Does Better Sex = Better Health? The Truth About Sex, Stress, & Satisfaction - With Dr. Nicole McNichols

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Nutrition, Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Our sexual health is a critical part of our overall health and well-being, yet it’s one that can be easily overlooked or dismissed. Understanding the role of sexual health can help you better understand yourself, your relationships, and your body. On today’s show, we’re going to have honest and approachable conversations about sexual health, sexual education, pleasure, and desire. On this episode of The Model Health Show, our guest is nationally renowned human sexuality professor, Dr. Nicole McNichols. Her new book, You Could Be Having Better Sex, is a guide to understanding desire, improving pleasure, and busting common myths about sex. She’s here to discuss the connection between sexual health and overall health and how to have better sex. This conversation covers how your sex life can impact your psychology and sleep, what pleasure is, and how to have better sex and connection. Dr. McNichols is known for her ability to help folks understand how to apply the latest research to their real lives, and I hope you find this interview both entertaining and educational. Enjoy! In this episode you’ll discover: The relationship between sexual health and overall health. (2:47) Why our society has so much shame around sex. (4:42) What the media gets wrong about sex. (10:25) How long the average sex session lasts. (13:01) What pleasure diversity is. (15:30) The difference between vaginal and clitoral orgasms. (18:35) What it means to have connected sex. (31:00) The most common myths about female pleasure. (31:59) What responsive desire is. (34:42) The #1 thing robbing women of desire. (38:39) What the hierarchy of sexual needs is. (56:14) How the menstrual cycle can impact pleasure. (1:06:56) Items mentioned in this episode include: Beekeepersnaturals.com/model - Save up to 30% on natural remedies! WildPastures.com/model - Get 20% off every box plus an additional $15 off! You Could Be Having Better Sex by Dr. Nicole McNichols - Grab your copy today! Connect with Dr. Nicole McNichols Website / Instagram / TikTok Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes:  Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by Beekeeper’s Naturals and Wild Pastures. Reinvent your medicine cabinet for with clean, effective products powered by the beehive & backed by science. Claim up to a 30% discount at beekeepersnaturals.com/model. Get 100% grassfed and finished beef, pasture raised chicken, and other nutrient dense, regenerative meats. Sign up with my link to get 20% of for life, plus an additional $15 off your first box at wildpastures.com/model.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson. For more, visit themodelhealth show.com.
0:10.1	Welcome to The Model Health Show. This is fitness and nutrition expert, Sean Stevenson, and I'm so grateful for you tuning in with me today.
0:17.2	It's not every day that you get to talk to the world's leading sexuality professor.
0:23.3	And so this episode is powerful and full of incredible insights.
0:28.8	We're going to be talking about how our sexual health is indicative of our overall health.
0:34.0	We're going to talk about this paradox to where we see sex everywhere, but it's still
0:41.6	very, very taboo to talk about it. And so this is creating so much dissonance in the minds
0:48.5	and experiences of millions upon millions upon millions of people. And so we're really going to talk about some of
0:56.9	those aspects of sex that are simply not talked about, including the difference between
1:01.7	sexual desire and sexual arousal. There's these subtle but very important differences. We're going to be
1:08.8	talking about pleasure diversity. Everybody's simply
1:13.4	not the same. As a matter of fact, there's a wide spectrum. And so we're going to crack open
1:18.8	that conversation and talk about that. We're going to be talking about the role of psychology
1:23.3	and stress and sexual desire, which is very important and very overlooked.
1:30.7	We're going to be talking about pleasure, of course, but again, coming from the world
1:35.9	leading professor in sexuality.
1:39.7	And of course, with all of that said, we're going to be talking about how you could be having better sex based on her emerging research.
1:49.7	And without further ado, let's get to our special guest and topic of the day.
1:53.3	Dr. Nicole McNichols is a nationally renowned human sexuality professor, author, and speaker whose groundbreaking course, the diversity of human sexuality professor, author, and speaker, whose groundbreaking course, the diversity of human
2:03.9	sexuality, is the most popular in the history of the University of Washington, enrolling over
2:10.8	4,000 students annually with more than 20 years of experience in research, teaching, and public
2:16.4	speaking, Dr. McNichols
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