The Trouble with Sex
Relationship & Sex Therapist Dr. Tammy Nelson gets up close and personal with leading, sex-positive experts and influencers to examine hot topics and answer your questions about pleasure, sexuality, relationships and the most forbidden aspects of the human experience.
Episodes
82 episodes
Gabor Maté on Sex, Relationships & Trauma
Amid the devastating LA fires, Dr. Tammy talks with the esteemed Dr. Gabor Maté about how our childhood wounding impacts our families, relationships, and our sex lives. OUR GUEST...
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Season 8
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Episode 80
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1:10:50
Spirituality, Relationships & Sacred Sex
What happens when a sex therapist and a rabbi fall in love?... Dr. Tammy talks with Sylvia Rosenfeld and Terry Bookman about how they found love later in life, spiritual connection, and how to move past the shame around sex that some reli...
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Season 8
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Episode 79
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35:34
Setting Boundaries That Stick
Dr. Tammy talks with Juliane Taylor Shore about how setting boundaries can change your neurobiology to help you rewire your brain to feel safe, connected, and empowered in your relationships.
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Season 8
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Episode 78
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36:16
Love Every Day
Dr. Tammy sits down with the brilliant Dr. Alexandra H. Solomon to talk about becoming an empty nester, the intersection between ambition and intimacy, relationship superpowers, sex, and her latest ...
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Season 8
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Episode 77
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51:03
Ketamine as a Tool in Couples Therapy
Dr. Tammy talks with relationship therapists and KAP Practitioners, Jayne Gumpel and Sylvia Rosenfeld about Ketamine Assisted Couples Therapy as a tool for couples to help break through barriers, foster connection, and see their issues in a new...
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Season 8
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Episode 76
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50:56
The Cuddlist & Human Connection Coach
Dr. Tammy talks with Cuddlist and Human Connection Coach Michelle Renee about how cuddle therapy and surrogate partner therapy can help people struggling with intimacy become more comfortable in their bodies, learn to regulate their nervous sys...
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Season 8
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Episode 75
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45:03
Attachment Theory & Being Polywise
Dr. Tammy continues the conversations about consensual non-monogamy as she talks with therapist and author Jessica Fern about translating the principles of attachment theory to non-monogamous and open relationships.DR. TAMMY WANTS TO...
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Season 8
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Episode 74
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34:21
Summing It Up: The Monogamy Continuum
As our special series on Open Monogamy comes to a close, Dr. Tammy looks back on the relationships, sex lives and experiences of our brave guests, summarizing where they land on the Monogamy Continuum. Take the
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Season 7
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Episode 73
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22:14
Three's Company: Life as a Throuple
Dr. Tammy talks with Rachael, Kasey and Aaron about their life together in a monogamous triad. Hear why they chose this path, and how they keep their relationship peaceful, balanced and thriving.In this special 9- Part series on O...
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Season 7
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Episode 72
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45:32
The Poly Anarchist
Dr. Tammy talks with Sergio about practicing polyamory with an anarchist structure. Find out how he balances his eight different partners and his very busy calendar! In this special 9- Part series on Open Monogamy, Dr. Tammy ...
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Season 7
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Episode 71
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53:25
The Committed Swingers
Dr. Tammy interviews self-identifying swingers and dedicated polyamorists, CJ and Linwood. Find out how they made the ultimate long distance relationship work, and how they now balance family, entertaining sexy friends and their commitment to e...
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Season 7
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Episode 70
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41:47
This Works for Me
As a young girl in Catholic school, Maria thought she'd become a nun. Instead she married young, started a family and a successful career. After the trauma of 911 and her husband falling ill, they both agreed Maria needed extracurricular relati...
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Season 7
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Episode 69
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41:48
My Husband Picks My Lovers
Synthea and Randy tried swinging but decided that Synthea wanted a more unconventional form of open relationship. She enjoys sleeping with younger men, and Randy helps her find her lovers. Hear how it all works for them, why they do it, and the...
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Season 7
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Episode 68
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38:36
Being the Other Man
Meet Chris, a regular guy living in small town USA, as he shares with Dr. Tammy his experience going from a traditional monogamous marriage, through divorce, to an open relationship with an older, married woman he met on Ashley Madison. Hear wh...
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Season 7
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Episode 67
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38:00
Finding MORE
Dr. Tammy kicks off the Open Monogamy series talking with Molly Roden Winter, New York Times best-selling author of
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Season 7
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Episode 66
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53:10
INTRODUCING! The Open Monogamy Series - What is Open Monogamy?
WELCOME TO OUR 9-PART SERIES ON OPEN MONOGAMY!In this episode, Dr. Tammy introduces this special series on Open Monogamy, inviting listeners to explore, along with her, the growing trend of people choosing to live and love...
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Season 7
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Episode 65
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10:45
To Be Loved
Dr. Tammy sits down with world renowned psychiatrist, therapist and trauma specialist, Dr. Frank Anderson to discuss his new and deeply personal memoir To Be Lo...
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Season 6
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Episode 64
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53:05
Gender Magic
Dr. Tammy sits down with therapist, author and gender specialist Rae McDaniel to talk about the pleasure of self discovery, language and labels around gender, and their book
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Season 6
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Episode 62
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36:08
What Is Your Blueprint for Pleasure?
Dr. Tammy talks with Jaiya, the award-winning somatic sexologist and author of Your Blueprint for Pleasure, about how discovering what turns you ...
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Season 6
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Episode 62
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45:19
Dating a Chatbot
Dr. Tammy and Dr. Amy Marsh explore the thrilling positives, as well as the potential emotional pitfalls of AI erotic role play, dating a chatbot and the future of sex...DR. TAMMY WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS about Sex, Love & ...
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Season 6
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Episode 61
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38:04
Working Through Conflicts in Your Relationship
Dr. Tammy sit downs with one of the world's foremost relationship experts and best-selling author, Dr. Stan Tatkin, to talk about the biology of relationships, the most common conflicts couples face, and how to overcome them in his new book
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Season 6
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Episode 60
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39:09
Better Man
This episode is not about the Pearl Jam song - well not exactly... Dr. Tammy talks with therapist and author Eric FitzMedrud about consent, modern masculinities, sex, and how to be a 'Better Man' to build more fulfilling relationships.
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Season 6
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Episode 59
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33:45
Swinging & Other Alternative Relationships
Dr. Tammy talks with podcaster, writer and relationship coach Ginger Bentham about her Life on the Swingset, multi-partnering and how to ethically love outside the 'norm'.DR. TAMMY WANTS T...
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Season 6
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Episode 58
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44:20