Vanessa Carlisle, PhD, MFA joins me to talk about their book co-authored with Stephanie Covington called: Awaken Your Sexuality: A Guide to Connection and Intimacy after Addiction and Trauma. We discuss the prevalence and normalization of substances as a pathway to sexual behavior, and how sexual responses can be filtered and affected through this lens. Vanessa also shares how shame can keep us from using our personal power to find intimacy and a satisfying sex life. Learn more about Vanessa...

Permission for Pleasure

Cindy Scharkey

Healthy Sexuality After Addiction and Trauma

MAR 25, 202641 MIN
Permission for Pleasure

Healthy Sexuality After Addiction and Trauma

MAR 25, 202641 MIN

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Vanessa Carlisle, PhD, MFA joins me to talk about their book co-authored with Stephanie Covington called: Awaken Your Sexuality: A Guide to Connection and Intimacy after Addiction and Trauma. We discuss the prevalence and normalization of substances as a pathway to sexual behavior, and how sexual responses can be filtered and affected through this lens. Vanessa also shares how shame can keep us from using our personal power to find intimacy and a satisfying sex life.Learn more about Vanessa Carlisle, PhD, MFA More on this topic:Slow Pleasure with Euphemia RussellSexual shame with Mathias RobertsUsing your senses for pleasurePleasure after traumaSupporting SurvivorsORDER my Book: Permission for Pleasure: Tending Your Sexual GardenJOIN my Newsletter: Good Education for Good SexFOLLOW on Instagram @cindyscharkeyVISIT my website and blog