Let's talk about sex... and let's also make it a goal in 2022 to stop faking orgasms because if we are faking it, that means we are not communicating our wants, needs, desires. NONE OF IT. And why would we do that? Why would we deny ourselves of true pleasure?

Krystin Ross also joins us to discuss the challenges of low libido, how mental health can play a big role in the bedroom and the importance of trusting your body to give you the signals you need to reconnect with your sexual energy.

You can follow Krystin on instagram here: @krystin.ross

Website: https://www.krystinross.com/contact 

Join Wild Sex Energy now: https://www.krystinross.com/wild-sx-energy 

This week's episode we talk about meditation, the importance of silence in your healing journey, and Hector's story from disowning all forms of religion to his first interaction with a Tibetan Buddhist Monk to where is he now.

Hector’s Instagram @wakeupist

Med Gala discount:

Special discount just for Causing Friction listeners: get $15 off the ticket price for the Med Gala, an ethereal party hosted by Three Jewels on May 5, 2022 in NYC. Visit https://www.medgala.org/ and use code CTE.

For the first ever while recording a podcast, I don't know what to say. What Anastasia and many people are currently facing in the Ukraine is something I can't quite wrap my head around because it isn't something I thought we would experience. This interview is about Anastasia's personal experience fleeing the war in Ukraine and IS NOT about politics, it is not a debate of opinions on the war or matter at hand but Anastasia sharing the trauma of leaving behind her life, starting over and how she gets through each day.

You can connect with Anastasia here: www.facebook.com/nastya.vladychynska 

Welcome Spring and welcome firey Aries season... what a good time to check in on our goals, assess where we are at and where it is we want to be. Sarah Steckler joins me to chat all things productivity, how your goal setting and to-do's need to match your energy and how important it is to be mindful of competing goals.

Website: www.mindfulproductivityblog.com/

TRIGGER WARNING: David's story started 7 years ago when he was followed home from a bar and brutally raped, beaten and left for dead. David's trauma and healing journey is eye-opening & thought provoking and his work on Surviving Abuse Podcast is designed to bring hope, healing, and education to those who have experienced personal trauma, and abuse.

You can connect with David here: www.survivingpodcast.com

You can also catch my interview, on David's podcast here: Surviving Abuse on Apple Podcasts

This week's episode there is a trigger warning as we touch on topics related to trauma, self harm, addiction, mental health struggles.

Alex walks us through the degrees of separation of trauma, the importance of the age and how we as trauma survivors or loved ones of trauma survivors can respect boundaries, uphold boundaries to work through the motions of healing.

You can connect with Alex on IG here

Her website is: www.alexandreanesmith.com

This week Meghan The Self-Care Queen joined me to discuss all things self care. How to not feel guilty taking time for yourself, the perfect formula to find what self-care fits your emotional needs, how to not run on 10% battery and how to face the not-so-pretty side of self-care.

Connect with Meghan on IG here: @itsmegbonhomme

Check out The Lovely Human School 

This week's episode is SPICY! Stephanie joined me to explore the definition of intimacy and how important it is to explore what emotional, physical, experiential and spiritual intimacy means to YOU. Stephanie and I also discuss the importance of communication and question "can 1 partner, fulfill all of our needs?".

Connect with Stephanie here: www.safetyinfreedom.com

IG: @safteyinfreedom

Check out her podcast: Intimacy Truths

It feels so good to do a solo episode, WOW I MISSED YOU ALL! I thought I would give an update now that it has officially been 1 month since I packed my things and moved to Medellin, Colombia. Remember 5 months when I recorded an episode saying something big & life changing was about to happen? That I couldn't explain what or why but my gut was telling me my life was going to change.. well yeah.. it has. Or has it?

Have you ever been curious about sobriety? Have you ever woken up with a hangover so bad, you start to question what is the point of all this? This episode is for all of you who sometimes feel that they need a break from alcohol... but that doesn't make you an alcoholic, right? So why does it seem that AA is the one & only "sober" community we can turn to, for guidance? Why isn't there something for the in-between? The people who are curious about sobriety? Who are maybe questioning their relationship with alcohol but don't quite feel that it is so black and white... If this resonates with you, just know it resonates with me too and interviewing Alex McRobert, Founder of The Mindful Life Practice and Sober Curious Yoga, also the host of the Sober Yoga Girl Podcast brought light to the most important topic for 2022. 

Alex's website is here!

Listen to her podcast here: @soberyogagirlpodcast