Permission for Pleasure
By Cindy Scharkey
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A podcast to educate and equip women with the information and confidence they need to express, experience and enjoy their sexuality. Cindy Scharkey RN, BSN, brings her 35+ years of experience as a healthcare professional to open the doors to healthy conversations about sex. This is a community where you can listen and learn to give yourself permission for pleasure. Visit www.cindyscharkey.com for educational blogs and newsletter.
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Finger Techniques
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May 06, 2026 |
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What Influences Your Arousal
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Vibrators: Why They Work and How to Choose One
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Healthy Sexuality After Addiction and Trauma
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Education and Tips for Multiple Orgasms
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Kink Curious with Gigi Engle
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Five Questions for Couples
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Keeping it Hot in Long-Term Relationships
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Heated Rivalry’s Intimacy Coordinator Chala Hunter
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Season Six: Let's Get Curious
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Better Bones: How to Lower the Risk of Osteoporosis
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Sex and the Myths of Motherhood
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Real Talk About Birth, Postpartum, and Parenthood
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Explore New Ways to Touch
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Would You Rather : Sex Edition
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Purity Culture's Effect on Men
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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What Women Need to Orgasm
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Embodiment and Pleasure with Dr. Hillary McBride
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Slippery When Wet: Shower Sex for Beginners
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Women, ADHD and Sex
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Sex Over 50: Tips, Tools and Desire
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Sex Over 50
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Redefine Sexy
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Sexual Self Exploration
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Sexual Adaptation and Aids for All Bodies
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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What She Wants You to Know About Oral
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May 28, 2025 |
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Slow Pleasure with Euphemia Russell
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May 14, 2025 |
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Just How Much Does Frequency Matter?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Poetry and Pleasure
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Community Questions: Semen, Pre-cum and Wet Dreams
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Level Up Your Pleasure With 20 Types of Orgasms
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Erotic Personas with Nicholas Velotta of Arya
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Sexual Wellness and Pleasure Wish List
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Gifts for Your Valentine, Galentine and Yourself
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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How Anxiety and Perfectionism Show Up in Your Sex Life
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Season Five: Launching the book I wrote for YOU!
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Two Ways Affection Can Deepen Your Connection
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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*Sneak Peak* Permission for Pleasure the BOOK!
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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How Curiosity Fuels Desire
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Vaginal Estrogen, Moisturizers, and Lube for Sex
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Connecting With Our Bodies and Nervous Systems for More Pleasurable Sex
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Everything We Get Wrong About Initiation
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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When the Problematic People Are the Ones We Love with Brit Barron
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Free Up Mental Space and Improve Your Sex Life
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Practices for Positive Relationships
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Bedroom Games: Fun and Flirty Ideas
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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The Rise in Rough Sex
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Permission to grieve
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Reconnecting to Yourself and to Your Body
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Three Things I Would Tell My Younger Self
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Embracing Your Desire
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Do women ejaculate? What is squirting?
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May 29, 2024 |
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What Are You Saying With Your Touch?
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May 15, 2024 |
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What do you call your genitals?
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May 01, 2024 |
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Turn Up the Volume on Your Sex Life
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Masturbation - Let's dig in
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Tips From My Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Doggy Style, Kivin Method and Why Do I Bleed After Sex
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Sexuality With a Philosophical Lens
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Erectile Dissatisfaction vs Erectile Dysfunction
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Spicy Audio Stories with Gina of Dipsea
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Conversation Starters to Help You Talk About Sex With a Partner
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Untangling Sexual Shame
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Perimenopause 101: Treatment Options
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Perimenopause 101: Hormones and Symptoms
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Confidence is Sexy
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Living With Chronic Pain: A Conversation With Ruthie Lindsey
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Less Faking - More Pleasure
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Medications and Your Sex Life
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Unlearning Body Shame and Understanding Consent
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Coming Home to Yourself: A Conversation With Arielle Estoria
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Temperature Play
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Sexual Reset for Midlife Women
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Toys, Fantasy and Play in the Bedroom
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Sex Ed For All Abilities
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Get Out Of Your Foreplay Rut
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Oral Sex for Women
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Can Men Be Multi-Orgasmic?
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May 31, 2023 |
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How Toxic Masculinity Can Invade Your Sex Life
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May 17, 2023 |
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Do You Ever Think Your Sex Life Is Broken?
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May 03, 2023 |
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Why Is It Easier To Orgasm By Myself?
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Orgasm Is A Big Brain Event
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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The Pleasure Crisis and Why Good Sex Matters
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Shifting The Fertility Narrative From Me To We
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Positions with Props
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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The Growing Mental Health Crisis Of Our Girls
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Misconceptions Men Believe About Sex
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Welcome to Season Three
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Exploring Erogenous Zones
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Sexual Communication
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Evolving Out Of Purity Culture
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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'How To Build A Sex Room' - Taylor's journey
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Sexy in Survival Mode
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Sexify Your Space: Tips for a Better Bedroom
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Less Shame - More Sex Ed
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Sex, Postpartum, and Breastfeeding
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Sex and Pregnancy
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Learning to Listen to Your Body
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Pleasure Techniques
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Want Better Sex? Ask Yourself These Questions
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Why We Need to Talk About Pornography - Part 2
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Why We Need to Talk About Pornography - Part 1
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Let’s Go Girls: Jessica from New York
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Community Questions: Arousal, Role Play & Condoms
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Stretched-Out Vaginas and Other Myths
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Finding Intimacy During Infertility or After Miscarriage
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May 18, 2022 |
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Talking About Sex (When Things Aren’t Great) - Part 1
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May 04, 2022 |
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Talking About Sex (When Things Aren’t Great) - Part 2
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May 04, 2022 |
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Foreplay 101
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Supporting Survivors
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Community Questions: Vibrators, Edging & Anal Sex
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Let’s Go Girls: Heather from the South Bay
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Reclaim Your Arousal Mindset
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Sex on the Brain
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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The Truth About Desire: Part 1
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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The Truth About Desire: Part 2
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Why Sex Ed Really Matters
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Welcome to Season Two!
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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The Big O Remix: Bonus Episode
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Quickies and Kisses
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Love Languages, Dates & Gift Ideas
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Pleasure after Trauma
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Relieving Mental Load
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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G Marks the Spot
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Your Body After Baby
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Dating Your Body
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Let’s Go Girls: Maddie from London
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Practicing Flow State Sex
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Yay for 5K! A Surprise Pleasure Exercise
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Sexual Scripts
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Lube Lube Lube
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Myth-Busting: Part One
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Myth-Busting: Part Two
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Let’s Go Girls: Hailey from Pasadena
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Let’s Talk Orgasms
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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What Pelvic Health Has To Do With Painful Sex
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Pain and Sex
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May 19, 2021 |
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Communication, Couples and Sex (Part One)
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May 05, 2021 |
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Communication, Couples and Sex (Part Two)
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May 05, 2021 |
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Mother / Daughter Interview: Healthy Conversations About Sex
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Partner Sexual Desire Discrepancies
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Understanding Your Desire Style For Better Sex
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Cliteracy
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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The Key To Female Pleasure
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Permission for Pleasure: Pilot
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Mar 01, 2021 |