The Village Podcast with Dr. Naz

Whether you've been married for one year or twenty, chances are you've wondered: Why does intimacy change after kids? And more importantly—can you get it back?This week on The Village Podcast, I'm joined by physician-turned sex and relationship therapist Dr. Rikki Mullen for one of the most honest conversations we've had so far.Before becoming a sought-after relationship expert, Dr. Mullen built a successful career as an internal medicine physician—until a breast cancer scare forced her to reevaluate everything. She shares the deeply personal story that led her to leave medicine, rebuild her life from the ground up, and dedicate her work to helping couples create healthier, happier, and more connected relationships.Together, we dive into the realities of marriage after children: why so many couples lose their spark, why women often feel "touched out," how stress quietly sabotages desire, and the simple shifts that can help partners reconnect emotionally and physically.As a married mom of two myself, I found this conversation incredibly validating—and I have a feeling many of you will, too.In this episode, we discuss:• Why intimacy often changes after marriage and children• The surprising science behind feeling "touched out" as a parent• How stress affects sexual desire (especially for women)• The biggest mistake couples make when trying to improve their sex life• Whether scheduling sex actually works—and why it might• How to identify your "accelerators" and "brakes" when it comes to desire• Practical ways to reconnect with your partner without waiting for the "perfect moment"• Why novelty and shared experiences strengthen long-term relationships• Dr. Mullen's journey from physician to sex and relationship therapist after a life-changing health scare• Why prioritizing your relationship isn't selfish—it's essentialWhether you're newly married, deep in the parenting years, or simply curious about building a stronger relationship, this episode is filled with practical advice, compassion, and hope.I can't wait to hear what resonates most with you.Follow The Village Podcast with Dr. Naz:Instagram: @villagethepodTikTok: @villagethepodYouTube: @drnazvillageAbout Dr. Rikki MullenDr. Rikki Mullen is a board-certified internal medicine physician, certified sex and relationship therapist, and relationship coach who helps individuals and couples build healthier, more connected relationships. Drawing on both her medical background and extensive training in intimacy and communication, she combines science and practical tools to help people strengthen their relationships and create lasting change.Links referenced in this episode:Jaiya's Erotic Blueprint Breakthrough Quizdrikkimullen.cominstagram.com/dr.rikkimullen

What does it mean to build a village when you're thousands of miles away from home?In this episode of The Village Podcast with Dr. Naz, I sit down with my close friend Deniz Selin—former fashion blogger, content creator, mother, and marriage and family therapist-in-training—for an honest conversation about motherhood, friendship, identity, and finding your people.After spending years living in Europe and raising her daughter far from family and lifelong friends, Deniz returned to Los Angeles with a new understanding of what support, community, and belonging truly mean.Together, we reflect on pregnancy during the pandemic, becoming mothers far from home, rebuilding friendships in adulthood, navigating cultural expectations, and the people who help us through life's hardest seasons.We also discuss Deniz's journey from one of the original fashion bloggers—long before Instagram existed—to her current path in mental health, helping children and families navigate their own challenges.This conversation explores motherhood, community, resilience, and why none of us were meant to do life alone.In this episode, we discuss:• Growing up between Turkish and American cultures• Life as a fashion blogger before Instagram existed• Pregnancy and motherhood during the pandemic• Raising a child far from family and finding support abroad• The parenting differences between Europe and the United States• Rebuilding a village after moving back to Los Angeles• Friendship, boundaries, and protecting your peace• Why motherhood changes your identity, priorities, and relationships• What it really means to find your peopleWhether you're navigating motherhood, rebuilding community, living far from family, or simply trying to find your people, this conversation is a reminder that the strongest villages are often built one relationship at a time.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FOLLOW THE VILLAGEInstagram: @villagethepodTikTok: @villagethepodYouTube: @drnazvillageSpotify, Apple Podcasts: The Village Podcast with Dr. Naz━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT DENIZ SELINDeniz Selin is a content creator, former fashion blogger, mother, and marriage and family therapist-in-training. One of the early voices in the blogging world before the rise of Instagram, she built a successful career in fashion and digital media before shifting her focus toward mental health, motherhood, and helping others. After spending several years living in Europe, Deniz recently returned to Los Angeles, where she is rebuilding her village while pursuing a career in therapy.www.denizselin.comInstagram: @denizselinlibonati

What does it actually take to turn celebrity influence into meaningful change?In this episode of The Village, I sit down with Rebecca Grone, Director of Impact at 11:11 Media, the global media company founded by Paris Hilton. Working side-by-side with Paris, Rebecca helps lead initiatives spanning advocacy, philanthropy, storytelling, entrepreneurship, and policy change.Rebecca's career path is anything but conventional. From theater and medical clowning to impact producing and helping build one of the most influential impact platforms in entertainment, her story is a powerful reminder that meaningful careers are rarely linear.We discuss what it's really like working with Paris Hilton, the mission behind 11:11 Media Impact, how celebrity influence can drive social and political change, and why storytelling remains one of the most powerful tools for creating impact.This conversation explores leadership, purpose, advocacy, career pivots, and the people working behind the scenes to transform cultural influence into real-world change.In this episode, we discuss:• From theater major to Director of Impact at 11:11 Media• Building Paris Hilton's impact empire• Turning celebrity influence into real-world change• Passing federal legislation and advocating for vulnerable youth• The power of storytelling and lived experience• ADHD advocacy and designing for inclusion• What people misunderstand about Paris Hilton• Leadership, purpose, and meaningful work• Entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and social impact• Building a nonlinear career and following unexpected opportunitiesWhether you're interested in media, advocacy, leadership, entertainment, or building a purpose-driven career, this conversation offers a fascinating look behind one of the most influential brands in modern culture.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FOLLOW THE VILLAGEInstagram: @villagethepodTikTok: @villagethepodYouTube: @drnazvillageSpotify, Apple Podcasts: The Village Podcast with Dr. Naz━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT REBECCA GRONERebecca Grone is Director of Impact at 11:11 Media, where she works alongside Paris Hilton to develop and lead initiatives focused on advocacy, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and social impact. Her work has helped drive awareness, funding, and policy efforts across a range of social causes, demonstrating how media and storytelling can be powerful forces for change.

What if your biggest achievements are actually making you miserable?In this episode of The Village, I sit down with executive coach and author Brooke Taylor to discuss her powerful new framework: The Success Wound—the belief that our worth is tied to what we achieve, produce, and accomplish.Together, we explore why so many ambitious women never feel like they're enough, how perfectionism follows us into motherhood and work, and why success often fails to deliver the fulfillment we expect.Brooke shares insights from her upcoming book Healing the Success Wound, while we candidly discuss our own struggles with achievement, productivity, people-pleasing, burnout, and the constant pressure to "do it all."We also dive into:• Why high achievers struggle to feel satisfied• The hidden connection between self-worth and productivity• Motherhood, identity, and the pressure to be everything to everyone• The five ways the Success Wound shows up in our lives• Why many ambitious women feel exhausted, even when they're successful• How to pursue goals without sacrificing your well-being• What it means to cultivate authentic ambitionThis conversation completely changed the way I think about success, motherhood, and self-worth—and I have a feeling it will do the same for you.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━CONNECT WITH BROOKE TAYLORInstagram: @brookevtaylorTikTok: @brooketaylorcareercoachBook: Healing the Success Wound━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FOLLOW THE VILLAGEYouTube: @drnazvillageInstagram: @villagethepodTikTok: @villagethepodSpotify & Apple Podcasts: The Village Podcast with Dr. Naz━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━If this episode resonates with you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it.Welcome to The Village. ❤️

Whitney Port became a household name on The Hills and The City, but some of the most meaningful chapters of her life happened after the cameras stopped rolling.In this episode of The Village, I sit down with Whitney for an honest conversation about growing up in the public eye, finding fame in her early twenties, building a career beyond reality television, becoming a mother, and navigating deeply personal experiences including infertility, pregnancy loss, and surrogacy.Whitney reflects on what life was really like behind the scenes of The Hills and The City, the pressures of social media, the challenge of staying authentic in a highly curated world, and how she has navigated the many identities that come with different seasons of life.Together, we discuss motherhood, ambition, marriage, parenting, community, and the ongoing process of finding yourself as life evolves.This is a conversation about reinvention, resilience, and the question so many women quietly ask themselves:Who am I now?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━CONNECT WITH WHITNEY PORTInstagram: @whitneyeveportYouTube: @whitneyportPodcast: With Whit━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FOLLOW THE VILLAGEYouTube: @drnazvillageInstagram: @villagethepodTikTok: @villagethepodSpotify & Apple Podcasts: The Village Podcast with Dr. Naz━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━If this episode resonates with you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it.Welcome to The Village. ❤️

Overcommunication, relationships, and networking are some of the most valuable currencies in Hollywood—and few people understand that better than Brian Boone.In the very first episode of The Village, I sit down with Brian, a longtime talent agent at CAA, for an honest, funny, and surprisingly personal conversation about Hollywood, ambition, communication, and what actually builds lasting careers.We discuss the real role of talent agents, the difference between agents and managers, navigating high-pressure negotiations, the changing culture of Hollywood, and why kindness, professionalism, and reputation matter more than ever.But this conversation is about much more than Hollywood.Together, we explore emotional intelligence, leadership, trust, and the relationships that quietly shape our careers and lives behind the scenes. Brian shares lessons from decades of working with some of the biggest names in entertainment, and we unpack why overcommunication can be a superpower in both business and life.Whether you work in entertainment or not, this episode is packed with insight for anyone navigating ambition, success, and human connection in competitive environments.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━FOLLOW THE VILLAGEYouTube: @drnazvillageInstagram: @villagethepodTikTok: @villagethepodSpotify & Apple Podcasts: The Village Podcast with Dr. Naz━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━If this episode resonates with you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who would enjoy it.Welcome to The Village. ❤️

Welcome to The Village—I am so glad you are here.First Episode. May 28th, 2026!

First Episode. This Thursday. May 28th!