Truth Meets Taboo

You say you want pleasure. More connection. More intimacy. More ease in your body. But when it actually shows up… something tightens. You pull back. You overthink. You start bracing. This isn’t a mindset issue. It’s a safety issue. In this conversation, we get into what it really means to receive pleasure and why so many people struggle to stay in it. From nervous system responses to the stories w...

Welcome back to Truth Meets Taboo and to another episode of DTF Better with Sage and Sara , the series where we explore how to become more connected, more expressed, and more turned on by life itself. In this conversation, Sara and I continue unpacking pleasure, but not in the way you’ve been taught to think about it. This isn’t about performance, perfection, or peak experiences. It’s about the sm...

I’m officially opening the first-ever Truth Meets Taboo series —a six-month conversation (two episodes per month) on pelvic floor physical therapy, sexual wellness, and healing painful sex without treating pain as the point of sex. For this series, I’m joined by my co-host Dr. Sara Sohn , a pelvic floor physical therapist, sex counselor, mentor, and professional belly-letting-outer. Sara helps peo...

After a year of grief, endings, and major life shifts, this episode opens a new chapter for the podcast. In this episode, I share why I began a vow of intentional abstinence as an act of self-authority rather than restriction. After everything that unfolded last year, I realized I needed to slow down, put clear boundaries around my body, and rebuild trust with my own discernment. Growing up in a h...

This episode is about the truth I kept dancing around. I talk about how hiding became second nature for me. How silence felt safer than honesty. How telling the truth was something my nervous system learned to associate with danger, conflict, and loss. As I reflect on this year, I share what grief, breakups, and major life transitions have taught me about authenticity. About emotional honesty. Abo...

This episode is the sound of my pleasure breathing through my grief.  I’ve been having the kind of energetic seggs that makes my chest open, my legs shake, and my past dissolve. The kind of intimacy where a securely attached man looks me in the eyes and says, “Interrupt me. Tell me what you feel. I want you in real time.” And the moment he does, my nervous system softens. My grief loosens. My whol...

Intimacy is more than mechanics or performance. It is the sacred art of being fully present with ourselves and with each other. It is laughter and play, tenderness and courage, the softening of shame, and the opening into pleasure. What I witnessed in this workshop felt like pure magic. Partners leaning into one another until the whole room exhaled. Blindfolded explorations where trust unfolded. A...

The sacred slut archetype has been one of the most liberating discoveries on my journey. For years, I carried shame around my sexuality, shaped by purity culture and the stories women are told about desire. Reclaiming the word slut has allowed me to heal, to prioritize my pleasure, and to step into unapologetic self-acceptance. This episode is an invitation to see your sexuality as sacred, to rele...

Touch is where we first learn we are safe, loved, and alive. In this episode, I open up a conversation about the kind of touch that goes beyond the surface. The touch that calms your nervous system, that says you belong here, that reminds you of your humanity. We explore why so many of us are starved for it, how cultural conditioning has made touch feel unsafe or performative, and what happens to...

Receiving sounds simple, but for so many of us, it’s one of the hardest things to actually do. In this episode, I’m diving into what makes receiving feel so unsafe — how our nervous system, old wounds, and social conditioning teach us to block love, compliments, abundance, and guidance even when we’re desperate for them. I’m sharing the real difference between taking and truly receiving — how surr...

I used to think desire was something to be feared or managed—especially as a woman raised to be desired, not to desire. In this episode, I unpack how I began to tell the difference between what I truly want and what I was taught to want.  From cultural conditioning to gendered expectations to the psychology of desire, this conversation is an invitation to explore the raw truth beneath our wants. B...

For most of my life, pleasure felt like something I had to earn—or apologize for. But claiming pleasure has become a radical part of my healing. In this episode of Truth Meets Taboo , I explore how I went from body disconnection to embracing my sexual desires as sacred. We talk about community support for relationships , the role of sexuality education , and how prioritizing pleasure has changed m...

No filters. No pretending. This is where truth collides with everything we were told not to say. Welcome to Truth Meets Taboo .  Connect with me: Instagram desiretheforbidden justasuccugirl Tiktok desiretheforbidden | pleasure professor 🍒 sage Website https://www.desiretheforbidden.com/