Come Talk with Aimee: Sex, Intimacy, and Conversations Worth Coming Back To

Shadeen Francis helps people get clear on what they actually want. In this episode, she shares how to reconnect with your desire, why play matters to our nervous system and capacity for pleasure, and what might be getting in the way of knowing what you want. Shadeen Francis is a licensed psychotherapist, certified sex therapist, and cultural strategist who helps people understand their desires, de...

April Davis of Haus of Vagina has spent years teaching people about vulva anatomy and body literacy. Today, she's here to tell you why your vagina is normal. This week on Come Talk with Aimee, I'm sitting down with April Davis, a sex and menstrual cycle educator, founder of Haus of Vagina, and host of the Haus of Vagina Podcast. We get into what body literacy means and how the lack of it l...

Let's settle this once and for all: does size actually matter? Find out in this episode!  Welcome back to Come Talk with Aimee. This season, we're bringing you a Q&A series for our quickies, and for the first one, I went straight to Instagram to find out what you wanted to talk about. The top question? Does size matter? I'm taking that question to Reddit, to the research, and into...

Dr. Elliot Justin is on a mission to get men to finally listen to what their erections are telling them. If I were you, I’d better start listening. This week on Come Talk with Aimee, I'm sitting down with Dr. Elliot Justin, CEO and founder of FirmTech, a sex tech company that's revolutionizing men's sexual and cardiovascular health. Dr. Justin is an emergency medicine physician who has...

Kenneth Play has taught millions of people how to squirt. Today, he's sharing his best techniques with you. Welcome to season two of Come Talk with Aimee. This season is all about play, pleasure, and reconnecting with your most alive self. And who better to kick things off than Kenneth Play, named by GQ as the world's greatest sex hacker. Kenneth is a sex educator, author of "Beyond Satisfied," an...

What if daily orgasms were the productivity hack that you've been missing? This week's episode is a podswap with Jennifer from the Open Bedroom Podcast , where she sits down with midlife reinvention coach Natty Frasca from The Feminine Rebellion to talk about the power of pleasure, daily orgasms included, and how high-functioning women can unhook from burnout and step into embodied, turned...

What if you could build deeper connection and intimacy just by asking the right questions and matching them with touch? Welcome to another bonus episode of Come Talk with Aimee. This week, we're revisiting a playful and deeply connective conversation with Candace Johnson , creator of the Touchy Feely Game. We sit down and play a round of the game, which pairs emotionally vulnerable questions w...

What happens when you take away one sense and heighten all the others? Pure pleasure. Welcome to another bonus episode of Come Talk with Aimee. This week, we're revisiting a playful conversation with Bre Green , a sensation play advocate who believes in tapping into your erotic self through touch, texture, and sensory exploration. In this short but delicious episode, Bre and I put on blindfold...

Ever wondered what rope bondage, fire play, or flogging actually feel like? This bonus episode is your beginner-friendly introduction. This week, we're revisiting a live demonstration with Sir Marvelous, a pleasure dom and kink educator who walks us through three accessible entry points into kink play. In this short but juicy episode, you'll get a front-row seat to a rope bondage demonstra...

What if I told you that your pleasure isn't gone, it's just buried under years of stress and self-sacrifice? This week on Come Talk with Aimee, I'm sitting down with Dr. Julie Merriman , a professor, nervous system expert, counselor, and author of "Are We Gonna Have Sex or What?" and the host of two podcasts, "The Compassion Fatigue Cure" and "Sexy After 50." Julie explains why desire goes undergr...

Kink isn't just the hardcore stuff you see online. It's also sensation play, power dynamics, and deep trust. And with the right tools, it can be safe, sexy, and transformative. This week on Come Talk with Aimee, I'm sitting down with Rae Szereszewski , a certified sex educator, former latex designer, and former event coordinator at Oasis Aqualounge, a lifestyle club in Toronto. We get...

What if orgasm wasn't the goal? What if pleasure was allowed to just be? This week on Come Talk with Aimee, I'm sitting down with Nathalie Dewalhens , a certified somatic intimacy coach, author, and creative force helping people reconnect with desire, pleasure, and their most authentic selves. We get into non-coming practices, how our goal-oriented approach to sex has turned orgasm into a...

Women are taught to prioritize everyone else's pleasure in the bedroom and out of it. But what happens when you finally stop performing and start taking charge of your own orgasm? This week on Come Talk with Aimee, I'm sitting down with Brooke Bralove , an AASECT-certified sex therapist with over 20 years of experience helping individuals, couples, and throuples heal from trauma and build deeply s...

What does ADHD have to do with kink? This episode explains why neurodivergent brains crave intensity, how to navigate desire discrepancies, and why your needs aren't the problem.  This week on Come Talk with Aimee, sexologist Tarah Sykes is breaking down why neurodivergent brains work differently when it comes to intimacy, desire, and pleasure. We get into the neuroscience of it all: dopamine,...

Sexual intimacy does not end when you turn 80, and Linda is living proof. This week at Come Talk with Aimee, Linda talks about sex and intimacy after 80 and why desire never expires no matter what stage you are in life. Linda is an author, intimacy and relationship coach, and the unapologetic voice behind the fast-growing digital talk series Next with Linda . She shares her own love story, includi...

The script you were handed about sex and relationships was never written for you. And if you are neuroqueer, it probably never even came close. In this episode, I sit down with Emily Zawadzki , also known as Emily Zed Sex Ed, a Canadian queer sex educator, coach, and support worker with over 10 years of experience supporting kinky neuroqueer folks. We talk about what it means to be neuroqueer, how...

What if the reason you struggle to receive pleasure has everything to do with how your nervous system was wired? In this episode, I sit down with Lorina Manzanita , somatic intimacy coach, somatic experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, author, and educator with over 25 years of experience in the healing arts. We get into why so many empaths, caregivers, and people pleasers have a hard time r...

How well do you know your finger techniques?  In this second anniversary episode, I’m sharing another After Hours moment with you! This time, it’s with Steph Zapata , sexual health educator, anti-colonial organizer, and the visionary behind SLAM, a groundbreaking conference centering sex, liberation, and movement work. We kick things off with a game called Fingering It Out, where Steph schools us...

Did you know that different kinds of lube are designed for different sensitivities, toys, and sexual activities? Because yes, your lube actually matters more than you think. In this anniversary episode, I’m sharing an After Hours moment with previous podcast guest and founder of Lubify, Orla Maguire . We break down the differences between water-based, silicone, oil-based, and organic lubes, how to...

Your sexual energy is not dirty, shameful, or something you need to suppress. It is life force, creativity, connection, and one of the most powerful expressions of being human. In this episode, I sit down with transformational life coach, Kundalini yoga teacher, and Sacred Alchemy podcast host Elizabeth Hudson for a deeply expansive conversation about sacred sexuality, shame, spiritual connection,...

What exactly happens in an erotic bodywork retreat?  In this solo episode, I take you behind the scenes of my experience attending a seven-day Back to the Body retreat in Sicily with Pamela Madsen. Ten days after interviewing Pamela on the podcast, I booked a flight to Italy and found myself immersed in somatic work, erotic touch, sisterhood, consent conversations, breathwork, body-based healing,...

Abortion is not shameful, controversial, or up for debate. It is normal, common, and a fundamental part of healthcare. In this episode, I sit down with Sophie Nir , co-founder and CEO of the Abortion Positivity Project, for a bold, unfiltered, and deeply necessary conversation about abortion, stigma, and reclaiming the narrative. We talk about what abortion positivity actually means, why abortion...

What if the reason your desire feels confusing, inconsistent, or even absent… is because it is not actually aligned with who you think you are? In this episode, I sit down with the OG in the sexual wellness space, somatic sex educator, and founder of Back to the Body Retreats, Pamela Madsen , for a bold and deeply eye-opening conversation about sexual identity and what it really means to live in a...

What if the end of your marriage is actually the beginning of your best sex life? In this episode, I sit down with Amber Joy Simon , founder of QUIVR, for a real, funny, and deeply validating conversation about sex after divorce and what it actually means to choose pleasure over pressure. We talk about how so many women leave long-term relationships disconnected from their bodies, stuck in routine...

What if the most important shift in your life is not the big, dramatic moment but the decision to start choosing yourself? In this episode, I sit down with certified holistic sexuality educator and embodied intimacy coach Lauren Elise Rogers for a deeply honest, slightly unhinged in the best way, and incredibly validating conversation about the invisible season of becoming and what it really means...