Intimacy for Working Moms | Intimacy, Relationships, Sexuality, Romance, Marriage

Do you have sexual desire within you, but not for your husband? Do you feel shame or guilt by not having a sense of desire for your husband?  This is a very difficult truth to admit and an easy one to swipe under the rug as unimportant, especially relative to other priorities like family, kids and our jobs.  This episode normalizes fluctuations in desire in long-term relationships, and creates a safe space to invite women to explore the root cause of a lack of desire for their husbands. The episode gives some solutions for moving forward that are sustainable for all relationship structures including traditional monogamy, ethical- non monogamy (ENM) and polyamory.  Next Steps: 1. Join the free Facebook Group Intimacy for Working Moms 2. Sign up for my weekly newsletter 3. Follow me on Instagram   Sign up for 1 on 1 coaching to explore how to boost your desire for your husband tailored to your unique circumstances! 

Does sex still feel like an obligation at the end of the day? Ever wonder why? According to relationship expert Esther Perel, female desire dies faster than male desire in a marriage due to lack of seduction. Women still crave romance and an interesting story to keep desire alive for them, and therefore keep them WANTING sex instead of just performing it.  Listen to this episode for 4 tips on keeping seduction and desire alive for you in your marriage or long-term relationship!  Next Steps: Sign up for my weekly newsletter at - bit.ly/intimacyforworkingmomsemail Join my free women-only facebook community at Intimacy for Working Moms Follow me on Instagram -> @IntimacyforWorkingMoms Coaching: Sign Up for a one hour Desire Coaching session with me here 

Are you connected with your own erotic vitality? If I asked you to describe your erotic vitality, what would you say?    This episode defines erotic vitality and introduces relationship expert Esther Perel's concept of distance, which helps to maintain erotic vitality in long-term relationships. Come away with 3 tips to connect to your own erotic vitality and to find where a small amount of distance in your current relationship can help to keep your erotic vitality up!  New Offer: sign up for 1 on 1 coaching with me!  Next steps: Sign up for my weekly newsletter at - bit.ly/intimacyforworkingmomsemail Join my free women-only facebook community at Intimacy for Working Moms Follow me on Instagram -> @IntimacyforWorkingMoms Find Esther Perel's Mating in Captivity here

Do you know which areas of your body are most pleasurable for you? Are you connected to your own sexuality and sense of desire? As our bodies change, where pleasure sits in our bodies can also change. This happens during major changes (post-partum or menopause) but can also just naturally shift over time. Having an ecstatic self pleasure ritual as a part of your sexual repertoire will support you to continuously know your body and be on top of your own sexuality. This will empower you to communicate, share and enjoy experiences with your partner more fully.    New Offer! -> Sign up for a one hour Desire Coaching  session with me!    Next steps: Sign up for my weekly newsletter at - bit.ly/intimacyforworkingmomsemail Join my free women-only facebook community at Intimacy for Working Moms Follow me on Instagram -> @IntimacyforWorkingMoms

Are you a busy mom trapped in the routine of planning, doing and holding up everything for your family? Do you struggle to find a space to relax and receive?  If so, this episode will help you tap into your feminine sexual essence, which will allow you to release, relax and let go. Learn about feminine and masculine sexual energy in this episode to increase both your desire and your pleasure!  Next steps: Sign up for my weekly newsletter at - https://intimacy-for-working-moms-email-landing-28055.grwebsite.com/ Join my free women-only facebook community at -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/1851168938927168 Follow me on Instagram -> https://www.instagram.com/intimacyforworkingmoms/   Book cited was: Intimate Communion- Awakening Your Sexual Essence by David Deida.   

Are you looking to bring some excitement back into your marriage? Are you curious to try new experiences together with your partner? In this episode I mention several types of fun and sexy experiences you can try together, depending on your level of open-mindedness, adventurousness and overall curiosity. I also give some tips to help you decide what kind of events you may enjoy and what to look out for.    Next steps: 1. Sign up for my weekly newsletter -> https://intimacy-for-working-moms-email-landing-28055.grwebsite.com/  2. Join our free Facebook Group -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/1851168938927168  3. Follow me on Instagram -> https://www.instagram.com/intimacyforworkingmoms/ 

Have you tried sex toys before but didn't find them too helpful? Do you feel pressure or anxiety when you even think about using toys?  This episode explains why sex toys will not fix your desire problem, and why they can actually make it worse. I include a gauge on if you are ready for sex toys, and if not, recommend what to do instead.    Next steps: 1. Sign up for my weekly newsletter including erotic poems at -> bit.ly/intimacyforworkingmomsemail 2. Join my free women-only facebook community at ->  Intimacy for Working Moms 3. Follow me on Instagram -> @IntimacyforWorkingMoms

Do you want to improve your emotional connection with your partner? Are you looking for new ways to boost your marriage bond? Do you feel like you are too busy and tired to connect deeply and don't know where to start?  In this episode I explain one simple technique called the eye gazing exercise, a non-sexual exercise that can be done in less than 10 minutes, but have powerful effect on strengthening your bond!  Instructions: 1. Find a time and space where you will be uninterrupted for at least 20 minutes. Set a timer for 5 or 10 minutes for this practice.  2. Either sit or stand across from each other- ensure you are comfortable. 3. Take 3 deep breaths with eyes closed. 4. Open your eyes and look into each others eyes, focusing on the left eye.  5. Breathe and notice how you feel. Let yourself be seen. Observe your partner, physically first, and then notice his/her subtle energies. Breathe. 6. Place your right hand over your partner's heart and allow them to do the same. Imagine sending your love to each other through your eyes. Allow any emotions to come up and breathe through them. 7. Close the practice by taking 2-3 deep breaths to yourself with your eyes closed.  8. Thank your partner with a hug or embrace.    Next steps: 1. Sign up for my weekly newsletter at - bit.ly/intimacyforworkingmomsemail 2. Join my free women-only facebook community at Intimacy for Working Moms 3. Follow me on Instagram -> @IntimacyforWorkingMoms

Are you struggling with communication with your partner? Have you tried all the standard tips and techniques and they still don't seem to work?  In this episode, Peter Petersen of Everyday Tantra offers 4 tips for heartfelt communication. By starting from a place of peace and embodiment and inviting curiosity, communication can become a bridge to more intimacy and connection, while still getting your needs in relationship met!  Follow Peter Petersen: everydaytantra.com  [email protected]    Next Steps: 1. Join my free Facebook Group at Intimacy for Working Moms 2. Sign up for my weekly newsletter for tips, techniques and freebies from me: Intimacy for Working Moms email 3. Follow me on Instagram -> @intimacyforworkingmoms

Do you wish you had time for more romance in your marriage? Is romance only saved for some special occasions a few times a year? Wondering how to bring more romance into your life? In this episode I teach the tantric method of creating the sacred space to bring romance right into your home! This method is easy and hassle free, and doesn't require the planning of going out on a date! You will learn how to have more romance at home more often by intentionally creating the sacred space.  Next Steps: Step 1: Join the free Facebook Group at Intimacy for Working Moms Step 2: Sign up for my newsletter at bit.ly/intimacyforworkingmomsemail   Connect Instagram -> @intimacyforworkingmoms  

Are you looking to reignite the spark in your relationship? Are you frustrated that your partner isn't taking the lead? Has it been a long time since you've felt sexy? This episode offers 3 tips to reignite the spark in your relationship. The approach focuses on finding your sense of self again, which is easily lost in motherhood. Finding your own sexy is still possible in motherhood, even among all of our other responsibilities and priorities!  Next Steps:  Step 1: Join a supportive community of working moms looking to reignite the spark in their relationships at my free Facebook Group Intimacy for Working Moms Step 2: Sign up for the weekly newsletter for tips and techniques from me at bit.ly/intimacyforworkingmomsemail   Connect: Instagram -> @intimacyforworkingmoms  

Is your negative body image interfering with your desire or your bedroom experiences? Do you feel unsexy in your body?  This episode addresses the struggles of working moms to love their bodies and feel sexy in them. Although negative body image will not change overnight, this episode offers 3 easy solutions to implement right away to begin to change the negative thoughts we have about ourselves, so that we can increase our sense of self love and find ways to feel sexy in our bodies again!  Next Steps: Step 1: Join my free Facebook Group for a supportive community of working moms on their sexual wellness journeys -> Intimacy for Working Moms Step 2: Sign up for my weekly email list to get tips and techniques and other free goodies from me at  bit.ly/intimacyforworkingmomsemail   Connect with me: Instagram -> @intimacyforworkingmoms   

Has intimacy taken a back seat in your relationship? Do you miss the desire you had at the beginning? Do you feel like sex is a chore? This episode discusses what we feel at the beginning of relationships - new relationship energy or NRE. This energy is limited and fades over time in every relationship. Learn how to keep desire alive in your marriage, even after kids, in 3 main steps.   It is not your partner's responsibility to spark your desire. It's up to you to own your sexuality and learn how to spark your own desire, and then share it with your partner, when and how you choose to.    Next Steps: 1. Join my free Facebook Community here -> Intimacy for Working Moms 2. Follow me on Instagram -> luciana_harrington333

Has intimacy taken a backseat in your relationship? Do you feel like you don't have enough energy for sex? Do you feel like sex has become a chore?  In this episode, I show you how to connect intimately with your parter, fast. Especially on those nights when you feel too tired to do anything.  Connect intimately with your partner in  3 easy steps based on the tantric breathing technique.  This is a non-sexual exercise based on breath work that will connect you physically, mentally and emotionally. Detailed instructions below.  The book referenced is Margo Anand's The Art of Sexual Ecstasy - The Path of Sacred Sexuality for Western Lovers.  Tantric Breathing Technique Steps:  1. Partner 1 (man) sits on the floor cross-legged. Use a pillow for back support. Partner 2 sits on his lap, facing him, legs wrapped around his lower back, arms wrapped around his back/shoulders. Partners lean into each other with the middle of forehead touching. Take 3 deep breaths in this position. Continue breathing in this position for the desired time.  2. In the same seated position, each partner takes their left hand and places it over the other partner's heart. Feel the heartbeat. Take 3 deep breaths. Then, imagine the breath circulating energetically in through the mouth with the breath, down to the heart, out to the other partner's heart and up through their breath. Alternate the in and out breaths for a circular motion in this direction, connecting the heart energy with the breath. Continue for the desired time.  3. In the same seated position, repeat the energetic flow of breath in a circular motion in through the mouth and down through the genitals. Create the circular energetic flow through the partners genitals and out through their out breath. Take 3 deep breaths and then continue to alternate the in and out breaths. Remain in the circular energetic flow for desired time.    Next Steps:  Facebook -> Join a supportive community of working moms on their sexual wellness journeys at my free Facebook Group at Intimacy for Working Moms.  

Is your sex life with your partner boring and routine? Does sex feel like a chore? Are you in a pattern in your sex life that you want to change? In this episode, I'm sharing my "Get To" approach for sex, a mindset shift that will flip the script from sex being something that you have to do or should do, into something that you get to do.  We explore how much sex you actually want to be having as a busy working mom, and explain positive reasons of why sex is good for you, allowing you to come up with "get to" statements that fit into your current sex life with your partner, so you can start looking forward to sex again!  Next Steps: Please connect with me on Facebook and join our private group at Intimacy for Working Moms to ask questions, share experiences and learn from other women on their sexual wellness journeys.  Connect -> Join our free Facebook Group Intimacy for Working Moms    

This episode introduces the concept of the Pleasure Cup as a way for listeners to visualize and think about their own sensual and sexual pleasure, and how it changes over time. 3 tips on clear communication are introduced as a way to encourage listeners to share what is in their pleasure cups with their partners.  Join the Facebook Group: Intimacy for Working Moms to share reflections and be part of a supportive community of women on their sexual wellness journeys!  https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CTfGE9RcM/ 

This episode gives listeners a practical exercise to do with their partners that can increase intimacy and reduce anxiety, starting today. It's called the tantric touch technique, and listeners are guided step by step on how to start and how to make changes if needed.  Ph.D. Barbara Keesling's book Sexual Healing - The Completest Guide to Overcoming Common Sexual Problems, is cited in this episode.  Find the link to Dr. Keesling's book here.   Join my Facebook Group: Intimacy for Working Moms  

This episode addresses the root cause of women's experience with low desire or low libido over time and gives some tips on what to do to about it. Sourcing the science from Ph.D. Emily Nagoski's book Come As You Are, this episode introduces the concept of responsive desire versus spontaneous desire, and makes it relatable to busy working moms. Then, the episode explains the concept of sexual brakes and sexual accelerators as key aspects that increase or decrease female desire.  The episode ends by asking women to identify their own sexual brakes and accelerators in their lives and to reflect on how to create space for responsive desire in their current relationship.  Link to Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.    Join my Facebook Group:  Intimacy for Working Moms   

Has intimacy with your partner taken a back seat in your relationship? Do you miss the desire you enjoyed at the beginning? Does your body feel unsexy? Are you sick of feeling like sex is a “should”? My mission is to help busy working moms and high achieving women on their sexual wellness journeys to reawaken desire again.  I believe that self-love, playful exploration and healthy communication and boundaries are the foundation for a healthy sexuality.  In this podcast, you’ll find simple strategies backed by science and the wisdom of tantra to help you connect intimately with your partner, have more energy available for sex, and feel good in your body so you can get your desire back!