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The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show
What your sex life might be missing, with Charlene Douglas
Season 23, Ep. 9
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Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable? Psychodynamic and psychosexual therapist Charlene Douglas joins Liz on this podcast to reveal why we’re so afraid about seeking help for our sex lives.
Charlene, who you may recognise as the therapist from Married At First Sight UK, shares why we should really interrogate our relationship with sex and consider therapy, plus she shares the one thing that will improve your sex life.
Liz and Charlene also discuss why pleasure is often left out of the conversations about sex (especially during sex education), whether there is ever a place for pornography, and common issues couples come up against in their sex lives in midlife.
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Purchase Come Closer: Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask a Sex and Relationship Therapist
- Follow Charlene Douglas on Instagram
- Purchase A Better Second Half by Liz Earle
- Email us your questions at podcast@lizearlewellbeing.com
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