This is the Authentic Sex Podcast, real-life conversations about sex, pleasure and relationships.

I'm your host, Juliet Allen.

Welcome to episode number 159 of the Authentic Sex Podcast. My name is is Juliet Allen. I'm a sexologist and sex and relationship

coach. And today I'm here to talk about owning your sexual confidence and making the first move.

So I thought this was a great topic for me to discuss because so many people

don't feel sexually confident and so many people are fearful of making the first move.

And and then there's the opposite. There's the people who just always make the first move and wish

someone else would would make it on them so this is going to help everybody no matter what

situation you're in um if you are ready to own your sexual confidence and take control of

your sex life then this episode is for you.

I'm going to dive into some strategies for overcoming fear and anxiety around making the first move,

as well as obviously embracing and cultivating your sexual confidence.

And we'll also cover how to communicate your interests or sexual interests and boundaries with

clarity and ease and we'll explore the importance of navigating rejection and developing

resilience around that because you know what every one of us at some stage in our life is going

to be rejected sexually when we make that move.

It's normal, it's natural, it doesn't need to be the end of the world.

It's happened to all of us and it may have happened a lot to some of us, me included.

So let's talk about how to build resilience.

Because, you know, you deserve the sex life you desire. I'm going to repeat that. You deserve the sex life you desire. If you are

feeling like your sex life is a little bit shit right now, or it's non-existent and you don't

have a sex life, but you want one, or perhaps it was really great and now it's just gone

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