Wholehearted: Love, Life + Intimacy
by Isiah McKimmie
Weekly chats on relationships, love, sexuality and spirituality for women. Discover wholehearted sensuality, soulful intimacy and a spirit-led life with Relationship Therapist, Sexologist and Tantra teacher Isiah McKimmie.
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How heartbreaking change ignited an extraordinary life with Kundalini teacher, Corona Brady
I've been watching Corona's journey for a while and love what she shares. But one of her posts* on Instagram a little while ago really caught my attention and prompted me to reach out. She spoke about divorce being the catalyst for an extraordinary life. "Growth happens when we can lean in and...
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How to survive social distancing when you live alone
Every now and then some alone time is great but social interactions are a massive part of our lives. Humans are wired for connection. What happens when we don't get it? Well, my loves, that's what many of us are now discovering. About 2.6 billion people on the planet are now in lock-down - that's...
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How to take care of your relationship during lock down
How many times have you thought 'he's driving me crazy' or 'she's driving me crazy' this week? Living with your partner isn't easy at the best of times. Silly arguments often stem from minor things like leaving washing up in the sink or forgetting to put the toilet seat down. But usually, these...
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Your Guide to the G-Spot
Orgasms are great for everyone involved! They reduce stress, keep your skin healthy, improve circulation... oh and they feel amazing! Some orgasms are explosive, others a light tingling sensation. But there's one orgasm that's got everyone talking: The G-spot orgasm. It's likely at some point you...
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Take love + intimacy deeper with Tantra
It's no secret that I believe in the power of Tantra to help us change our lives and have incredible intimacy. Tantra has been my personal spiritual practice for over 10 years and I've used it to help transform the lives of thousands of people I've worked with. One of the most powerful teachings…
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5 Tantra Practices to increase sexual desire
One of the most common questions that I get asked as a Tantra teacher and sexologist is: "How can I increase my sexual desire"? It might be that you've felt a steady decrease in desire, your partner has a higher sexual drive than you - or that your partner initiates sex at a time when you're not...
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How we should really be taking care of our pelvic floor
Hands up who ACTUALLY does their KEGELS? I think that pelvic floor exercises like kegels are one of those things that as women, we all know we 'should' be doing… But we might not be. Or, like a lot of women who get in touch with me, you might be doing them, but be unsure if you're doing it right.…
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6 ways Tantra can help you have epic sex
The very first time I walked into a Tantra workshop, I don't think I was nervous. I don't think I knew enough about Tantra to be nervous! I really didn't know what Tantra was. I knew that it was spiritual - and that it had something to do with sex… but that was about it! I would later learn that...
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Understanding Men, Sex + Masculinity with Cam Fraser
Our culture gives us a lot of screwed up messages around gender, intimacy and sex. I often focus on how these messages and our lack of education impact women and their relationship to their bodies and sex, but these messages affect men too - just in different ways. I was super excited to explore...
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How to get out of your head + stop thinking so much during sex (or anytime)
Have you ever found that you can't stop THINKING during sex? Many women struggle to 'switch off' and enjoy themselves when they're making love. They think about their performance, wonder if they're doing the 'right thing', worry about their body - or even think about all the things they have to…
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How to communicate more powerfully and authentically with people you love - with Colleen Schell
You know those people that just light YOU up when they walk into the room? My guest today is one of those women. I've been wanting to share her wisdom with you for the longest time! Colleen Schell is a Fortune 500 leadership development expert turned love and intimacy coach. Her wisdom on…
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The signs you're dating a Narcissist - and what to do next…
Feel like you might have dated, or be dating, a narcissist? Or have you heard the term being used a LOT lately and wonder what it's all about? If you've ever encountered someone who appears grandiose, has an excessive need for praise, talks about themselves and their achievements a lot, but is…
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What are relationship and intimacy expert's relationships really like?
What are relationship and intimacy expert's relationships really like? What challenges do they face? How do they make their relationship work? They might not be what you think! Real-life couple and intimacy coaches, Jodie Milton and Reece Stockhausen, started Practical Intimacy with the mission…
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Understanding the 5 Love Languages
We each give and receive love in different ways. We often give love in the way we'd like to receive it - which is beautiful - but sometimes, that isn't the way our partner gives love or feels most loved. So what happens when we're giving love in a way it isn't understood? Sometimes, two people…
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How a Relationship Bucket List could save your relationship
What do you do when your relationship gets a bit stale? How can you bring the fun back when everything has become… routine? That's what my guest today found herself asking just a short time into her relationship. In fact, she thought the relationship was probably over… until she found ways to…
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These 4 attachment styles will suddenly explain ALL your relationships
Relationships are learned behaviours. We often expect ourselves just to know what to do and get it right, but really, they're skills that we learn. What is normal, how to communicate, how to express your emotions to someone, whether to express your emotions at all, what kind of intimacy or...
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Understanding your Erotic Archetype with Sarah Marie Liddle
You guys know me. I'm a little bit woo-woo, BUT I'm also passionate about sharing proven advice and practical tools with you. In today's episode, you're going to get a lot of practical tools with just a little bit of woo to help you really embrace and step into your power as a sexual woman. I'm...
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What Turns You On? The 4 Steps to Discover What You Enjoy Sexually
For a long time, I didn't know what I wanted sexually. I had very little idea of what turned me on. I had some ideas… things I'd heard about that I wanted to try but I was far too shy to ask for it! It was only after I began practicing Tantra and I felt like I was given permission to enjoy myself...
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What should you do if your man has sexual challenges, can't 'get it up' or isn't interested in sex? I'm sharing my personal experience with you.
What should you do if your man has sexual challenges, can't 'get it up' or isn't interested in sex? I'm sharing my personal experience with you. Some of you will know that one of the experiences that led me to working in the field of sexuality, intimacy and relationships, was my time working as a...
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Dating Red Flags, how to stay safe and is it okay to lie about your age on Tinder?
It's no secret the dating game has changed pretty drastically over the last decade. Most of us are familiar with (or perhaps a little too familiar with) online dating and swiping apps. It feels like norms and expectations are changing. Fast. Especially for people who might suddenly find…
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Breaking Up - the 3 things that got me through the hardest break up of my life
My love, Breaking up is never easy. We experience all kinds of emotions – grief, anger, sadness, guilt, shame. We sometimes begin to doubt ourselves and question our abilities. Perhaps wondering if we're truly lovable. Or if we are capable of the kind of loving, satisfying, long-term relationship...
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Should you leave your relationship or stay and work on it? These 6 questions will tell you...
It took me months to decide to leave my last relationship. There was so much good in it. For a long time, I had thought I would spend the rest of my life with him. I'd spent many phone calls with girlfriends discussing the situation, sessions with my therapist becoming clear and many attempts at...
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We can predict with 90% accuracy whether your relationship will succeed or fail
I have to be honest… I feel a bit embarrassed about the degree to which I totally nerded out in this week's podcast. We wanted to bring you an episode sharing relationship tips that were totally grounded in facts and some of the best relationship research we have available. It's based on over 40...
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How to tear down your walls + let more love in… the power of Vulnerability
This is our most personal episode so far… We get raw, we get open…we get vulnerable. If you've been hurt in a past relationship If you have difficulty trusting If you know you struggle to open up Or if you want closer connections in your life… Know that you're not alone. This episode is for you....
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"I kissed a girl. And I liked it." Why women are attracted to other women
I remember the first time I kissed a woman. It's actually not the kiss that I remember most - it's how I felt afterwards. Confused. Worried. Embarrassed. Excited. Because, to borrow from Katie Perry: I kissed a girl. And I liked it. I liked it a lot, you guys. But I had always - and still do -...
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How to get out of a sex rut + have more playful, loving, satisfying sex
Am I in a Sex Rut and how do I get out of it? Can you relate to the story of so many couples that have walked through my door? Sex started out fun and exciting (and on a regular basis), but then life happened… You got busy, tired and very familiar with each other. And you've now found yourself...
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Q & A with Isiah: Chores, foreplay + a woman worried her boyfriend is gay
Is there anyone who hasn't argued with their spouse about chores? I need to know your secret! It's one of the top issues couples argue about and it comes up all the time in therapy. This week on Wholehearted: Love, Sex + Intimacy, I answer a question from a woman who says her partner STILL…
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Is my Vagina normal? And the disturbing trend of vagina cosmetic surgery
Over the last few weeks on Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast we've been talking about self-love and body image, because we know what a huge impact this can have on a woman's confidence, mental health, her relationships and intimacy. I'm really passionate about women loving and...
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My Own Journey to Confidence + Self Love
For decades I hated my body and struggled with self confidence. You might not know this about me, but I have a skin disease called Vitiligo. It leaves big white patches on my skin – all over my arms, legs and body. For most of my life, I never thought of myself as beautiful. I felt like the ugly...
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Body Image + Body Love
In this episode of Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast, we continue our self love and body love series. Joining me today is Elysia Anketell who has dedicated her life to authentic expression, creativity, connection and owning and loving herself in all of her shades, shadows and…
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Practicing Radical Self Love with Gina Swire
In this episode of Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast, Gina Swire, a truly inspiring self love expert, speaker, author, mentor and manifesting queen joins me to share her journey to loving herself one million percent and shares her tips on how you can too! Gina is on a global mission...
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Love, Sex, Desire + Open Conversations
In this episode of Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast, we are joined by the wonderful Susana Frioni. Susana has been vocal in the space of sex, intimacy and desire for so long starting the 'Love, Sex, Desire' podcast five years ago. We've been on each others' podcasts before…
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Q + A with Isiah McKimmie and co-host Bec Dent
In this episode of Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast, we open the floor to you, our amazing listeners, and answer the burning questions you've submitted on the website or through our Facebook page. We can't get to them all in this episode, but there will be many more Q & A episodes…
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Being open about Open Relationships
In this episode of Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast, I asked one of my team members, Bec Dent, to ask the burning questions the average person has around open relationships and how to navigate them. Our guests, Richelle and Jeremy are relationship experts, but have been in numerous...
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Polyamory, Open Relationships and Radical Honesty
How would you feel if the person you loved wanted a relationship with someone else? In this episode of Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast, Victoria Redbard joins me to discuss open relationships and polyamory. Victoria is a coach, counsellor, speaker, author, open relating expert and...
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Tantra and Menopause, Sex and Aging
In this episode of Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast, Janet McGeever joins me to discuss Tantra and Menopause and how to continue to have a thriving sex live as we age. Despite popular belief our sex lives are not over once we reach a certain age, they just change and, as Janet...
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Yoni Mapping | Isiah McKimmie with special guest Amy Towle
In this episode of Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast, Amy Towle joins me to explain Yoni Massage/Mapping, sexuality as part of our spirituality, self-love and the cultural conditioning that women get taught around their sexuality. Yoni is a sanskrit word (pronounced yo-nee ) and...
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Talking Sexy with Kate Toon
In this episode of Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast, Kate Toon joins me to dive into the art of talking dirty with your partner. When Kate reached out to me and said she gave 'great pod' - and had worked on a sex chat line, I knew I had to have her on the show. Talking about sex…
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All About Pleasure with Sarah Marie Liddle
Sarah Marie Liddle has been a Pleasure Coach for over a decade and today I'm speaking with her not only about sexual pleasure but being open to all of life's pleasures. Pleasure can seem quite selfish– but Sarah Marie suggests we re-frame our beliefs around that – and by letting go of our...
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Why it's okay to love Vanilla sex
In today's episode I'm speaking with fellow sexologist, Lauren White. And we're talking about something near and dear to both our hearts - women giving themselves permission to be sexual as they are - rather than trying to be something that they're not. Lauren recently published her first book,...
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7 fun ways to increase your chance of reaching orgasm tonight
Hey loves - and welcome the penultimate podcast of Orgasm week! We've had a whole week of shows on the female orgasm to celebrate my Epic Orgasms Course which is being released next week. If you've missed any of them make sure you go back and listen in. Today I'm answering a final question from...
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The 7 different kinds of Orgasms women can have!!
Hey loves - and welcome back to Orgasm week! We've had a whole week of shows on the female orgasm to celebrate my Epic Orgasms Course which is being released next week. If you've missed any of the 4 episodes so far, make sure you go back and listen in. Today we're talking about one of my…
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Can every woman reach orgasm? What should I do if I can't?
Hey loves - and welcome back to Orgasm week! My new online course for women - Epic Orgasms is being released next week, so to celebrate, I'm sharing a whole week of shows on the female orgasm. If you've missed the first few episodes so far, make sure you go back and tune in. I'm answering more...
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Why can't I orgasm with a partner - but I can by myself?
Welcome back to Orgasm Week! My new online course for women - Epic Orgasms is being released next week, so to celebrate, I'm going to be sharing a whole week of shows on the female orgasm. If you've missed the first two episodes so far, make sure you go back and listen in. Today, I'm answering...
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Will I always know if I've had an orgasm?
Welcome to what I'm calling Orgasm Week! My new online course for women - Epic Orgasms is being released next week, so to celebrate, I'm going to be sharing a whole week of shows on the female orgasm. Today I'm answering a listener's question: Will I always know if I've had an orgasm? How can I...
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What is the Orgasm Gap?
Have you heard of the Orgasm Gap? The orgasm gap is a scientifically documented gap in the rates that men and heterosexual women achieve orgasm during sexual encounters together. Men are twice as likely to have an orgasm in heterosexual sexual encounters than women. I don't think sex needs to end...
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Gas Lighting: What is Gas Lighting and how do I know if it is happening to me?
Today I'm talking about Gas Lighting. It's something I've been seeing too much of in my world at the moment. I'm seeing it in my personal life - amongst my friends, in my clients - and on a much larger scale in world politics at the moment too. And - I just can't stay quiet about it anymore! Gas...
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How to talk to men about emotions, your relationship + sex
Do you feel like men and women just communicate differently? Have you ever wanted to understand how the other sex thinks? I know you're going to love this episode, where I take a deep dive with "the relationship guy", Gideon Hanekom. When I announced to my Facebook community that I was going to…
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How to ask for what you want in bed
Those of you who know me know how I feel about this! I'm all about us being empowered in our sexuality - and having it be as enjoyable as possible. We deserve to feel pleasure. We deserve to fully enjoy sex. And making sure we do that is our responsibility. There is so much to be said for us...
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The Gift of Being Different with Aesha Kennedy of the Brilliant Misfits Podcast
I talked to the beautiful Aesha Kennedy of Brilliant Misfits Podcast about how I have never felt as if I fitted in (even as a child) BUT how I've turned that into a gift. You know I really believe that the world needs (and deserves) us to really "bring" and "share" our unique gifts and talents…
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Weekly chats on relationships, love, sexuality and spirituality for women. Discover wholehearted sensuality, soulful intimacy and a spirit-led life with Relationship Therapist, Sexologist and Tantra teacher Isiah McKimmie.
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