Dr. Lea Lis aka The Shameless Psychiatrist is a medical doctor who is a double board-certified Adult and Child Psychiatrist and a clinical professor at NYU. She has a bustling practice in the Hamptons and works with all different kinds of family arrangements. She has appeared as an expert on ABC, NBC, and CBS, and has a popular column in Psychology Today.She has a Book coming out in Sept., called “No Shame: Real Talk with your kids about sex, self-confidence and healthy relationships”.She discusses co-parenting and what happens if the rules are not aligned from one house to another.She talks about dating after divorce, how to introduce your children to a new person in your life, and how to set sexual boundaries.…and lastly how important is to know your sexual story. Listen in to understand what that means.This conversation gets juicy!
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Today’s conversation is all about sex. Well, and some other stuff, but I just wanted to grab your attention. Did it work good? Because today’s guest, the shameless psychiatrist talks about dating post divorce sex, and introducing your kids to a new partner. Stay with me to find out what owning your sexual story means. We all have one what’s yours,Even after podcast after podcast divorce sucks, but it doesn’t need to define you. It doesn’t need to be the end of your story. The happy even after podcast, meet your host, Renee Bauer and award-winning divorce attorney, peacemaker, author, and founder of the D-course an online divorce educational program. She’s been doing this work for almost two decades and she is passionate about helping all women make it out. The other side, the happy even after podcast. Let’s jump in.Hey there. So today I am chatting with Dr. Lea Lis also known as the shameless psychiatrist. Dr. Lis is a medical doctor who was a double board certified adult and child psychiatrist, and a clinical professor at NYU. She has a bustling practice in the Hamptons and works with all different kinds of family arrangements. She has appeared as an expert on ABC, NBC and CBS volume in psychology. Today. She has a book coming out in September called no shame, real talk with your kids about sex, self confidence, and healthy relationships. So thanks for being here today, dr. Lee, Oh, I’m thrilled. This is great. Ready to get started. I love that your, your other nickname is the shameless doctor, because I feel like with divorce, the word shame is something that everyone kind of goes through and no one really wants to talk about it. And it’s the reason why you feel so lonely in your divorce.So can you take a moment and just talk just a little bit about shame or being shameless? Sure. I came up with the name because I really wanted to think about parenting without shame and trying to address your own shame about your, your sexuality or your choices. Um, and in divorce, I do understand a lot of shame because you feel like you failed, you made this vow and you failed. So therefore you did something wrong. And there’s a lot of shame and guilt, but I called myself a psychiatrist because I think that with cognitive reframing, which means to really look at the thoughts that are plaguing you, that’s a CBT cognitive behavioral therapy term and reframing them in. And you can address the shame that you’re experiencing and create a new way of thinking, which is about, okay. Yeah. I might have made a mistake. Some things were out of my control, but it was all part of my learning curve, who I am as a human being. And now I can think about this in a more positive light, including divorce. Like, you know, it’s really tough in the beginning and all that, but you can re redefine who you are as a human being and who you want to be. So this looking at the thoughts and the thoughts of shame you have to address. Yeah.That’s so good. And then coming out thereAnd not letting that your divorce defining to...