Pleasure Project: Sex and Relationships

Has sexual desire faded in your long-term relationship? You’re not alone. In this episode, Dr. Jenn dives into this incredibly common issue and offers ways to spice up your marriage. She discusses:  shifts and changes within partnerships  phases of a long-term relationship  how stressors affect your individual sexual energy  intentionality  how to create connection and engagement  how to curate th...

Dr. Jenn Kennedy interviews MFT Rebecca Capps, a holistic therapist, wellness coach, and the CEO of MindBodyThrive. Rebecca has a decade of experience and she’s an expert in eating disorders and body image issues. Dr. Kennedy and Rebecca talk all about:     ⁃    Rebecca’s personal story and the benefits of lived experience combined with a clinical practice.     ⁃    How body image can show up in p...

Recorded for clinicians in training, this podcast discusses Sex Addiction and sexual compulsion. Dr. Jenn offers insight into the typical presentation and treatment approaches. Content includes: Criteria for diagnosis : loss of control, compulsive behavior, efforts to stop, lost time, preoccupation, failure to fulfill obligations, continuing to act out even though there have been consequences, esc...

Dr. Jenn Kennedy interviewed pelvic floor physical therapists Dr. Chris Pieton about various issues that arise in her practice related to sexual health. - Sex doesn't have to be painful or something "you just live with." Common causes and solutions - Postpartum issues that affect the pelvic floor and how/why sex can be challenging after birth - The ins and outs of anal sex: lube, location, approac...

Sex in the beginning was easy, but long term relationships often have couples feeling less engaged and disinterested. Inertia takes over and week, months even years go by without sex. Dr. Jenn Kennedy discusses this dynamic and how to break out of the doldrums. She offers up an exercise to cultivate your own sexual preferences and how to revive your sex within a longer term relationship. Do you ha...

Dr. Jenn discusses common factors that affect women's desire and arousal: culture, attachment, body image, trauma and relationship to pleasure.  Do you have interest in unpacking your own relationship? Contact Dr. Jenn for therapy. There are also two upcoming Pleasure Circle offerings. You can find out more or sign up at my website: Pleasure Project . 💋 If you’re feeling ready to join the convers...

Challenge these cultural myths about women's sexuality: Women have a low sex drive, seniors shouldn’t be having sex, masturbation means you’re not into partnered sex, sex isn’t good if it doesn’t look like porn, women are supposed to be submissive. Do you have interest in unpacking your own relationship? Contact Dr. Jenn for therapy. There are also two upcoming Pleasure Circle offerings. You can f...

Sex is a microcosm of your larger life. So if your sex life is less than stellar, I'd like to ask about your bigger life and how you treat yourself in the everyday. I discuss this relationship and how you might consider an everyday shift to help you in the bedroom.  Do you have interest in unpacking your own relationship? Contact Dr. Jenn for therapy. There are also two upcoming Pleasure Circle of...

Dr. Jenn describes and discusses the killjoy habit of spectatoring --the tendency to judge ourselves during sex. The audience (of your mind) has become unruly. They are critical and unforgiving. They notice anything and everything you are doing wrong. Their insults or doubt might include comments about how you look, how you smell or taste, how fast or slow you are moving, where and how you are tou...

Welcome to 2023 and here's to making your sex life a priority. Start where you are and let's help it get better.  Do you have interest in unpacking your own relationship? Contact Dr. Jenn for therapy. There are also two upcoming Pleasure Circle offerings. You can find out more or sign up at my website: Pleasure Project . 💋 If you’re feeling ready to join the conversation or have topics you want t...

Dr. Jenn gives an introduction and overview for the podcast series.