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Yeah, I'm so excited about today's episode.

I have Claire Stadlin with me, who is an certified eating disorder specialist.

She's with me in North Carolina.

We are actually together in the studio, which is very fun, and Claire is a dear friend of

mine.

And I asked her to come on the podcast so that we can talk about body image problems and shame and how it shuts us down sexually and what we can do about it.

Welcome to the Brave Love Great Sex Podcast. I'm Dr. Lori Watson, licensed couple and certified sex therapist.

And I'm George Fowler, couples therapist, EFT trainer, and retired New York City firefighter.

In every relationship, love requires bravery, especially to turn towards each other when there is a lot of fighting and defensiveness.

We want to help you stay present with each other sexually as well.

Both emotional connection and erotic intimacy are the bedrock of couple security.

Brave love, great sex is where we help you reconnect, repair, and reignite desire to help create

the secure, lasting love we all deserve. Find our book by the same name, Brave Love, Great Sex.

Claire, we are so glad to have you. Welcome.

Thank you. It's exciting to be here. Yeah, and Claire, she's a psychotherapist. She has 30 years

of experience. She's the founder of Cass counseling, C-A-S, counseling in Durham, North Carolina.

She specializes really in helping people with eating disorders

and body image challenges, which include issues related to intimacy and relationships. And you can find

her on castcounseling.com. We will post it on the website. Outside of therapy, she also does this

really cool intensive. It's called Freedom Sessions. And it's basically a

four-hour work that she uses to help people jumpstart relief and ease and freedom and eating,

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