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🗓️ 13 April 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Have you heard of The Bristle Reaction? We recently made a TikTok about this term that Vanessa created, and 8 million people watched! The Bristle Reaction is when your partner comes in for a hug or a kiss, and you feel yourself recoil. No matter how much you love your partner, there are times when their touch can immediately create a sense of tension.
We polled our Instagram audience and found out 84% of people have experienced The Bristle Reaction. Even though it’s so common, most people have no idea what to do about it. In fact, that’s been the main comment on our viral TikTok: “How do we fix it?”
So strap in, because we’ve got what you need! We go through the 3 major reasons why The Bristle Reaction happens, and 6 ways to overcome it. If you’re ready to start enjoying your partner’s touch again, this episode is a must-listen!
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0:00.0 | Xander and I did this exercise together and even 15 years together of a sex therapist |
0:07.2 | and her regular dude husband who talk about sex all the time who wrote a freaking book about it, |
0:13.2 | I did not know your top ways of being touched. I was very surprised with your answers. |
0:24.9 | Hello and welcome to the Pillotox podcast. Where are your hosts Vanessa? |
0:29.7 | And Xander Marin. I'm a sex therapist with over 20 years of experience. |
0:34.0 | And I'm just a regular dude. We share the ups and downs in our relationship while giving you |
0:38.5 | step-by-step techniques for improving yours. Make sure you subscribe for your weekly double |
0:43.4 | date full of totally doable sex tips, practical relationship advice, hilarious and honest stories |
0:49.5 | of what really goes on behind closed bedroom doors and so much more. It's the sex education you wish |
0:56.0 | you'd had. Thanks to Green Chef for sponsoring Pillotox. Green Chef is the number one meal kit |
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1:12.8 | off plus free shipping. Hey babe, how does it feel to be viral? It feels incredible. I've never |
1:21.7 | I've never felt so good to have a virus. Actually, it feels so sick. |
1:33.4 | You really missed your chance. I did, but you know, it feels so super sick. |
1:39.2 | Yeah, so sick. Been dreaming of this sickness, the viral sickness. Too bad you actually didn't go viral. |
1:47.2 | I went viral. I did not go viral. Sadly. I'm flying, flying high on my own. We went viral |
1:56.0 | a couple of weeks ago. We had a TikTok that we made. We have a TikTok account. We don't we have |
2:00.8 | never talked about our TikTok account here on the podcast. So we are today. Here's a secret. |
2:06.0 | Zander and I don't have TikTok on our phones. Neither one of us has TikTok. We're a little bit |
2:11.2 | scared of TikTok. The privacy concerns. But our team has it. So they help post all of our TikTok. |
2:18.9 | We record videos. I do. I recently discovered that I could log into TikTok on my laptop. |
2:25.5 | So I still will. I'm in there dropping comments, dropping a comment every now and then. |
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