Ep. 06: Wendy's story & permission to talk about sex, money, shame, and dry vaginas

Wendy Petties is a native New Yorker, psychologist, and founder of Sexy Money—built on one radical belief: pleasure can save your life. In this episode with Amy, Wendy holds nothing back. After 11 years fighting for fertility, a hysterectomy at 40, bankruptcy, and harassment at work that left her unable to get out of bed, Wendy reconnected with what she'd known in her 20s about pleasure. Not just sex—the daily, intentional kind. She became a millionaire, learned to ask for plenty instead of just enough, and now she gives women permission to talk about what nobody talks about: sex, money, shame, and why a dry vagina is a health crisis. At 57, unapologetic and potty-mouthed, she's coming to Toronto for the Down There Affair.Key ComponentsEleven years of procedures and the moment her doctor forgot she was a person: What happens when saving your fertility becomes the goal instead of saving yourself.From bankruptcy to millionaire in four years: How pleasure—not motivation, not willpower—became the foundation for rebuilding everything.The two-year gap that almost nobody survives: Painful sex after a hysterectomy, male doctors with no answers, and finally telling the truth.Why Wendy wears a clitoris necklace and gives away vibrators: What radical honesty actually does for the women around you."Pleasure can save our lives. It does fuel us. It does heal us. We have to base things on pleasure, especially women."Visit Wendy's website here!Follow Wendy on Instagram! 👉 Click here to join the movement at downthereaware.org🩲 Subscribe, like, and share to show us you care!🤘 Podcast produced by Binge-Worthy StudioFor informational and entertainment purposes only — not medical advice. We're here to get loud, not to play doctor.