Rewired & Desired Podcast: Where Intimacy, Mindset and Disability Intersect

Send us Fan Mail People with disabilities can face unique vulnerabilities in dating, relationships, online interactions, and everyday life. But vulnerability does not mean powerlessness. In this episode of Rewired and Desired, Trina Ricketts and Nicole Richards have a candid conversation about predatory behavior, romance scams, financial manipulation, physical vulnerability, dating safety, and the importance of recognizing when someone may be trying to take advantage of you. We talk about wha...

Send us Fan Mail Are you a “good girl” or a “bad girl”? And who decided what either of those things actually means? Trina and Nicole unpack the double standards, shame, sexuality, motherhood and expectations that still shape how women are judged. In this episode of Rewired and Desired, we explore the good girl/bad girl dichotomy and what happens when women step outside the roles society expects them to play. Trina shares how working in adult entertainment exposed her to assumptions about who ...

Send us Fan Mail Why do women fake orgasms, and is it always because the sex isn't good? The real reasons can involve pressure, insecurity, pain, performance, communication... and sometimes simply wanting it to be over. In this episode of Rewired and Desired, Trina Ricketts and Nicole Richards have an honest conversation about why women fake orgasms and what faking can reveal about pleasure, confidence, communication, and intimacy. We talk about the pressure to “perform” during sex, wor...

Send us Fan Mail Dating with an ostomy can bring up questions most dating advice never touches: What if my bag makes noise? What if I have a leak? When do I tell them? And what happens if the date leads to intimacy? In this episode of Rewired and Desired, Trina Ricketts and Nicole Richards get very real about dating with an ostomy, from preparing your body and choosing what to wear to handling disclosure, intimacy, body confidence and the unexpected moments nobody warns you about. In this epi...

Send us Fan Mail What if taking penetration off the table actually brought you closer together? If pain, surgery, disability, ostomy, erectile dysfunction, or body changes have made intimacy feel impossible, this conversation may completely change the way you think about connection. In this episode of Rewired and Desired, intimacy coach Trina Ricketts and ostomy advocate Nicole Richardschallenge one of the biggest myths we've been taught: That penetration is the goal of intimacy. Instead, the...