Awakening Women Podcast · Leanne Oaten

[Best of Replay] When You Don't Want to Have Sex with Your Partner

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Leanne shares how emotional invalidation can cause women to think they're asexual or have no sex drive.
Host Leanne Oten discusses why women may lose sexual desire in relationships, linking it to emotional safety, boundary violations, and abuse, and offers advice on setting physical boundaries and self-care.

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A steady reminder that lost desire can be a response to being hurt.

This episode keeps its focus where it belongs: on what disrespect does to intimacy. The core point is plain and convincing. When a partner is gaslighting, distant, blaming, or otherwise unsafe, desire can fall away because the body is trying to protect itself, not because…

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For when sex feels like pressure, not connection.

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