56 | Why Doesn’t Sex Turn Me On? Nervous System Level Safety with Catherine Hale

Why doesn’t sex turn me on — even when I love my partner, want intimacy, and want to enjoy sex?In this episode of I’ll Have What She’s Having, I’m joined by nervous system healing and expansion coach Catherine Hale to unpack one of the most common — and misunderstood — questions women ask about their sex lives.If you’ve ever felt:Low desire or inconsistent libidoDisconnected or numb during sexLike you should want sex but don’tAfraid that something is wrong with youConfused about why arousal feels hard to accessToday we explore how your nervous system directly impacts desire, arousal, orgasm, and pleasure — and why so many women struggle with sex not because they’re bad at it, broken, or “doing it wrong,” but because their bodies don’t feel safe enough to open.You’ll learn:Why desire doesn’t respond to pressure or performanceHow stress, trauma, and people-pleasing shut down turn-onWhy feeling “normal” in your sex life starts with regulation, not comparisonHow safety, presence, and self-trust create better sexWhat it actually means to feel at home in your body — and why that matters for pleasureThis episode is for women who want better sex, more confidence, and a deeper understanding of their bodies — without shame, forcing, or pretending.If you’ve been asking “Why can’t I get turned on?” or “How do I have better sex?” — this episode is an essential place to start.Discover our guest Catherine Hale: Catherine helps seasoned coaches, healers, and leaders finally feel at home in their bodies—so they can stop leading from survival and start creating from truth, safety, and power.She’s a nervous system healing and expansion coach who works at the root: trauma patterns, dysregulation, and the subtle ways we override ourselves in service of being liked, successful, or “fine.”Through her flagship training Culture of Care, Catherine is redefining what trauma-informed facilitation really means - teaching space holders how to create containers that are not only safe, but deeply life-giving. Her work blends nervous system science, attachment repair, and somatic integration to support sustainable growth from the inside out.Catherine doesn’t teach pleasure as a goal. She teaches people to come home to themselves—to safety, to sovereignty, to the steady ground of their own body. And from there, pleasure becomes possible again. Not performative. Not forced. Just a natural return to aliveness.https://catherinehale.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/catherine.hale.5209  https://www.instagram.com/catherinehaleuk/ Go Deeper: ⁠www.krishall.ca⁠ Apply now for Wild Women Rising: ⁠https://www.krishall.ca/application-wwr⁠ Sex Coaching & Couples Tantric Awakening:⁠⁠https://calendly.com/krishall2/clarity-call⁠⁠ Download The Pleasure Portal (FREE)⁠https://www.krishall.ca/the-pleasure-portal⁠ Get 10% your favourite crystal pleasure wands, yoni eggs, & butt plugs (code KRIS10)⁠⁠https://waands.com/?ref=illhavewhatsheshaving⁠ ⁠ Submit your questions:⁠⁠https://www.krishall.ca/podcast⁠⁠   IG:⁠https://www.instagram.com/kris.hall.coaching⁠