Luvbites by Dr. Tara

**TW//Eating Disorders, Body Image, and Appearance Feel more confident in your body in 2023! This week Dr. Tara is on a mission to discover how to talk healthily about our bodies and others to create body confidence. By investigating the factors, causes, and impacts of body image with the director of the PRIDE Body Project, an NIH-funded clinical trial of an eating disorder prevention program for...

Curious about sex surrogates? Dr. Laurie Bennett-Cook is a Clinical Sexologist specializing in non-monogamy, kink, and sex work. n this episode, Dr. Laurie deep dives into her experience as a sex worker turned sex surrogate. Jump into Dr. Laurie’s journey working at a brothel and exploring her sexuality.

This week we were talking about cheating. Dun Dun Dun! Join Dr. Tara as she investigates the age-old question, why do people cheat? With the host of KaamnaLive, an online talk show committed to discussing uncomfortable topics like mental health, relationships, and sex!

Cuckolding, coming out, and incels, oh my! Can you imagine a place where all three could co-exist and chat? Look no further than MŌN, a Drop-in Social Audio App for the Sex-Positive Community. Caleth Jones, the Founder and CEO of The MŌN App, joins Dr. Tara to discuss how MŌN brings together expert-led chats and community-driven discussions to reduce the shame and stigma around the topic of sex. C...

You’ve heard of blue balls but have you ever heard of blue ovaries? Who knew being horny could hurt so good! American Professional Wrestler and MMA Fighter Zeda Zhang joins Dr. Tara for a steamy conversation about high sex drives and female pleasure. Zeda talks about her struggles with dating being a woman with a high sex drive and how a daily orgasm is necessary to improve her performance as an a...

Dr. Kimberly Lovie trained at Harvard and Yale. In engineering graduate school, she became an advocate for women’s health, designing and patenting a medical device to make laparoscopic gynecologic surgery safer. Today she explains dedicating her research to the importance of Clitoral Ultrasounds which provides newfound knowledge understanding Clitoral anatomy which can help with Vaginal Mutilation...

Cam is a Certified Professional Sex Coach, Certified Sexologist, Registered Counselor, and Registered Tantric Yoga Teacher. His work integrates scientifically validated, medically accurate information about sexual health, with sacred sexuality teachings from the mystery traditions. As a coach, he helps men go beyond surface-level sex and into full-bodied, self-expressed, pleasure-oriented sexual e...

Ams and Kat, hosts of the 2HotWives podcast, are on a mission to help women explore their sexual interests and embrace great sex as the ultimate in self-care. Both Ams and Kat want to change the conversation women have about sex, especially wives and mothers who are looking to reclaim their sexual selves. Ams discusses what's known as the “Slut Protocols” in which partners are aware of their surro...

Returning guests, Jeremy & Natasha are Co-Founders of AllTheFeels, a multimedia sex-positivity platform that empowers people to have better sex lives. Their content focuses on teaching practical skills and techniques to give and receive more pleasure, improve dating/relationship satisfaction, and the necessary personal growth to achieve both. Natasha aims to teach listeners how to master the perfe...

Dr. Lori Bednarchik is one of the nation's leading experts on sexual consent and communication. For the past 15 years, she has worked closely with athletes, fraternities, sororities, and college students across the country, challenging the norms surrounding relationships, consent, and sex. In the age of #MeToo and #TimesUp, and an increasingly divided discussion of sexual misconduct, she is a refr...

Simona Rose is a professional wellness healer specializing in Sexuality, Chinese medicine rituals and Balance of mind and body. Growing up, she developed stressful behavioral patterns balancing work and home life and upon graduating with a Masters in Pharmacology she decided to learn about the natural world of medicines. What she learned was that modern medicine is fragmented but by cultivating ou...

Tripp Kramer is an international dating coach with the objective to guide men to become more confident and take lead when first approaching women whether it's a first date or first hookup. What had started as his own personal journey towards affection, he now is an acclaimed author and host to his own podcast with hopes to provide men with the combination of entertaining yourself and entertaining...

Whitney Tougas is an international pleasure coach who aims to teach individuals and couples how to have life-changing transcending orgasms. Her goal is not only to achieve an orgasm but to be fully present, fully immersed in the sensation that you are feeling moment to moment. We ended with a rapid round of “10 quickies with Dr. Tara” Listen and learn my luvs…oh and have an orgasmic day! For more...

Barrett Pall is a Life Coach, Activist, and Digital Creator, who reaches over 2 million people across his social platforms. Throughout his humanitarian work he has traveled to all 7 continents, which lead to him being profiled by the UN. Barrett’s journey has been anything, but linear, but his life’s purpose is to empower, educate, and inspire as many humans as possible. Join the conversation on h...

Bella and Jase are experienced swingers, high school sweethearts, and hosts of the 4OURPLAY Podcast where they share their journey, experiences, and adventures navigating their relationship through non-monogamy and the swinging lifestyle as millennials. Their goal is to break the stigma behind swinging and normalize ethical non-monogamous relationships and alternative lifestyles. We ended with a r...

Today with us is Mistress Justine Cross, who is a professional BDSM consultant and Dominatrix, owner of Dungeon East, an educator, and all around badass Bitch. Justine offers classes in person, online, and private tutorials. She also hosts BDSFemme - a play party for cis and trans women and co-hosts Deviant - a play party for all queers. We ended with a rapid round of “10 Quickies with Dr. Tara" L...

This episode is all about Asian sexuality, stereotypes, and sexual wellness. My expert guest is Justine Ang Fonte, M.Ed, MPH who is the child of Philippine immigrants and award-winning intersectional sex & health educator, public speaker, professor, and consultant, based in New York City. On Instagram, she's known as "Your Friendly Ghostwriter" composing the texts you avoid sending about setting y...

Today with us are the hosts of the Men's Health Unscripted podcast Patrick Alonso and Cameron Carrothers! They are pharmacists looking to improve men's mental, physical, sexual, and emotional well-being by providing an empowering and welcoming space to promote growth and happiness. Come join the conversation on how to deal with premature ejaculation through methods such as supplements, medication,...

Nicoletta Heidegger is a licensed marriage and family therapist and sexologist. When not seeing clients, she hosts the podcast Sluts and Scholars and creates retreats for folks who want to increase their pleasure potential and decrease shame. Come join the conversation about sexual concerns, cultural stresses on having sex, the world of kink and fetish, cuckolding, and so much more. We ended with...

Can we trust our doctors when it comes to our own sexual health? Why don’t doctors speak openly to patients about sex? Today we’re going to find out. Rainey is a fourth-year medical student and is the creator of the educational initiative Sexplained Med. Women's sexual health in the medical field often comes last but she’s trying to change that. Come expand your sexual and intellectual knowledge o...

Kendra Holliday is the creator of The Beautiful Kind, a sex positive blog and the Co-Founder of Sex Positive St Louis (sexstl.com) a sex positive community. She is a passionate bisexual sexplorer when it comes to kinks, fetishes, BDSM, swinging, sex work, and polyamory. She is also a professional sex surrogate, in which we’re gonna take a deep dive into today. Come learn about her amazing experien...

Self-love is a hot topic right now on social media but what does it really mean? And what role does it play in your sex life? Mary Jelkovsky is the author of the best-selling book, The Gift of Self-Love, and host of the popular Mary’s Cup of Tea Podcast. Her work has been featured in TEDx, Teen Vogue, and Health Magazine. Join us in this organic and insightful conversation that will aid in your se...

Imagine growing up in a polygamist cult where sexual pleasure was taboo, you are sexually repressed, and a woman’s vulva is defined as a Pleasure Cave! The Fresh King Benjamin, comedian and TikTok star, is sharing his experiences growing up in a cult and the kind of “sex ed” he received. He’s absolutely fascinating and hilarious! We ended with a rapid round of 10 Quickies with Dr. Tara. Listen and...

Yana Tallon-Hicks is a certified sex and couples therapist and consent, sex, and sexuality writer and educator living in Western Massachusetts. She’s the author of Hot and Unbothered: How to think about, talk about, and have the sex you really want. In this episode we talked about: +Barriers to good sex +How to deal with sexual shame +Pleasure pessimism +Co-creating experiences of pleasure +and mu...

Imagine going to a park and there are a bunch of parents with posters strapped to themselves advertising their kids for a hand in marriage! The fabulous Loewy Wei, an LA content creator and marketing director at Soul Stage, is here to teach us about the Chinese marriage market today. She’s from Shanghai and has personal experience in this marriage market! We talk about the most desired criteria at...