{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/655b7c0c64b708001285b256/6798e1cfa234f420da2da142?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dr Marianne Brandon, PhD | Why We’re Having Less Sex - The Latest Scoop on Intimacy, Desire and Tech","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/655b7c0c64b708001285b256/1738071397374-9e079d93-2ad7-4fdd-8cd3-540572211f04.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Has desire for your partner changed within the course of your relationship? Do you feel like you and your partner are mis-matched in terms of desire? Are you curious to know what you could do differently to change this from a sex therapist with over 27 years experience? Read on. </p><p><br></p><p>Dr Marianne Brandon, PhD, joins us as we delve into the complex world of sexual dynamics, relationships, and the future of intimacy. As a clinical psychologist, sex therapist, and futurist, Dr. Brandon sheds light on the often-unspoken challenges couples face in long-term relationships, offering fresh perspectives rooted in evolutionary psychology and modern-day realities.</p><p><br></p><p>We cover:</p><p>👩‍❤️‍👨 Men and Women - why our sexual wiring is fundamentally different and why understanding this matters</p><p>🔥 Hijack Your Biology - tapping into primal instincts in safe, trusting relationships</p><p>📉 Why Desire Fades - the evolutionary reasons long-term relationships kill lust and tips on how to bring it back</p><p>🤖 Sex Tech &amp; VR Porn - how cutting-edge technology is both enhancing and complicating modern relationships</p><p><br></p><p>Dr Marianne says - we can’t solve a problem we don’t understand. This episode helps us understand our evolutionary instincts and just how much they play into our modern lives at, largely, an unconscious level - and rather than trying to suppress, ignore, or repress them, to accept them, give them air time, and an outlet. </p><p><br></p><p>Find Dr Marianne:</p><p><a href=\"www.drbrandon.net \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a> </p><p>Podcast - <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/0apSFzquJXKoOGnmI6ndgT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Sex Doctors</a></p><p>Blog - <a href=\"https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-future-intimacy \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Future of Intimacy,</a> Psychology Today </p><p>Marianne's <a href=\"https://amzn.to/4jBn5pA \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Books</a></p><p><br></p><p>Mentioned in this episode:</p><p><a href=\"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01792-x\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Female Genital Arousal: A Focus on How Rather than Why</a></p><p><a href=\"https://rbej.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12958-022-01021-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Effects of virtual reality erotica on ejaculate quality of sperm donors</a></p><p><a href=\"https://amzn.to/4gmNc0O \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Anxious Generation</a> by Jonathan Haidt</p><p><br></p><p>Want to watch this on video? <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpVgBgbtgoNBz3sRQauH5w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Subscribe on YouTube</strong></a></p><p><strong>Instagram</strong> <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/degrees_of_health/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;@degreesofhealth</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.canva.com/design/DAF6uea0cwE/S6IFQR7g0IoRiQiRkAIDyA/view?utm_content=DAF6uea0cwE&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_source=viewer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Disclaimer</a></p>","author_name":"Benjamin Hopkins"}