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April 4, 2022 10 mins

In this week’s episode, I delve into the importance of a self-pleasure practice and specific steps you can take to create or deepen your practice.  Whether you’ve been pleasuring yourself for a lifetime or have never felt ready – until now – I’m grateful you’re along for this exploration.

1:56 Yes, masturbation can be a practice

2:10 What happens to our psychology when we hide or don’t share something

3:06 Our attention changes the object of our attention

3:24 Something fractured getting more whole

4:13 Masturbation as a full body, self-honoring ritual

4:51 Paying attention to ourselves is counterintuitive to our cultural programming

5:28 Quote by Eduardo Galleano

6:06 Pleasure is a pathway to inhabit yourself

6:58 I choose to be a fiesta.

6:55 An imagination exercise

8:00 Permission to make it up and let go of a goal

9:18 This week’s homework

Resources: In addition to celebrating the body, Eduardo Galeano (1940-2015) was a passionate advocate for human rights and social justice. Read more about him as well as listen to interviews here: https://lannan.org/bios/eduardo-galeano.

Podcast produced by Sal DeRosalia

Music composed and performed by Aimee Mia Kelley

Photo by Quino Al on Unsplash

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Dr. Jessica Tartaro

Intimacy Coach & Connection Facilitator

Pronouns “She” + “Her”

Telephone: 1 (480) 993-5562

Email: DrTartaro@gmail.com

Website: https://www.drjessicatartaro.com/

Contact me to schedule an initial, complimentary consultation – called an Exploratory – to explore the fit for coaching together.

Looking for tools you can immediately apply to improve your relationships? Tune into weekly installments of “Under 10: A Mini Intimacy Podcast with Dr. Jessica Tartaro

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