Making Love: A Podcast with Sarah Rose Bright

In this episode, Graeme and I talk about penetration, specifically penis-vagina penetration with all its cultural and personal histories. When we think of improving penetration, we think of trying new positions. We never consider other ways to explore. We go deep into what becomes possible when we bring real, embodied presence to penetration instead of rushing towards a goal. In this episode we ex...

Carly Mountain, psychotherapist, sex therapist, and author of Descent & Rising, joined Sarah to talk about her new book, Untamed Pleasure: Unleash Your True Erotic Nature. She shares that we weren't born tamed - we get trained into cages, that keep us from our own erotic nature. Carly's book offers twelve keys to find our way back out. In this conversation, Carly joins Sarah to explore what it...

Dr. Stephania Sciamano spent a decade practicing as a naturopathic doctor before realising that lab results alone couldn't explain why so many of her female patients weren't getting better. Underneath the hormone imbalances, she kept finding the same pattern: stuck anger, old grief, and a guarded, combative relationship to men in general — not just romantically, but with fathers, brothers, bosses,...

In this solo episode, Sarah Rose Bright makes the case for one of the most resisted ideas in her practice - planning intimacy. Many couples believe that if sex isn't spontaneous, something is wrong - with them, their partner, or the relationship itself. Sarah unpacks why that belief is not only untrue, but very damaging, and shows how intentional time can make real spontaneity possible. Drawing on...

From her years of private practice and teaching, Sarah sees that being in the unknown is one of the most challenging things for people wanting to shift their sex lives, yet rarely talked about. It is the piece that, when embraced, opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Most of us learned sex as a script: a linear sequence with predictable stops along the way, repeated until it becomes routin...

In this episode of Making Love: A Podcast with Sarah Rose Bright , Sarah sits down with Christiane Pelmas for a rich exploration of power - what it is, how it's misunderstood, and what makes female power distinct. Here's what we covered: Defining power as the neutral capacity to mobilise resources and create impact - and why how we use it is never neutral The different "flavours" of power - person...

If you've ever shut down in intimacy, felt overwhelmed by too much, too fast, or wondered why you need so much more time, space and emotional connection than it seems like you “should” - this episode is for you. Sarah delves into the unique needs of sensitives and empaths in intimate relationships. She shares her own journey of coming to understand her sensitivity, and why the phrase "let your sen...

What would it mean to give your relationship a whole week - no distractions, no performance pressure, no rushing? In this episode, Sarah and Graeme talk openly about the Making Love Retreat® they co-facilitate - who joins, what the week looks and feels like, and what couples carry home with them. This is a retreat built on a simple yet radical premise - that love making is a practice, not a perfor...

About This Episode What if every relationship you've ever had, including the painful ones, contained a gift? In this rich conversation, Sarah is joined by Tanmayo Lawson of the Gene Keys and founder of Integral Touch. Together they explore the Venus Sequence as a living map for self-discovery, the role of community in genuine transformation, and why emotional stability may be the most profound gif...

What if your most intimate relationship is also your most profound path of growth - and the place where everything you have learned about love is most deeply tested? In this conversation, Sarah Rose Bright is joined by Tobin Zivon, teacher, guide, and devoted servant to love - for a rich exploration of what it means to live love as a practice. Not as an ideal. But as a daily, embodied, sometimes m...

In this honest and intimate conversation, Sarah Rose Bright and Graeme Waterfield explore one of the least talked about dimensions of menopause: what it means for sex, intimacy, and the relationship between partners navigating this transition together. Sarah shares her own experience — the physical changes, the grief, the pain during sex, and the depth of intimacy that has emerged through it all....

Dr Riane Eisler has had a profound impact on my life and it was such an honour to speak with her. Dr Riane is a cultural historian, social systems scientist, futurist and author. She is best known for The Chalice and the Blade and for Sacred Pleasure - a visionary exploration of sex, myth, and the politics of the body that was published 31 years ago and reads as though it were written for this ver...

What if the way we've been taught to think about the penis - and about penetration, erection, and performance - has been limiting the depth of connection available to us? In this conversation, Sarah Rose Bright is joined by her partner Graeme Waterfield to explore the idea of the ‘peaceful penis’. A concept that challenges everything our culture has told us about how male sexuality should look, fe...

The Missing Piece in Your Intimate Life? The Dynamics of Giving and Receiving with Betty Martin - new podcast episode out now What if the missing piece in your intimate life isn't about desire or technique - but about truly knowing what you want, and feeling safe enough to say so? In this episode, Sarah Rose Bright is joined by Betty Martin, creator of the Wheel of Consent — one of the most transf...

For this first guest episode, I am joined by someone whose work I hold in the deepest respect - Diana Richardson, pioneering teacher of slow sex. For over 30 years, Diana has guided more than 15,000 couples in week-long residential retreats in Switzerland - The Making Love Retreat, which Graeme and I now teach. Diana and I explore what happens when we stop approaching sex as something to perform o...

Welcome to Making Love: a podcast with me, Sarah Rose Bright. In this episode I share what's been alive for me in this process, why this name and my vision for the podcast, and, what I believe is one of the most important and under explored conversations of our time - how love, sex, and intimacy are evolving. Love, sex and intimacy are fundamental to life. They are forces that shape how humanity e...

Today I’m delighted to be joined by Naomi Harris who is a sexual pleasure and genital pain specialist. With Naomi’s blend of psycho-sexual, de-armouring and over 15 years experience as a naturopath, she offers a grounded and holistic approach to women’s sexual issues. She shares her wealth of wisdom on healing painful sex, numbness, dryness and more. Naomi shares: The shocking statistics on the pr...

Catherine Hale is a pioneer in creating workshop and event spaces with care and safety at the core. She calls this ‘a culture of care’. The sexuality workshop scene is evolving with ongoing revelations of unethical, unprofessional and often dangerous practice. Shining a light on bad practice is essential, and so is defining and promoting best practice. We had this conversation to explore how the s...

I love this conversation with the wonderful Tanmayo Lawson who shares her deep wisdom with sprinkles of humour, from her 40 year journey of self enquiry and study and her 20 years with the Gene Keys. We explored love and intimacy, how your conditioning affects you, the places people get stuck in relating, how to relate with vulnerability, why love and truth are paths of courage, the journey of get...

I am super excited to share this interview with Diana Richardson who is considered one of today’s leading authorities on human sexuality. Diana is known as the pioneer of Slow Sex and has been running ‘making love’ retreats for couples since 1993. She has also written 8 books on how in practical ways a person can experience a more fulfilling sex and love life. I have every one of Diana’s books and...

Today I’m delighted to be joined by Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh, author of "Love by Design: 6 Ingredients to Build a Lifetime of Love.” Based on two decades of research and work with couples globally, her book offers a fresh perspective on cultivating lasting love, focusing on six core relational ingredients essential for a thriving partnership. If you are looking to deepen your understanding of healthy...

Today I’m so so happy to be sharing my 50th podcast episode!!!!!! Join me for this conversation with my partner and co-teacher Graeme Waterfield as we explore what it means to put the intimacy back into sex. At the end of the episode we share about our couples course INTIMACY which starts March 5th 2024 and there is a special offer available for listeners of the Love, Sex & Intimacy Podcast. W...

Davina MacKail is one of my favourite astrologers so I invited her to share her take on what's coming in 2024. Davina talks us through the key themes for 2024, a wood dragon year in Chinese Astrology. She shares about the qualities of a wood dragon year, why now is a good time to pause, her wisdom on how you can ride the waves of 2024 and why it’s time to dream big. Check out Davina’s previous app...

Welcome to this wonderful conversation with Joseph Kramer, PhD, about erotic massage. Joseph is a true pioneer in the field of sexology, founder of the Body Electric School of Massage, creator of the practice of erotic massage and the professional field of Sexological Bodywork. Joseph shares the incredible story of how he created erotic massage, what erotic massage is, how you can get started with...

What a powerful conversation with Anabel Vizcarra, Embodiment Mentor and Womb Shaman. She teaches women how to awaken and embody their own wise and prosperous wisdom through self awareness & mastery. We explored what ‘full spectrum’ feminine embodiment is, why the journey to your power is a descent into the body, what womb intelligence is, how to cultivate a relationship with your womb, ancest...