It’s a challenge to build a long term relationship full of love, desire, and sexy fun. It can be especially challenging for Christians in a world filled with mixed messages about sex, intimacy, and marriage that go contrary to traditional values. Your host is Dan Purcell, a Life Coach and Couples Sex Expert that specializes in helping married couples take their sex life to the next level. You’ll gain new ideas, perspectives, and practical tools to help you "get your marriage on"! This podcas ...
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The Sexual Wellness Sessions Podcast is a series of interviews hosted by Psychosexual and Relationship Therapist Kate Moyle. So many of these conversations about sex and relationships are happening behind the therapy room door; and Kate wants to bring them into the mainstream so that sexual wellbeing can get the attention it deserves. This series of interviews is about changing narratives, challenging beliefs, breaking away from feelings of shame and helping people to normalise talking about ...
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Many Christians love their LGBT friends and want to engage well with issues of sexuality and identity, but aren’t sure how to do it. Join the Living Out team and guests as they tackle some of the most frequently asked questions and seek to navigate the choppy cultural waters with compassion and clarity. If you’re interested in a Christian perspective on sexuality, singleness, trans and identity and want to hear real stories from same-sex attracted Christians, this is the podcast for you. Hos ...
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Calling all alternative adults and other like-minded humans! Who doesn’t love to talk about sex and everything in between? Mizzy Bender is here to talk through all the down, dirty and not so fun moments that life has to offer. Mizzy is one female that isn’t afraid to embrace all aspects of life from sexuality to success so this is one show you won’t want to miss. Mizzy Bender is a 40 year old female entrepreneur leading the way within the Lifestyle community. Mizzy’s journey started out with ...
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The Pleasurehood Podcast is here to revolutionize how humans experience Sex, Pleasure, and Motherhood. Your host Justine Aksoy is an author and pleasure educator on a mission to make sure you’re satiated! Justine will explore what it means to be a mother, a leader, and an all-around badass from a place of self-love, empowerment, and turn-on. Tune in bi-weekly for solo episodes and juicy conversations with guests, as we dive into normalizing self-care, desire, and sexual healing.
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"Women, Gender, and Sex in the Ottoman World" is a series of podcasts that pulls together women’s history and the history of gender and sex in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. It explores the particular historical experiences of women and girls based on the conviction that returning the lives, experiences, and ideas of women to the historical record will change the way we look at historical periods and transformations at large. It also investigates the ways in which gender and sexuality can se ...
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206: What Are Your Yeses, Nos, and Maybes in the Bedroom? (Sextember Series #3)
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This is our third Sextember Episode! So this is also going to be a really fun and spicy podcast to give you inspiration and ideas to make the most out of your Sextember! Today, we get to talk about how to share your fantasies with your spouse (which is really hard to do sometimes) and about the value of adding novelty and spice to your marriage rel…
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Understanding MRKH With Ally Hensley and Ellamae Fullalove
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There is a real lack of conversation around many medical conditions, and especially those which are not immediately visible, and MRKH falls into this category. Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a congenital condition which is characterised by the vagina and uterus being underdeveloped or absent, alongside other symptoms. As there ar…
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Earlier this year, I hosted a LIVE open Q&A on SDC where anyone in the community can come and ask questions and conversate with other community members. Some of the topics include: 1. Single Men 2. Bi-Sexuality 3. Swinging Internationally 4. Penile Implants ...... and so much more! Join SDC: https://www.sdc.com/?ref=35907 RSVP to our Events : www.m…
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205: ForePLAY that Wins The Day (Sextember Series #2)
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Welcome to our second Sextember episode! For this month, every episode will be filled with ideas to add more spice and excitement to your bedroom as part of our Sextember series. Last week, my guest, Tammy Camp, and I talked about flirting and initiating. So today we're going to build on that and talk about another spicy and exciting topic: putting…
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Answering The Most Asked Sex Questions With Charlene Douglas
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When it comes to sex and intimacy, one guarantee is that everyone has questions - it's impossible for any single person to know everything there is to know about sex and relationships. The lack of normalising conversation around the topic of sex leaves so many people feeling like they don't know how to ask or where to go to get their questions answ…
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Laura: Good Friendship (Different Stories #6)
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Looking for purpose and meaning at medical school, Laura spoke to a Christian friend who invited her to church. She decided to put her trust in Jesus, and it was only several years later she realised she was same-sex attracted. We chat with Laura about how she’s found trusting that God’s ways are good since then, and why good friendships are so imp…
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204: Flirting and Initiating in Marriage (Sextember Series #1)
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I am so excited for what's coming up in September! For the next four episodes in the month of September, we will focus on the theme of spicing things up in the bedroom. We're just adding a little more creativity to your lovemaking routines! It's going to be fun and we're doing all this because September for us is Sextember. If you don't know what t…
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Opening Up Relationships With Niki D
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Relationships come in many different shapes, sizes and configurations and every relationship model comes with its own set of benefits, challenges and complexities. When it comes to opening up relationships it can be hard to know where to start, how to talk about it and how to manage the emotions and logistics that accompany a new relationship struc…
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203: Why Honesty, Risk, and some Fair Play Lead To Great Connection with Alyson Bullock
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**SEXTEMBER STARTS ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. DOWNLOAD THE INTIMATELY US APP TO PARTICIPATE** My hope for you after listening to today's episode is you'll laugh a little, be inspired and gain some practical tools that you can use to improve communication about intimate things in your marriage. My guest today is Alyson Bullock, a marriage and family th…
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Reaching For Sexual Fulfilment With Casey Tanner
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If sex is a skill to be learnt then can sexual fulfilment ever be really achieved, or is it something that changes with us throughout our lives? Sex-misinformation is rife, and many of us are set up by our sexual expectations which means that we and our partners will inevitably fail or struggle in some way to achieve these perfect and unrealistic v…
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Paul: Responding to Our Desires (Different Stories #5)
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Paul tells us how he came to faith as a teenager, and how a combination of clear teaching and sharing with good friends has helped him navigate same-sex attraction and stay faithful to Jesus. Paul also shares how he unexpectedly fell in love with his now wife, and his advice for any same-sex attracted Christians considering an opposite-sex marriage…
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Earlier this year, I hosted a LIVE open Q&A on SDC where anyone in the community can come and ask questions and conversate with other community members. Some of the topics include: Penis Size, Expectations and other kink related questions. Join SDC: https://www.sdc.com/?ref=35907 RSVP to our Events : www.mindbenderparties.com Shop www.mizzysboutiqu…
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Ep 171. Meet 2Fresh_Pineapples From Canada
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Meet Alex, known as 2fresh_Pineapples on Instagram. She is a 27 year old young swinger who is passionate about spreading the good word of swinging and individuality. Her ideas and thoughts are strong! We discuss her journey, age differences, travel, being 420 friendly and so much more. You're going to want to keep your eye on this one! Follow the l…
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202: Fatherhood and Fidelity: Men on Keeping Marriage Alive
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In the thick of raising children or building a career or juggling the many demands that life imposes on us, it's easy for couples to feel like relationship matters have been put to the side. You don't intend for this to happen, of course. It's easy for things to feel so vanilla, routine, or monotonous between you and your spouse. So how do some cou…
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Rethinking Parenthood And Sex Lives With Dr Karen Gurney
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“Why does sex make babies, and babies spell erotic disaster in couples?” ~ Esther Perel, The Secret To Desire In A Long Term Relationship, Ted Talk. Dr Karen Gurney describes becoming parents as a 'relationship culture shock' and argues that it's unrealistic for us to expect our sex lives and intimacy to be unaffected by the competing priorities an…
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Ep 170. Communicating Wants, Needs & Desires
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Do you have trouble communicating your wants, needs and desires to your partner or your swingers lifestyle partner? Tune in for tips and thought starters on how to effectively follow your journey to living your most authentic self. For behind the scenes event photos and thoughts, visit my blog Join SDC: https://www.sdc.com/?ref=35907 RSVP to our Ev…
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201: The Art of Cherishing Your Spouse, Part 2
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This is part two of the podcast we released last Friday (#200). And if you haven't listened to that one, I highly recommend you pause this episode and go back and listen to #200 first. These two episodes are continuation of a project that I started a few months ago to better understand what it means for me to cherish my spouse. I shared a tragic st…
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200: The Art of Cherishing Your Spouse, Part 1
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We recently experienced the loss of a family member very suddenly, a young mom with three children, and it has made me want to love and appreciate and cherish my wife more. And so this set me out on a personal project to understand the concept of cherishing a little better. This project has really changed me. It has changed me in my intimate intera…
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Whilst it can be considered that loss is the impossible-to-avoid flipside of love, becoming a widow at age 30 defies all predictions of what building a life with someone looks like. But, this was what happened to my guest Lotte Bowser, whose partner Ben died age 36 in the midst of their plans for making a future together. This conversation digs dee…
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Simon: Intimacy and Emotional Dependency (Different Stories #4)
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We chat to Simon about how understanding God’s bigger purposes for his people has helped fuel his excitement for living God’s way when it comes to sexuality. Simon tells us how getting involved in True Freedom Trust helped him find a supportive community where he could be more open about his sexuality, having not come out to anyone until his early …
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Ep 168. You Asked, I answered: Basic Swinger Questions
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The community thoughts and questions have been thriving lately. Today's listen includes pointers on the following three submitted thoughts: 1. I'm a married man who wants to swing, but my wife wants no part of it. What do I do? 2. What do you do if you see a co-worker at an event? 3. What kind of information would you share with someone attending a…
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Ep 167. My Partner and I Have Different Play Styles
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Do you and your partner have different play styles and aren't sure how to navigate it? Tune in as a behind the scenes listener to my LIVE session on SDC back in December of 2023. You'll pickup on pointers and though starters to navigate this conversation with your partner. Join SDC: https://www.sdc.com/?ref=35907 RSVP to our Events : www.mindbender…
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199: How to Banish Fear, Anxiety, and Boredom for a Thriving Sex Life
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It's interesting that we live in a day and age where it's not the popular thing to want a family and a strong, committed marriage with complete fidelity. At least in America, the trend is to make wealth the ultimate measure of our progress in life. But I got to tell you: if you're looking for an investment that would give you a return on happiness,…
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Many of the ways in which we meet, date and maintain love, sex and intimacy have changed across generations; but what happens when these adaptations come up to clash with our historical and ingrained beliefs and expectations of relationships? Has how we love changed, or has the context around love moved on which has shaped our expectations and expe…
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In this episode, Gina, the beautiful mind behind Little Miss Nasty shares the journey into building this global, iconic brand. A snip it from their website: Little Miss Nasty delivers an overwhelmingly powerful experience that inspires and defies genre because Little Miss Nasty IS the genre. You have permission to be your Nasty, authentic self! To …
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Spencer and I spend the morning in the hot tub recapping the activities for July. We share our thoughts on hosting our first swingers party 4th of July weekend on Long Island. We talk about my birthday bash in Rhode Island and some other fun adventures and parties. For behind the scenes event photos and thoughts, visit my blog Join SDC: https://www…
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198: Q&A - Erotic literature, overweight husband, discussing trying new things, and wooing your spouse
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I get so many questions through the anonymous question form on my website, so it's time to answer some more. We address these topics today: A husband doesn't feel like his wife values sex and intimacy in their marriage Spouses wondering if erotic literature has a place in a Christian marriage A husband wanting more novelty in a sexual relationship,…
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Katherine: The Power and Beauty of Stories (Different Stories #3)
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Katherine shares her story of dating a girl as a teenager, and noticing how Jesus genuinely transformed the lives of Christians she knew. As she opened up the Bible for herself and got to know and love Jesus, Katherine tells us how she accepted the invitation to follow him in all areas of her life, including with her sexuality. We also chat to Kath…
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Coming out of my birthday bash, it was really important for us to share the unacceptable behavior that transpired at the event. This is a triggering episode so please be aware. For behind the scenes event photos and thoughts, visit my blog Join SDC: https://www.sdc.com/?ref=35907 RSVP to our Events : www.mindbenderparties.com Background: Who doesn’…
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Ep 163. Things To Consider When Becoming A Swinger
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Are you looking into the swingers lifestyle but not sure the kinds of conversations to have? Listen to this podcast episode. It will help guide you. It will provide topics and ideas on how to navigate the beginning stages of an exiting journey of self discovery. Join SDC: https://www.sdc.com/?ref=35907 RSVP to our Events : www.mindbenderparties.com…
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197: How We Revitalized Sex and Intimacy as Busy Parents: A Sextimony
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Building a long-term, intimate marriage is the most exciting demanding and soul expanding work that many of us will ever do in this life. All of the specific challenges to confront and overcome will be different from couple to couple, but many of the same tools work for many couples. I met Keith and Lindsey through my Get Your Marriage On Program, …
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In this episode, Jim and I talk through so much when it comes to group play in the swingers world. There are so many possibilities and the things to be aware of. I think this conversation is a good starter for those interested in exploring this play style. Join SDC: https://www.sdc.com/?ref=35907 RSVP to our Events : www.mindbenderparties.com Shop …
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We're going international with Cate from Wanderlust Swingers. I really enjoyed learning about Cate's background that lead to opening her events company. It keeps her busy by traveling and hosting all over the world. She shares the difficulties of launching right as the COVID-19 pandemic hit and all of her successes following. Join SDC: https://www.…
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196: Handjobs, Pegging, Mismatched Libidos, Husband Won't Let Me Initiate: Q&A
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I'm very excited about today's episode today! We get to address a lot of juicy topics, such as the following: a reluctant wife feeling pressure to give her husband a hand job a couple that wants to try pegging, but is unsure about it a frustrated wife that feels like all the effort she's making to improve her marriage is one sided and feels a lot o…
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Ryan: From Joyless to Joyful Obedience (Different Stories #2)
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Ryan shares his story of coming out as a teenager, coming to faith at university, and the gradual, ongoing process of reconciling his faith and sexuality. He unpacks some of the key things God has taught him along the way, including why following Jesus means gaining so much more than you lose, and why living a single and celibate life isn't a waste…
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Another sassy hot tub conversation between myself and Spencer after returning from an amazing New Hampshire trip that took an unexpected turn. Tune for all the laughter then head over to my blog to see some of the photos and additional thoughts. RSVP to Mizzy's Birthday Bash : www.mindbenderparties.com Shop www.mizzysboutique.com Join SDC: https://…
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Ep 159. Shootin' the Swinger Ish - Epsiode 3
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Jim and I really have no boundaries. In this episode we talk morning routines, travel discrepancies, work and overall life since seeing each other at Naughty in Neon in June. If there's a topic you'd like us to cover in more depth, email MizzyBender@outlook.com or if you'd like more clarify, reach out! For behind the scenes event photos and thought…
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195: Are You a "Sexual Over-functioner?" with Dr. Kathleen Smith
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In many marriages, there are people that feel like they do far more than their share of the relationship work, but why do they tend to take on the responsibility of their spouse's share of the relationship, especially in stressful situations? Intimate marriages are like a system like an air conditioning and heating system in your home. It works har…
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