In Bed With Alexa: Have Better Sex24 Sep

Can Pleasure Heal Trauma? Sex, Intimacy & Reclaiming Your Power (ft. Lauren Elise Rogers)

Sexologist Alexa Andre (@sexwithalexa) gets in bed with certified holistic sexuality educator and embodied intimacy & relationship coach Lauren Elise Rogers for a deeply honest conversation about sexual trauma, healing, pleasure, intimacy, consent, and reclaiming your relationship with your body.

In this episode:

Sexual trauma and sexual assault
Consent and coercion
Why sexual trauma can be underreported
Shame and sex-negative culture
Rape culture and normalizing sexual harm
Victim vs. survivor language
Why healing is not linear
Trauma, fear and helplessness
Processing an experience after it happens
Talking to a safe person after trauma
Trauma and the body
Accountability and taking responsibility
Apologies and relationship repair
Defensiveness and ego after causing harm
Listening to impact instead of defending intent
Asking curious questions
Communication and empathy
Sex educators and trauma therapists working together
Pleasure as part of healing
Reclaiming intimacy after sexual trauma
Sex after sexual assault
Pelvic-floor responses and sexual tension
Triggers and nervous-system responses
Neural pathways and creating new experiences of safety
Somatic healing and body-based responses
Shaking, movement, dancing and laughter
Orgasm and pleasure
Play as a healing modality
Trauma becoming connected to erotic arousal
Forgiveness vs. reconciliation
Boundaries after harm
Self-forgiveness
Healing within healthy relationships
Time, memory and healing
Why healing doesn't necessarily mean never being triggered
Reclaiming pleasure, agency and identity
Building a life beyond simply “surviving”

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Website: www.sexedforyou.com

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