Welcome to Episode 447 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I’m excited to be joined by Dr. Patti Britton, who speaks to me about her new memoir Chasing Sex, the life events that shaped her as a pioneer in sex coaching, and how we can all cultivate pleasure and transcendent intimacy at any age.
In this heartfelt conversation, Patti traces the winding path from her “little girl named Patti” to the globally known “Dr. Patti.” She opens up about the matriarchs who modeled sexual confidence, the traumas she survived, and the counter-culture influences that called her to sexology. You’ll hear how writing her memoir became a race against time to preserve her stories, and why she now gifts readers “52 Lessons for Life” drawn from those pages.
Dr. Patti Britton is a nationally board-certified, world recognized Clinical Sexologist, known as the “Mother of Sex Coaching”. She’s the author of hundreds of articles, book chapters, forewords, and five major books in sexology. She is a proud member of the LA writers’ community, having studied Method Writing for over 20 years. She is published in several anthologies with a variety of her stories. Her memoir, Chasing Sex, Wanting Love, Finding Myself was released in 2024 from Balboa Press.
In this episode, you will hear:
· Dr. Patti Britton’s Matriarchal Role Models
· From Trauma to Thriving: Finding an Authentic Sexual Voice
· Why She Wrote Chasing Sex in Her Seventies
· Pleasure Framed as a Fundamental Human Right
· The Five-Level Touch Continuum Explained
· Transcendent Sex vs. “Good Enough” Sex
· Aging, Orgasm, and Embracing New Erotic Scripts
· Tips for Men: Shift From Performance to Sensation
· Keeping Desire Alive Through Novelty and Play
· Patti’s Free “52 Lessons for Life” and Ongoing Legacy
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