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Elana Auerbach on The Sure Thing: A Weekly Pleasure Practice for Lasting Intimacy
Elana Auerbach on The Sure Thing: A Weekly Pleasure Practice for Lasting Intimacy
Elana Auerbach, a sensuality guide and educator, discusses her book and “The Sure Thing” love experiment: a simple weekly pleasure practice designed to help couples replace sex struggles and performance pressure with reliable intimacy, desire, and joy.
She shares her personal history of dissociation, sexual awakening, and her purpose as a “priestess of love and connection,” explaining how a 12-year desire mismatch with her spouse shifted after they committed in December 2020 to a weekly Saturday practice focused on connection rather than goals or orgasm.
The conversation covers redefining sex beyond penetrative acts, addressing shame as “the elephant in the bedroom,” building the ability to ask for what you want, and how regular pleasure practices can improve relationships, family life, and community well-being. She also touches on consent, solo practice, non-monogamy as a choice, and future plans to expand the book’s reach and create audio guided visualizations.
00:00 Meet Elana Auerbach
00:57 Book Arrival Surprise
03:05 Teen Years Awakening
06:54 Calling and Priestess Path
07:56 Creating Weekly Practice
14:30 Why It Works
19:50 Redefining Sex and Pleasure
26:46 Practical How To Start
29:00 Preparing and Rituals
32:28 Requests and Knowing Wants
34:09 Inviting Partner In
34:39 Inviting Your Partner
35:54 Solo Pleasure Practice
36:46 Shame In The Bedroom
38:37 Naming And Healing Shame
42:35 When Desire Changes
46:46 Ask For What You Want
50:00 Pleasure Changes Everything
54:38 Designing Your Sure Thing
59:17 Monogamy Or Choice
01:01:21 Whats Next And Closing
A special gift for listeners to the podcast:
A guided journey to deepen with your wild, sensual self and connect with your passion and desire!
https://guide.surethingexperiment.com/wild-sensual-self
Website: https://surethingexperiment.com/
FB: facebook.com/ElanaAuerbachAuthor
IG: https://www.instagram.com/elana.auerbach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elana-auerbach-387875b3/
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By Andrew PhippsElana Auerbach on The Sure Thing: A Weekly Pleasure Practice for Lasting Intimacy
Elana Auerbach, a sensuality guide and educator, discusses her book and “The Sure Thing” love experiment: a simple weekly pleasure practice designed to help couples replace sex struggles and performance pressure with reliable intimacy, desire, and joy.
She shares her personal history of dissociation, sexual awakening, and her purpose as a “priestess of love and connection,” explaining how a 12-year desire mismatch with her spouse shifted after they committed in December 2020 to a weekly Saturday practice focused on connection rather than goals or orgasm.
The conversation covers redefining sex beyond penetrative acts, addressing shame as “the elephant in the bedroom,” building the ability to ask for what you want, and how regular pleasure practices can improve relationships, family life, and community well-being. She also touches on consent, solo practice, non-monogamy as a choice, and future plans to expand the book’s reach and create audio guided visualizations.
00:00 Meet Elana Auerbach
00:57 Book Arrival Surprise
03:05 Teen Years Awakening
06:54 Calling and Priestess Path
07:56 Creating Weekly Practice
14:30 Why It Works
19:50 Redefining Sex and Pleasure
26:46 Practical How To Start
29:00 Preparing and Rituals
32:28 Requests and Knowing Wants
34:09 Inviting Partner In
34:39 Inviting Your Partner
35:54 Solo Pleasure Practice
36:46 Shame In The Bedroom
38:37 Naming And Healing Shame
42:35 When Desire Changes
46:46 Ask For What You Want
50:00 Pleasure Changes Everything
54:38 Designing Your Sure Thing
59:17 Monogamy Or Choice
01:01:21 Whats Next And Closing
A special gift for listeners to the podcast:
A guided journey to deepen with your wild, sensual self and connect with your passion and desire!
https://guide.surethingexperiment.com/wild-sensual-self
Website: https://surethingexperiment.com/
FB: facebook.com/ElanaAuerbachAuthor
IG: https://www.instagram.com/elana.auerbach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elana-auerbach-387875b3/