Vanessa Marin (sex therapist)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 153 minutes

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Summary

Vanessa Marin (Pillow Talks, Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life) is a sex therapist and podcaster. Vanessa joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her experience getting the “the talk” from her parents, why there is often so much shame around sexuality, and how much stress kills libido. Vanessa and Dax discuss how vulnerability and neediness differ, how sex is often more focused on male pleasure, and responsive vs spontaneous desire. Vanessa talks about the psychology involved when initiating sex, the importance of understanding that emotional and physical intimacy go hand-in-hand, and when to best talk to your partner about sex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome welcome to armchair expert expert
0:03.4	I'm Dax Randall Shepard. I'm joined by Monica Lully
0:06.0	Batman. Hi.
0:07.4	Hi. This is a saucy episode because we get to talk about sex baby and let's talk about you and me.
0:14.3	I loved this episode. Me too it was really really fun.
0:17.1	Vanessa Marin is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in sex therapy. She's also a best-selling author. She has a book coming out on January 30th. She wrote that with her husband
0:30.0	Zander Marin and they also have a podcast that is already out called
0:35.8	Pillow Talks which is hosted by Vanessa and her husband Xander. I feel like
0:40.5	people know about them. Uh-huh.
0:43.2	They're out and about.
0:44.4	They have a social media presence.
0:46.4	Yes, they do.
0:47.4	But I do think not unlike her book, if you listen to this and you have been in a relationship, you're going to relate.
0:54.7	I think we all will relate to this.
0:56.5	I mean just like Couple Therapy Orna, where every single couple is dealing with some sort of sex issue.
1:05.0	She sort of normalizes that and then helps people get through it.
1:08.0	I found it very fascinating.
1:10.0	Yeah, and very, very informative.
1:11.0	I think it'll be very encouraging for people.
1:13.1	I think a lot of people have thrown in the towel
1:14.6	or they feel defeated by it,
1:16.0	and I think this is a very pragmatic simple approach
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