Bedside

INTERVIEW: On todays episode I chat with Isabella Frappier, a sexual educator, pleasure mentor, podcast host, and former birth doula. Many of you might recognize Bella from Goop’s Netflix series, The Goop Lab, where she shares her work as a holistic healer helping others to connect to their divinity. On this episode, Bella shares with Bedside how her sex life wasn’t always the sex life of her drea...

QUICKIE: On today's Quickie I get real about how to prioritize feeling good amidst our current social climate/ hustle culture. I share how taking the time to notice what makes you FEEL 👉 good, bad, frustrated, envious, empowered, sexy (whatever is up for you) is really critical to our wellbeing! It’s a signal toward our restoration, which is one of the most radical tools we can cultivate for...

INTERVIEW: Today I’m excited to be in conversation with Jamie J. LeClaire. A sexuality educator, writer, and consultant, guiding folks towards informed, embodied, and liberated experiences of sexuality & gender. On today’s episode, Jamie shares with Bedside their work exploring the intersections of sexual health & wellness, body politics, and queer and trans identity. They unpack the impor...

INTERVIEW: On today's episode I chat with award-winning writer and media critic Soraya Chemaly. Soraya speaks frequently on topics related to gender, media, tech, women's rights, sexual violence and free speech. She was named one of Elle Magazine's 25 Inspiring Women to Follow on Twitter , and was the recipient of the Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press’s Women and Media Awar...

INTERVIEW: On today's episode, I chat with my good friend Hannah Matluck — a certified holistic health and wellness coach and the founder, producer and host of the V Hive podcast. The V Hive was born as a result of Hannah’s own challenges with chronic pelvic pain. After figuring out how to navigate these complicated issues, she realized how common they are and how infrequently they are discus...

INTERVIEW: On today’s episode, I chat with Adolescent Experience Strategist, Nicole Owuor. Nicole’s work is rooted in empowerment, guidance, and validation as she mentors middle schoolers, high schoolers, and individuals in their college years with the tools to navigate transitional experiences. As a self proclaimed people person & strength finder, Nicole helps young adults to discern their ow...

QUICKIE: Ring Ring! You asked, and we got a sex therapist to answer! On this weeks Quickie, I chat with sex doc, Carli Blau. She answers for you all of your deepest ~burning~ questions you wish you asked, but never had the chance to. On this episode we dive headfirst into sex during quarantine, the intricacy of orgasms, relationship dynamics, desire and more! Keep up with Bedside: Instagram - @the...

QUICKIE: On today's Quickie, I dig into the purpose of having tough conversations with yourself, & with others, as a tool to better connect with your most authentic self. I touch on how, for the most part, we don't need to come to answers/ meanings/ solutions right away, but rather learn to sit in & understand what our vulnerabilities and desires are telling us. I share my best t...

INTERVIEW: On todays episode I chat with Carli Blau, a licensed psychotherapist who helps people find self-love and confidence within themselves to create the life, love, sex, and relationships they want and so very much deserve. ​Carli has a Master's Degree in Social Work from Columbia University, a Master's Degree in Sex Education, and is on her way to a Ph. D. in Clinical Sex Therapy....

QUICKIE: On today's Quickie, I share my best tips on how to have better intimacy in isolation. Let's face it, on some level everyone is struggling, whether partnered or solo, with dating, sex, and sensuality. And it's no surprise as most of us operate out of survival-mode that pleasure just isn't at the forefront of priorities. So how do we move forward here? Tune in to this ep...

INTERVIEW: Did you know that about 15% of women of childbearing age in the United States report having pelvic pain that lasted at least 6 months? Or that the rates of chronic pelvic pain range from 14-32%, worldwide? On today’s episode I chat with Dr. Allyson Shrikhande, a board certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist, and founder of Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine, who shares wit...

INTERVIEW: On today’s episode, I chat with Raquel Rottmann, a Lima-based spanish-speaking sexologist and mastermind behind the page, Corazon con Leche. Raquel is a TEDx speaker and author with a background in psychology and biology. She uses her impressionable platform to speak to South America about the taboos of sex and sexuality in hope to normalize the ever-evolving intricacies about our bodie...

INTERVIEW: On this episode I chat with Ev'Yan Whitney, a Sexuality Doula and host of The Sexually Liberated Woman Podcast.  Ev’Yan’s expertise lies in holding space for women and femme-identifying folks who are ready to step OUT of shame, confusion, and fear within their sexuality, and INTO erotic empowerment — whatever that may look like. In our conversation, Ev’Yan shares their own story of...

QUICKIE: On today's Quickie, I chat about the importance of reclaiming your sense of self — that not even a pandemic or uncertain times have the ability to take away the true connection to YOU. I share how reframing our pleasure, our practices, our pains, and our inner WHY will lead to the magic. This episode is your pep-talk to reexamining how we surrender and how we show up. You got this. K...

QUICKIE: On today's Quickie, I share ideas on how to start your own first aid kit for pleasure, and how it's integral to our wellness practice. I discuss how our emotions, traumas, and energy live within our bodies, and how creating a resource of outlets for pleasure is vital toward our sexual liberation. This episode will leave you with thought starters, ideas, and a deep inner knowing...

INTERVIEW: In this episode I chat with Dr. Melanie Greenberg, a practicing psychologist, author, speaker, and life/business coach, with more than 20 years of experience as a clinician, professor, and researcher. A recognized expert on stress management, and health and relationship challenges, she draws on neuroscience, mindfulness, and positive psychology in her work — blending science with mindfu...

QUICKIE: On today's episode, I continue the conversation of finding access to pleasure in times of uncertainty through slowing down. I share how slowing down hasn't always come easily to me in my adult life, and the ways I'm equally leaning into pain and pleasure to serve as a grounding tool. This episode will not only give you permission to surrender to a newfound pace of things, b...

INTERVIEW: On this episode I chat with Betty Louise, a wellness coach, pleasure advocate, and former radio host on discovering inner beauty and sexuality. Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis more than 25 years ago, Betty Louise knows pain inside out. After 15 years of pharmaceuticals, she had an AH-HA moment of sexual healing that charted her on her own course of living orgasmically. In our conver...

Introducing Quickies — A new weekly mini series where I, Tatiana, will be hanging out with you, one on one, sharing inspiration, tips, myth busts and more when it comes to sex, pleasure, and our overall wellbeing. On today's episode, I cover the ways in which we can find access to pleasure in unfamiliar, uncertain times. My hope for this episode is to remind you that you have limitless access...

INTERVIEW: Today's episode features Gina Gutierrez, co-founder of the audio erotica app Dipsea. The best way I describe Gina's product is a hybrid between audio books and guided meditation ~ but sexy. It's a millennial, female-gaze-focused, and tasteful take on erotic short stories. A direct response to what Gina herself felt was missing in the conventional sex entertainment space....

INTERVIEW: Today's conversation is with Bryan Stacy, a sexual confidence educator, speaker, and CEO of Biem Health — an STD health testing app. Bryan’s agenda is to bring taboo dialog to the forefront of conversation between men. Topics that tap into emotional fluency, desire, vulnerability, and fear. In this interview, Bryan uncovers with Bedside his own upbringing, the surprising story whic...

INTERVIEW: In today's episode, Bedside chats with New York City based OBGYN Dr. Candice Fraser to discuss contraceptives, and how to best navigate the world of birth control, mental health, and the questions you really should be asking your doctor. Some of you may be familiar with Candice, we’ve covered her on the Milk Bedside series where she unpacked for us her life as a Pastor’s Kid, all t...

INTERVIEW: Have you ever taken a close look at the everyday products you use? Especially the ingredients that are in your sexual health products? Today’s guest Meika Hollender has, and as cofounder of Sustain Naturals it's her mission to do so, ruthlessly. In today's conversation Bedside sits down with Meika, a wellness superstar pioneering a movement of ingredient transparency and susta...

INTERVIEW: Consider this episode your Queer History 101. I chat with Jonathan Katz, a leading activist and academic pioneer working at the intersection of art and LGBTQI+ history. Katz has a distinct background, rising with the queer movement since he first began his work in the early 90’s, and continuing on to be the first tenured faculty in Gay and Lesbian studies in the United States. In our co...

INTERVIEW: It's finally here! In this first episode of the Bedside Podcast, I chat with Al Vernacchio, a renowned sex-positive Human Sexuality educator based in Philadelphia. I had the pleasure to sit in on one of Vernacchio's human sexuality classes a few weeks ago, and left thinking to myself, Al is one of those people who is changing the world one teenager at a time. Vernacchio has be...