Love Bites with Laura & Guests

Today we talk to Maria Rafferty aka The Hormone Health Coach who is a champion of educating women about their own health & bodies. She is a massive advocate of working 1-2-1 with women to help them better understand how their bodies function, empowering them to make better decisions. She is a proficient in Traditional Chinese Medicine & uses an array of formulas to treat the root cause of women's health issues.

Check out Maria's website HERE & her instagram HERE.

Sponsors

Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off!

L'Couture Recommends

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Nurture of Health

On this week’s episode the lovely Laura was in bed with a throat infection so Fi bought in some help from a returning guest, the Dubai Match Maker Christiana Maxion. Christiana has returned to give her expert advice for Dubai singles and her thoughts on whether or not the woman can truly be the main breadwinner in the relationship:

• What is the difference between match making and dating apps?
• What has Christiana been up to since we last spoke?
• A listener letter about being the main breadwinner
• Can men truly be the homemaker and put patriarchy to one side?

Sponsors

Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off! There's also FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING on orders over $1000

LC Recommends

Christiana – Uncoupled, Netflix

Fi – Isaac and the egg by Bobby Palmer

LC – Evernote app

Follow Christiana on Instagram HERE.

This week we welcome back a lady who kicked off our Season 2! Not only do we reference her on pretty much every episode, she has been an integral part of our Love Bites journey and our own personal journeys. It is of course, Relationship Coach NI, Lisa Mcfarland. This week we talk about shame, and the shame that surrounds our own female bodies and how we feel shame around sex. Growing up we were made to feel ashamed of being sexual beings and how we’ve been conditioned to put our sexual pleasure on the back burner. Lisa talks us through her tips on how to overcome this, put shame to one side and start putting our pleasure first.

Sponsors

Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off!

L'Couture Recommends

• Come as you are - Emily Nagasaki
• Love your Lady landscape - Lisa Lister
• Untamed by Glennom Doyle

On this week’s episode we talk about age gap! How old is too old?

• Vaping or vabbing, we discover a tiktok trend that has us either gagging or just realising it’s common sense!
• A listener letter about an age gap difference
• Does age really matter?
• Does it level out as we get older?
• What can we do to overcome our fear of an age gap

Sponsors

Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off!

L'Couture Recommends

Laura – Mama Mia 1 and Mama Mia 2

Fiona – Untold – The Girlfriend That Didn’t exist, Netflix

L'Couture – It Ends With Us by Coleen Hoover

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man cannot be in a relationship with a woman without being nagged about their socks on the floor….it is the law. However why do we nag?

• Is nagging just part of our DNA?
• Is it something more than the socks on the floor?
• How can we feel seen, heard and celebrated by our partners?
• Do we feel disconnected when we nag too much?

Sponsors

Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off!

L'Couture Recommends:

• Laura – Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follet
• Fi – I Just Killed My Dad, Netflix
• L'Couture – What Writers Read, Pandora Sykes

We really tried to keep it clean and PC this week, but sadly this was not so:

• Have you ever licked a guy’s bum?
• What’s your stance on licking bums?
• A listener letter about anxiety in the work place
• Our top tips on feeling empowered at work
• Our advice on starting your own business

Sponsors

Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off!

L'Couture Recommends:

• Laura: It’s not about the money – Brent Kessel
• Fi: The Kite Runner by Khaled Houssani
• LC: Shania Twain Not Just a Girl – Netflix

On this week’s episode we talk about emotional masturbation, what is this you might ask? Go on have a listen:

• Have you ever been to a goddess circle?
• Do you panic about where you are in life?
• A listener dilemma about how to let someone down
• What is emotional masturbating?

Sponsors

Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off!

L'Couture Recommends:

Laura – Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton

Fi - https://youtu.be/v2mMElZbHpc

LC - https://www.instagram.com/hotvictorians/

On this week’s episode we talk through a lot of advice for marriage, relationships and of course how to turn yourself on:

• Advice from a marriage of 40 years
• Some interesting stats about last week’s episode about falling out of love
• A listener letter about not getting in the zone
• How to really turn yourself on (it’s not always sexual)

Sponsors

Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off!

L'Couture Recommends:

• Fi – Scenes from a Marriage (Amazon Prime), French Chic by Sophie Claire
• Laura – How To Change Your Mind – Netflix
• LC – State Of Affairs by Esther Perel

Show Notes:

 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sex-with-emily/id82456189?i=1000533936592

This week we talk all things relationships!

• Have you ever fallen out of love with someone?
• What are the main reasons for falling out of love?
• A listener letter about loving someone but not being in love
• What is the difference between love and being in love

Sponsors

Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off!

L'Couture Recommends:

Laura – West Cork – Netflix Documentary

Fiona – Block Delete Move On by Lalala Let me Explain This

LC – One Day by David Nicholls

Fi is BACK, after a small mental health break which we recommend to everyone! On this week’s episode we discuss:

• Fi’s recent foray into Therapy
• A listener letter and some food for thought about Tinder Shaming
• Why are we embarrassed to say we met our partners on Tinder?
• Why specifically is Tinder seen as the most shameful app above Bumble or Hinge?
• L’Couture recommends, a cook book, a novel and a self-help book of dreams to get you through to summer whether you’re staying at home or holidaying

Sponsors

Huge shoutout to our incredibly empowering sponsors L'Couture. Click HERE to check out their stunning products and use Discount Code LOVEBITES20 when you check-out for 20% off!

L'Couture Recommends:

 Fi:

Comfort Mob

https://www.amazon.ae/Comfort-MOB-Makes-Sunday-Bestseller/dp/1529369819/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OHAMNWPXRGHD&keywords=comfort+mob&qid=1657630916&sprefix=comfort+mob%2Caps%2C1048&sr=8-1

 Laura:

Kane and Abel by Jeffery Archer

https://www.amazon.ae/Kane-Abel-Jeffrey-Archer/dp/1509808698/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3H0SLWXUS9V2Z&keywords=cane+and+able+jeffrey+archer&qid=1657630963&sprefix=cane+and+able+jeffery+arche%2Caps%2C233&sr=8-1

 L'Couture:

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? By Dr Julie Smith

https://www.amazon.ae/Why-Nobody-Told-This-Before/dp/0241529719/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dr+julie+why+has+nobody+told+me&qid=1657631005&sprefix=dr+Juli%2Caps%2C202&sr=8-1