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Welcome to The Intimacy Inquiry. Join us for open, curious, and non-judgmental conversations exploring the vast landscape of intimacy and sexuality. We delve into everything, including but not limited to, the value of good sex education to the importance of exploring and understanding our own bodies, overcoming trauma, and how to forge deeper connections with your partner, .Our expert guests include sex therapists, adult content creators, sexologists, authors, somatic healers, porn addiction specialists, marriage and family therapists, intimacy therapists, trauma-informed counselors, and many more.Using explicit language with respect, we fearlessly tackle topics like love, desire, passion, r…
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Candid guest interviews connect sexual wellness, bodily change and relationship choices to the harder work of self-knowledge.
The Intimacy Inquiry treats intimacy as something shaped by the body, self-knowledge, health care and the expectations people bring into relationships.
When feather dusters enter the conversation, your bedroom scorecard can take the night off.
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A calm challenge to self help culture, grounded in childhood imagination and the idea of inherent wholeness.
This episode treats a familiar self help script with some skepticism: that people have to be fixed before they can belong to themselves. Lacey Kelly, drawing on her work as a trauma therapist and founder of the Unbecoming Hub, keeps circling back to protection before pathology,…
Alexandra Bella's talk traces embodiment, consent, and the practical work behind making art with a body.
Alexandra Bella talks through a life spent treating the body as both self and instrument, and she keeps coming back to the moving body as a way to communicate, heal, and make work that matters.
A practical look at self-trust, dating expectations, and the ordinary details that shape intimacy.
Bri Collins treats dating less as a search for chemistry than as a way to rebuild self-trust and get clearer about values. Her background in HR, talent acquisition, and leadership development gives the discussion a practical edge, and she uses it well when talking through…
A serious conversation about pleasure, trauma, and care.
The episode follows pleasure and women’s sexual health through trauma, cancer treatment, menopause, and the silence that can settle in afterward. Dr.
A frank, humane look at desire, self knowledge, and staying connected as bodies change.
Dr Claudia Six offers a plainspoken, humane take on erotic integrity. Desire comes across less as a performance than as a conversation shaped by self knowledge, honesty, and being present in the body.
Candid disability sexuality support, handled humanely.
Lacey Kelly opens with the questions that have followed her since adolescence.
Alexandra Bella joins for a conversation about somatic awareness, creativity, and embodied art.
An interview with an erotic priestess and embodiment mentor about reclaiming erotic innocence and integrating pleasure, power, and truth through body-based healing.
An interview with Sydney Green exploring her work in non-monogamy, pleasure, and liberation, and her personal journey with intimacy.
An interview with a London-based professional escort about her work, the emotional labor involved, and how she navigates stigma and motherhood.
Bri Collins offers a grounded, personal look at modern matchmaking.
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Dr Claudia Six talks about erotic integrity, desire, and the move from early discomfort toward self-knowledge.
An interview with author and activist Tony Todd about her new book on love and intimacy, exploring her personal journey from shyness to writing about desire.
A sex therapist discusses her journey and the importance of open communication and self-exploration in intimacy.
An interview with intimacy expert Susan Bratton discussing her journey and the importance of self-love and sexual vitality.