, Xander Marin. Vanessa is here to help you kick shame out of the bedroom so you can start feeling the connection, pleasure, and joy you deserve! Vanessa has been featured in various major publications and has written for The New York Times, Allure, and Lifehacker. TW: @VMTherapy IG: @vanessaandxander

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0:00.0	I chased desire, I made sure I got what's mine.
0:10.6	All right, welcome to We Can Do Hard Things today.
0:13.9	Everyone's small and I say, we can do hard things.
0:16.1	Someone says, that's what she said, and it becomes sort of sexual, which I bring up today
0:22.6	because today we are going to do very hard things, which means we're going to talk about
0:29.0	sex. Since we are three people who, well, I'll speak for me in sister, since we are two people
0:36.6	who don't know shit about sex and one who might, we have brought in an expert today, so don't
0:42.4	worry, don't just turn the plot off right now. We have someone who understands sex.
0:46.4	So you're just implying that I know about sex?
0:49.5	Well, I just thought that if I-
0:50.3	No, she said you might, and Jerry's still out, it's only been six years of marriage.
0:53.2	Yeah, exactly.
0:55.5	But I do want you to know that I got sexed up today.
0:58.7	I have my fancy sweatpants on.
1:02.1	Oh, okay. Yeah.
1:03.6	I was very curious.
1:04.5	And I have lipgloss on.
1:06.4	Did you notice that I have lipgloss on?
1:08.5	I did, but I didn't know that that's what sexed up means to you.
1:12.1	Well, then you steps.
1:14.7	Yeah, ironically to me, lipgloss is sexed down.
1:18.6	Oh, that's right.
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