Gird Your Loins: Dr. Celeste Holbrook Delivers the “Sex Talk” You Never Had but Deserved

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Today’s episode might have you clutching your pearls and your purity rings. Jen and Amy sit down with Dr. Celeste Holbrook—sexologist, educator, and author of Missionary Position: A Slightly Irreverent Guide to Sex After Purity Culture—for the candid, hilarious, and healing conversation about sex you always needed but never got. From busting purity culture myths to unpacking our complicated relationships with pleasure, Dr. Holbrook’s compassionate, no-nonsense approach will have you laughing, learning, and maybe rethinking everything you’ve been told about intimacy. Highlights include: Why women often have a complicated relationship with pleasure Dr. Holbrook’s prescription for the best sexy-time soundtrack The four “inner missionaries” (Analyst, Assassin, Healer, Explorer) and what they reveal about your approach to sex A surprising link between golf carts and ejaculate How purity culture, patriarchy, and capitalism combine into an “oppression cocktail” A Jason Momoa-inspired exercise that sparks a hilarious detour into sexual ethics Quotes from Dr. Holbrook: “When I say sex education saved my relationship, I am not being bombastic. It really did help me find myself.” “We view sex through a patriarchal lens… what if I’m not all of those things? Am I still sexy? Is my body still OK?” “The work for us, especially as women, is to anchor into our body to experience sensuality instead of perform sex.” Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Jen Hatmaker’s Sex MeCourse: SexEd For the Rest of Us - https://shop.jenhatmaker.com/products/sex-101 Pantsuit Politics - https://www.instagram.com/pantsuitpolitics/ Missionary Position: A Slightly Irreverent Guide to Sex after Purity Culture by Dr. Celeste Holbrook - https://amzn.to/46StjOa For the Love of Men by Liz Plank – https://amzn.to/41JtRSS Say Yes to Pleasure: How to Talk About Sex and Rekindle Intimacy in Midlife with Vanessa Marin – https://jenhatmaker.com/podcasts/series-64/say-yes-to-pleasure-how-to-talk-about-sex-and-rekindle-intimacy-in-midlife-with-vanessa-marin/ A Tribe Called Quest – https://atribecalledquest.com/blogs/discography The Pleasure Club - https://www.drcelesteholbrook.com/https/thepleasureclub Guest’s Links: Website - https://www.drcelesteholbrook.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drcelesteholbrook/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DrCelesteHolbrook/ Connect with Jen! Jen’s Website - https://jenhatmaker.com/ Jen’s Instagram - https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/ Jen’s Facebook - https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker The For the Love Podcast is presented by Audacy.

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