Has your love life suffered because of your fertility issues? Then you are definitely not alone. On this episode, I talk to intimacy coach Diana Ciolca about how to reclaim passion in your relationship when your attempts at conception have started to dull things down. We discuss how you can stop treating your body as a baby making instrument, how to rekindle desire and love making, and how to deal with any physical pain you may be facing.

Top quotes:

“Drop into what you actually want. How do you want to relate to your partner? It starts with the desire of having more intimacy, more connection. How do you want to experience your intimate life? Having that clarity is the starting point.” - Diana Ciolca

“S#x starts way before you go into the bedroom with your partner. It is really crucial to feel relaxed, to have a life that actually accommodates you. That you have rituals and routines in place so that you feel relaxed, so that you feel taken care of, that you give yourself pleasure in other ways (other than s#x) and actually that the s#x that you are having feels pleasurable to you.” - Diana Ciolca

“It’s almost like a complete reimagining of what intimacy looks like. It can be that your fertility journey creates an entry point for a whole new way of lovemaking that’s very much based on pleasure rather than the traditional ‘penetration and that’s it’.” - Françoise Molenaar

“Our bodies and nervous systems don’t know how to make a distinction between sadness and pleasure. If you shut down your sadness, it is the same system that shuts down your pleasure and joy. You cannot choose. Numbness covers everything.” - Diana Ciolca

About Diana Ciolca:

Diana is an intimacy coach who helps female leaders live a life of pleasure & abundance in money, love, & relationships. You can find out more about her work here: https://www.dianaciolca.com She’s also on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedianaciolca/