Sex and the Psyche

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  S4Encore Episode: Zach And Sally Maxwell-The Relationship Framework Nobody Taught You 19.08.2026 51min

  Zach and Sally offer a fresh perspective on the skills and framework that can help couples better understand each other, communicate more effectively, and create a stronger, more connected relationship. Whether you heard this conversation the first time around or you're discovering it for the first time, this is one worth revisiting. Take another listen, share it with someone you love, and remember: a better relationship starts with better conversations. New episodes of Sex and the Psyche return soon. Until then, enjoy this Encore Conversation—and keep your questions coming!
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  S4Encore Episode: You Asked, We Answered. 12.08.2026 34min

  In this Encore Episode, Jenni and Daniel tackle the questions about sex, relationships, and intimacy that people are often too embarrassed, curious, or nervous to ask out loud. We dive into small penis size, casual sex, sexual rejection, and why rejection can cut so deeply. We answer these questions with honesty, humor, compassion, and a little science along the way. Whether you missed this conversation the first time or you're ready to hear it again, there's something here for everyone. Because sometimes the questions we're most hesitant to ask are the ones we're all wondering about.
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  S4E33: The Military Testosterone Test: Jenni and Daniel Unpack What No One Is Talking About 05.08.2026 22min

  When the Department of Defense announced it would begin testing testosterone levels in active military members, the conversation that followed was almost entirely political. Jenni and Daniel aren't interested in that conversation. They're interested in the one nobody is having — about what testosterone actually does, why it matters for mental health and sexual vitality, why too low is just as dangerous as too high, and why a number alone will never tell the whole story. They also bring it home for every listener who has never served a day in uniform: your hormones are a barometer of your wellbeing, your relationships affect your hormones, your sleep affects your hormones, and the antidote to all of it might be simpler than you think. No political positions. Just the clinical truth — for men, for women, and for anyone who has ever quietly felt like they weren't quite themselves anymore.
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  S4Bonus Episode - He Likes You and Your Vagina: Jenni and Daniel Debrief the Maxwells 29.07.2026 18min

  No guests this time, just Jenni and Daniel, riffing on what stayed with them after their conversation with Sally and Zach Maxwell. They dig into why relationship frameworks matter, how their own Roadmap to Intimacy maps onto the Maxwell pillars, and why love as a practice, like learning an instrument- is the reframe most couples never try. They get honest about sex as a transaction, the narrative you bring to it, and why the most clinically useful thing Jenni has ever said to a woman who feels used in bed is also the funniest: he can masturbate with his hand. He is choosing you. He likes you and your vagina. Plus Daniel's car dealership homework assignment which is genuinely worth pausing the podcast for.
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  S4E32: KarenBigman: Why Men Who Understand Menopause Have Better Sex 22.07.2026 42min

  Karen Bigman didn't start out as a sex educator. She started in technology, raised kids, worked in restaurants and then, in her late 50s, found her way to a sexual medicine practice that handed her a blue bullet vibrator and changed the trajectory of her professional life. Now she runs Taboo to Truth, a platform dedicated to dismantling the myth that sex is something that ends at a certain age, and her program Men Meet Menopause is teaching male partners how to show up for one of the most misunderstood transitions in a woman's life. In this episode, Karen joins Jenni and Daniel for a warm, funny, and genuinely useful conversation about menopause, intimacy, the cheesecake of pleasure, the compassion sandwich, and why women over 60 can have the best sex of their lives if they want!
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  S4E31: Deb Rubin Part 2 - Crop Tops, Instagram and Critical Thinking: How to Give Kids More Freedom Not Less 15.07.2026 23min

  Part two of our conversation with Deb Rubin, we dig into the clothing conversation most parents dread, the social media question nobody has a clean answer to, and the one reframe that changes everything: middle school is training, not punishment. Deb walks us through the questions she actually asks when her daughter comes downstairs in a questionable outfit, how she managed social media limits until junior year (and then let go), and why the parents who are strictest online are almost always the most lenient in the real world, when it should be exactly the opposite. Plus Jenni's clinical take on dopamine, and why building multiple sources of it may be one of the most important things we can do for our kids.
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  S4E30: Sexuality Is Not an Emergency: How to Talk with Kids About Sex 08.07.2026 48min

  Deb Rubin has spent over twenty years helping parents navigate the most uncomfortable conversations of their lives — and her core message is both simple and radical: there is no talk. There are only small, consistent, honest moments. In this episode, Jenni and Daniel sit down with their longtime friend and colleague to dig into the psychological mechanics of raising sexually healthy kids. Deb breaks down the difference between sexuality and sexualization, names the three parental responses that immediately shut kids down, and explains why the parents who get told everything are the ones who say almost nothing. Warm, funny, candid, and practically useful for any parent navigating these conversations.
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  S4E29: You Asked, We Answered: Small Penis, Casual Sex & Why Rejection Cuts So Deep 01.07.2026 34min

  No guest this week, just Jenni and Daniel, answering the questions you've been building up the courage to ask. They dig into why rejection feels like a survival threat, not just a disappointment. They tackle a listener's question about navigating a partner's small penis anxiety, and why confidence is the biggest aphrodisiac in the room. They explore whether men are biologically wired for casual sex or just culturally conditioned to perform it. And they break down all four attachment styles: secure, anxious, avoidant, and ambivalent. And how your childhood blueprint shapes who you pursue, who you push away, and why. Raw, funny, and clinically honest! This is Jenni and Daniel exactly as they are.
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  S4E28: BrookeBralove: She Healed Six Years Of Pelvic Pain In One Session - Here's How 24.06.2026 45min

  Dr. Jenni Skyler and Daniel Lebowitz sit down with Brooke Bralove, licensed clinical social worker, AASECT-certified sex therapist, and one of the most compelling voices in trauma-informed sexual health. Brooke introduces Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a brief, neuroscience-based treatment that uses rapid eye movement and voluntary image replacement to rewire the brain's response to trauma, often in a single session. She shares clinical stories of erectile dysfunction resolved in one visit, six years of pelvic pain healed after clearing a childhood memory, and a woman who hadn't had sex with her husband in six years discovering her desire again after one session. And Dr. Jenni shares something she's never shared publicly before. This one is genuinely unlike any other episode this season.
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  S4E27: Claire Rumore - From Diagnosis To Desire: Cancer Intimacy and the Road Back To Yourself 17.06.2026 46min

  Dr. Jenni Skyler and Daniel Lebowitz sit down with Claire Rumore- erotic educator, intimacy coach, and stage four pancreatic cancer survivor, for one of the most quietly profound conversations of the season. Claire is the founder of Cancer and Intimacy, an education platform dedicated to the emotional, relational, and embodied dimensions of cancer recovery that medicine almost always overlooks. She introduces her three-part framework for reclaiming intimacy after cancer: erotic grief, libido listening, and libido liberation. And she shares the personal story behind all of it- what it felt like to lose her sexuality during treatment, how she named the experience of coming back, and why she believes the conversation medicine isn't having may be the most important one of all.
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  S4E26: Lasting Longer, Less Shame: Premature Ejaculation & the Science of Delay Spray with Jeff Abraham 10.06.2026 37min

  Dr. Jenni Skyler and Daniel Lebowitz sit down with Jeff Abraham — CEO of Promescent, the leading sexual wellness brand behind the world's best-selling delay spray. Jeff's journey from semiconductor engineer to sexual wellness CEO is one of the most unlikely and deeply human stories in the field. He and Jenni and Daniel dig into the real mechanics of premature ejaculation, the orgasm gap, and why shame- not physiology, is often the biggest barrier to intimacy. A candid, funny, and genuinely useful conversation for anyone who has ever felt like their body was working against them.
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  S4E25: Zach and Sally Maxwell: The Relationship Framework Nobody Taught You 03.06.2026 50min

  Dr. Jenni Skyler and Daniel Lebowitz sit down with Zach and Sally Maxwell — relationship thought leaders, executive coaches, and co-founders of The Art of Conscious Love — for a conversation that will change how you think about romance.
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  S4E24: Irwin and Sue Goldstein Part 2: Beyond Viagra-50 Years of Marriage, Menopause, and the Truth About Female Desire 27.05.2026 31min

  In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Irwin and Sue Goldstein, things get deeply personal. After 50 years of marriage, Sue shares her own journey through HSDD, the medications that brought her libido back, and the menopause management she says has been life-changing. Plus: the truth about hormones after breast cancer, why so many women are in "hormone prison" for no reason, and the future of Vyleesi for women, and the surprising population also benefiting from it.
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  S4E23: Beyond Viagra: The Pioneers of Sexual Medicine with Dr. Irwin & Sue Goldstein - Part 1 20.05.2026 47min

  Dr. Jenni Skyler and Daniel Lebowitz sit down with the legendary couple who built the field of sexual medicine. Dr. Irwin Goldstein, first author on the original Viagra paper, founder of ISSWSH, and one of the most published voices in the field and Sue Goldstein, AASECT-certified educator and patient advocate, share how their San Diego clinic redefines bio-psycho social care, why most sexual health problems still go unaddressed, and the specific moments that changed the trajectory of the entire field.
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  S4E22: Susan Bratton on Expanded Orgasm, Radical Honesty, and 34 Years of Hot Sex 13.05.2026 53min

  Dr. Jenni Skyler and Daniel Lebowitz sit down with intimacy expert Susan Bratton — author of 44 books and programs, and one of the most outspoken voices in long-term sexual fulfillment. After 34 years of marriage, Susan shares what actually keeps a sex life thriving: expanded orgasm techniques, radical honesty, the truth about female arousal that most couples never learn, and why "anorgasmia" might be the wrong word entirely. A masterclass in staying erotically alive — on purpose.
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  S4E21: The Affair Isn't the End - Part 2: Sex After Betrayal 06.05.2026 33min

  In Part 2 of our conversation, Michele Weiner-Davis and Dr. Jenni Skyler go deeper into what real repair looks like after infidelity — including the questions betrayed partners ask that quietly prolong the pain, the unfaithful partner's essential role in healing, and what it actually takes to rebuild sexual intimacy when trust has been broken.
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  S4E20: The Affair Isn't the End - Part 1: Why Most Marriages Can Be Saved 06.05.2026 35min

  Most people assume infidelity ends a marriage. Renowned therapist Michele Weiner-Davis has spent her career proving otherwise. Dr. Jenni & Daniel talk with the creator of Divorce Busting about what really heals a relationship after betrayal — and the questions that quietly keep couples stuck.
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  S3BonusEpisode: Masturbation–Nasty, Nice, or Nourishing? Featuring Sex Educator & Author Paul Joannides 26.02.2026 12min

  In this never released short Bonus Episode from The Modern Pleasure Podcast with Dr. Jenni Skyler and Kim Kaplan, Paul Joannides discusses cultural issues surrounding women's sexuality, including the restriction of abortion and birth control, and emphasizes the importance of sex education. Paul shares a story from a college newspaper about young women's negative views on masturbation. Dr.  Skyler adds that these attitudes often stem from religious or cultural upbringing, and the conversation touches on the broader societal messaging around pleasure and sexuality.
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  S3E19: Lost Episode: The Guide to Getting it On-An Interview with Author Paul Joannides 19.02.2026 33min

  In this never before published episode from the Modern Pleasure Podcast which Kim Kaplan and Dr. Jenni Skyler co-hosted together, they discuss the challenges parents face in educating their children about sex and the importance of starting these conversations early with "The Guide to Getting It On" author, Paul Joannides. They also explore the role of religion and societal norms in shaping sexual attitudes.
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  S3Bonus Episode: Natalie And Dr. Jenni Role-Play a Mini Psychedelic Therapy 12.02.2026 10min

  In this bonus episode, Kim Kaplan, Dr. Jenni Skyler, and Natalie discuss the therapeutic use of psychedelics, particularly MDMA, for healing sexual trauma. They role-play a preparation session, illustrating the need to address ambivalence and fear.