The Pleasure For Health Podcast

Inanna in this piece, so the interpretation goes, is not a `whole person' until she appears vulnerable before her `darker half', dies, and returns to life. At the poem's end, this interpretation asserts, Inanna, through her descent into darkness, the shedding of the trappings of her former self, confrontation with her `shadow', death of who she was, and final re-birth, is now a complete individual...

How do you answer the question, 'what do you want in bed'? Sometimes learning about our arousal and desires takes some work. Join me for a discussion and a guided exercise to discover what turns you on and what doesn't. 

Making a choice can be complex. Which part of us is in the driver's seat? What are our motivations and desires? Are we in integrity or do we have conflicting wants? When we take time to explore how we make choices and which part of ourselves is making the choice, we can become aware and really take responsibility for our choices in our relationships. 

We can learn everything these days, from building a chicken coop to writing a book, but learning about Sex or Relationships is still a taboo thing. Why would we want to hire a sex coach and how should we value this type of learning? 

These days there is much to negotiate in our intimate relationships. We're all still in a state of fight or flight, making us more susceptible to arguments and generally feeling more stressed out which only makes these fights harder to navigate. People are discussing important topics like how to navigate Covid and health related issues, as well as socializing, mask wearing and other important soci...

Shame is a self-absorbed, self-centred and isolating experience so how do we show up to our intimate relationships if we hold a lot of shame in our bodies? How can we work to shift this Shame experience that often leads to a fight or flight response because we feel our relational bonds are threatened. If we stay in shame we are profoundly unable to engage in a healthy attachment with people around...

Grieving goes through a cycle: denial, pain, anger, depression, upward turn and working through and finally hope. How does this play out in our intimate relationships and how can we more consciously work with these stages to build more intimacy. 

How can we get our nervous system back on track and feeling 'safe enough' to reach out and connect with people again after so much collective stress? Join me for some tips on re-starting your ventral vagal system to find pleasure and contact. 

How can we balance self care and relationships? Listen to find out. 

listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. The skill of listening underpins all positive human relationships. 

Commitment is a touchy subject for people in new relationships. Let's talk about what we can realistically expect on the commitment front. 

Today's podcast for Ask Ailsa will be on the topic of social media. Should you change your social media to reflect a new relationship? Should you remove pictures of ex partners? how do we navigate relationship etiquette in today's world?

Listen in as we explore the topic of intimacy and how it is still possible, even with an STI.

We are often faced with conflict in our relationships - let's talk about how to turn conflict into pathways for growth in our relationships.

Relationships are complicated, complex, sometimes demanding yet remain spaces where amazing experiences happen! So, just how then do we manage support in our relationship structures? #relationships #undermining #awareness #behavior #habit #response #bodylanguage

In light of the pandemic, many people are experiencing levels of loneliness in their relationships that are sometimes difficult to manage. Join Ailsa as she explores this sensitive topic on this episode of the Ask Ailsa Podcast.

Join Ailsa on today's podcast as she explores strategies to build trust in a relationship.

We're always taught to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth. So, for today's podcast, I'll open up a controversial topic about honesty, and the value we place on it.

A controversial and highly-debatable topic, to be sure. Join me on this podcast as I explore what the modern definition of cheating is believed to be, at least by some.

You may associate Valentines Day with St. Valentine, but, many cultures celebrate this day in various ways - from animal sacrifice as a symbol of fertility to the giving of wooden spoons! Tune in as we explore these interesting aspects of Valentine Day.

It's an age-old question? And it's a struggle many face today. How can we maintain friendship status having been lovers? Listen in as we do a deep dive on this most interesting topic.

I On today's episode of the Pleasure for Health podcast, I do deep dive on how much time should we really be spending with our partners, in light of the pandemic, and for when we return to 'normal time'.

Are we afraid of intense emotion? This question was raised recently in a discussion on how we tend to equate all high emotional states with sex. This seemed to be especially true of men. Our culture has forbidden men to show much real emotion at all, and quite often this ‘shutting down’ of their emotion, has led men to categorize and box up intense emotional states with the physical act of intimac...

I’ve been pondering the idea of how we are all connected. Not just in the usual way we might talk about connection in the present time, but connected throughout history. We have been asked by the indigenous people of this country, to have an awareness of the ancestors, the people that have walked on this land before us, the tribes of indigenous people who lived where today we have built our towns...

How do you get a black belt in life and why would you want to? I was sitting in the cafe pondering on my last few years, and since this month, we are dealing with self esteem and how this either makes or breaks our pleasure and our relationships, I decided to write about getting a black belt in life.