265: The Keys To A Healthier & Happier Sex Life With Emily Nagoski
The Melissa Ambrosini Show
Melissa Ambrosini Pty Ltd
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🗓️ 25 December 2019
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Why do some couples stop having sex? Is it possible to sustain a strong sexual connection over the long-term? And how can you experience more pleasure when life feels stressful and overwhelming? They’re tough questions, but today’s podcast guest, Emily Nagoski, has the answers.
Emily Nagoski is a sex educator and the author of the best-selling Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life (which is one of the best book titles ever, right?!). She has a PhD in Health Behavior with a minor in Human Sexuality, is the inaugural Director of Wellness Education at Smith College, and her mission in life is to teach women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies.
This conversation is filled with cutting edge research, proven strategies, and plenty of lightbulb moments. Emily offers so much wisdom, but perhaps her greatest gift is giving us language to articulate deeply personal experiences that so many of us have experienced, yet that can often make us feel broken and alone. (Spoiler alert: you are NEITHER of those things!)
So if you want to create a better sex life for yourself, experience more profound pleasure than you ever thought possible, and feel true fulfillment within yourself, within your relationship and in the bedroom, then pop in those earbuds… this episode is for you.
In this episode we chat about:
- Her story from teaching sex education to where she is today (06:09)
- The 2 data-backed strategies for a healthier and happier sex life (11:04)
- Two techniques that successful couples use to sustain their connection over the long term (14:25)
- Scheduling sex — Can it work? Should you try it? (18:34)
- Is there a path back from cheating and infidelity? (22:53)
- Gender roles and how they manifest in sex (26:39)
- What is the Human Giver Syndrome? (31:18)
- How to handle differences in desire with your partner (34:09)
- How to turn down sex without making your Significant Other feel rejected (37:43)
- What is arousal non-concordance, why is it so common, and why should we all be talking about it? (41:13)
- How to get both your head and your body in the moment, to transform your pleasure experience (47:31)
- The best way to talk about sex with your kids (and what NOT to do!) (51:46)
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| 0:00.0 | As you guys know, I've written five books and my latest book which I co-authored with my husband Nick Broadhurst. It's called Time Magic, Reclaim your life. It is such a |
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| 0:27.2 | Kim said, I am literally obsessed with this book. |
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| 0:34.0 | Lulia said it's the perfect book. I love it so much. It covers so many aspects of life besides time. |
| 0:40.0 | It's not a time management book, but it does help free up so much time. I want to keep rereading it and rereading it. |
| 0:45.3 | I had no idea how much I needed this book. |
| 0:48.4 | Sarah said, so many good tips. I've applied many tips and they work wonders. |
| 0:53.2 | Justine said, not what I expected exactly what I needed. I don't think there's |
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| 1:06.2 | We would love for you to check it out. You can do so at time magic dot me. |
| 1:19.0 | This is episode number 265 with Emily Nagovsky. |
| 1:24.0 | The Melissa Ambrosini Show. |
| 1:27.0 | I'm your host, Melissa, best-selling author of Mastering |
| 1:30.6 | Your Meed Girl and Open Wide, and I'm here to remind you that love is sexy, healthy is liberating and wealthy isn't a dirty word. |
| 1:39.4 | Each week I'll be getting up close and personal with thought leaders from around the globe as well as your |
| 1:45.4 | weekly dose of motivation so that you can create epic change in your own life and become the best version of yourself possible. Are you ready beautiful? |
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