Dr. Lori Brotto - Understanding A Woman’s Desire and Arousal

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

I’m often asked to examine and debunk some of the myths and info gaps surrounding a woman’s desire and arousal, especially in long term relationships. So I sat down for a phenomenal conversation with one of the leading global researchers in sexual health: Dr. Lori Brotto. If you want real science, practices that work, and great conversation on sexual health, listen in. We dive into what research is showing about arousal, the effects of chronic stress on desire, and so much more. Let me know your thoughts! Hit me up on Instagram @mantalks or leave a review. Dr. Lori Brotto is a Professor in the UBC Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and a Registered Psychologist in Vancouver, Canada. She is the director of the UBC Sexual Health Laboratory where research primarily focuses on developing and testing psychological and mindfulness-based interventions for women with sexual desire and arousal difficulties and women with chronic genital pain. Her book, Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire (2018) is a trade book of her research demonstrating the benefits of mindfulness for women’s sexual concerns. Her current knowledge translation project, #DebunkingDesire, uses social media to debunk myths about sexual desire and share findings from the scientific literature on the nature of women’s sexual desire. Connect with Lori Website: brottolab.com #DebunkingDesire: www.debunkingdesire.com Twitter: @DrLoriBrotto Book: Better Sex Through Mindfulness Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today. Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The Tech See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the man talk show, training for men, answers for women.
0:15.1	I'm Connor Beaton, and today joining me is Dr. Lori Broto.
0:19.9	And Dr. Brotto conducts research on women's sexual health and difficulties,
0:24.6	develops, and tests, psychoeducational interventions for women with sexual desire and arousal
0:30.5	complaints, and studies many aspects of sexual healing, including cultural and sexuality, hormones, and sexual desire, cancer, and
0:41.5	sexuality, concerns about HPV and sexuality, asexuality, and more. Dr. Broto received a PhD
0:49.0	in clinical psychology from the University of British Columbia, where I happened to go as well.
0:55.8	She also trained at the University of Washington, where she completed a one-year internship in the Department of Psychiatry,
1:01.6	followed by a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in reproductive and sexual medicine.
1:08.0	She is also a member of the National Academy of Sex Research, the Society for
1:12.8	Sex Therapy and Research, the Canadian Sex Research Forum, and the Canadian Psychological
1:18.6	Association. She has published over 150 articles and book chapters, has given 200 invited
1:25.9	presentations, and is frequently contacted by the media as a guest expert
1:30.7	on the topic of sexuality. So clearly, just based on her bio, she has done a tremendous
1:38.8	amount of work around sex and specifically has focused quite a bit on women's sexuality, sexual desire.
1:49.4	And that's what we're here to talk about today.
1:52.3	So one of the things that has been coming up quite a bit in the Man Talks Alliance and in my
1:58.4	work with men and women and couples, is some of the myths
2:03.1	around women's sexuality. And one of the biggest questions that seems to come up when the
2:09.2	conversation of a woman's desire in relationship arises, whether it's within a relationship
2:15.8	or just a woman that's single and exploring
2:19.0	her own sexuality is where to begin what some of the myths are and how to move through some of
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