37: Healing Purity Culture Through Smut and Shadow Work with Amy Everhart

What if healing didn’t have to be hard—but could be hot, playful, and full of fantasy?Lisa Marie Rankin and intimacy coach Amy Everhart dive deep into the deconstruction of purity culture, how people pleasing becomes a subtle form of control, and the unexpected power of romantasy and smut to open new portals of healing. With humor, wisdom, and unapologetic joy, Amy shares how embracing desire, shadow work, and fantasy heroines helped her—and now her clients—step into deeper self-connection and feminine sovereignty.Their conversation challenges the norms of self-help culture, critiques the marketing of pain, and invites us to reclaim pleasure, archetypes, and the divine feminine as tools of resistance and rebirth. Healing, it turns out, doesn’t have to feel like therapy—it can feel like shadow daddies and shared group chats named “Put Your Hands on the Headboard.”Topics discussed in this episode:* purity culture* people pleasing* patriarchy* feminine power* trauma-informedConnect with Amy Everhart:@irrepressible.by.amyArticle on POHOTH: Connect with Lisa:Substack: This Enchanted LifeBook: The Goddess SolutionInstagram: @lisamarierankinWebsite: lisamarierankin.comRate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts:If your inner feminine is connecting with the Goddess School podcast, I’d love to hear from you. Your feedback helps me support you on your sacred journey.Scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Be sure to let me know what you resonated with the most in this episode! And if you haven’t done so already, give the podcast a follow, so you’ll be notified when a new episode comes out. Get full access to This Enchanted Life at lisamarierankin.substack.com/subscribe