178: Fostering Eroticism + Pleasure while Living with Chronic Pain and Illness with Suzannah Weiss

In this episode, I sit down with Suzannah Weiss to explore how eroticism and pleasure can be cultivated while living with chronic pain and illness. We unpack the cultural myths that normalize women’s suffering, how pain and fatigue impact libido and orgasm, and what it means to stay connected to pleasure when the body isn’t cooperating. An intimate, grounded conversation on listening to the body, redefining sex beyond performance, and reclaiming erotic agency in all seasons of health.

In this episode you’ll hear:

00:00 Intro

02:50 Chronic Pain, Libido, and Erotic Truth

06:06 Eve’s Curse and the Myth of Women’s Pain

08:13 PMS, Power, and Cultural Backlash

16:08 Medical Gaslighting and the Cost of Not Being Believed

31:50 The Myth of the Elusive Female Orgasm

THE SKINNY ON OUR SEXY GUEST

Suzannah Weiss is a writer and psychotherapist focused on sexuality, relationships, and women’s empowerment. She is the author of Subjectified, a memoir-manifesto on ending objectification, and Eve’s Blessing, a personal, political, and spiritual exploration of reclaiming pleasure where women have been taught to accept pain. With over 8,800 published articles, her work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. Through her writing and therapy practice, Suzannah challenges cultural myths about women’s bodies and invites a more liberated, pleasure-affirming relationship with sexuality.

LINKS FROM THE SHOW

Suzannah Weiss – official website - https://suzannahweiss.com/

Books by Suzannah Weiss:

→ Subjectified: Becoming a Sexual Subject - https://a.co/d/66E2aex

→ Eve's Blessing: Uncovering the Lost Pleasure Behind Female Pain - https://a.co/d/blrgCBe

Twitter / X: @SuzannahWeiss

Instagram: @SuzannaWise (W-I-S-E)

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