How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime | Emily Nagoski

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🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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As a sex educator, Emily Nagoski is often asked: How do couples sustain a strong sexual connection over the long term? In this funny, insightful talk, she shares her answer -- drawing on (somewhat surprising) research to reveal why some couples stop having sex while others keep up a connection for a lifetime.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective. Welcome to Ted Health. I'm Elise Hugh. Emily Nagowski is a sex educator. She wrote a book on sexual well-being, so you can imagine she gets all sorts of questions. But there's one question she answers most often and in today's
0:25.4	episode you learn the answer. Before we begin just a warning that this talk
0:29.6	contains sexual matters and may not be suitable for all audiences.
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