The Pleasurehood Podcast

The societal pressure placed on mothers to be perfect, do it all, and prioritize everyone else's needs above their own is enormous. That's why it's essential to recognize and normalize talking about burnout, as many mothers often dismiss their exhaustion and disconnection as a part of the journey they have to manage alone. In this episode, I discuss the signs of burnout and offer valuable strategies to navigate and overcome it. This looks like asking for support, acknowledging the need for self-care beyond superficial practices, and reconnecting with one's sexuality and life force. I encourage you to let go of guilt and shame associated with prioritizing your well-being and reclaim the power to feel vibrant, alive, and turned on in your life. I hope you can use the practical techniques I share to process and transform the overwhelming energy of burnout. Conscious breathing, physical movement, and grounding practices have been essential to my own journey. By becoming present and addressing your feelings, you can begin your journey towards reclaiming your pleasure and the joy of motherhood. Burnout is not a permanent state mama, and it is possible to experience vitality and orgasmic pleasure on your path to healing. In this episode: 1:49: Addressing the prevalence of motherhood burnout and its impact. 5:27: Balancing multiple responsibilities and societal expectations postpartum. 6:41: Losing connection, creativity, and feeling overwhelmed. 08:06: Signs of mommy burnout: difficulty asking for support, feeling disconnected, loss of sex drive, neglecting self-care, and running on empty. 16:02: Acknowledging burnout and overcoming guilt and shame. 18:57: Techniques for processing and transmuting burnout energy - deep breathing, movement, and grounding. More Pleasurehood Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, you can leave a review and subscribe on your podcast platform. Goodpods: bit.ly/pleasurehood-goodpods Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy Spotify: bit.ly/pleasurehood-spotify Google Podcasts: bit.ly/pleasurehood-google-podcasts Let's stay connected: Sign up for the Wild Sexy Free Newsletter: https://justineaksoy.ck.page/pleasurehood-podcast www.instagram.com/justineaksoy www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood justineaksoy.medium.com www.youtube.com/@justineaksoy Download Your Radiant Essence: Your Essential Guide to Healing Burnout The tools you’ll learn in this guide will help you to powerfully connect to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. These three things are the key to learning your body’s language. Get the guide: bit.ly/radiant-essence

On this episode of the Pleasurehood podcast, I want to dive into a question that has been brought up time and time again. How do we maintain passion in a long-term relationship or marriage? It’s an important topic and one that affects many of us. Whether you’ve been in a relationship for a few months or several years, it’s natural for the intensity of passion to shift over time. But that doesn’t mean it has to dwindle away completely. There are many ways to keep the spark alive and reignite that flame when needed. In this episode we’ll discuss: The importance of knowing what sexual season you’re in. Understanding what brings you pleasure in and out of the bedroom. How to explore your sexual desires. How to have powerful and transformative conversations about sex with your partner. So, let’s explore some practical tips and advice that can help you maintain the passion and intimacy that is essential for any loving, long-term relationship.   More Pleasurehood Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, you can leave a review and subscribe on your podcast platform. Goodpods: bit.ly/pleasurehood-goodpods Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy Spotify: bit.ly/pleasurehood-spotify Google Podcasts: bit.ly/pleasurehood-google-podcasts Let's stay connected: Sign up for the Wild Sexy Free Newsletter: https://justineaksoy.ck.page/pleasurehood-podcast www.instagram.com/justineaksoy www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood justineaksoy.medium.com www.youtube.com/@justineaksoy   Download Your Radiant Essence: Your Essential Guide to Healing Burnout The tools you’ll learn in this guide will help you to powerfully connect to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. These three things are the key to learning your body’s language. Get the guide: bit.ly/radiant-essence Stay Wild, Sexy, and Free!

In this episode of The Pleasurehood Podcast, we’ll talk about the power of life transitions. Life transitions can be both exciting and daunting. They mark the start of something new and represent a chance to make powerful choices that will shape our lives in profound ways. No matter how big or small, these changes require us to adjust, grow, and evolve in order to move forward with confidence. Although life transitions can be difficult at times, it is important to remember that you have the power to make choices that will lead to a life of purpose and satisfaction. Taking the initiative to find clarity in uncertain moments allows us to approach our challenges with more intention and self-awareness. By understanding our motivations, we can create an action plan for navigating these transitions with ease. Making mindful decisions that are aligned with our core values means that we have an opportunity to live a life we love. When we focus on the present moment and remember our power to make choices, we can approach life transitions with clarity, courage, and confidence. No matter what lies ahead, you have the power to create a future full of promise and possibility. May you be blessed with the power to make powerful choices as you navigate life's transitions. May you live a life that is full of joy and purpose. -- If you enjoyed this podcast, you can leave a review and subscribe on your podcast platform. Goodpods: bit.ly/pleasurehood-goodpods Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy Spotify: bit.ly/pleasurehood-spotify Google Podcasts: bit.ly/pleasurehood-google-podcasts Let's stay connected: Sign up for the Wild Sexy Free Newsletter: https://justineaksoy.ck.page/pleasurehood-podcast www.instagram.com/justineaksoy www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood justineaksoy.medium.com www.youtube.com/@justineaksoy Download Your Radiant Essence: Your Essential Guide to Healing Burnout The tools you’ll learn in this guide will help you to powerfully connect to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. These three things are the key to learning your body’s language. Get the guide: bit.ly/radiant-essence Stay Wild, Sexy, and Free!

In this episode, I explore what it means to create a new paradigm for motherhood. A motherhood that is our own creation. That is rooted in self-love, respect for our children, and a sense of empowerment. I'll talk about how to approach the journey with compassion and grace, never forgetting that no two mothers are alike - we all bring something special to this amazing experience. I hope after listening you feel inspired to embrace your own motherhood journey - no matter how unique or daunting it may seem - and to find joy in each moment. Initiation into motherhood brings with it a whole new identity and can create an amazing opportunity for personal growth. It is a journey of learning, transformation, and discovery as you get to know your little one better each day. As you embark on this new adventure, remember that your journey is unique and special - and you've got this!   If you enjoyed this podcast, you can leave a review and subscribe on your podcast platform. Goodpods: bit.ly/pleasurehood-goodpods Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy Spotify: bit.ly/pleasurehood-spotify Google Podcasts: bit.ly/pleasurehood-google-podcasts Let's stay connected: Sign up for the Wild Sexy Free Newsletter: https://justineaksoy.ck.page/pleasurehood-podcastwww.instagram.com/justineaksoy www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood justineaksoy.medium.com www.youtube.com/@justineaksoy Download Your Radiant Essence: Your Essential Guide to Healing Burnout The tools you’ll learn in this guide will help you to powerfully connect to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. These three things are the key to learning your body’s language. Get the guide: bit.ly/radiant-essence Stay Wild, Sexy, and Free!  

Becoming a mother can be an initiation into an unfamiliar world; feelings like a loss of self and grief for one's former life may go unrecognized. Motherhood can often be a challenging transition and it’s important to recognize the grief that can accompany it. Feeling grief when becoming a mother is not uncommon or unusual. It is normal to feel overwhelmed by the shift in identity and lifestyle that can come with this type of change. That is why it is important to take time to sit with those uneasy feelings, ground yourself in the present moment and seek out resources that can provide validating support. In this episode I will share with you a grief ritual that has allowed me to navigate these feelings of overwhelm, uncertainty, and frustration, and turn them into a powerful elixir of change & new possibilities. When you become a mother change is inevitable, but this change doesn’t have to break you, it can be a path to a new identity, a new way of being, and a journey deep into the truth of who you are. I hope this episode leaves you feeling seen. Becoming a mother doesn’t have to be an isolating journey—we can create communities with other mothers and parents who also understand these emotions and can provide meaningful connections along the way. Download the Grief Ritual PDF: bit.ly/grief-ritual-pdf Get the Spotify Playlist: bit.ly/grief-ritual-playlist   --- More Pleasurehood Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, you can leave a review and subscribe on your podcast platform. Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEySpotify: bit.ly/pleasurehood-spotifyGoogle Podcasts: bit.ly/pleasurehood-google-podcastsGoodpods: bit.ly/pleasurehood-goodpods   Let's stay connected:www.instagram.com/justineaksoywww.instagram.com/pleasure.hoodjustineaksoy.medium.comwww.youtube.com/@justineaksoy   Download Your Radiant Essence: Your Essential Guide to Healing Burnout The tools you’ll learn in this guide will help you to powerfully connect to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. These three things are the key to learning your body’s language. Get the guide: bit.ly/radiant-essence   Stay Wild, Sexy, and Free!  

Attempting to process all that is happening in the world can leave us feeling overwhelmed, complacent, or burned out. However, there is a method that can help to stay present in these uncertain times. In this episode of The Pleasurehood Podcast I share my Breathe, Move and Ground method that will allow you to connect to how you are feeling. I'm firm in my belief that emotions are more powerful than any of us realize. For far too long we have silenced ourselves, disregarded our feelings and treated emotion as bad or wrong. But through my embodiment journey, I have come to understand that emotions are a great source of power. They allow us to connect with what doesn’t feel right in our lives and society, enabling us to make tangible changes for creating a better future - both for ourselves and those who come after us. While breathing, moving, and grounding are often the last thing we think of doing in moments of uncertainty – creating a ritual or self practice of breathing, moving, and grounding can help solidify an affirmation of safety for ourselves. When we feel safe, we’re able to act from a place of power, and not reactivity, and this my friend can make a world of difference, not only in our lives, but also the lives of others.     Enjoy this episode, and if you’re looking for more Pleasurehood goodness: Subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3O01dEy Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/justineaksoy Follow the Pleasurehood Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood Read my blog on Medium: justineaksoy.medium.com Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/@justineaksoy Download Your Radiant Essence: Your Essential Guide to Healing Burnout The tools you’ll learn in this guide will help you to powerfully connect to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. These three things are the key to learning your body’s language. Get the guide:bit.ly/radiant-essence Stay Wild, Sexy, and Free!

Pleasure is an expression of my power. Pleasure is the language that gets me back in touch with what I really want and need, so when I make time for pleasure it comes from a place of power within me. It's no coincidence that when we are feeling good, we feel powerful too! In this episode of the Pleasurehood Podcast we’ll explore what it means to be deeply connected to your pleasure & power, and how these two energies can not only transform your outer life, but your inner one as well.  Pleasure is the gateway to your power, and when you allow yourself to fully take it in and explore what feels good for you, that’s when you can tap into your deepest source of power.    ---  More Pleasurehood Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, leave a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3O01dEy Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/justineaksoy  Follow the Pleasurehood Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood  Read my blog on Medium: justineaksoy.medium.com  Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/@justineaksoy   Download Your Radiant Essence: Your Essential Guide to Healing Burnout The tools you’ll learn in this guide will help you to powerfully connect to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. These three things are the key to learning your body’s language. Get the guide: bit.ly/radiant-essence   Stay Wild, Sexy, and Free!  

The truth is that parenting in this day and age isn't easy. We're all feeling the pressure of the post-pandemic world, trying to figure out how to stay afloat while managing all the things life throws at us. It can be overwhelming and exhausting, but know you are not alone in this struggle.  But we can also use this opportunity to create something better for ourselves. A way of living that helps foster connection and community, one that allows us to take a step back and look at the bigger picture while still managing our everyday lives. We can do this by taking time to check in with ourselves and prioritize self-care, as well as engaging with our communities and actively looking for ways to support one another.  Let's use this time of transformation as an invitation to rebuild, create something new, and move into a better era of parenting with purpose.  This season of the Pleasurehood Podcast will have us diving deep into the hard and sometimes uncomfortable conversations that we may have been avoiding. We are going to be looking at it from our individual perspectives while also exploring how the collective experience can be different. I'm so excited to share these conversations with each other, learning and growing together as a unique community. It is my desire that this season will show us how much we all have to gain by having these honest discussions, leading us to greater understanding, healing and transformation in our lives. I invite you to join the conversation, whether it’s in the comments below, via social media, newsletter, or email. I want to hear from you!    More Wild Sexy Free Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, leave a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3O01dEy Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/justineaksoy  Follow the Pleasurehood Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood  Read my blog on Medium: justineaksoy.medium.com  Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/@justineaksoy   Download Your Radiant Essence: Your Essential Guide to Healing Burnout The tools you’ll learn in this guide will help you to powerfully connect to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. These three things are the key to learning your body’s language. Get the guide:bit.ly/radiant-essence   Stay Wild, Sexy, and Free!

In this episode I have a conversation with one of my favorite people, my dear friend, the sensual alchemist herself, Dr. Sonali Deepika! Dr. Sonali Deepika is a holistic sensuality coach and integrative physician, passionate about guiding people to honor the sacred nature of their bodies and to connect to the deep wisdom which lies within. She spent nearly 20 years in Chicago studying and practicing conventional medicine, specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry. Her path eventually led her to find her heart-centered calling to serve as a Sensual Alchemist to Women/Femmes of Culture, guiding them to their sensual sovereignty: embodied love, liberation and the license to expand the expression of their own true essence. My conversation with Sonali centers around the power of sensual sovereignty. We live in a time when our bodily autonomy and sovereignty is coming under threat time and time again. How we choose to practice our personal sovereignty is coming into question. That is why this conversation is so potent, because now more than ever it is time for us to define sovereignty and how we live and express that sovereignty on our own terms. Sensual sovereignty is more than just an expression, it is a way of being. It's a way of physically moving through the world, and a powerful way to connect with it. In my conversation with Dr. Sonali Deepika, we explore: How sensual sovereignty is connected to our inner experience in our body How to feel empowered around what happens in our own body, and what we get to experience in our own body. Our own relationship to spirit and divine. Giving ourselves permission to have soul expression through our bodies. How sensual sovereignty shows up in motherhood and parenthood. It’s such a juicy conversation, and it is my hope that you walk away with wisdom that deeply resonates with you. You can learn more about Dr. Sonali Deepika and her work by visiting herwebsite https://iamsacredground.com, or better yet, go follow her on Instagram - https://instagram.com/iamsacredground. I highly recommend her IG Live series Burn the Box.   More Wild Sexy Free Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, leave a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy  Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/justineaksoy  Follow the Pleasurehood Instagram: www.instagram....

In this episode I have a conversation with a very special guest, my business coach Tamsin Crimmens! Tamsin is a somatic coach working with (quietly) revolutionary female entrepreneurs, coaches, healers and world-changers who want to step into their own version of embodied leadership. She’s obsessed with helping best-kept-secrets who’d love to be more “industry famous” discover the medicine in their message, feel confident sharing it and get paid for being themselves. My conversation with Tamsin, in my opinion, is so incredibly powerful, because we discuss what it means to live in the full spectrum of life as a mother. Being able to expand our capacity to be with our pain, grief, and shame makes way for us to luxuriate in the full capacity of our pleasure. Pleasure can shape and heal our relationship with our bodies, allowing us to come home to ourselves, and feel safe in our body again. We also discuss how we get to change the script to how we experience wealth, health, and motherhood. We get to define motherhood & parenthood for ourselves and begin to create and shape that reality one step at a time. It’s a beautiful conversation that ends with some concrete ways you can start practicing pleasure today! You can find out more about Tamsin and her work by checking out her website www.tamsincrimmens.co.uk    More Wild Sexy Free Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, leave a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy  Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/justineaksoy  Follow the Pleasurehood Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood  Read my blog on Medium: justineaksoy.medium.com  Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCMUDLCHsYokwcd8rz0dk2fQ   Download Your Radiant Ess...

In this episode I had the honor of sitting down with the amazing and brilliant Vangile Makwakwa. Vangile is the author of 3 books: Heart, Mind & Money: Using Emotional Intelligence for Financial Success and The Holistic Wealth Manifesto Workbook and The Next Level You Money and Womb Journal. She’s a full time entrepreneur and the founder of wealthy-money.com a company that helps women of color heal ancestral money trauma so they can fall in love with their bank accounts, increase income and live their best lives. Vangile is also the host of 2 podcasts: The Money Magic Podcast and The Property Magicians Podcast. She has been traveling for 15 years and has lived in over 12 different countries and has been building her company as she travels. In this episode Vangile and I go deep into the mother wound. I am relatively new to the mother wound concept, but once I began reading about it, I couldn’t stop. It’s such a powerful theory that addresses the pain and suffering that patriarchy has caused in most women when it pertains to motherhood. Women have been conditioned to think of themselves as “less-than” and not deserving or worthy. This feeling of “less-than” has been internalized and passed down through countless generations of women. Women are often taught to prioritize relationships above all else. We are taught that accessing our power will prevent us from forming meaningful connections with others, and this belief can manifest into a psychic limitation on who we want to be, disconnecting us from our true self. Becoming disconnected from the core of who we are can create distrust of our own needs, feelings, desires, gut instincts, and perception of reality. The distortion often manifests itself into behaviors such as codependency and people-pleasing. Vangile and I go deep into all of this, and so much more! In our conversation we speak specifically on the experience of Black women, but these themes impact us all no matter what your gender expression. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! So sit back, get cozy, and prepare yourself for an expansive conversation. You can learn more about Vangile and her work at https://wealthy-money.com . You can also access a free training The 7 Day Tap Into Your Ancestral Money Wisdom Training. https://wealthy-money.com/training    More Wild Sexy Free Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, leave a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy  Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/justineaksoy  Follow the Pleasurehood Instagram: 

In this episode I explore themes that you have heard me speak about over and over again, but I feel it’s important to have these conversations over and over again, because when we hear the same or similar message several times, we hear it differently every single time, because we are a different person from the last time we heard it. It lands differently, it can be a much more potent message, and you will receive exactly what you need every time. Today I will share why I believe that pleasure is the foundation of everything! In this episode, I challenge you to define motherhood, parenthood, and pleasure for yourself. What does it mean to show up in your full self-expression as a parent? And what is possible when you are the prime example to your children of what is possible when you put your needs, wants, and desires first? Cultivating a pleasurable motherhood is something that takes time and intention, but it isn’t impossible. Now these views are all my own. I don’t expect you to agree with me, but I feel it is an important conversation to have, because pleasure is truly the foundation of everything, and it can truly change your life. How are you going to allow it to transform yours?   More Wild Sexy Free Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, leave a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy  Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/justineaksoy  Follow the Pleasurehood Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood  Read my blog on Medium: justineaksoy.medium.com  Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCMUDLCHsYokwcd8rz0dk2fQ   Download Your Radiant Essence: Your Essential Guide to Healing Burnout The tools you’ll learn in this guide will help you to powerfully connect to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. These three things are the key t...

In this episode, I had the immense pleasure of sitting down with the amazing Mina Aidoo. I titled this episode Motherhood, a Reclamation because motherhood gets to be an experience of our own making. We get to shape and mold motherhood in our own image, one that leaves us feeling deeply connected to ourselves, our bodies, and our families. During our conversation Mina and I explore: What happens when you don’t have the capacity for sex as a parent, and how to co-create a sexual relationship with your partner. The importance of trauma resolution & nervous system healing, being able to co-regulate with your child, and having emotional awareness of what’s happening inside of the body when your child is acting out. Why giving sensations & emotions in your body language can be transformative. How to practice putting yourself first, even when you feel dysregulated, numb, or burned out. The grief of becoming a mother, and releasing expectations of what your motherhood was supposed to look like.   Mina is currently teaching Women & Femmes how to access the hidden power of their bodies so that they can heal trauma, reconnect to their sexuality & sensuality, reclaim their wildest desires and fully step into their pleasure and purpose. She offers 1-1 Sessions, Groups and workshops.  Sign up for a free 10 minute Embodiment Practice: https://minaaidoo.co.uk/freeclass   More Wild Sexy Free Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, leave a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy  Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/justineaksoy  Follow the Pleasurehood Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood  Read my blog on Medium: justineaksoy.medium.com  Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: www.yo...

By the time you hear this podcast, the US Supreme Court will have overturned Roe V. Wade the historic case that made abortion legal in the United States of America.  I believe that abortion is healthcare. I also believe It is part of reproductive rights.  In the first episode of season two of The Pleasurehood Podcast I share my thoughts, opinions, and frustrations around why the overturning of this law will have devastating if not catastrophic consequences for so many individuals who are in need of an abortion.   More Wild Sexy Free Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, leave a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy  Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/justineaksoy  Follow the Pleasurehood Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood  Read my blog on Medium: justineaksoy.medium.com  Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCMUDLCHsYokwcd8rz0dk2fQ   Download Your Radiant Essence: Your Essential Guide to Healing Burnout The tools you’ll learn in this guide will help you to powerfully connect to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. These three things are the key to learning your body’s language. Get the guide: www.justineaksoy.com/your-radiant-essence   Stay Wild, Sexy, and Free!

In this week's episode, I have the pleasure of speaking to the Pussy Fairy herself, Azaria Menezes. Azaria is a trauma informed sex and intimacy coach that works with women, moms, and couples to figure out what that thing is that's holding them back in the bedroom. She supports folks to find their way back to feeling turned on, ecstatic, and orgasmic and out of the bedroom. Azaria supports her clients to reignite that spark back into their sexuality or relationships, so that they have the capacity to fall more in love with themselves and or each other. She also hosts the podcast, Getting Intimate, where she brings practical ways to invite more pleasure into your body, relationships, and sex life. Azaria and I have a fun, playful, sexy conversation where we explore themes like mom guilt – because it's real out here – navigating sex and sensuality in a relationship, creating non-negotiables when it comes to pleasure, taking time to explore all your identities that don't include being a mother or a partner, creating space for you to be your most free and sexual self as a mother, and so much more.   Find more about Azaria: Grab the free course, Your Pussy is a Portal for Healing: http://www.azariamenezes.com/your-pussy-is-a-portal-to-healing Getting Intimate Podcast: http://www.azariamenezes.com/podcast Instagram: http://instagram.com/azaria.menezesGetting Intimate Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/309842676890814    More Wild Sexy Free Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, leave a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy  Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/justineaksoy  Follow the Pleasurehood Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood  Read my blog on Medium: justineaksoy.medium.com<...

In this week’s episode, we’ll be exploring the sexual seasons and life cycles. Understanding what sexual seasons and life cycles I’m in has transformed how I navigate my sexuality and sensual expression. So often we’re operating outside of a season that no longer serves us or resonates with where we currently are in life. But society tells us that we must always be “ready” and “willing” to have sex, be sexual, or be sexually expressed when maybe that’s not the season we’re in. Knowing which season or life cycle you are in will allow you to have a powerful relationship with your sexuality and will lead you to a more fulfilling sex life.   More Wild Sexy Free Goodness: If you enjoyed this podcast, leave a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3O01dEy  Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/justineaksoy  Follow the Pleasurehood Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleasure.hood  Read my blog on Medium: justineaksoy.medium.com  Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCMUDLCHsYokwcd8rz0dk2fQ   Download Your Radiant Essence: Your Essential Guide to Healing Burnout The tools you’ll learn in this guide will help you to powerfully connect to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. These three things are the key to learning your body’s language. Get the guide: www.justineaksoy.com/your-radiant-essence   Stay Wild, Sexy, and Free!

What is your self love language? I believe it begins with making choices that are in alignment with who you are and building trust with yourself. We must be full in ourselves in order to find the love we desire, and by getting to know our inner selves deeply we can begin this process of cultivating self-love. Easier said than done, right? Realistically, living in self love can be as simple as embracing mundane moments and allowing yourself to become something new. It looks like loving yourself even when you feel stuck or messy. In truth, every small and simple action can be a ritual in itself. In this episode, I invite you to explore your own self-love language, whether that be yoga, lighting candles, praying or meditating, or any other everyday activity that you allow yourself to relish in. Ultimately it is about letting your inner self know that you are listening to it.

Do you know how to create safety and cultivate it in the body?Society often intellectualizes safety, while neglecting the importance of feeling safe first in the body. Feeling safe in the body involves physical, emotional, and energetic experiences of safety. And you get to define what that means to you.In this episode of the Body Love Series, I share my personal experiences of feeling safe and practicing hypervigilance, particularly in new environments. We get to reflect on the importance of setting boundaries, knowing when and how to communicate boundaries, and prioritizing one's well-being even if it means disappointing others. No is a complete sentence, being in the right relationship with yourself will allow your inner wisdom to lead the way.

How can you deepen your connection with your body and better understand its language? In this second episode of the Body Love series, How to Feel More Deeply in Your Body, we discuss the importance of listening to our bodies and understanding the signals they send us. In my own health journey, I came to the realization that I hadn't been taking care of myself in a way that prioritizes my vitality and well-being. Like so many of us do, I was coping with burnout through unhealthy habits. The reality is health encompasses more than just physical well-being – it also extends to the emotional, spiritual, and energetic. In this episode, I offer techniques for understanding what causes energy drain and stress in our lives, and how to address those issues through pleasure and embodiment practices. You're invited to try the body scan practice, a tool that I have used to tune into the messages my body is trying to send. By focusing on simple sensations rather than attaching emotions or stories, you can better understand how your body communicates and deeply heal your relationship with self.

In this first episode of the Body Love series, we explore one of my favorite topics - how to have better sex! And the answer lies in developing a deep, loving relationship to our body.Having a strong relationship with one's body has a direct impact on sexual experiences, intimacy, and connection. As we expand our understanding of pleasure through the body, we discover the key to experiencing and embracing pleasure in other facets of life. Feeling comfortable in one's body allows for complete surrender and reception during intimate moments. It is so important to question negative thoughts about your body, to challenge societal standards and unrealistic expectations. Appreciating how the body feels, rather than solely focusing on physical appearance, cultivates a more loving and intimate relationship with one's body. In a society that emphasizes the mind over the body, I encourage you to tap into your bodies' deep wisdom and intuition, acknowledging the transformative power of emotions and feelings.