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EPISODE · Mar 27, 2025 · 1H 5M

Own Your Desire: Reconnect to Your Sense of Pleasure with Shadeen Francis

from WithIn Podcast · host Katy Rexing

“A sexy woman is a woman who believes she is deserving of pleasure” - Shadeen Francis Sex, desire, intimacy and pleasure are topics that are often missing when we talk about wellness, and this does us a great disservice as women. Desire and pleasure belong at the center of our wellness journey instead of being relegated to the sidelines, and Shadeen Francis is here to tell us why.  Shadeen Francis is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a board certified sex therapist who works at the intersections of emotional intelligence, sexual wellness and social justice. She has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, Playboy, Bumble, Tinder and Teen Vogue, just to name a few, and has brought her expertise to the arenas of education, public policy, global media strategy, all in service of helping people live lives full of peace and pleasure.  Today on WithIn:  Why women feel so cut off from their desires  The first step toward reconnecting with your desire  What is ‘great sex’?  How to make planning or scheduling sex feel sexy  Navigating body insecurities in the bedroom  The ways in which sex is deeply connected to social justice  Connect with Shadeen IG: @shadeenfrancis Website: https://shadeenfrancis.com/ Follow Katy: IG: @katyrexing  Subscribe to Katy’s weekly Substack Newsletter

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