Better Loving, by Laura Ellen

I’ll be brief today because it’s assignment season and all of my writing eggs are going into the uni basket. This episode is for anyone who feels like something is missing in their intimacy, who struggles with body image, and wants to form a sexual self-identity that feels… Free. I share some insights on how to cultivate the confidence you need to be yourself in intimate contexts, and connect to t...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/contact About Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/about Subscribe to Substack: https://substack.com/@bylauraellen ? Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7CQmZy8qRGBKGAaUcBCRXw Episode Summary: This episode sits alongside a personal reflection on cr...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/contact About Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/about Subscribe to Substack: https://substack.com/@bylauraellen ? Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7CQmZy8qRGBKGAaUcBCRXw Episode Summary: This episode explores the impact of mismatched libido a...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/contact About Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/about Subscribe to Substack: https://substack.com/@bylauraellen ? Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7CQmZy8qRGBKGAaUcBCRXw Episode Summary: Switching off at the end of a full day and moving into...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/contact About Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/about Subscribe to Substack: https://substack.com/@bylauraellen ? Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7CQmZy8qRGBKGAaUcBCRXw Episode Summary: This episode explores the often unspoken reality of pai...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura About Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here. Episode Summary: In this episode, I explore long term love beyond the pressure to perform wellness, growth, or relationship mastery. We look at how modern ideas of conscious partnership can quietly create shame when relationships b...

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Links & Resources: Work with Laura About Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here. Episode Summary: Starting to date again can feel exciting and unsettling at the same time. In this episode, I explore the subtle tension your body might feel when stepping into the dating world, whether fresh out of a relationship,...

Links & Resources: - Work with Laura - About Laura - Subscribe to the Better Loving Substack - Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here . Episode Summary: In this episode of Better Loving , Laura Ellen explores the shift from performative sexuality—shaped by validation, approval, and desirability—to mature sexual power rooted in self-connec...

Links & Resources: About Laura Work with Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here . Episode Summary: Starting again isn’t triumphant for me, it’s tender, resistant, and quietly/very confronting. In this episode, I reflect on what it’s been like to return to public creation after three years of choosing privacy, g...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here . Episode Summary: Cue that moment when you realise you might actually be the common denominator in your relationships. This episode dives into why we lose our power when we stay stuck in victim mentality, drama cycles, and blame, and how embra...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here . Episode Summary: Sexual energy is more than something to discharge or “get over with.” In this episode, Laura explores sexual energy as a vital life force—one that can either deplete us or actively nourish our creativity, confidence, and capa...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here . Episode Summary: In this episode, we explore the question many people quietly live inside of: Should I stay, or should I go? Rather than offering a definitive answer, this conversation invites deeper self-responsibility around indecision, amb...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here . Episode Summary: This episode explores what it really takes to move beyond performative sexuality and into a sex life—and sense of self—that feels authentic, embodied, and fulfilling. We look at how body confidence, anxious attachment, shame,...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here . Episode Summary: In this episode of the Better Loving podcast, Laura Ellen is joined by Rebecca Bee Gunson for a grounded and honest conversation about the heart as a central pathway to intimacy, integrity, and embodied aliveness. Together, t...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here . Episode Summary: In this episode of The Better Loving Podcast , I explore how self-pleasure can be a transformative practice beyond simply achieving orgasm. We dive into intentional ways to cultivate sexual energy, heal and resource your pelv...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here . Episode Summary: In this episode, I explore the lingering effects of sexual shame and the cultural messages that have long tried to define and confine women. I share my own journey of confronting uncomfortable and painful experiences with sex...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here . Episode Summary: In this episode, I dive into the energetics of dating and how to stay aligned with your values while attracting what you truly want. We explore the challenges and strategies of online dating, how to get clear on your desires,...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here . Episode Summary: In this episode of The Sexual Wellness Podcast , I dive into why so many of us struggle to ask for what we want in the bedroom—and how to move past patterns of shrinking, freezing, or over-controlling. I share practical tools...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura : Subscribe to Substack: Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here: Episode Summary: How do we relate to sexual desire with honesty, responsibility, and care in a post #MeToo world? In this episode, I explore sexual authenticity through a grounded, relational lens. One that acknowledges our instinctive, emb...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura : www.laura-ellen.com/contact Subscribe to Substack: Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here: Episode Summary: In this episode, I explore desire as a vital psychological and somatic force, not just something linked to sex, but something that shapes our motivation, choices, and sense of aliveness. Drawing...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura About Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here Episode Summary: In this episode I explore the practice of full-body pleasure in a Yin Full Body O Workshop, reflecting on how yin energy, vulnerability, and sensation intersect in sexual experience. I discuss how pleasure can be de...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura About Laura Subscribe to Substack Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here. Episode Summary: In this episode, I explore emotional shutdown during sex and how to move through it with ease, presence, and pleasure. I share tools and practices to help you stay embodied, navigate your inner landscape, and creat...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/contact About Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/about Subscribe to Substack: https://substack.com/@bylauraellen ? Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7CQmZy8qRGBKGAaUcBCRXw Episode Summary: In this episode, I sit down with Meg O'Neil to explore...

Links & Resources: Work with Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/contact About Laura: https://laura-ellen.com/about Subscribe to Substack: https://substack.com/@bylauraellen ? Music by PIANIKA, a New Zealand based producer, creating capsules of sound and energy. Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7CQmZy8qRGBKGAaUcBCRXw Episode Summary: In this shame free and judgement free episode, I explor...