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The Trouble with Sex

The Trouble With Sex

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Frequency: 1 episode/25d. Total Eps: 116

Relationship & Sex Therapist Dr. Tammy Nelson gets up close and personal with leading, sex-positive experts and influencers to examine hot topics and answer your questions about pleasure, sexuality, relationships and the most forbidden aspects of the human experience.

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🇨🇦 Canada - sexuality
12/08/2026
#56
🇬🇧 Great Britain - sexuality
06/08/2026
#96
🇬🇧 Great Britain - sexuality
05/08/2026
#70
🇨🇦 Canada - sexuality
02/08/2026
#95
🇨🇦 Canada - sexuality
01/08/2026
#70
🇬🇧 Great Britain - sexuality
19/07/2026
#74
🇬🇧 Great Britain - sexuality
18/07/2026
#47
🇬🇧 Great Britain - sexuality
17/07/2026
#28
🇨🇦 Canada - sexuality
17/06/2026
#71
🇨🇦 Canada - sexuality
15/06/2026
#67

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The Poly Anarchist

Season 7 · Episode 71

Friday, September 6, 2024 • Duration 53:25

Dr. Tammy talks with Sergio about practicing polyamory with an anarchist structure. Find out how he balances his eight different partners and his very busy calendar!

In this special 9- Part series on Open Monogamy, Dr. Tammy talks with individuals, couples, and a throuple, as they share their relationship stories, where they fall on the Monogamy Continuum, and how they define commitment. Listen first hand, as average folks open up about their marriages, multiple partners, the difference between cheating and ethical non-monogamy, polyamory, happiness, and designing the sex and love lives that work for them. --Episodes will release every other week through October 3, 2024.

WHERE DO YOU FALL ON THE MONOGAMY CONTINUUM? Listen to the Series and Take the Quiz!

Curious About Opening Your Relationship? Visit the Open Monogamy Toolkit, and
Read Dr. Tammy's Book OPEN MONOGAMY!

MORE TROUBLE WITH SEX RESOURCES & INFORMATION:

BECOME A CERTIFIED SEX THERAPIST
Visit ISTI - Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. Find out how to receive your AASECT Sex Therapist Certification, or elevate your practice in relational psychotherapy by earning the new Certified Sex and Couples Therapist designation (CSCT). AASECT and CSCT renewal and re-certification classes are also offered.

IMPROVE YOUR SEX LIFE WITH Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together.

LEARN MORE about marriage and how to redefine your commitment to each other in Dr. Tammy's TEDX talk - The New Monogamy.

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The Committed Swingers

Season 7 · Episode 70

Thursday, August 22, 2024 • Duration 41:47

Dr. Tammy interviews self-identifying swingers and dedicated polyamorists, CJ and Linwood. Find out how they made the ultimate long distance relationship work, and how they now balance family, entertaining sexy friends and their commitment to each other.

In this special 9- Part series on Open Monogamy, Dr. Tammy talks with individuals, couples, and a throuple, as they share their relationship stories, where they fall on the Monogamy Continuum, and how they define commitment. Listen first hand, as average folks open up about their marriages, multiple partners, the difference between cheating and ethical non-monogamy, polyamory, happiness, and designing the sex and love lives that work for them. --Episodes will release every other week through October 3, 2024.

To find out more about CJ's work around shame and relationships visit: https://www.noshamewithCJ.com

WHERE DO YOU FALL ON THE MONOGAMY CONTINUUM? Listen to the Series and Take the Quiz!

Curious About Opening Your Relationship? Visit the Open Monogamy Toolkit, and
Read Dr. Tammy's Book OPEN MONOGAMY!

MORE TROUBLE WITH SEX RESOURCES & INFORMATION:

BECOME A CERTIFIED SEX THERAPIST
Visit ISTI - Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. Find out how to receive your AASECT Sex Therapist Certification, or elevate your practice in relational psychotherapy by earning the new Certified Sex and Couples Therapist designation (CSCT). AASECT and CSCT renewal and re-certification classes are also offered.

IMPROVE YOUR SEX LIFE WITH Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together.

LEARN MORE about marriage and how to redefine your commitment to each other in Dr. Tammy's TEDX talk - The New Monogamy

Dating a Chatbot

Season 6 · Episode 61

Monday, February 12, 2024 • Duration 38:04

Dr. Tammy and Dr. Amy Marsh explore the thrilling positives, as well as the potential emotional pitfalls of AI erotic role play, dating a chatbot and the future of sex...

DR. TAMMY WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS about Sex, Love & Relationship and help you with your Trouble with Sex. Send your questions to drtammy@thetroublewithsex.com.

OUR GUEST
Dr. Amy Marsh is a clinical sexologist, AASECT-certified sexuality counselor, certified hypnotist, hypnosis instructor and author of How to Make Love to a Chatbot: The Thinking Human's Guide to AI Erotic Roleplay.

Dr. Marsh’s private practice combines sexuality counseling with hypnosis, guided imagery, adult sex education, sand tray play, and attention to social justice activism and community wellness.

Dr. Marsh's research and specialities include: erotic hypnosis, spectro-sexuality, objectum sexuality, LGBTQIA++ rights, “sacred sexualities,” and more. Dr. Marsh teaches online professional courses in Hypnosis for Sex Problems at zir Intimate Hypnosis Training Center. They also write sex tech articles on the "Bot Beat" for FutureofSex.net.

INTERESTED IN BECOMING a CERTIFIED SEX THERAPIST?
Visit ISTI - Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. If you are already a therapist, find out how to receive your AASECT Sex Therapist Certification. Or, elevate your practice in relational psychotherapy by earning the new Certified Sex and Couples Therapist designation (CSCT). AASECT and CSCT renewal and re-certification classes are also offered. THE TROUBLE WITH SEX RESOURCES, REFERENCES & INFOCHECK OUT DR. T'S BOOK -!· To read more about how to improve your sex life, check out Dr. Tammy's .

Working Through Conflicts in Your Relationship

Season 6 · Episode 60

Monday, January 22, 2024 • Duration 39:09

Dr. Tammy sit downs with one of the world's foremost relationship experts and best-selling author, Dr. Stan Tatkin, to talk about the biology of relationships, the most common conflicts couples face, and how to overcome them in his new book In Each Other's Care.

DR. TAMMY WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS about Sex, Love & Relationship and help you with your Trouble with Sex. Send your questions to drtammy@thetroublewithsex.com.

OUR GUEST
Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, is a best-selling author, clinician, researcher, teacher, and developer of a Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy® (PACT). He has a clinical therapy practice in Calabasas, CA, where he has specialized for the last 15 years in working with couples and individuals who wish to be in relationships. He and his wife, Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin, developed the PACT Institute to train clinicians to help challenging couples find secure-functioning relationships. He is the author of best-selling books In Each Other's Care, We Do, Wired for Love, Wired for Dating and Love and War in Intimate Relationships, as well as the audio books Your Brain on Love and .

Better Man

Season 6 · Episode 59

Monday, January 8, 2024 • Duration 33:45

This episode is not about the Pearl Jam song - well not exactly... Dr. Tammy talks with therapist and author Eric FitzMedrud about consent, modern masculinities, sex, and how to be a 'Better Man' to build more fulfilling relationships.

DR. TAMMY WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS about Sex, Love & Relationship and help you with your Trouble with Sex. Send your questions to drtammy@thetroublewithsex.com.

OUR GUEST
Therapist, trainer, and dark chocolate lover Eric FitzMedrud specializes in helping men improve their sex lives by learning to regulate their emotions, removing sexual entitlement, and honing their sexual consent and negotiation skills. FitzMedrud is a member of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. He has been published in two academic books and his latest book, The Better Man: A Guide to Consent, Stronger Relationships, and Hotter Sex, offers tools for instruction, healing, and growth.

INTERESTED IN BECOMING a CERTIFIED SEX THERAPIST?
Visit ISTI - Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. If you are already a therapist, find out how to receive your AASECT Sex Therapist Certification. Or, elevate your practice in relational psychotherapy by earning the new Certified Sex and Couples Therapist designation (CSCT). AASECT and CSCT renewal and re-certification classes are also offered.

THE TROUBLE WITH SEX RESOURCES, REFERENCES & INFO

CHECK OUT DR. T'S BOOK - OPEN MONOGAMY!

· To read more about how to improve your sex life, check out Dr. Tammy's Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together.

Swinging & Other Alternative Relationships

Season 6 · Episode 58

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 • Duration 44:20

Dr. Tammy talks with podcaster, writer and relationship coach Ginger Bentham about her Life on the Swingset, multi-partnering and how to ethically love outside the 'norm'.

DR. TAMMY WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS about Sex, Love & Relationship and help you with your Trouble with Sex. Send your questions to drtammy@thetroublewithsex.com.

OUR GUEST
Ginger Bentham is a relationship revolutionary and sexcation provocateur. She is the Co-host of the podcasts Life on the Swingset and Intellectual Foreplay – dedicated to all humans looking to cultivate creative and fulfilling relationships and for those curious to learn about ethical non-monogamy, BDSM, and other erotic adventures of the heart. With her partner Ryan, Ginger also hosts adventures around the world for curious and intrepid spirits to find their erotic edge and live fully awake.

INTERESTED IN BECOMING a CERTIFIED SEX THERAPIST?
Visit ISTI - Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. If you are already a therapist, find out how to receive your AASECT Sex Therapist Certification. Or, elevate your practice in relational psychotherapy by earning the new Certified Sex and Couples Therapist designation (CSCT). AASECT and CSCT renewal and re-certification classes are also offered.

THE TROUBLE WITH SEX RESOURCES, REFERENCES & INFO

CHECK OUT DR. T'S BOOK - OPEN MONOGAMY!

· To read more about how to improve your sex life, check out Dr. Tammy's Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together.

Sex and a Modern Cave Woman

Season 6 · Episode 57

Monday, September 18, 2023 • Duration 41:33

Dr. Tammy talks with author and journalist Stephanie Theobald about the importance of staying curious, eco sexuality, reclaiming the word lesbian, and what her sex life is like living in the middle of the desert.

DR. TAMMY WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS about Sex, Love & Relationship and help you with your Trouble with Sex. Send your questions to: drtammy@thetroublewithsex.com.

OUR GUEST
Stephanie Theobald is an award-winning author and journalist known for her playful and thoughtful work around food, fashion, travel, counter-culture and female sexuality. She has written for the Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. She is the author of four books including the novel A Partial Indulgence, and her acclaimed memoir - Sex Drive.

Stephanie is currently writing her next novel while living in a cave in the California desert. Follow her journey on Instagram @dvdobaldon as she communes with nature and fellow free-spirits .

DATE NIGHT CARD DECK
Check out Dr. Tammy's new Date Night Card Deck that includes 52 conversation starters to help spark passion & grow romantic intimacy in both new and long-term relationships!

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CERTIFIED AS A SEX THERAPIST?
Visit ISTI - Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. If you are already a therapist, find out how to receive your AASECT Sex Therapist Certification. Or, elevate your practice in relational psychotherapy by earning the new Certified Sex and Couples Therapist designation (CSCT). AASECT and CSCT renewal and re-certification classes are also offered. THE TROUBLE WITH SEX RESOURCES, REFERENCES & INFOCHECK OUT DR. T'S BOOK -!To read more about how to improve your sex life, check out Dr. Tammy's .

Boy Slut

Season 6 · Episode 56

Monday, August 7, 2023 • Duration 43:30

Dr. Tammy talks with bisexual writer Zachary Zane about the complexity of male sexuality, shame and his new book Boyslut: Memoir and Manifesto.

DR. TAMMY WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS about Sex, Love & Relationship and help you with your Trouble with Sex. Send your questions to drtammy@thetroublewithsex.com.

OUR GUEST
Zachary Zane is a Brooklyn-based columnist, author, and sex expert whose work focuses on sexuality, lifestyle, and culture. Through Zachary’s lens of bisexuality and self-described sluttiness, Boy Slut breaks down exactly how sexual shame negatively impacts our lives, and how we can unlearn the harmful, entrenched messages that society imparts to us.

Zachary is the founder of the Boyslut Zine, which publishes real sex stories from kinksters worldwide. He is also the writer of “Sexplain It,” the weekly sex and relationship advice column at Men’s Health.

DATE NIGHT CARD DECK
Check out Dr. Tammy's new Date Night Card Deck that includes 52 conversation starters to help spark passion & grow romantic intimacy in both new and long-term relationships!

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CERTIFIED AS A SEX THERAPIST?
Visit ISTI - Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. If you are already a therapist, find out how to receive your AASECT Sex Therapist Certification. Or, elevate your practice in relational psychotherapy by earning the new Certified Sex and Couples Therapist designation (CSCT). AASECT and CSCT renewal and re-certification classes are also offered. THE TROUBLE WITH SEX RESOURCES, REFERENCES & INFOCHECK OUT DR. T'S BOOK -!· To read more about how to improve your sex life, check out Dr. Tammy's .

Making Great Relationships

Season 6 · Episode 55

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 • Duration 41:22

Dr. Tammy sits down with psychologist and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Rick Hanson to talk about communication, appreciation, cultivating erotic interest, and Rick's latest book, Making Great Relationships.

DR. TAMMY WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS about Sex, Love & Relationship and help you with your Trouble with Sex. Send your questions to drtammy@thetroublewithsex.com.

OUR GUEST
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His seven books have been published in 31 languages and include Making Great Relationships, Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing, Buddha’s Brain, and Mother Nurture – with over a million copies in English alone. He’s the founder of the Global Compassion Coalition and the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, as well as the co-host of the Being Well podcast – which has been downloaded over 9 million times. His have 250,000 subscribers, and his have scholarships available for those with financial needs. He’s lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard. An expert on , his work has been featured on CBS, NPR, the BBC, and other major media. He began meditating in 1974 and has taught in meditation centers worldwide. He and his wife live in northern California and have two adult children. He loves the wilderness and taking a break from emails. INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CERTIFIED AS A SEX THERAPIST?Visit. If you are already a therapist, find out how to receive your AASECT Sex Therapist Certification. Or, elevate your practice in relational psychotherapy by earning the new Certified Sex and Couples Therapist designation (CSCT). AASECT and CSCT renewal and re-certification classes are also offered. THE TROUBLE WITH SEX RESOURCES, REFERENCES & INFOCHECK OUT DR. T'S BOOK -!· To read more about how to improve your sex life, check out Dr. Tammy's .

Want Me

Season 6 · Episode 54

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 • Duration 36:16

Dr. Tammy and journalist Tracy Clark-Flory explore the struggles modern women face with desire, fantasy and feminism as Tracy reveals her own sexual journey depicted in her memoir Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey into the Heart of Desire.

DR. TAMMY WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS about Sex, Love & Relationship and help you with your Trouble with Sex. Send your questions to drtammy@thetroublewithsex.com.

OUR GUEST
Tracy Clark-Flory is a journalist and author of the memoir Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey into the Heart of Desire (Penguin, 2021), which New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Traister calls "intimate, challenging, and so very smart.” She's written for Cosmopolitan, Elle, Esquire, Marie Claire, Salon, The Guardian, Women's Health, Jezebel and many others. She writes about sex, feminism, gender, motherhood, pop culture, technology, and more.

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CERTIFIED AS A SEX THERAPIST?
Visit ISTI - Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. If you are already a therapist, find out how to receive your AASECT Sex Therapist Certification. Or, elevate your practice in relational psychotherapy by earning the new Certified Sex and Couples Therapist designation (CSCT). AASECT and CSCT renewal and re-certification classes are also offered.

THE TROUBLE WITH SEX RESOURCES, REFERENCES & INFO

CHECK OUT DR. T'S BOOK - OPEN MONOGAMY!

· To read more about how to improve your sex life, check out Dr. Tammy's Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together.

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