Why are intimate relationships so intense? 

Why is love so hard to find? And once found so hard to keep? And once kept so hard to survive, never mind thrive in?

We might begin to ask ourselves if intimate relationships are even worth it. And then we remember what they promise. 

This series was originally created as a Masterclass for The Times and Sunday Times Life Lessons Festival in London, UK 2022.

Pandora Paloma believes in the ‘both and’ when it comes to fulfilment in love and business success.  

This incredible woman has created a multi six figure business in the matter of a few years…AND she has found real raw love along the way. 

Neither journey has been without its challenges, but when you’re committed to a life of growth and evolution, Pandora proves you can ask for more – and get it. 

Julia Fischer is a fitness coach who goes deep. Passionate about feeling powerful – and feminine – as a woman, we talk about how she helps women get stronger so they can live in a body that they love. And experience the pleasure that is there for them as a result. 

In this deeply personal and rich conversation, we explore everything from healing heartbreak and dropping more easily and naturally into greater intimacy and pleasure – and how getting fit and building power supports this journey. 

I love Julia’s ethos and her wisdom and am excited for you to listen. 

Fertility is complex. There is a lot to consider if you are in your mid to late 30’s / early 40’s and would like to have kids that share your biology.

The good news is that there are a lot of options to consider to support female fertility, especially if you open up to the wisdom of complementary medicine. 

Naturopath and Medical Herbalist Inna Duckworth talks us through the full range of options available to understand and support your fertility, encompassing truly incredible advances in conventional medicine and then stretches far beyond, taking us back through 5,000 years of Chinese medicine and millennia of observational science. We explore the power of connecting with the healing spirit of plants and to the ancient practice of energetic healing. 

Join us in this exciting and empowering discussion on finding love and creating family a bit later on in life. You’ll leave inspired, as I did. 

Dating is different after 40. Whether you’ve been in love before or not (or are not sure), you’ve likely seen and experienced enough to know what you don’t want. And as you get clear on what it is you do want in a relationship, you may be left with the question on how to get it. Dating has changed. Relationship styles have evolved. And I ponder all of this with Katie Phillips, as she asks the women she works with – who do you need to be in order to have the love you want in your life. And from here the journey deep into you begins.

Katie is the founder of The School of Self Love. She is a Women’s Empowerment Master Coach, Love & Dating Mentor and author of ‘The Self Love Affair - A Woman’s Guide To A Daring & Mighty Life’.

She is the creator of the ‘Meet Your Soul Mate’ experience which is transforming midlife women’s lives and allowing them to receive love with ease. 

Her passion and expertise is inspiring mid-lifers that they can create a life they love and call in the love of their life without burn-out or guilt!

Sacred sex means different things to different people. In this conversation with Sacred Sex Coach Lyvia Cairo, Lyvia shares what sacred sex means to her, how she first came to practice it, and the joy, peace and freedom it brought to her once she moved through the trauma that was holding her back. 

Lyvia Cairo is a Sex Coach who helps women feel better in their body, pleasure and desires. She specializes in sacred sexuality coupled with trauma healing.

I didn’t know just how much perimenopause was a mind, body, emotion shift for women until speaking with Clarissa. In fact, I didn’t know much about the menopause at all. I’m so glad that I had this conversation with Clarissa as I feel much more ready for this next phase in life – and believe that it will help you too. 

Clarissa Kristjansson is a holistic health consultant, mindfulness practitioner, best-selling author and podcaster. She works with women going through perimenopause to help them find ways to better manage this transition. She's the author of the best seller, The Mindful Menopause, and host of Thriving Through Menopause, the podcast. 

Listen in as we discuss: 

• The mystery around the Menopause
• How everyone experiences the change differently
• That it’s passage into a new phase in life – and one to be celebrated
• How to understand when you are in perimenopause
• What the symptoms are and what you might experience
• How to be with the change so that you have a smoother transition from perimenopause to postmenopause
• How your sex life may be affected and what you can do about it
• The opportunities for greater fulfillment and satisfaction that the transition offers
• Practical tips and actionable practices to help you along the way
• The best way to get supported through the change and how to be there for yourself 

Mentioned in the conversation: 

• Tim Goddard https://www.openground.com.au/
• Kristin Neff https://self-compassion.org/
• Christopher Germer https://chrisgermer.com/

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Clarissa’s Gift: a PDF copy of my new book which going to be released in March to the first 20 people who message her and request one –

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Buy her book: 

The Potent Power of Menopause: A Culturally Diverse Perspective of Feminine Transformation

On sale here in ebook or paperback: https://geni.us/menopause

Audiobook will be available from July 2022

To continue the conversation on social media, join us on Instagram at @andreabalboni_lush 

For more wisdom, insight, tools and practices on pleasure and sexual satisfaction come visit us at lushcoaching.com

And if you love the show, please leave us a rating and review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts. 

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Being single has its absolute high moments. And it can also feel like an endless hell. Especially when you feel so done with it. 

Perhaps you get to the point that Shani Silver, humor essayist and podcaster did: ‘I had been dating fruitlessly for a full decade and there came a moment of absolute exhaustion. And it wasn't just exhaustion with dating or exhaustion with searching for someone, it was exhaustion with the frustration around those activities. I was tired of being tired of being single. It was enough.’

So Shani changed her view on being single as something other than a problem to fix at any cost. 

She reframed the way she viewed and experienced her own singlehood, to increase her sense of self-worth and live her life at whole new levels of happiness, fulfilment and satisfaction. 

In this podcast Shani and I discuss her book, A Single Revolution’, which spoke to my heart as a long-term former single winab. And I am sure will speak to your heart too.  

Show notes:

How to reframe singlehood to increase your self worth

Understand how dating in its current form is serving you

And if not, what you can do instead

The shame of singlehood is damaging, especially to women 

Reframe your life so that you feel empowered

Jealousy is something that can be shed 

Fully embrace your own life and it’s unique timeline

See the gifts that come to you because of being single

Decide on who you want to be in the world and own it 

Accepting the fantastic, custom-designed life that is yours

Know that you are whole and complete right now

Don’t wait for a partner to live the life exactly the way you want to

Live life fully now – being happy is a present-time choice

About Shani:

Shani Silver is a humor essayist and podcaster from Fort Worth, Texas who began writing at age six. Her name is pronounced like “rainy” with an “sh.” 

She publishes most frequently on Medium as well as on her website, shanisilver.com. 

Her podcast, A Single Serving Podcast, launched in April of 2019 in the hopes of giving single women content that—for once—didn’t revolve around dating, and to support women around the world in reframing singlehood. 

Shani has lived and dated in Austin, TX, Los Angeles, CA, Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA, and Brooklyn, NY. She currently lives in New Orleans. 

Following ten years of use, Shani permanently deleted her dating apps in January of 2019. 

She has loved her life ever since.

Connect with Shani

Amazon link to Shani’s book, A Single Revolution

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Single-Revolution-Dont-match-Light/dp/1544525303/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=a+single+revolution&qid=1647025389&sr=8-1

Shani’s website 

https://www.shanisilver.com/

Follow Shani on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/shanisilver

Connect with Andrea

The discussion continues over on social media. 

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