499: Novelty in the Bedroom: Hot or Not?

Foreplay Radio – Couples and Sex Therapy

Cloud10

Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Does introducing sexual novelty spice things up or turn things sour? Join us today for a conversation on how and when to introduce bringing something new into the bedroom? Research suggests that novelty in long-term relationships is key to keeping them alive but in the sexual relationship it has the potential to create a rift. George and Laurie breakdown the best way to structure this conversation to increase chances of successful communication, how one partner's gas pedal may trigger another partner's brake and how to apply the caregiving cycle if the situation gets a bit tense. If you've been thinking about how to approach adding some spice to your bedroom routine, you're not going to want to miss this episode. Tag us on instagram with your fails and nails conversations on this topic. We'd love to know what works and what didn't, all to help you 'keep it hot y'all!' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.6	spicing things up or making it worse lorry Let's talk about introducing novelty into a relationship.
1:13.6	Okay. I know this is a topic that some people are excited about and other people are
1:19.7	afraid of. So let's see how it goes. Let a rip. Let a rip.
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1:29.9	I'm Dr. Lori Watson, your sex therapist.
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