549: Eroticising Power in the Bedroom

Brave Love Great Sex – Couples Therapy Podcast

Cloud10

Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Welcome Brave Lovers! In today's episode, we are exploring eroticising power in the bedroom. Listen in as Laurie and George discuss how different attachment styles may crave to be more submissive or more dominant during sex. We discuss that both roles may be freeing, relieving of responsibility and just sinking into pleasure. Avoidant partners may feel more close, connecting with vulnerability and more anxiously attached partners may feel reassured, certain and taken care of. This is not your average vanilla episode as we step into how to share these fantasies safely with your lover. Listeners will walk away with more understanding of underlying themes of power and control and safe and secure ways to communicate themes of submission and dominance. Remember to grab a copy of our book, Brave Love, Great Sex available for pre-order now. Pre-order Sale! Buy a copy of Brave Love, Great Sex from Barnes and Noble and receive 10% off! Between now and June 26th! Barnes and Noble Premium members get an additional 10% off! Check out this episode's sponsor (and help the pod!): Uberlube -- Laurie's long-time most recommended personal lubricant. Use the code BraveLove at checkout to get your discount! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nice to meet you. I'm Erin Skykelly. I'm Carrie Blakeby. And we host the podcast called Get the Hell Out of Debt. As soon as you say the word debt, I think you just scared people away. We're not scary, everybody. We're fun. We discuss relationships and life, but mostly money in order to help you get the hell out of debt. You're going to hear from us. You're going to hear from experts. But most importantly, you're going to hear from you. People just like you who've gotten completely debt-free or become
0:25.4	financially free simply by following a very easy system. Right here where you found this podcast,
0:30.9	look for us. Get the Hell Out of Debt. The following content is not suitable for children.
0:35.9	Let's take a walk on the risky side talking a little bit about dominance and submissiveness.
0:42.2	Ooh, how do we eroticize power? Let's talk about it.
0:46.5	Ooh, power.
0:48.0	Welcome to the Brave Love Great Sex Podcast. I'm Dr. Lori Watson, licensed couple and certified sex therapist. And I'm George Fowler,
0:56.4	couples therapist, EFT trainer, and retired New York City firefighter. In every relationship,
1:02.2	love requires bravery, especially to turn towards each other when there is a lot of fighting
1:07.7	and defensiveness. We want to help you stay present with each other sexually as well.
1:13.0	Both emotional connection and erotic intimacy are the bedrock of couple security.
1:18.0	Brave love, great sex is where we help you reconnect, repair, and reignite desire to help create
1:25.2	the secure, lasting love we all deserve. Find our book by the same
1:29.3	name. Brave love, great sex. I like that frame. No, I like that frame, Lori, talking about power.
1:36.5	That's right. A lot of times couples don't really talk about that. It's alive in the room. It's
1:41.2	alive in the dynamics, But we don't.
1:49.0	I love the intentionality of how this plays out in these kind of roles.
1:49.6	Yeah. So tell us a little bit more around, you know, what you see when you're working in this power dynamics.
1:57.2	Sure.
1:57.9	Sure.
1:58.2	I just want to mention again, our book is on sale, Brave, Love, Great Sex,
2:01.5	and our couple's retreat is coming November 14th. Sign up now for our early bird discount.
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