475: Love in a Time of War

Foreplay Radio – Couples and Sex Therapy

Cloud10

Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In this episode, we explore the psychological and emotional effects of the ongoing Ukraine conflict on sexual intimacy for both those directly affected by the war and those living in its shadow. George recently visited Ukraine and heard first hand the issues couples are experiencing, thus inspiring today's show. Join us as we delve into some challenges couples face in war-torn regions and the sexual discrepancies that can arise during times of unrest. Laurie and George examine the emotional toll the war has taken on intimacy, from changes in desire and communication to the impacts of PTSD, stress, and grief on partners. While war in other parts of the world might seem distant for some of our listeners, we are all touched by global conflicts, traumatic events, natural disasters or even careers as first responders. Here we consider how partners navigate physical and emotional closeness when faced with uncertainty, loss, and fear. The episode offers great insights on ways couples and individuals can navigate intimacy in challenging times, with expert advice on maintaining connection and emotional support in the face of ongoing trauma and instability. The power of connection and relationship can create resiliency during difficult times and this episode asks the question: does sex still matter while there is a war going on? Please support the pod by supporting this episode's sponsor: Uberlube.com -- Laurie's favorite personal lubricant. Get 10% off with the code 'foreplay' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.8	Welcome to Forplay Sex Therapy. I'm Dr. Lori Watson, your sex therapist. And I'm George
0:40.4	Fowler, your couples therapist. We are here to talk about sex. Our mission is to help couples talk
0:46.5	about sex in ways that incorporate their body, their mind, and their hearts. And we have a
0:52.9	little bit of fun doing it, right, gee?
0:54.6	Listen, and let's change some relationships.
0:57.7	We got our friends in the Ukraine reaching out, Lori, asking for some help.
1:01.4	We got a lot of soldiers, a lot of issues, a lot of trauma, how that impacts their
1:06.3	relationship, especially sexually.
1:09.1	Yeah, lots of therapists, friends actually all over the world, right, who were kind of
1:14.9	apolitical here at Foreplay, but we are just glad to help therapists wherever they are in the
1:19.9	world dealing with couples and sexual issues because no matter what's going on in the world,
1:25.2	we think love helps.
1:28.0	That's the mission here, right?
1:30.1	So it's nice to have traveled.
1:33.0	I've been to Moscow, so many amazing people, you know, in a Russian community.
1:38.1	I just traveled, got back from Ukraine, and it was at a conference there, and, you know,
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