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EPISODE · May 11, 2026 · 58 MIN

47. Purity Culture Lied to You - How to Unfuck Yourself & Reclaim Your Pleasure

from The Purple Passion Project-Intimacy & Sex Podcast for Midlife & Beyond · host Dr. Stacy Friedman

00:00 — Introduction: Meet Lacey Bond02:04 — What Is Purity Culture? A Crash Course22:04 — How Religious Trauma Shows Up in Your Sex Life34:01 — How to Unfuck Yourself: The Healing Process43:58 — Second Adolescence, BDSM & Reclaiming Your IdentityWhat did the church teach you about sex? If your answer involves shame, silence, and a long list of rules about what you were not allowed to do with your own body — this episode is for you.Dr. Stacy Friedman — clinical sexologist and certified sex coach — sits down with Lacey Bond (IntimacyLacey), a Certified Sex, Relationship, and Intimacy Coach and purity culture survivor, for a bold, no-shame sexologist talk about how religious trauma shapes our sexuality and what healing actually looks like on the other side.In this episode you will learn:• What purity culture actually is — and the messages it sends about sex, desire, and your body• Why female desire was erased from religious education entirely — and what that silence costs women• How religious trauma and sexual repression show up as freeze responses, shame spirals, and dysfunction in adult relationships• What “second adolescence” means and why it’s a real, necessary part of the deconstruction journey• How BDSM — built on consent, communication, and self-knowledge — can be a powerful path to healing for purity culture survivors🎁 FREE OFFER FOR LISTENERS: Book a free 30-minute education call with Lacey at www.IntimacyLacey.comGuest Bio — Lacey Bond (IntimacyLacey)🔥 Lacey Bond (IntimacyLacey) is a Certified Sex, Relationship, and Intimacy Coach and an adult sex, consent, and BDSM educator based in Los Angeles. She’s dedicated to helping people heal — or as she likes to say, unfuck themselves — from Purity Culture, building healthy relationships with other people and developing awesome, shame-free sexuality.✨ Lacey lived the quintessential Purity Culture experience: raised in the Evangelical church through youth group, Bible study, and Christian school, she graduated from Biola University and was even featured in the 2015 documentary Give Me Sex Jesus. She’s here to tell you that every single one of us can heal — and unfuck ourselves — from it.📲 Instagram & TikTok: @intimacylacey🌐 Website: www.IntimacyLacey.com📧 Email: [email protected] Bio — Dr. Stacy FriedmanDr. Stacy Friedman is a Clinical Sexologist, Certified Sex & Intimacy Coach, and the unapologetically bold host of The Purple Passion Project — on a mission to make midlife the hottest chapter of your sex life yet. With over 26 years in the medical field and 20+ years working in sexuality, Dr. Stacy helps men and women break down taboos, communicate clearly, and build hotter, healthier intimacy — without apology.She specializes in the unique desire challenges that come with midlife — hormonal shifts, erectile changes, mismatched sex drives, alternative lifestyles, women who experience painful sex, and the LGBTQ+ community. Known for blending expertise with humor and heart, Dr. Stacy makes conversations about sex feel empowering, entertaining, and long overdue.✨ Everything you need is one click away: 👉 linktr.ee/drstacyfriedman🔥 Vibe Tribe — private midlife community, live sessions, courses, try free for a week. 📖 Pleasure Playbooks — step-by-step guides for real bedroom results. 💋 Shop catalog for adult products (code PURPLE for 20% off) 📅 Free 15-min consult. 🎁 Free PDF: 10 Things They Really Want in Bed — drstacyfriedman.com 👉 linktr.ee/drstacyfriedmanFollow Dr. Stacy @drstacyfriedman on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and all social media platforms.#PurityCulture #ReligiousTrauma #SexHealing #SexCoach #Sexologist #IntimacyCoach #PurityCultureSurvivor #Deconstruction #ShameFree #SexPositive #ThePurplePassionProject #DrStacyFriedman #FemaleDesire #BDSM #SexualLiberation #ReligiousAbuse #SecondAdolescence #SexAndReligion

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