How can great sex change the world? Where does our inner critic come from? How can we break out internalized shame from not doing enough and being productive enough? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews sex educator, speaker, and therapist,  Dr. Liz Powell on loving yourself instead of punishing yourself. Learn more about your guest below: Dr. Liz believes that great sex can change the world. They are on a mission to help you have more meaningful, pleasurable relationships in life and work, as well as the bedroom. They’re a coach and licensed psychologist (CA 27871, OR 3068) helping couples and singles develop self-confidence and authenticity in their relationships, whether conventional or non-traditional. Dr. Liz has made multiple media appearances, including in Cosmopolitan, Playboy, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio show Ideas. As a sex educator, Dr. Liz has spoken on many stages internationally including the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists Annual Conference, the Guelph Sexuality Conference, and the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit. Their book, Building Open Relationships, is the newest way they are spreading the Great Sex word. Dr Liz believes that being confident in who you are is the gateway to great relationships and great sex - and great sex, according to Dr. Liz, can change the world. Learn more at  - https://drlizpowell.com -https://www.instagram.com/drlizpowell/ - https://twitter.com/sexpospsych -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3RYtjp03THS27JckeMoFuw Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Support The Show: If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course. https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach - Purchase The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-learn-to-love-podcast/id1505370543 - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the  Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

Sign up for our 8-week Compassion Cultivation Training with Mary here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/programs/compassion-cultivation-training/ How can we cultivate compassion? How can we best love someone through the process of dying? What does self-compassion look like if we get sick?  Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews meditation and compassion teacher, Mary Doane on Compassion through Life and Loss Learn more about your guest below: Mary Doane trained at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) and is a certified instructor of Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT©). She is Senior Instructor of Education Programs and a curriculum consultant at Zen Caregiving Project (formerly known as Zen Hospice Project), where she served as a volunteer bedside caregiver for over a decade. Mary has completed Buddhist Chaplaincy training at the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, and studied at Upaya Institute and the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. To stay in touch with Mary, you can follow her on Facebook and Instagram. Learn more at  -https://www.instagram.com/unfolding_compassion/ -https://www.facebook.com/MaryDoaneCCT/ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com

How can dating be a spiritual practice? How can we find new connection in a pandemic? What is this "compersion" I keep hearing about? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews dating coach and researcher Marie Thouin on Mindful Dating. Learn more about your guest below: Marie Thouin is a PhD researcher at the California Institute of Integral Studies and the founder of Love InSight, a Mindful Dating Coaching practice where she helps people of all ages, genders, and sexual/relationship orientations navigate the path of intimate love in a growth-oriented mindset. As a psychology scholar and dating expert, she brings her clients to find clarity and emotional healing within the dating process, and teaches them practical skills to create meaningful connections. Her research focuses on the experience of compersion (empathic joy) in consensually non-monogamous relationships. Learn more at  - www.LoveInSight-dating.com - instagram.com/love_insight_dating - facebook.com/loveinsightdating - Twitter.com/thouin_marie - Research website: www.WhatIsCompersion.com Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Support The Show: If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course. https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach - Purchase The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-learn-to-love-podcast/id1505370543 - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the  Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

How do our early childhood experiences affect our adult subconscious mind? What is co-dependency, and what is enmeshment? How do we find the balance between connection and closeness we seek in relationship, without becoming overly dependent? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews author, speaker, and co-creator of the Personal Development School, Thais Gibson on Codependency and Enmeshment For a limited time, use the discount code "learntolove30" for 30% any order at the Personal Development School: https://university.personaldevelopmentschool.com/ Learn more about your guest below: Thais Gibson is an author, speaker and co-creator of the Personal Development School. She is extremely passionate about personal growth, the subconscious mind and connecting with others. With an MA and over 13 different certifications ranging from CBT to hypnosis, Thais strives to continuously learn and grow.  Thais is best known for her contributing work and research on Attachment Theory and the impact of attachment trauma on our adult romantic relationships. She overlaps attachment trauma challenges with personal core wounds, limiting beliefs and emotional patterns at the subconscious level to give us deeper insight into ourselves and our relationships. Her book, The Attachment Theory Guide, was written on this topic and her Youtube channel often focuses on educating people on how to subconsciously reprogram this area of their lives. After overcoming her own challenges with addiction in her early years, Thais is profoundly determined to educate people on how they can reprogram painful or limiting programs in their own mind. She is focused on helping people retrain their brain to achieve relationship fulfillment, abundance and personal freedom in their lives. Learn more at  -https://university.personaldevelopmentschool.com/ -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHQ4lSaKRap5HyrpitrTOhQ -https://www.facebook.com/groups/461389461257253/ - http://facebook.com/pdsthaisgibson -https://www.instagram.com/personaldevelopment_school/ -https://www.instagram.com/thaisgibson/ - https://twitter.com/ThaisGibsonPDS Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

Is a drama free relationship possible? What is getting it, and what is hooking up? How do we step more into vulnerability, even with short flings? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews author and sex educator Allison Moon on Casual Sex and Community. Learn more about your guest below: Allison Moon is the author of critically-acclaimed sexual education guide Girl Sex 101. Moon is a popular sex educator, leading workshops on sexual pleasure and technique, polyamory, LGBTQ+ issues, and more. She has been quoted in Cosmopolitan, New York Magazine, and the Washington Post. Her other writing includes the story collection Bad Dyke: Salacious Stories from a Queer Life, articles for Bustle, and stories for the RISK! Podcast, Bawdy Storytelling, and various anthologies. Learn more at  - girlsex101.com - instagram.com/allison_moon - twitter.com/HeyAllieMoon Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Support The Show: If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course. https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach - Purchase The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes. - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What types of skills are of the most benefit to our relationships? How can we create an action plan for love? What boundaries should we be setting to improve our relationship? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews research psychologist, sex educator, and relationship coach, Joli Hamilton on Creating an Action Plan for Love Learn more about your guest below: Joli Hamilton is a research psychologist, an AASECT certified sexuality educator, and a sex & relationship coach. She holds a doctorate in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She has spent many years working directly with clients helping them improve their relationship skills, and is also a professor of human sexuality.  Over the past two decades, she has started more than ten business ventures ranging from clothing design to personal training to providing birth & lactation doula services, all while managing her own relationships, pursuing her graduate degrees, and raising and homeschooling seven kids. Learn more at  - https://www.jolihamilton.com/ - https://www.facebook.com/jolidepthpsych - https://twitter.com/joli_hamilton - https://www.instagram.com/drjoli_hamilton/ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

How can we feel more empowered in exploring our sexual desires? If our sex life is dead, how can we bring it back alive? How do we keep passion alive in the long term? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews sexologist Marla Renee Stewart, MA on Keeping Your Sex Life Alive. Learn more about your guest below: Sexologist Marla Renee Stewart, MA, is a sexpert for Lovers adult wellness brand & retailer (loversstores.com). Marla is a professional sexologist, intimacy/relationship/sex coach, speaker, and author. She is the owner of Velvet Lips, a sexuality education company, as well as Contract Liberation, a company focused on research for non-profit groups. As a faculty member at Clayton State University, she teaches Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies. As the Co-Founder of the Sex Down South Conference, Marla aims to bring diverse groups together to learn and share their experiences in the essence of being authentic and fostering sexual liberation across communities. Marla has studied human sexuality for over 19 years, has educated over 20,000 people in over 13 years, has given over 400 workshops, and has served over 100 clients in her private practice, all around the world. Marla has had her influence in the media, as well; she has written over 200 articles, featured in over 20 magazines and books, and has been on over 30 podcasts and independent television shows. She co-wrote her first book, The Ultimate Guide to Seduction & Foreplay (2020) with Dr. Jessica O’Reilly and is currently writing a chapter and co-editing An Intersectional Approach to Sex Therapy, coming in 2021. Learn more at * https://www.velvetlipssexed.com/ * https://twitter.com/1marlastewart * https://www.instagram.com/1marlastewart/ * https://www.instagram.com/velvetlipssxed/ * loversstores.com * https://www.instagram.com/loversstores/ * https://www.facebook.com/LoversStores/ * https://twitter.com/LoversStores Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What does it mean to manifest love? How do we identify when a relationship that isn’t healthy? What is our intuitive muscle, and how do we strengthen it? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews relationship coach, speaker and social worker, Jaime Bronstein on Manifesting Love. Learn more about your guest below: Jaime Bronstein is a relationship therapist, coach, and host of “Love Talk Live” on LA Talk Radio. She was recently named the #1 relationship coach transforming lives in 2020 by YahooFinance. For the past 20 years, Jaime has guided people from around the world as they navigate the peaks and troughs of dating and relationships. On her website and in her in-person and video conferencing sessions, Jaime teaches her clients how to heal their past, love themselves unconditionally, how to be vulnerable, tap into their inner strengths and intuition, and live more authentically to achieve their relationship goals. Jaime is highly sought-after to share her relationship advice on various media outlets such as KTLA, ABC, NBC, and CBS News, Thrive Global, BuzzFeed, Reader’s Digest, The Week, and Positively Positive. Jaime empowers her clients to become aware of the fact that they were born to have love in their lives – not just any love –the right love for them. Her book on manifesting love is currently in the works. Jaime has a BA in psychology from Boston University, a master’s degree from New York University, and a certificate in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica; enabling her to help her clients change their perspective; seeing each challenge in life as an opportunity to evolve as an individual. Jaime is fulfilling her mission of creating a positive impact while changing lives throughout the world. For inspirational content, follow her on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube Learn more at * https://therelationshipexpert.com * https://www.instagram.com/ * https://www.facebook.com/therelationshipexpert * https://twitter.com/theluvexpert * https://www.latalkradio.com/content/love-talk-live * https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHIGwBMMhohAD1VsMRvBHwQ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What does Judaism have to say about love? From a Jewish perspective, what does the love from God look like, and what does loving God look like? How can two people of different belief systems ensure the success of their marriage? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews Rabbi Judy Greenfeld on Intermarriage success. Learn more about your guest below: Rabbi/Cantor Judy Greenfeld is founder and spiritual leader of the Nachshon Minyan and Religious School in Encino, CA. Judy’s goal is to “reach out to people who have been disillusioned — the unaffiliated and the un-ful-filliated, and give them the dignity of discovering where they fit in the Jewish tapestry.” She serves on the Sandra Caplan Beit din which is a major center for conversion to Judaism. Her work has resulted in profiles in both local and national publications including the Los Angeles Jewish Journal, which reported, “Everything the Nachshon Minyan comprises …is imbued with a spiritual inclusiveness that has drawn a devoted and burgeoning membership.” R/C Greenfeld and her community offer support to interfaith couples who have decided to raise their children Jewish. Her passion is teaching, and updating adults to the modern, inclusive practices that come from the old Scriptures that all monotheist share. Her passion for each individual to find their spiritual connection to Judasim is palpable in every Worship service, lifecycle ceremony and class that she teaches. She is the co-author (with Dr. Tamar Frankiel) of two books, Minding the Temple of the Soul and Entering the Temple of Dreams. Hazzan Greenfeld has lectured and taught movement and prayer at retreats and synagogues around the United States. She has released two CDs, “Leap of Faith: The Nachshon Minyan Sings the Sabbath” and "When You Lie Down and When You Rise Up: Jewish prayers to begin and end your day." Judy received her Cantorial Ordination in 2004 and her Rabbinic Ordination in 2016. Learn more at www.nachshonminyan.org https://www.facebook.com/cantor.greenfeld Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What does it mean to live our truth? What does it mean to love ourselves? How can we become the master of our own minds? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews author and founder of the Institute for Transformational Thinking Ora Nadrich Learn more about your guest below: Ora Nadrich is the founder of the Institute for Transformational Thinking and the author Says Who? How One Simple Question Can Change the Way You Think Forever, as well as Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity, which was named as one of the 100 Best Mindfulness Books of All Time. She is a certified life coach and Mindfulness teacher, specializing in transformational thinking, self-discovery and mentoring new coaches as they develop their careers. Her work has been featured in Women's Health Magazine, Reader's Digest, Conscious Lifestyle Magazine, Fast Company, Success Magazine, Spirituality & Health, Elevated Existence, NBC News, LA Yoga Magazine, Yahoo! Health, and many more. Learn more at * OraNadrich.com * https://twitter.com/OraNadrich * https://www.facebook.com/AuthorOraNadrich/ * https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNadxVSPDteQbFf6mj394Aw * theiftt.org * https://www.facebook.com/TheIFTT/ * https://www.instagram.com/theiftt/ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/