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

I'm your host, Juliet Allen.

Welcome to this week's episode of The Authentic Sex Podcast.

This week I have something a little different for you.

A while back, I was a guest on The Peaches Podcast.

Now, the Peaches podcast, it was so much fun to have a chat with the ladies who run this

podcast.

I've actually used their

Peaches app, which is basically a Pilates app, and I used it heaps in postpartum so that I could do

Pilates at home. Long story short, they asked me to be a guest on their podcast, which was an

absolute honour. And I really love this episode because the

ladies ask some really great questions about relationship. In this episode, we cover

growing apart and losing intimacy in relationships. We cover the concept of set and forget in relationship.

So is it possible to just come together, have a great connection

and then forget about working on the relationship or not?

I think we all know the answer to that, but I will answer it.

We talk about pent-up

frustrations, navigating libido and intimacy as a parent with young kids, something very on

topic for me. I know not all of you are parents who are listening, but it really is a good topic.

And even if you're not a parent, you actually can get so much out of it because I give lots

of relationship tips. And then lastly, we talk about taking responsibility for our part in our

sex life and relationships. Now, this is foundational. So many people love to blame and shame their

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