Episode Highlights With Kiana
- How she is also a doula and how she got into female sexual health
- Her work as a somatic therapist
- The importance of pleasure in our lives and how it impacts wellbeing and relationships beyond just physical pleasure or sexuality
- How the nervous system is like the window through which we see the world and how this can make it difficult to identify if it is dysregulated
- Ways to help regulate the nervous system and help the body feel safe
- Healthy vs unhealthy nervous system regulation
- Two ways to work with the nervous system and when to use each
- How sexual pleasure relates to nervous system last
- The connection between sexual and emotional intimacy
- Differences between the two types of desire and what responsive desire is
- Why it can often take the female body 15-40 minutes to reach peak arousal and how this is often different than it is for males
- Some exercises we can do to help reconnect with our body and our sexual experience
- What sexual polarity is and how to nurture it in long term partnerships
- How to nurture dynamic tension in partnership
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