

You Are Not Broken
Kelly Casperson, MD
Empowering women (and the partners who love them) to live their best mid lives. Combining the power of mind-work, body-science and relationships, I joyously smash the societal barriers that are keeping us from living our best intimate lives. Whether you are young or past menopause, single or in a long-term relationship, it is never too late or too early to realize YOU ARE NOT BROKEN. With humor, candor and ease, I break down the stories that we have been told about being sexual beings, to help us play, and normalize our intimacy and health. Nothing in this podcast is personal medical advice, of course.
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Mar 30, 2022 • 45min
149. March Live Podcast
March Live Podcast
· Thoughts on Joylux vibrator https://joylux.com/
· COVID correlating to hormone imbalance?
· Vaginal estrogen causing yeast infection?
· I have had a heart attack so doctors are saying I cannot do any sort of hormone therapy, is this true?
· How do you know when to see a gynecologist vs urologist vs family practice MD vs dermatologist for issues? I am 40 and I am interested in getting my hormones checked after about 6 months of unusual periods (skipping months followed by months straight of bleeding, spotting etc)? And, after hearing about it on your podcast, I think there's a good chance I have lichen sclerosis. Which type of doctor do I begin with for these 2 issues?
· What’s the difference between estrogen gel and cream?
· If a guy has ED, in your opinion, would the Phoenix device work or is this a ploy to get people to spend big money? https://www.getmyphoenix.com/
· How do you know if your estrogen is low? Is it just a test or is it based on symptoms?
· How do I “shop” for a more educated doctor?
· AND MORE!
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Mar 27, 2022 • 40min
148. I Want to Be Hard to Kill! - Mindwork with Dr. Jaime Seeman, MD
Dr Jaime Seeman aka Doctor Fit and Fabulous - is a board certified OBGYN. She has a passion for fitness, preventative medicine and ketogenic therapy not only in her medical practice but in her own life. She is the co-medical director of Upgrade Performance Institute. Dr Seeman was also Mrs Nebraska 2020, finished Top 15 at Mrs America 2021 and appeared on NBC Titan games with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
She tells us her story about getting unstuck and how to inspire others.
“I can’t ask my patients to do anything that I can’t do myself” – Dr. Seeman
We talk about the importance of changing our internal dialogue – changing your thinking
“Confidence is created through action”
How to create a life audit – we are who we surround ourselves with and who am I?
5 Pillars of Health
Nutrition
Exercise
Sleep
Stress
Environment
If you want to decrease your risk of diabetes – lift weights and prioritize muscle
What do you do when no one is cheering for you? We forget to parent ourselves.
Why do you think so many women don’t believe in themselves?
Her experience with pregnancy and sexuality and body image
“There is nothing sexier than a woman who doesn’t care about what other people think” – Dr. Seeman
We talk about post-partum sexual changes.
One of your areas of expertise is PCOS – tell us what it is and how you educate women on what to do about it.
The relationship of our diet and our thyroid
Facebook: Doctor Fit and Fabulous
Instagram: @doctorfitandfabulous
Twitter: @JaimeSeeman
YouTube Channel: Dr. Fit & Fabulous
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Mar 23, 2022 • 43min
147. Author Interview - Dr. Van Anders - The Heteronormativity Theory of Low Sexual Desire
Desire is Shaped by our Lived Experiences – The Heteronormative Theory Paper
Dr. Sari van Anders is the Canada 150 Research Chair in Social Neuroendocrinology, Sexuality, and Gender/Sex, and Professor of Psychology, Gender Studies, and Neuroscience, at Queen's University.
Dr. van Anders has published over 80 papers with research that sets out new ways to conceptualize, understand, and map gender/sex, sexual diversity, and sexuality, and also provides unique tools and theories for feminist and queer bioscience, especially within social neuroendocrinology and studies of testosterone.
Can we talk about Gendered behavior for a fast minute – a lot of people – majority people – might not know or believe that they are “socially gendered” – she explains this to us.
How does being gendered as a female affect our desire?
how some aspects of sexuality widely assumed to be hormonal, might actually be better understood with or alongside a sociocultural lens.
Okay – on to the mind blowing paper on “the heteronormativity theory of low sexual desire in women partnered with men” – Archives of Sexual behavior 2021.
- Why did you write this?
- You propose the heteronormativity theory of low sexual desire in women partnered with men, arguing that heteronormative gender inequities are contributing factors.
- Four Hypothesis
o Inequitable divisions of household labor
Women have less free time
o Blurring of partner and mother roles – its not that mothers aren’t sexual – it is that the relationship between mothers and those they mother is not a sexual one.
Nurturant experiences decrease testosterone and increase peptides like oxytocin and vasopressin.
Thinking sexual thoughts can change testosterone levels
How Cortisol affects our sexual response
o Objectification of women
Proximity to the norm matters for their desire
Women’s focus on appearance and being sexy instead of sexual
Ignorance about the vulva and clitoris negatively impacts desire in women partnered with men
o Gender norms surrounding sexual initiation.
Discomfort initiating sex contributes to low desire.
If women have to say yes everytime a man wants sex – this contributes to low desire.
“women’s sexual pleasure within heteronormative framings is fraught.”
Women’s duty for sex or inability to say no.
- What do we do now that we know this?
- Orgasm coercion is her future research
The Heteronormativity Theory of Low Sexual Desire in Women Partnered with Men
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-02100-x
https://www.queensu.ca/psychology/van-anders-lab/
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Mar 20, 2022 • 50min
146. Coffee and The Heteronormativity Theory of Low Desire
What if low desire is not your fault?
Join me as I drink coffee and read (and editorialize) the best sex research paper to come out of 2021!
The Heteronormativity Theory of Low Sexual Desire in Women Partnered with Men. by Sari M van Anders, Debby Herbenick, Lori A Brotto, Emily A Harris, Sara B Chadwick
Join me in a few days as my next episode will be an interview with Dr. Sari van Anders
Link here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8382213/
CME for this episode here: https://earnc.me/RxoV55
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Mar 16, 2022 • 36min
145. Getting Paid to Talk About Sex – Men’s Sexual Health Urologist - Dr. Amy Pearlman
Getting Paid to Talk About Sex – Men’s Sexual Health Urologist - Dr. Amy Perlman
Amy Pearlman is a urologist specializing in men’s health and genitourinary reconstruction in Iowa City.
We discuss a woman’s role in men’s health as a healthcare provider, family member and partner
How can a woman approach concerns with her partner – what not to say.
Sexual health can be a barometer of the health of a relationship
Tips for communicating sexual health issues
How women can hurt men with body shaming and their body functions. Men have insecurities too. Men and women are so similar.
Low T - how to help with lifestyle changes
– is it true that once you start you can’t get off 2/2 shutting down the testes?
https://uihc.org/amy-m-pearlman
https://www.instagram.com/amypearlmanmd/
March’s Sponsor is Tabu – to prioritize your sexual wellness
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Mar 13, 2022 • 39min
144. From Nun to Tantric Practitioner - Embody Your Body with Laurie McCracken
As a former nun, oncology nurse, holistic health coach, and energy medicine practitioner, Laurie McCracken is passionate about supporting the healing and transformation needed to reunite our sexuality with our spirituality. She knows personally the emotional, physical, and mental trauma this “disconnect” can create in one’s life. She has also experienced firsthand the profound healing and transformation Authentic Tantra® offers.
My deepest desire for you is that you feel good about and inspired by your own life! – Laurie McCracken
The body is the portal and gateway to our sexuality
Every orgasm is a glimpse of enlightenment
Working with our sexuality is vulnerable and sacred
She teaches us to do a simple pleasure journal to start on your journey of healing and embracing pleasure in your life
Once we heal our sexuality, everything else in our life opens up
We need to calm our minds to be present in our bodies
Pleasure is the antidote to the trauma in our life
What kind of lover do you want? Be that for yourself first.
https://lauriemccracken.com/
https://www.authentictantra.com/
March’s Sponsor is Tabu – to prioritize your sexual wellness
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Mar 9, 2022 • 52min
143. Brains and Pains - Healing Chronic Pain with Deb Malkin
Worldwide, the rates of chronic pelvic pain for women of childbearing age range from 14% to 32%
Deb Malkin is a plus size, body positive, LCS certified life coach, massage therapist, movement enthusiast, and client zero of her pain recovery coaching work. She had only been taught that pain is related to issues in the tissues and was never taught the link between the brain, nervous system and the experience of chronic pain.
Her mission has always been for people of all sizes, abilities and genders to feel at home in their bodies.
She shares her story of chronic pain.
The brain can continue and perpetuate pain long after the body has healed.
Why is chronic pain everywhere?
Does pain tell us lies or is it in how we interpret the pain that gets us in trouble?
The role of fear and being able to feel.
We talk about pain with sex and pelvic pain and tips for that issue.
The “perfectionist personality” and suppressed rage and how it is involved with pain.
The role of self-acceptance and body image and pain.
The process of just being aware changes your brain. The “lazy detective”.
“The brain talks to us in thoughts, emotions and body sensations” Deb Malkin
CURIOSITY IS THE ANTIDOTE TO FEAR
Recommended Book
The Way Out by Alan Gordon https://amzn.to/35vybLY
1:1 chronic pain coaching program - www.debmalkin.com
https://www.instagram.com/movewithdeb/
Podcast “Move With Deb” - https://movewithdeb.libsyn.com/
March’s Sponsor – Tabu
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Mar 7, 2022 • 42min
142. BONUS! - ISSWSH conference day 3 and 4
My last summary of the amazing ISSWSH conference!
Such amazing topics
Sex post baby
Porn in heterosexual long term couples - getting to the deeper issues
Pre-menstrual Dysphoria Disorder
Perimenopause
Sex after Pelvic Surgery
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Mar 6, 2022 • 27min
141. BONUS! Day Two ISSWSH Live
Welcome to Day two of my thoughts on the 2022 ISSWSH conference!
How to talk to your kids about sex
Sex after cancer
Sex after baby
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Mar 4, 2022 • 21min
140 - BONUS! Day One ISSWSH LIVE
Join me at the ISSWSH conference in Dallas today!
Resources
MYPFM.com
PROSANA.org
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