Doing It Together: Making Sense of Low Libido, Sex, and Intimacy in Marriage.

1. How Denice ditched duty sex for something better

2. Slut or Prude: Are these the only options?

3. Penguin suits, lingerie & banana sling undies: the hilarity of Denice’s wedding night

4. Why women have sex even when they’re not in the mood

5. The hidden goals of sex and the problems they create

*Please note that this conversation includes real experiences that are sometimes traumatic in nature. This may be triggering for some listeners.

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Denice is a Seven Habits of Highly Effective People enthusiast. She is known for her infectious giggle and refreshingly funny  “Daily Dose of Denice” videos in my alumni community. She lives in the United States with her four children and has been married for 15 years. She loves reading, walking, and enjoys making custom t-shirt designs.

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Janna's Program: Wanting It More

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1. The truth about how “good sex” is defined and how it affects women.

2. How to make sex a freeing and fulfilling experience instead of avoiding it.

3. Why trying to make your marriage “fair” can be an almost impossible challenge.

4. How one-sided sex can affect a relationship in the long run and what to do about it.

5. Jenn’s surprising discovery about how her personal values weren’t showing up in the bedroom.

6. Honest details about Janna and Jenn’s real-life sexual experiences

*Please note that this conversation includes real experiences that are sometimes traumatic in nature. This may be triggering for some listeners.

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Jenn (she/her) is an amazing, fabulous, human being. She is a warrior of justice and women’s rights. After completing my Wanting It More program, she has become a fierce leader and small group facilitator in my alumni community. She has been married for 9 years and has 3 young children. Jenn works in Environmental Conservation.

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Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski, who coined the term "Human Giver Syndrome" based on the book Down Girl: the Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne

Come as You Are  by Emily Nagoski

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1. Why Melissa’s husband now says their sex life is better than ever!

2. The #1 thing that will always lower desire and how to avoid it!

3. The long term effects of tolerating touch that isn’t "100% yes".

4. How to talk to your husband when something isn’t sitting right with you.

5. The eye-opening shift that allowed Melissa to stand her ground (even while being convinced otherwise).

*Please note that this conversation includes real experiences that are sometimes traumatic in nature. This may be triggering for some listeners.

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Melissa Cody is a busy, homeschooling mom of three who has traveled and lived in many different places around the world. She is an integral part of the team that helps run both of Janna's programs and is a passionate alumni herself! Melissa grew up as a competitive dancer, had a career on stage singing, dancing and doing musical theatre. She was also a dance teacher and adjudicator and now loves being home to watch her children grow.

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1. The importance of looking at the real motivations behind sex.

2. Shifting your mindset from sex being a chore.

3. How to enjoy an orgasm for yourself without feeling guilty.

4. The struggle of being intimate in the early days of motherhood.

5. How to create a sex life that is more authentic, equitable, and nourishing.

*Please note that this conversation includes real experiences that are sometimes traumatic in nature. This may be triggering for some listeners.

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Melissa is a busy mom of 4 (ages 19 years - 8years) who breastfed till her children self-weaned, co-slept and practised attachment parenting with the support of her local La Leche League community. She is a feminist who loves deep conversations, scrapbooking, camping, and dogsledding with her huskies. She is ever so grateful for the knowledge gained in the Wanting it More Program which has allowed her to redefine intimate experiences with her husband of 23 years.

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1. Why media is so damaging when it comes to our understanding of sex.

2. How cultural expectations define our expectations for sex and what the intentions can be instead.

3. The major problem with mainstream advice for low libido.

4. The magic ingredient essential to a wonderful sex life that so many professionals ignore.

5. The most important mindset shift to go from having duty sex to having sex for pleasure and enjoyment.

*Please note that this conversation includes real experiences that are sometimes traumatic in nature. This may be triggering for some listeners.

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For this week's episode on The Wanting it More podcast, I speak with my close friend, colleague and alum of my program, Laura Froyen, PhD. Laura is a Marriage and Family Therapist who not only took sex therapy classes in graduate school but worked with couples in their sexual relationships and recieved sex therapy herself. In her professional life, she now helps individuals, partners, and co-parents become the parents they are longing to be.

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Janna's Program: Wanting It More

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1. Why feeling alone, broken and guilty started my journey as a Desire Expert

2. How my struggles in the bedroom led me to designing a program for women about intimacy

3. Who my guests are and why they are willing to share the juicy details of their sex lives

4. Who I serve and what my core values are

5. How these real, honest and vulnerable conversations can improve your sex life

BIO:

I’m Janna Denton Howes, a Desire Expert and Creator of The Wanting It More Program. I have spent hundreds of hours helping thousands of women want and enjoy intimacy more. I was married young at 17 and 21 years later am still married to my wonderful husband who is an engineer. We live on Vancouver Island with our two teenage girls. I love long walks at the beach, dancing while I rollerblade, and time in nature. I love, love, love people and discovering what talents, ideas and perspectives they have. Join me for honest conversations with women who have experienced low libido in their relationships, as we discuss the details nobody else talks about.

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