A Sexual Wellness Expert's Tips for Vacation Flings, Nakedness, and Self Love

Women Who Travel | Condé Nast Traveler

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4.4 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Ever stripped down for a visit to a Japanese onsen or nude hot spring? Or been stopped by the TSA for a sex toy you packed? How about had a no-strings-attached vacation fling? Whether you've tackled all of the above, are working up the confidence, or are simply curious about exploring the intersection of sex, travel, and self-love, our latest episode was made just for you. We're sitting down with Women Who Travel contributor, body image advocate, and sexual wellness expert Laura Delarato to talk about her soon-to-be-released book—My Pleasure: An Intimate Guide to Loving Your Body and Having Great Sex—and everything that goes along with discovering your pleasure (at home or on vacation). As expected, it's not particularly safe to listen to at work or around kids, but a no-holds-barred look at finding your self love, self worth, and boundaries in and out of the bedroom.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome to Women Who Travel, a podcast from Condonast Traveler. I'm Lale A
0:09.3	Aaron Koglu and with me, as always, is my co-host Meredith Carey. Hello! This week we're chatting
0:15.5	with a familiar voice, Women Who Travel contributor, body image advocate and sexual wellness
0:20.2	expert Laura Delo.
0:22.3	Next Tuesday, she officially adds another role to the mix as a published author.
0:26.7	Her book, My Pleasure, An Intimate Guide to Loving Your Body and Having Great Sex,
0:31.0	will be in bookstores starting March 29th.
0:33.5	So today we're talking all about travel, sex and self-love.
0:37.2	Hey, Laura. Hello. Wow, I feel so happy to be back.
0:42.1	We are so happy to have you. Exactly. I wish we had the rights for like, let's talk about sex, baby.
0:50.1	But that's definitely, we definitely do not have the money to insert that. So you just get to like have my fun voice singing to you.
0:57.6	But I want to kick it off by asking how travel and self-love intersect for you personally.
1:05.9	I grew up as a really like shy kid.
1:09.4	I grew up in a bit of an unstable environment and for a lot of my
1:14.7	life, I spent it feeling very like landlocked and feeling like I didn't deserve to travel or I like
1:22.5	couldn't be a person who traveled. And when it started to become like a thing that I really wanted to get into,
1:29.0	I realized that when I actually did it, when I actually booked trips and I actually like
1:35.7	went on these adventures, I mean, and my adventures were like, go to Portland for four days,
1:40.1	go to Chicago for three days. It made me have to rely on myself and every decision that I made.
1:48.0	And when I got back home, I realized that everything that I thought was terrifying didn't scare me
1:54.6	anymore. Every single, like, I'm going to ask someone out on a date. Every single, like,
2:00.7	I'm going to ask for a second opinion at the doctor. I'm going to ask someone out on a date. Every single, like, I'm going to ask for a second
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