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Wholehearted: Love, Life + Intimacy

Want wild confidence, a harmonious relationship + lasting desire? Welcome to Wholehearted Love, Life + Intimacy - the podcast here to help you create harmonious relationships, an inspired life + wholehearted intimacy. Join Isiah McKimmie, Couples Therapist, Sexologist + intimacy guru as she shares inspiring interviews, practical tools and the latest research-based advice for wild confidence, epic pleasure and a WHOLEHEARTED life. From dating, confidence and communication to successful relationships, having epic orgasms and living a life you LOVE - this podcast has it all. Isiah McKimmie is a Couples Therapist, Sex Therapist, Sexologist + Coach who’s been helping women and couples discover love, intimacy, lasting desire for over a decade. If you have a guest suggestion, a question or topic you’d like to see Isiah cover on the podcast, head to https://www.isiah-mckimmie.com/blog-pod/
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Mar 25, 2019

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 explains, they can change for the better.

No matter what your age, Janet shares some amazing advice for women on how to have more fulfilling sex, how to trust your body, leave the mind and come back ‘home’ into your body.

Janet discusses how, when you learn how to relax and leave behind tension to become more receptive and relaxed in love making; you are able to connect with yourself more fully, which allows you in turn to connect more fully with someone else.

"I've become more liberated, more sensual, more interiorly alive, personally".

The conditioning of our modern world and society places a lot of shame on women’s cycles and worships the young and the beautiful.

This podcast aims to hold you and help you embrace whatever stage of life you may be in and leave you feeling your value as a woman and the meaningful way you can connect to the World and your relationships regardless of age. 

Not only will you learn about the changes that can happen to you and your sex life as you age and during Menopause, but how you can embrace those changes to have even better sex.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Menopause and Tantra/ Sex and Aging as one of the most confronting things for women.
  • How we can maintain our sex lives as we age and what changes happen when we get to menopause
  • Debunking the belief our sex lives are over when we get to a certain age.
  • How our sex lives change throughout our lives and how we can keep them thriving and passionate.
  • That it isn’t just about sex, it’s not just about intercourse, but that there’s a part of ourselves that we can be in touch with. There’s an energy we can be in touch with, there’s a way of being in the World that is sensual and alive and connected that is really life affirming and life enhancing. And sex can be a part of that, but it isn’t the full picture.
  • How women need to, and can learn to, trust their bodies.
  • Menopause and some of the things that can happen with the onset of menopause.
  • The gifts of menopause- yes there are gifts!
  • How Tantra can hep you transition with this stage of your life
  • How your breasts and nipples are your dynamic energy and how your sex life can be enhanced by focusing on them.
  • How women of all ages need to learn to be gentle and give back to our bodies instead of constantly pushing them.

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This week’s question is:

Let's bust those myths - What have you been told about menopause that you're most worried about?

And for those already experiencing menopause - what have you found to be the best thing about menopause?

 

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

Email: info@janetmcgeever.com

Website: www.janetmcgeever.com

Website (Retreats): www.makingloveretreat.com.au

Book: Tantric Sex and Menopause- Practices for Spiritual and Sexual Renewal by Diana Richardson and Janet McGeever

 

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Mar 19, 2019

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 refers to the female genitals as a sacred temple and source of life. 

Amy believes that becoming a sexual being is a full-bodied experience and if you aren’t open and accepting of who you are as a sexual being, you’re never going to be able to fully embrace and step into that with another person.

Join us as we discuss how you can connect with the divine feminine within us, that is housed in our female reproductive organs.

Learn how Yoni Massage assists in this connection and how you can be more fearless with your sexuality and step into your power as a women to empower your entire life.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Sexuality as Spirituality
  • What is Yoni Mapping/ Massage?
  • The disconnection women often feel from their genitals
  • How society and cultural conditioning has affected how we see sexuality and ourselves as sexual beings
  • How women can connect with this part of their body (your yoni)
  • How you can love yourself completely and feel empowered around sex
  • Tips to help you learn to love this part of yourself even more

 

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Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section.  

This week’s question is:

Tell me which of Amy’s tips on connecting to your divine feminine you’re going to try this week?

 

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

Amy Towle’s Website: www.templeofshe.com.au

Or find Amy on Facebook and Instagram

Amy is a Certified Intuitive Guide, Registered Midwife and Yoni Massage Practitioner and Trainer.  Amy founded Temple Of She, offering willing women services to explore the relationship between their spirituality and sexuality.  She supports women as they permanently shift subconscious fears and negative self beliefs, while they explore who they are sexually, to a deeper connection with their sexual self and power. 

 

If you are a new listener to Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast, we would love to hear from you.

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Mar 12, 2019

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 and what we want can feel uncomfortable and just downright weird when we’re not used to it.

This podcast episode aims to empower you with some tips to get the sexy conversation started with your partner without it feeling forced or unnatural.

We all have the ability to ‘talk sexy’, you just need to find what works for you and ultimately your relationship.

In this episode, we discuss: 

- Kate Toon’s experience working on a phone sex line.

- Something I talk a lot about on this show and in my work are the ways women hold themselves back during sex. We are given so many cultural messages that it’s not okay to be a woman who enjoys or feels comfortable with sex. And we’re not taught how to do it. This episode offers advice on how to become more comfortable with sex.

- Kate’s a copywriter and therefore master of words with some great tips or talking dirty and words that work/ don’t work to get you in the mood. HOT TIP: it doesn’t need to sound unnatural or over-the-top to be sexy.

- Sexting is also something women ask me about a lot! I did a survey as part of some research I was doing last year and I was overwhelmed with women telling me they would love to sext their partner but feel like they don’t know how. Kate and I discuss some great sexting tips.

- How ‘good sexual communication helps improve our sexual satisfaction.’

Learn to:

Ask for what we want / don’t want in the bedroom

Share appreciation or tell your partner what you like.

- Getting out of the ‘functional sex’ rut – how can you reignite the flame after having kids / being in a long term relationship?

- Kate’s experience at a Fellatio workshop. Learn how to making fellatio work for you and your partner.

- Shift your mindset of fellatio ‘as a gift for him or a reward or chore’ to ‘learn how to get pleasure out of doing it for yourself.’

- We’ve grown up in a society where we’re not given the skills or the right attitude towards sex. How can we move past that for ourselves and a healthier relationship?

 

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Tips for talking dirty with your Partner :

  • It doesn’t need to sound unnatural or over-the-top.
  • Good sexual communication helps improve our sexual satisfaction – learn to:
    • Ask for what we want/ don’t want
    • Share appreciation or tell your partner what you like.
  • An easy place to start is giving compliments to your partner. Positive feedback i.e. How much you’re enjoying it and how they make you feel, how great they look etc.
  • Even start after sex, because it’s harder in the moment. Remember: to tell your partner what you enjoyed NOT what you didn’t enjoy.
  • Start by sending messages, because it’s less confronting and gives you more time to think.
  • Read for inspiration - discover what you like. How? ‘Do a bit of googling and find some ‘sexy articles/ tips’ i.e ‘5 new sex positions to try’ and send those articles to your partner. There’s a lot of good content out there that you can share. If you don’t have the words yourself- use someone else’s’ –Kate Toon's!
  • Do your research- read a sexy novel- choose the parts that turn you on and put it in a text message to your partner. Or tell them this is something you want to try.
  • Send a voicemail to your partner.
  • It gets unsexy when you get analytical about it.

 

Some tips to help you in the sexting department from Kate Toon

https://www.katetooncopywriter.com.au/how-to-write-sexy-copy-six-sensual-tips/

 

1:  Use unexpected and sensual words to describe everyday objects.

 'How about the gentle curve of the bath tap, or the soft undulating feel of that doona?'

 

2:  Appeal to the senses

‘Describe the touch, smell and even taste. Sound can also be useful.’

 

3:  Don’t overdo it

‘I have a three adjective rule, which means I never use more than three in a row.’

 

4:  Avoid the Mills & Boon effect

‘choosing the right sexy words can be tough…’

‘Here’s some help in choosing the right ones:’

 

Phrases we loved

 

Phrases we hated

 

‘Copy that tries too hard to be sexy just causes a snigger rather than an emotional or sensual response. So if in doubt, don’t.’

 

Check out more about Kate at her website: https://www.katetoon.com

 

If you are a new listener to Wholehearted: Love Sex + Intimacy – The Podcast, we would love to hear from you. 

Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!

 

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