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September 12, 2025 64 mins

Join us in this special 500th episode where we have one of our favorite guests discussing her book which is so relevant to our mantra, 'Great Sex Matters… and we all deserve it'.

If you have ever wondered why great sex matters, then you are on the right track to understanding yourself, your body and the reasons why you need pleasure and intimacy.

Join us with Sex Therapist, Dr Nan Wise Author of "Why Good Sex Matters" as we discuss many topics from her book, like: How pleasure is a necessity, What drives intimacy, When our health is affected by our sex life, How shame and sexual repression hurt us, Why stress is the ultimate desire killer and so much more.

GUEST: Dr Nan Wise

BIO:

Dr. Nan Wise is a licensed psychotherapist, cognitive neuroscientist, certified sex therapist, board certified clinical hypnotherapist, and certified relationship specialist with three decades of experience. Driven by an intense desire to understand how the brain operates to create moods and behaviors, she returned to academia in 2009 to pursue a Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience at Rutgers-Newark where she completed her dissertation project, "Genital stimulation, imagery, and orgasm in women: an fMRI analysis" in August of 2014. Her research has attempted to address gaps in the scientific literature regarding the neural basis of human sexuality, and as a result, has garnered international attention.

Dr. Nan's interest in the biology of emotional well-being is both personal and professional. She was born into a family predisposed to anxiety and suffered her first panic attack at age 21 while working at a psychiatric hospital. Although she initially grappled with feelings of shame and embarrassment, she discovered that her willingness to be authentic about her own struggles proved to be a major breakthrough. By accepting her anxiety and embracing her personal quest to find ways to loosen and soften around it, she became a lifelong student and teacher of what she needed (and continues to need) to practice and learn.

Check out her new book on Sex: Why Good Sex Matters

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