episode 27 | Celebrating National Masturbation Month
May is National Masturbation Month, and we are celebrating! Join us in this celebration, and also the realization that we started this journey together a year ago this week!
episode 26 | Grown As$ Friendships
This week we’re talking Grown Ass Friendships and Platonic Love.
Yup, we’ve got more to say on this topic, so this episode is entirely dedicated to platonic love and friendships. We’re smitten and hope that you are too!
Dana shares about her platonic life partner and we both gush about how in love we are with our friends and friendships!
We share a bit of our own origin story and how we dove head first into our friendship romance, we U-Hauled it, if you will! ;) And talk about why we tell our friends how we love them.
episode 25 | Shootin’ the sh*t | what's bringing us pleasure lately
This week we're shootin' the shit about what's bringing us pleasure lately and how life has been. Real talk, we love doing this podcast because we love chatting with each other about things we care about! So this week instead of coming up with a specific topic, we decided to just connect and talk to each other. We had a ton of fun and dug into a number of topics, and we hope you you enjoy it too!
episode 24 | Pleasure as a Liberatory Mindset
This week we’re talking about something that's been so ingrained in our philosophies that we almost forgot to talk about it explicitly- pleasure as liberation! We believe that abundant pleasure requires a liberatory mindset and this week we’re talking about what that means to us. Liberating ourselves from expectations, people pleasing, perfectionism, and “shoulds” cultivates a more abundant life of joy!
episode 23 | Fantasy & Pleasure
This week we’re talking about the importance of fantasy and imagination in cultivating and pleasure-centered life. We can’t be what we can’t see, right? So taking the time to visualize and imagine the things that we want helps us lay the foundation for receiving it.
Also, we talked about how sex is a good motivator for working out– not because of how we look, but so we can be flexible and have the stamina to have delicious, good sex well into middle age! Whatever gets us moving our bodies!
episode 22 | Is This a Sex Podcast or Naw?
In this episode, Victoria and Dana show you behind the scenes as they talk about where or not Reconnecting with Pleasure is a sex podcast... or naw. Join them in this discussion, and see what they come up with. Spoiler alert: it's both, and...
episode 21 | Pleasure & Courage
In this episode of Reconnecting with Pleasure we're chatting about courage and pleasure. This started when Dana was on a little girls weekend getaway and stumbled upon a wall of courage where folks posted things that they wished they had the courage to do, anonymously. So naturally we had to chat about the ways that courage is essential to pleasure-centered living.
episode 20 | 2022 Recap!!!
In this 20th & final episode of 2022, Dana & Victoria recap their reconnection with pleasure in 2022, and share how they are looking forward to continue that reconnection into 2023.
episode 19 | You Got This: Pleasure-Centered Living in the Harder Moments
In this episode, Dana and Victoria talk about how living a pleasure-centered lifestyle doesn't mean always feeling pleasure. We unpack the ways that hard moments make space for more pleasure and alignment, and share strategies for how we have navigated these moments in our own lives. We can do hard things, friends. And the hard things often lead to even bigger opportunities for connection, joy, and pleasure.
episode 18 | Pleasure & Forgiveness
In this episode, Dana & Victoria talk forgiveness. We get taught a lot of ideas about forgiveness and why we’re supposed to forgive, in this episode we unpack our beliefs about forgiveness and why the script we’ve been sold is BS. There’s nothing virtuous about forgiveness. It can be hard work, require a lot of self work, and can often be a process. Forgiveness isn’t as a simple as forgive, forget, and move on.
episode 17 | Pleasure in Grief
In this episode, Dana and Victoria talk about how to feel pleasure through the grief of loss. Loss of life, loss of relationships, and loss of what we thought would and could have been.
episode 16 | Finding Pleasure in Boundaries
In this episode, Dana and Victoria talk about the role that boundaries play in how we access pleasure. We unpack what boundaries are and what they aren't, and we talk about how we've learned to honor our boundaries. We're talking about boundaries related to work, family, parenthood, sex, and everything in between. When we have clear boundaries, our potential to access pleasure increases tremendously!
episode 15 | Follow the Breadcrumbs
In this episode of Reconnecting with Pleasure, Victoria & Dana invite you to follow the breadcrumbs. We talk about our new group program, its benefits, and some of the most commonly asked questions.
https://www.reconnectingwithpleasure.com/group-program
episode 14 | Sex, Pleasure, & Gender Roles
In this episode of Reconnecting with Pleasure, Dana & Victoria the concept of gender roles in (and out of) relationship. We discuss how gender roles in both queer and heterosexual relationships can sometimes be barriers to our own joy pleasure. We also discuss ways that we can set aside these roles that we've learned to allow ourselves access to more pleasure.
episode 13 | Resentment, Parenthood, & Sex
In this episode, Dana + Victoria unpack a common theme that we hear, especially from other mothers and parents, about the challenges that come with navigating many responsibilities and the resentment that breeds as a result. We're talking about how resentment breeds in relationships and how to find pleasure and desire within so many responsibilities. Ultimately we see resentment as an inside job and we're sharing some tips for how to navigate it accordingly.
episode 12 | Talking about talking about kink
In this episode, Victoria and Dana talk about talking about kink. We explore our definitions of kink, what it means to us, and delve into figuring out how we can get more comfortable with our own desires and pleasure in order to talk about them with others.
Talking about talking about it is our starting point!
episode 11 | Talking to friends about pleasure & sex
On this episode Dana + Victoria talk about the importance of talking to your friends and closest people about sex, pleasure, and desire. We get conditioned to keep vulnerability at bay and not talk about things that may bring up shame or deep vulnerability, but disrupting that idea can allow for the best, most meaningful relationships. In this episode we offer some examples and tips for how to cultivate more vulnerable and intimate friend relationships.
episode 10 | The Orgasm Gap
In this episode Dana + Victoria talk about talk about the orgasm gap. What is it and could this be you? We also talk a bit about what might be some ways to overcome it.
According to an article in Psychology Today, "39% percent of straight women compared to 95% of straight men orgasm during sex." Recognizing that many of us are victims of the orgasm gap, which is directly connected to our overall life expectancy (no joke) is something we should all take more seriously.
References: Dr. Jenn M. Jackson @jennmjacksonphd (instagram)
episode 9 | Pleasure-Centered Lifestyle
In this episode Dana + Victoria talk about what a pleasure-centered lifestyle means to them and why they're obsessed with more people living it! While the phrase pleasure-centered lifestyle may conjure up images of yachts and gold, Dana & Victoria don't think it has to cost a thing or connect with wealth in any way. A pleasure centered lifestyle is really a way of thinking and being in the world! What do you think?
episode 8 | Celebrate with Us!
In episode 8, of the Reconnecting with Pleasure podcast, Victoria & Dana invite you to their celebration and business launch party that will take place on Friday, August 5th @7pm EST. We are excited to share this new chapter with each, and with you!
Join us August 5th by RSVP'ing here.