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INTERVIEW: (TW rape & sexual assault) Today I’m back in conversation with one of my favorite somatic psychologists and sex therapists Dr. Holly Richmond. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Holly on the podcast before in her episode titled HumanBEINGS > HumanDOINGS where we covered mindful sex and intimacy. Today Dr. Holly is on the show talking all about her new book Reclaiming Pleasure: A Sex Positive Guide for Moving Past Sexual Trauma and Living a Passionate Life.  This conversation left me feeling so empowered and hopeful, and I know you’ll feel the same way too. On this episode we cover:

• Dr. Holly’s philosophy on surviving to thriving
• unpack the realities of rape culture
• discuss how trauma feels and can present in the body
• methods to address sexual trauma
• mantras and modalities for reclaiming pleasure

Keep up with Bedside:
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Connect with Dr. Holly:
@drhollyrichmond
drhollyrichmond.com

Mentioned Resources:
Dr. Holly's book: Reclaiming Pleasure
and her new Course + Lab

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SOLO EP: join me today as I reflect on 2021, get real about hitting rock bottom, and share what I'm most looking forward to in the new year. Hint: it's prioritizing myself, and I hope that's your agenda too! On this episode I cover...

• Hitting rock bottom
• Getting familiar with your emotional edges
• Asking for support
• Finding the "gold" lining
• Building a deep relationship with yourself
• Prioritizing FUN 

Mentioned Resources: 

• The Bedside Reset Ritual Worksheet 
• Emotional Edges graphic (cause i literally make infographics to process)
• Tara Brach guided meditations + podcast

Connect with Bedside:

• @thebedside
• www.thebedside.co

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QUICKIE: This week Tatiana and Amanda are back and chatting about Friend Breakups. This episode covers the uncharted territory of abrupt endings to friendship. Where romantic endings come with hallmark romcoms, songs, and sob nights with close friends, a friend breakup is eerily...hush-hush. Usually coupled with grief, loneliness, anger, confusion, and shame regardless of what side of the breakup you're on. 

On this Quickie we cover: 

• our experiences with friend breakups
• the circle of closeness theory
• tips on breaking up with a friend
• ways that a breakup can effect us emotionally 
• how to know it's time for a friend breakup 
• our reframe of quality > quantity
• what each of us intentionally seek in close friendships
• what our red flags/ boundaries are in friendship 

Mentioned Resources:
Book: Sally Rooney — Beautiful World, Where Are You 

Connect with Bedside:

• @thebedside
• www.thebedside.co

Connect with Amanda Blair:

• https://www.amandablair.org/
• @xoamandablair

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So what exactly is an Erotic Blueprint? And what does that say about us and our sex lives? Lea is here on todays podcast to tell us ALL. In fact, there are a lot of stereotypes about what provides a fulfilling sex life... Sex techniques are no guarantee of orgasmic bliss, and using the wrong technique or approach on the wrong person can create turn off, shutdown, and possibly even traumatic response. As a former high performance coach for Tony Robbins and Master trainer for The Erotic Blueprint™, Lea helps busy individuals overcome the cycles of overwhelm and exhaustion so that they can live lives ~dripping~ with pleasure.

On the show today we cover:

• The 5 Erotic Blueprints!!
• What living each Blueprint uniquely means
• Arousal mapping
• How we can live our lives filled with sexual satisfaction
• Compatibility and chemistry with a partner
• How we can authentically express ourselves in the bedroom
• Ways we can begin to unstuck ourselves from half-lived lives
• How to better speak our truths based on our Blueprints

Take the Erotic Blueprint Quiz and discover your type!
(If you have the means, I suggest taking the paid version if you're really looking for an in depth breakdown)

Mentioned Resources:
Sex Love & Goop with Miss Jaiya

Connect with Bedside:
@thebedside
thebedside.co

Connect with Lea:
@unstuckyourself_
unstuckyourself.com
Course: Unstuck Yourself Academy

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On the podcast today I’m joined in conversation with Dr. Laurie Mintz. A feminist author, therapist, professor, and speaker whose life’s work has been committed to helping people live more authentic, meaningful, joyful—and sexually satisfying—lives through the art and science of psychology. As a tenured Professor at the University of Florida, she teaches the Psychology of Human Sexuality to hundreds of undergraduate students each year and is also the the author of: Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters and How to Get It

On the show today Dr. Laurie shares with Bedside: 

• what the pleasure gap is 
• ways we can get to orgasm equality
• the importance of foreplay
• the difference between sex and intercourse
• stats on fake orgasming
• latest research on sex and gender
• using vibrators and sex toys
• how powerful the clitoris can be!

Mentioned Resources:
Book: Magnificent Sex by Peggy Kleinplatz

Connect with Bedside:
@thebedside
thebedside.co

Connect with Julie:
@drlauriemintz
drlauriemintz.com
Book: Becoming Cliterate

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Did you know your epigenetics can influence your sex life?! Yup, that means you past has a direct correlation to your current sex. On the podcast today I’m in conversation with Julie Archambault. The founder of CoCreative, a business dedicated to support individuals and couples in understanding the connections between sex, relationships, personal growth, innovation, creativity, and empowerment in all areas of your life. Julie is also the author of Sex Up Your Life, The Mindblowing Path to true intimacy, healing, and hope. As a holistic teacher and  healing coach Julie shares a behind-the-veil view of the real nature of sex, the patterns that show up in your life, and how you can learn to speak its language.

On today’s episode we cover: 

• the ways in which we can cocreate with our patterns for better sex and relationships
• what it looks like to go from disconnected to connected sex
• the continuum of connection
• mapping our sexual biography
• the role of epigenics on our intimacy
• breaking intergenerational patterns

Mentioned Resources:
Book: It Didn't Start with You

Connect with Bedside:
@thebedside
thebedside.co

Connect with Julie:
@cocreativesex
cocreativesex.com
Book: Sex Up Your Life 

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QUICKIES: A Modern Sex Column brought to you by Bedside. This week I’m thrilled to introduce a new and improved mini series to the podcast called Quickies. Featuring relationship and manifestation expert Amanda Blair! Each month, Amanda and I will join you in conversation where we merge our expertise and bring forward real life scenarios in the name of sex, love, and relationships. Expect tips and advice on how to navigate what we’re never really taught much about, musing on what we’re witnessing and experiencing within our own worlds of sex & love, manifestation, neuroscience, and more. On this month’s episode Amanda and I will be covering our thoughts on “Getting back into the Scene”.

!!ATTN: A lovely listener pointed out to us a correction on the topic of herpes that we discuss during this episode. HSV1 orally CAN  be passed genitally but it does NOT change to HSV2. It is just HSV1 genitally. So if someone with coldsore (HSV1), has oral sex, they can pass HSV1 to their genitals. But is doesn't become HSV2.

On the episode today we cover:

• Getting back into the IRL world
• Who we've become in the past year+
• Re-entry into the dating world
• How we can date more intentionally
• Unpacking the old blueprint for dating
• Disclosing health statuses 
• Our own experiences with STIs & disclosure
• How to have better sexual health conversations

Connect with Bedside:

• @thebedside
• www.thebedside.co

Connect with Amanda Blair:

• https://www.amandablair.org/
• @xoamandablair

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INTERVIEW: On the podcast today I’m in conversation with Kiana Reeves. A somatic sex educator, pelvic care practitioner, certified doula, and Foria's Chief Education Officer. Kiana started her career in birth work as a full spectrum doula, working with mothers and families during birth, postpartum, abortion, and miscarriage. The more she studied, the more she realized society’s need for better education around female pleasure, intimacy, and sexual wellness from a holistic perspective. This realization sparked her passion for understanding the connection between wellness, sexuality, birth, intimacy, and the many cycles of change women experience during their lifespan. 

On the episode today we cover:

• the deeply rooted connections between mind and body
• somatic therapy
• the role that stress and emotions can play on our bodies and sex life
• unlocking arousal
• tips and insights on erogenous zones that we may not be aware of
• how we can use therapeutic products like CBD to enhance and facilitate connections

Mentioned Resources: 

• Foria Wellness
• Get 10% off Foria with code: BEDSIDE at checkout
• The Vaginapractor
• The institute for somatic sexology 

Connect with Kiana:

• @kiana.reeves 
• @foriawellness

Connect with Bedside:

• @thebedside
• www.thebedside.co

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INTERVIEW: Today I’m excited to welcome Courtney Brame to the podcast. Courtney is the founder of Something Positive for Positive People,  a non-profit organization and podcast series on a mission to dissolve stigma, improve mental health, and promote minimization around sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Courtneys own journey began after getting a herpes diagnosis himself.  After feeling left in the dark with healthcare resources, he began talking to others online, and soon realized the ways in which STI diagnoses had effects on mental health. On the episode today we cover how we can better have sexual health conversations, and in turn, how we can have deeper, more connected and authentic sexual experiences. Courtney also shares how we can become better allies around stigma in general, and cultivate a better mindset around sexual, mental health, and the reality of STIs.  

As a quick disclaimer, we do touch on the subject of suicide in this episode. If you are sensitive or triggered around this subject please skip through (14:00 - 19:30).

We also have resources below if you are or know someone who is struggling.  As you’ll hear in this episode, Courtney’s work is dedicated to destigmatizing the connections within the worlds of sexual and mental health. You are not alone.

Mental Health Resources: 

• Text ‘HELLO’ to 741-741 for the Crisis Text Line or call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) for the National Suicide Lifeline. 
• For LGBTQIA+ youth under 25, get 24/7 crisis intervention & suicide prevention lifeline support with The Trevor Project. Text ‘START’ to 678678 or dial (866) 488-7386.

HSV Resources: 

• Our episode with Emily Depasse : Herpes, Coldsores, and Dating

Connect with Courtney Brame:

• @honmychest
• Something Positive for Positive People

Connect with Bedside:

• @thebedside
• www.thebedside.co

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INTERVIEW: Today on the podcast I’m really excited to be in conversation with Lindsey Simcik. Lindsey is the co-host of the podcast series Almost 30, and I’m thrilled to have her on the show today to talk about her latest endeavor and passion project: The Sacredness of Being Single! Some might say that Lindsey is an expert at in-betweening — a term we dive into deeply on the show today — it’s what got her started on her podcasting journey and continues her curiosity in all things wellness, spirituality, and growth. On today’s episode Lindsey shares with Bedside what she coins as one of her most sacred times of in-betweening: the 6 year period in which she was single. On the show today Lindsey shares her personal story of finding her partner, but more importantly, finding herself along the way. We unpack the judgement and pressures around being single and Lindsey reframes for us how we can better begin to collaborate with our soul desires, redefine our need stories, and take back the narrative of the season of singlehood. 

On this episode we cover:

• Lindsey's 6 year long single period
• Navigating an in-between
• Dating yourself
• Common fears around being single
• Identifying our "need" stories
• Living a life of magnetism 
• Leaning into the unknown
• The power of rituals 

Mentioned Resources: 

• Almost 30 Podcast
• Sacredness of Being Single Solo Episode
• Sacredness of Being Single Course
• Aaron Rose spirituality coach

Connect with Lindsey:

• @lindseysimcik
• www.lindseysimcik.co

Connect with Bedside:

• @thebedside
• www.thebedside.co

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