What Kind of Sex Are You in the Mood For & Becoming More Expressive With Your Partner: Seth + Melanie Studley Episode 163
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Maybe this is a question you have never thought of! Have you ever taken the time to think about the different types of sex you might be in the mood for? For most the answer is, no… Taking this question one step further, depending on your mood on a certain day of week, you might be more or less open to certain types of sex with your partner.
Ok that was a great thing to think about, but now the next part is to express this whole new world to your partner. Given this area of sex and intimacy often is uncomfotable and vulnerable, you can find it dificult to be fully expressed with your partner without some pushback or defensiveness. So what to do?
This episode is the first of three episodes around sex and intimacy that we will be interviewing other relationship experts. In today's episode you will meet Seth and Melanie Studley who have been married for 16 years and have three kids. Seth is a licensed marriage and family therapist and together they are the hosts of the "Anatomy of Marriage, Family, and Sex" podcast, along with their "Anatomy of Marriage" app!
From them you will realize that there are different types of sex energy and moods, and on your journey of marriage, you will have the tools to express this desires as they come up in different seasons.
Get to Know the Studleys:
- Anatomy of Marriage App
- Anatomy of Marriage, Family, Sex Podcast
Questions Asked in the Interview:
- What has your journey been as a couple in getting more comfortable and exploratory with sex and intimacy?
- You mentioned that there are different kinds of sex based on the mood...can you describe the types? How should a partner communicate about the energy they are in the mood for?
- How do you suggest couples talk about this with each other?
- How should these conversations be approached when you have kids? How and when do you have these conversations with or around them?
Guest Quotes:
"Connection & pleasure is the goal, expression can be different based on energy mood"
"Clarity is Kindness"
Resources For Your Relationship:
- You can also sign-up for a 2-on-2 Relationship Breakthrough Session here
- Order our newest book, The Argument Hangover, and get over $200 of free bonus gifts (like the mini course and a 90 minute training)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast where here you get modern, non-boring |
| 0:05.0 | relationship advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, fight smarter, and stay on the |
| 0:11.1 | same team. No matter the challenge that you face, I am one of your host, Erin Freeman. |
| 0:15.0 | And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know us as the Freemans. And today's topic is, |
| 0:20.6 | what kind of sex are you in the mood for |
| 0:24.3 | becoming more expressive with your partner? And this is actually going to be a special |
| 0:28.8 | three-part series where we bring on guests. So you're going to actually hear from some other |
| 0:34.0 | couples who have experience with these specific topics. And today, you're going |
| 0:38.5 | to meet Seth and Melanie Studley. He is actually a licensed marriage and family therapist, |
| 0:44.6 | and she joins him on their podcast and creating content for couples and other resources. |
| 0:49.8 | And I love their honesty. They get real. They share examples of how to be expressive when talking about sex and intimacy because passion doesn't just automatically stay there, right? |
| 1:01.3 | It takes being open and vulnerable with each other about your wants and needs. |
| 1:05.7 | So you're going to enjoy this couple, the studlies, and you're going to enjoy this topic. |
| 1:09.0 | Let's go ahead and dive in. |
| 1:12.2 | Well, |
| 1:15.9 | Seth and Melanie, thanks so much for taking the time to be with us today. Thank you so much for having us. Hello, how's it going, you guys? Really good. And our audience will get to know you a bit |
| 1:21.4 | because we're going to share all the links to you and about anatomy of marriage. But we're |
| 1:25.1 | excited to have you on the podcast, even though we like have not had guests on for over a year now. So it's very special having you on. |
| 1:32.6 | Yeah. And we were excited because you two talk about sex and intimacy. And specifically today |
| 1:39.1 | we're going to focus on how to talk to your partner more about what kind of mood you have for sex. Like, |
| 1:46.4 | ooh, what am I in the mood for today? Yeah. So before we ask you questions about that, |
| 1:52.0 | I would love for our audience to hear about your personal journey as a couple in becoming |
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