

You Are Not Broken
Kelly Casperson, MD
Welcome to the podcast that rewrites everything you thought you knew about sex, hormones, and midlife. I help women—and the people who love them—reconnect with their bodies, their minds, and their partners through science, mindset, and a whole lot of humor. Whether you’re navigating perimenopause, rediscovering desire, or just curious what’s possible, this show will remind you: you are not broken. (No medical advice here, just truth bombs and good conversation.)
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Jul 3, 2022 • 1h 21min
166. Ask The Sexperts: Desire, Squirting and More!
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Today's podcast is audio from a panel I was on this year at Western Washington University with my good friend and owner of a sex positive store Wink-Wink Boutique, https://winkwinkboutique.com Jenn Mason. Margot Lewis joins us too!
What do you wish people knew more? Women are not just small men.
What to do if you get triggered with your intimate activities?
Defining Spontaneous and responsive desire – the difference.
Increasing desire in long term relationship
Don’t confuse spontaneous desire with love.
What is a sex coach?
How to balance sexytime with life.
What is squirting?
OMGyes.com
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Jun 29, 2022 • 41min
165. June Live Podcast
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· Can you talk about the Dutch test? - but your feelings on an accuracy, what kind of information does it give ,better than lab test ? pros cons
· So bioidentical hormones are going to be banned?
· Do you know if there are any interactions between estradiol vaginal cream and clobetasol?
· I have an underlying feeling of shame which surfaces from childhood.
· I am 62 years old using vaginal hormonal cream. It does help with lubrication and desire. But I can not reach orgasm. No matter how long and hard we tried. Help please.
· Can you talk about UTIs, antibiotics, and thrush? Why do so many women get UTIs, why do they get worse with menopause, and how can we prevent/manage them?
· I had a terrible reaction to adding estrogen cream
· I have been suffering from postcoital urethral syndrome according to my physician. Is there any definite treatment for it??
· I received a hormone pellet( estrogen and testosterone) and started oral progesterone (oral, once daily). About 4 weeks after I started bleeding for the first time in 1.5yrs (I am post menopausal). I have been bleeding (like a normal period amount) for about 10 days. Is this common?
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Jun 26, 2022 • 22min
164. Book Release June 28th - I Read the Intro!
The book comes out June 28th!
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I read the intro!
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Jun 19, 2022 • 24min
163. Sharing My Journey - Dr. Kelly Answers some Q&A
A company sent me a list of questions for me to answer for their blog. So I thought I would record it and share it with you. Hope you enjoy!
How would you introduce yourself to a brand new patient?
What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
What is your personal mission with your practice?
How did you develop an interest in urology?
What’s the biggest challenge you’ve faced in your practice?
What is something most women don’t know about their sexual wellness that you want to share?
How do sexual wellness and urology relate to each other?
Have you always focused on the connection between emotional/relationship health and physical health? How did that become a part of your practice?
What inspired you to start the You Are Not Broken podcast?
What have you learned about your medical practice through starting your podcast?
What has your You Are Not Broken audience taught you?
What episode from You Are Not Broken would you recommend to a new listener?
What inspired you to write the You Are Not Broken book?
Sign up for the private podcast/group coaching membership! Starts July 1st.
Anyone who signs up the first month gets a signed copy of my new book: You Are Not Broken: Stop “Shoulding” All Over Your Sex Life.
www.kellycaspersonmd.com
Our podcast sponsor is Bonafide
Bonafide products help women embrace the natural changes that occur throughout all phases of life.
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Jun 12, 2022 • 51min
162. Pleasure is Medicine – What is Tantra?
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Laurie McCracken is back again!
144 podcast was for her intro and her story. You should listen to it.
What is tantra? It is a spiritual path.
The view that orgasm is profoundly healing.
What is sex for the average person and how does tantra view it differently?
Tantra is feeling safe in your own body.
Trauma is stuck energy.
How she incorporates Tantric techniques into her daily life.
How do you view orgasm now?
What to do when you feel numb?
What is yoni emancipation and somatic healing?
Tantric weekend or where to start?
What does she want to tell people who are resisting things like this?
https://lauriemccracken.com/
https://www.authentictantra.com/
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Jun 5, 2022 • 47min
161. “I just need to put something in my vagina”, Prolapse, and how PT helps
Amanda Nayfield joins us again. Her first episode was #14
She is a pelvic floor physical therapist and she helps us with common things I see in my office
“I just need to put something in my vagina”
We discuss the fear, the anxiety, the underlying low desire, and the lack of education tied up in this sentence
Eating ice cream for your dopamine is way easier than working on good sex.
The clitoris is not self lubricating.
How to put things in your vagina after years of not doing that
Dilation tips and tricks
Questions about Kegels – a physical therapists opinion.
Muscles need to contract, release, and lengthen
What to do proactively as I enter menopause?
Bowel and bladder health as we age – tips and tricks
Cervical pain during intercourse – we ask a PT
We discuss prolapse – it is NEVER the bladder’s fault.
We discuss upregulation and central sensitivity and the role of fear.
We discuss pessaries.
https://www.connectnwpt.com/
https://www.instagram.com/connectnwpt/
Reclaiming Desire by Barry and Emily McCarthy https://amzn.to/3xiz2dS
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel https://amzn.to/3xiz2dS
Dilators recommended: Intimate Rose https://amzn.to/3xeQRun
Kegel products – Elvie https://www.elvie.comand Kgoal https://amzn.to/3McHijS
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Our podcast sponsor is Bonafide
Bonafide products help women embrace the natural changes that occur throughout all phases of life.
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May 29, 2022 • 41min
160. Documenting a Sexual Awakening with Layla London.
Layla London of “The Curious Girl Diary” joins us and tells us her sexual awakening story.
Her focus has been to make my sex life a priority and help us as well.
She has been normalizing sex as a valuable part of who we are, exploring all our sexual desires, and for some completely resurrecting that side of ourselves we’ve almost let die out.
She went 3.5 years without sex – then what happened?
How do women get turned on and play an active role in enjoying sex?
How to talk to your partner about your interest in sexual awakening.
The role of vulnerability and rejection in changing your sex life.
So many women want to want sex for their partner – thoughts?
30 day masturbation challenge and what it did for her.
What about women who think, “I don’t have enough time”.
How sex in the bedroom can lead to success in the bedroom.
Communication is easier than the alternative.
3 reasons to prioritize your sex life now
1) Orgasms are fantastic
2) Intimacy and closeness through a bonded sexual experience is wonderful
3) For yourself and how the benefits extend to other parts of your life
Easy steps to make a sizzling hot sex bucket list.
1) Acknowledge you want to make a change
2) Think about times when you were really turned on
3) Explore other ideas
4) Never say never
5) The role of curiosity and humor
“There is no expiration on sexy” – Layla London
https://www.thecuriousgirldiaries.com/
https://www.instagram.com/the_curiousgirldiaries/
https://www.facebook.com/TheCuriousGirlLayla
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-curious-girl-diaries/id1264706714
Our podcast sponsor is Bonafide
Bonafide products help women embrace the natural changes that occur throughout all phases of life.
Discount code for 20% off: NOTBROKEN
Sales link: https://hellobonafide.com/notbroken
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May 25, 2022 • 1h 2min
159. May Live Podcast Recording
May Live Podcast Recording – Get CME - link below!
Books discussed: His Porn, Her Pain: Confronting America’s Pornpanic with Honest Talk About Sex Mary Klein Ph.D. https://amzn.to/3PuKZ7j
Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want From Sex and How to Get It. Marty Klein Ph.D.
https://amzn.to/382i75z
So much covered in this podcast!
Toy Reviews, book reviews and upcoming interview with Marty Klein
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause
The difference between systemic and pelvic estrogen
The increased risks with oral estrogen and why this is so
My thoughts on preventative vaginal estrogen
How to ask your doctor about systemic testosterone and guidelines.
https://www.jsm.jsexmed.org/article/S1743-6095(20)30982-6/fulltext
Get on my email list to hear about June’s date and time for the next live podcast recording!
www.kellycaspersonmd.com
and so much more!
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May 22, 2022 • 46min
158. Speculum Trauma, Sex Drive in Menopause, and Aging Well
Join me today when I talk with my friend Dr. Mary Claire Haver
How alcohol works as a drug and how it can harm us.
Irregular periods as an indication for perimenopause
“Menopause is one day in your life” Dr. Haver
What did you learn with speculum trauma in the office.
How to talk to your doctor about perimenopause and menopause.
Sex drive after Menopause
What is the role for preventative hormones in menopause.
Why should women care about muscles.
We discuss the problem with sugar and how significantly addictive it is.
What is wrong with BMI
Predatory behavior towards menopause and low libido.
What we think about supplements.
Tiktok: drmaryclaire
IG: https://www.instagram.com/thegalvestondiet
Website: https://galvestondiet.com/
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Our podcast sponsor is Bonafide
Bonafide products help women embrace the natural changes that occur throughout all phases of life.
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May 15, 2022 • 42min
157. Orgasm after Menopause and Hot Flash Hell
Reminder - get CME from listening to this podcast! Link below!
Join me and Dr. Lauren Streicher, a menopause expert as we discuss perimenopause and menopause.
ADHD is “trending” right now and seems to be everywhere. Could some of this undiagnosed perimenopause?
The roller coaster of peri-menopause and what hormones need to be checked.
What is FSH and what it means when it is high and how it can be misleading in perimenopause.
What’s the difference between peri-menopause and menopause.
“Yoga is good for you and it won’t help your hotflashes” – Dr. Streicher
How to be your own advocate for your menopause symptoms. Tips to talk to your doctor and to have a more useful appointment.
The organ where ovarian cancer comes from: hint – it isn’t the ovary.
Orgasm difficulty after menopause – why it can happen and what we can do.
Testosterone isn’t a male hormone – it is a human hormone.
Why we use FDA approved products when we can.
You don’t “go through” menopause – you enter menopause
What is the role of “prophylactic” hormones in menopause.
The socioeconomic effect of menopause.
Dr. Streicher’s books:
The Essential Guide to Hysterecomy https://amzn.to/3FJRq1K
Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina https://amzn.to/3FJRq1K
Hot Flash Hell: Turning Down the Heat https://amzn.to/3G12UOR
Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-streichers-inside-information-the-menopause-podcast/id1615785832
Our podcast sponsor is Bonafide
Bonafide products help women embrace the natural changes that occur throughout all phases of life.
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