LOVERS by shan

Does dating in your twenties have to be trash? Or are people in their twenties just trash? In this episode, Shan brings on Andrea Desiree Lewis, her ex-business partner from the early “Those Girls Are Wild” YouTube days. Shan and Andrea dish on their worst moments from dating in their 20s and how it actually made them better partners today. Then, find out why Shan finds talking to her 23-year-old brother-in-law therapeutic for her 20-year-old self. Don't forget to leave a rating and review for this podcast! Follow Shan on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/shanboody  Join Shan's mailing list:  www.shanboodram.com/join  Follow Andrea Lewis on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/andrealewis  Watch "Black Actress" and "Beyond Complicated" on YouTube:  www.youtube.com/andrealewischannel

Is letting others love you naked a prerequisite to loving your body? In this episode, Shan talks with Sarah Landry — who is notoriously naked online despite getting horrendous comments on her body — about how to choose and love your nakedness in your own everyday, all day. Shan then brings on Jazzmyne Jay to explore how body positivity shows up in same-sex relationships and how fat-phobia has it’s roots in racism?     Don’t forget to leave your rating on this podcast! Follow Shan on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/shanboody Keep up with Shan by joining her mailing list:  www.shanboodram.com/join Follow Sarah Landry:  www.instagram.com/thebirdspapaya Listen to Sarah’s podcast “The Papaya Podcast” on the same platform you're listening to this podcast! Follow Jazzmyne Jay:  www.instagram.com/jazzmynejay

What do you do if you’re in a place where you’re madly in love with your partner, your career, your life...BUT you've also decided to put your sex life on the backburner…or maybe more accurately, in the fridge? Rachel Lindsey, the first African-American Bachelorette, sits down with Shan to unapologetically talk about her loving marriage and how it's far removed from the Fantasy Suite. Then, Shan gets Jared’s take on their current sex life...or lack thereof. Follow Shan on Instagram: www.instagram.com/shanboody Join Shan’s mailing list: www.shanboodram.join Follow Rachel Lindsey on Instagram: www.instagram.com/therachlindsay Buy Rachel’s new book “Miss Me With That” wherever you buy your books or audio books Follow Jared Brady: www.instagram.com/enjoyjaredbrady Listen to Enjoy the Podcast on the same platform you are listening to this podcast

So let’s talk about dating with mental illness. In this episode, Shan sits down with Eileen Kelly from the "Going Mental" podcast about her recent experience with being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, and how it impacted her dating/romantic life. Shan continues the conversation with author and therapist, Nedra Glover Tawwab, who has advice for how to talk about mental illness when you're in a relationship and how you can be a supportive partner.   Follow Shan on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/shanboody Join Shan's Mailing List:  www.shanboodram.com/join Follow Eileen Kelly on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/eileen Listen to the "Going Mental" podcasts wherever you listen to podcasts Follow Nedra Glover Tawwab on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/nedratawwab

What do you do if you realize that monogamy isn’t for you, and that realization leads to another even more terrifying thought… Who? How? What the fuck, now? In this episode, Shan sits down with her personal friend Rome Green Jr. from Dormtainment who explains why he knows monogamy isn’t for him and why he also knows that he may not have the rest figured out just yet. Then Ken Melvoin-Berg & Sunny Megatron aka Sex Ed Superheroes join Shan and her husband, Jared, to break down how they've navigated openness in their marriage and what do's and don'ts they've all learned. Follow Shan on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/shanboody  Join Shan's Mailing List:  www.shanboodram.com/join  Follow Rome Green Jr. on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/iromealot  Follow Sunny Megatron on TikTok:  www.tiktok.com/sunnymegatron  Visit Sunny's website:  www.sunnymegatron.com  Tune into Ken's weekly D&D live stream that raises for a sex worker mutual aid fund at  twitch.tv/thunderpantsacademy  Follow Jared Brady on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/enjoyjaredbrady

Can you get exactly what you want sexually without taking away something from what your partner wants? And if you can't...should you really care? In this episode, Shan sits down with Weezy from the wildly popular podcast, Whoreible Decisions, to discuss how the feminine femmes play down their expertise in the bedroom in order to not threaten their partner's masculinity. Shan and Lauren then sit down to talk about how this shows up outside the bedroom and impacts a feminine's their money, career, and relationships.   Follow Shan on Instagram: www.instagram.com/shanboody Join Shan's Mailing List: www.shanboodram.com/join   Follow Weezy on Instagram: www.instagram.com/weezywtf Listen to the Whoreible Decisions Podcast on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts   Follow Lauren on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thisislaurenelizabeth Join Lauren's mailing list: www.maketheshiftcoach.com/join

It's the last episode of 2021 and Shan brings together Jared and Lauren to share all that went on behind the scenes in making the podcast. Also, why doesn't Shan like the theme song? Follow Shan on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/shanboody  Join Shan's Mailing List:  www.shanboodram.com/join  Follow Jared Brady on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/enjoyjaredbrady  Listen to Enjoy the Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enjoy-the-podcast/id1526698004  Follow Lauren on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/thisislaurenelizabeth

Have you heard of a couple that's Living Apart Together? In this episode, Shan interviews Ev'Yan Whitney, a sensualist, and author of the book "Your Sensual Self" about how they and their husband decided to live in different states after being together for 19 years, while still continuing to be married. Shan also interviews her parents, who have been married for 40 years, to see there's anything they could learn from Ev'Yan's story to better their own marriage.   Follow Shan on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/shanboody  Join Shan's Mailing List:  www.shanboodram.com/join  Follow Ev'Yan Whitney on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/evyan.whitney  Follow Lauren on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/thisislaurenelizabeth  Follow Olivia Boodram on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/yourtravelwitholivia  Follow Brian Boodram on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/briboo1958

In this episode, Shan interviews comedian Ashley Hesseltine from the "Girls Gotta Eat" Podcast. You could argue that this episode is about women getting off with men partners without giving anything sexual in return, you could also argue it’s about the validity of blue balls, or that we’re here to discuss dating in a post me-too era. But what it really boils down to is rewriting sexual and romantic scripts, especially for singles. How do you end an intimate encounter where you want to end it...and have it be okay? Follow Shan on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/shanboody Join Shan's Mailing List:  www.shanboodram.com/join Follow Ashley Hesseltine:  www.instagram.com/ashhess Follow Los on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/blamelos Listen to Enjoy the Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enjoy-the-podcast/id1526698004 Follow Lauren on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/thisislaurenelizabeth

When people take that vow of forever, do they enter into that contract knowing that they don’t really mean it? In this episode, Shan sits down with Bart and Geo, who check all the boxes of #CoupleGoals: a marriage, a beautiful home, family, podcast and multiple thriving businesses, to find out how their recent divorce scare has reframed what #CoupleGoals means to them now. Then it gets personal when Shan, her husband, her sister and her brother-in-law admit to times when they almost called it quits. Follow Shan on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/shanboody Keep up to date with Shan by joining the mailing list:  www.shanboodram.com/join Follow Geo on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/geo_antoinette Follow Bart on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/bartkwan Tune into Bart & Geo’s new podcast on YouTube: Get Close Podcast - YouTube   Follow Jared Brady on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/enjoyjaredbrady Tune into Jared’s Podcast: ‎Enjoy the Podcast on Apple Podcasts Follow Lauren Morrison on Instagram:  www.instagram.com/thisislaurenelizabeth