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What if the beliefs you were taught about sex, purity, and relationships were never actually yours?

In this episode, Certified Holistic Sexuality Educator and Embodied Intimacy & Relationship Coach Lauren Elise Rogers unpacks the hidden impact of purity culture and the long road back to personal agency, pleasure, and truth. She shares her story of growing up in a highly controlled religious environment, navigating a marriage shaped by repression and confusion, and ultimately reclaiming her identity and voice.

Lauren takes us inside the emotional and psychological unraveling that comes with questioning everything you were taught about desire, gender roles, and partnership. From how sexual shame lives in the body to the deep rewiring required to build healthy, fulfilling relationships, this conversation is raw, honest, and deeply illuminating.

Together, we explore the intersection of sexuality, faith, trauma, and healing—offering a nuanced, real-world look at what it takes to reconnect with your body, your desires, and your truth.

Whether you're unpacking your upbringing, craving deeper intimacy in long-term relationships, or simply curious about how desire is shaped (and reshaped), this episode is a powerful invitation to rethink everything you thought you knew about sex and connection.

00:00 – Introduction & Lauren’s background

01:00 – Growing up in purity culture

03:00 – Ownership of the body & early conditioning

05:00 – Marriage expectations and gender roles

07:00 – Trauma, loss, and a broken marriage

08:30 – Feeling undesired & sexual confusion

10:00 – Discovering desire and self-exploration

12:00 – Shame, literature, and awakening sexuality

14:00 – What actually turns people on

16:00 – Eroticism vs long-term relationships

18:00 – Reintroducing desire in partnerships

20:00 – Role play, fantasy, and mental stimulation

21:30 – Faith vs sexuality: can they coexist?

24:00 – Rewriting harmful beliefs about sex

26:00 – Biology, pleasure, and the body

28:00 – Female desire and evolutionary dynamics

30:00 – Owning sexuality without shame

32:00 – Why sex education failed us

34:00 – Coaching clients through sexual shame

37:00 – Rewiring beliefs stored in the body

39:00 – Cultural messaging and gender roles

41:00 – Marriage, obligation, and sexual expectations

43:00 – Toys, pleasure, and removing stigma

46:00 – Expanding pleasure in real life

48:00 – Monogamy, safety, and desire

50:00 – Rethinking marriage and fulfillment

52:00 – Dating scripts and societal conditioning

53:30 – Sexual health and overall well-being

55:00 – Parenting and breaking the cycle

57:00 – Comprehensive sex education vs abstinence

59:00 – Raising confident, informed kids

01:01:00 – Final thoughts & closing

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Lauren Elise Rogers is a Certified Holistic Sexuality Educator and Embodied Intimacy & Relationship Coach, celebrated for her warm and approachable style. Her holistic and embodied approach to education and coaching is deeply rooted in her own pain-to-purpose journey. Lauren brings an empathetic and non-judgmental approach to her coaching, podcasts, and speaking engagements, offering practical tools that empower her clients and audiences to take ownership of their pleasure and grow in confidence and connection. She is known for creating shame-free spaces, where she invites individuals and couples to navigate complex topics like long-term partnerships, consensual non-monogamy, life transitions, purity culture and LGBTQIA+ issues.

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Desire, Decoded.

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What does it actually look like to build a relationship outside the traditional script, and make it work? 

In this honest and eye-opening conversation, Hayley Folk opens up about her journey from a young, open marriage to becoming a leading voice in polyamory and modern relationships. She shares how discovering her queerness, navigating an open marriage, and ultimately redefining partnership transformed her understanding of love, desire, and personal truth. 

From play parties and kink exploration to therapy, communication, and emotional safety, this episode goes far beyond surface-level takes on non-monogamy. Instead, it reveals the real work behind it: vulnerability, boundaries, and radical honesty. 

Whether you’re curious about polyamory, questioning traditional relationship norms, or just want a more honest look at intimacy and connection, this conversation offers a powerful, human perspective on what it means to love, and live, authentically.

00:00 – Podcast intro & guest welcome

01:20 – Why polyamory is gaining attention

03:40 – Growing up queer & early relationship dynamics

06:00 – Open marriage vs polyamory explained

08:00 – Falling in love outside a marriage

10:00 – First experiences with women

12:00 – Meeting Kyle & building radical honesty

15:00 – Safety, communication & emotional openness

16:00 – One penis policy explained

18:00 – Boundaries, anxiety & early challenges

21:00 – Therapy and redefining the relationship

23:30 – First play party experience

25:30 – How confidence and boundaries evolved

27:30 – Discovering kink and impact play

30:00 – Vulnerability, trust & emotional intimacy

34:30 – Advice for attending sex parties

37:00 – Consent, safety & aftercare in kink

41:00 – Misconceptions from pop culture

42:30 – Open marriage memoir trends & gender dynamics

46:30 – Mistakes people make opening relationships

48:30 – Rules vs agreements vs boundaries

50:30 – Staying connected in long-distance marriage

52:30 – Living apart while married

54:30 – Poly vs monogamous dating dynamics

56:30 – Final thoughts & closing

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Hayley Folk is a sex and relationships writer and polyamorous content creator based in New York City. She specializes in writing about sex, wellness, mental health and more. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, Refinery29, Cosmo and more. When she’s not sharing about her life as a bisexual, polyamorous woman married to a man online, you can find her writing her upcoming memoir, thrifting or on an airplane.

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What if your “low libido” is actually a lack of imagination?

In this episode, Natassia sits down with writer Carly Pifer, founder of literary erotica platform Aurore, to explore what women really want, how responsive desire styles get turned on by storytelling and why reading erotica is such an effective form of low-pressure foreplay.

Carly shares the real‑life experiences that inspired her crowdsourced erotica platform—from interviewing strangers about their intimate lives in bars and going on Tinder “research dates” across Europe to rewriting painful relationships through erotic fiction and helping women feel less ashamed of what turns them on.

For the past two years, Natassia has been an avid reader of Aurore’s stories and loves how it offers a playful way to sample different scenarios, learn what actually lights you up (and what doesn’t), and bring those discoveries back into your own sex life. If you’re curious, use code NATASSIA to get 10% off your subscription at readaurore.com.

00:00 – Why women connect more with erotica than porn

02:00 – Responsive desire vs spontaneous desire

04:18 – Erotica as a place you go mentally

05:25 – Writing through body image insecurities

08:16 – Turning insecurity into eroticism

09:39 – Building Aurore and crowdsourced erotica

10:30 – Why romance novels don’t work for everyone

12:02 – Feeling emotionally safe during sex

13:32 – The rise of “real eaters”

15:44 – Interviewing strangers about sex in bars

18:21 – What people secretly reveal about intimacy

20:03 – Bathroom habits and relationship comfort

22:09 – Pubic hair trends and attraction

24:34 – Tinder dates across Europe

27:12 – Why men struggle to talk about intimacy

28:55 – Two Frenchmen in Paris story

32:12 – Why sex gets better with age

33:35 – Writing erotica as emotional healing

35:01 – Men learning oral sex from lesbian stories

36:25 – What women actually want sexually

37:18 – Fantasies as clues to your deeper desires

39:16 – Using erotica to communicate with partners

41:10 – How to start talking about fantasies

43:45 – Why sexual coaching matters

44:16 – Making quickies hotter through fantasy

45:16 – Love Is Blind and relationship psychology

46:43 – The rebellious origins of Aurore

48:05 – Straight men writing erotica

50:15 – The jeans story and male desire

51:10 – Why threesomes dominate fantasies

53:09 – Female gaze, dick pics, and visual desire

55:14 – Writing erotica to heal sexual trauma

56:34 – Understanding consensual non-consent fantasies

59:10 – Rewriting trauma through fantasy

01:01:06 – A powerful body acceptance writing exercise

01:02:22 – Final thoughts and where to find Carly

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Let’s be honest: it’s really hard to feel sexy when your vagina feels off. If you’re bracing for irritation, infections, or yet another post‑sex UTI, it’s almost impossible to stay present in the bedroom. 

In this episode, I sit down with vulvovaginal wellness founder Lindsay Wynn of Momotaro Apotheca for what is essentially Vaginal Health 101—a crash course on UTIs, yeast infections, pH balance, the vaginal microbiome, and why so many of us were never taught how any of this actually works.

We  break down the basics in plain language while also talking about the emotional side—shame, anxiety, and that constant low‑grade fear that something is “wrong” with you.

You’ll also hear how Lindsay’s own nightmare cycle of recurrent infections pushed her to create the products she couldn’t find: organic salves, suppositories, probiotics, and UTI‑support supplements designed to soothe symptoms, protect the microbiome, and help you feel good in—and about—your body again. 

Think of this as your bedside‑table guide to feeling more comfortable, more informed, and more confident the next time you get naked with someone, including yourself.

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00:00 – Meet the founder & origin story

02:00 – The wilderness mistake that changed everything

04:30 – How infections spiral out of control

06:30 – The science behind vaginal health & bacteria

08:30 – Why traditional treatments don’t always work

11:30 – Discovering natural and antimicrobial solutions

14:30 – Building a wellness brand from scratch

16:00 – Daily rituals and preventative care

18:30 – Products that actually work (and why)

21:30 – Shocking gaps in sex education

24:00 – What we were never taught about our bodies

26:30 – What’s “normal” when it comes to smell & pH

29:00 – How to talk to a partner about intimacy issues

32:00 – Overcoming shame and stigma

34:00 – Gen Z, sex, and changing cultural norms

38:00 – Relationships, pleasure, and the orgasm gap

43:00 – Expanding the product line & business growth

46:00 – Supplements, probiotics, and what matters

49:00 – Holistic approach to vaginal health

52:00 – Practical tips to prevent infections

56:00 – Final thoughts on sex, health, and confidence

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