Foreplay Replay - The Gleam in Their Eye Makes Us Hot

Foreplay Radio – Couples and Sex Therapy

Cloud10

Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In early dating years our partner’s face lights up at the thought of sex, they tell us with their eyes that we make them hot. The gleam in their eyes hits our body, hits our center, hits our being. Feeling that we light up their world is a turn-on! Secure attachment begins with the loving gaze of our mother or parent – cradled in the crook of their elbow – they smile and coo because we are theirs. Later in childhood we know we belong and make our parents proud when we see it in their eyes… not so much for our accomplishments but because we are their son or daughter. In romantic partnership, sexual desire that radiates from our partner’s face and gaze is a powerful reminder of belonging, safety. We revel in being the person who excites our partner. What happens though when our partner is willing to have sex but doesn’t give us that deep reassurance that we are desirable with a gleam in their eye? Can we get it back? How do we tell them what we need from them to turn on? Listen as George and Laurie get through to each other about how sexual desire is tied to being the gleam in our partner’s eyes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Woo! The world is on fire! Let's watch a reality TV show and pretend it's not happening.
0:05.2	That's been my motto for all of 2025.
0:07.8	Hello, my name is Emily, and I am the host of She's Speaking with Emily Hanks,
0:12.8	and I talk about the TV shows that I watch to not feel the pain.
0:18.3	Just kidding. I'm not. If you would like to disconnect and focus on petty, pointless drama,
0:25.1	come check out my podcast. Available everywhere you listen.
0:30.0	Hey, ForPlay fan, this is Dr. Lori. Welcome to Forplay Replay. This is where we bring back some of
0:35.9	our favorite episodes, your favorite episodes,
0:39.6	all to keep sex hot. Let's dive in. The following content is not suitable for children. The following
0:45.8	content is not suitable for children. Lori, what do we do? How do you help your partner get that
0:51.6	clean back?
0:58.4	Welcome to ForPlay Radio, couples and sex therapy.
1:00.8	I'm Lori Watson, your sex therapist.
1:03.3	And I'm George Fallon, your couples therapist.
1:08.8	And we are passionate about talking about sex and helping you develop a way to talk to each other.
1:09.4	Our mission is to help our audience develop a healthier relationship to sex that integrates
1:15.5	the mind, the heart, and the body.
1:18.8	For a great personal lubricant, please check out uberlube.com and use the coupon for play
1:24.8	to support us at the podcast. Thanks.
1:29.0	You know, we've talked about this idea that sometimes willingness is the way we can enter a sexual relationship. And a lot of
1:36.2	times it's a great way. You know, we may not feel in our body's sexual desire. I think I got a comment
1:42.2	from a regular listener who said, wow, I've never heard
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