What Excites Us!
A Podcast Discussing Sex & Sexuality
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The Latest Episode!
📻 The Latest Episode!
So picture this... two women on a podcast call, and within the first five minutes they both get full body chills at the exact same moment. That's how this conversation started. And it only got better from there.
Sharon Marie Scott walked away from being a healer because she was done with the language of brokenness. Done with shadow work as a hamster wheel. Done with the idea that you have to suffer your way to wholeness. Her invitation is wilder and way more fun... go straight to the thing you're most ashamed of. Celebrate it. Watch what happens.
We talk about the pleasure ceiling... that moment where something really good is happening and you unconsciously collapse before you can fully receive it. The Jenga tower framework for understanding your core wounds, which I have not stopped thinking about or talking about since we recorded. The dark masculine and feminine as energetic currents moving through all of us. And what it actually looks like to stop healing and start pleasuring.
Her book Forbidden Alchemy: Transmuting Taboo Into Erotic Medicine is the book she wished she had. And Flesh & Flame: Pleasure as the Portal to Divine Mastery is out now too. Go get both.
Sharon Marie Scott is an Erotic Mystic, author, and the architect of The Pleasure Renaissance — a global movement bringing pleasure, sovereignty, and erotic aliveness back into the center of modern spirituality.
Sharon Marie’s facilitation work spans years of teaching within the realms of erotic embodiment, kink education, and conscious relating. She has lectured for graduate-level psychology interns on ethical non-monogamy, led monthly discussion circles on sovereignty and erotic empowerment, and taught both hard and soft skills in BDSM and emotional intelligence.
She believes that when people know how to feel, inhabit their bodies, and create from pleasure rather than fear, everything changes... how we relate, how we lead, how we build wealth, and how we care for the world. Her work centers on full expression through the reclamation of desire, including the parts shaped by taboo and shame.
https://www.sharonmariescott.com/
https://linktr.ee/sharonmariescott
In this episode we mentioned:
Forbidden Alchemy: Transmuting Taboo Into Erotic Medicine by Sharon Marie Scott
Flesh & Flame: Pleasure as the Portal to Divine Mastery by Sharon Marie Scott
Women Who Love Sex by Dr. Gina Ogden
The New Topping Book by Dossie Easton & Janet Hardy
The Control Book by Peter Masters
Leading and Supportive Love by Chris M. Lyon
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Ep 72 - Stop Editing Yourself with Elize Simon
Ep 71 - Kink 101 through How to do it Right with Nyxie Noc
Episode 70 : From Purity Culture to Boudoir Photographer with Wren Morrow
Ep. 69 - What You Get Wrong About Non-Monogamy
Ep 68 - Reclaim your Radiance: A Panel Discussion from Women Thrive Summit Speakers
Ep. 67 - Feel Safe in Your Body Again
Ep. 66 - Why Chemistry isn't Enough: The 3 Pillars of Great Sex with Deborah Kat
Ep. 65 - From Survivor to Sovereign with Dr. Lisha Antiqua
Ep. 64 - The Hidden Connections Between Sex, Food and Health with Dr. Dawn Dalili
Ep. 63 - Conflict Happens, Now What? The Polyamory Paradox with Irene Morning
Episode 62 - Exploring Psilocybin’s Healing Potential with Amory Jane
Ep. 61 - Understanding OCD & Anxiety: Navigating Intimacy with Sarah Hazelton (Encore Episode)
Ep 60 - Aging and the Power of Pleasure
Ep. 59 - Asexuality and Aromanticism with Aubri Lancaster
Ep. 58 - Building Connection Using Rope & Scents with Francis Bollwage
Episode 57 - From Monogamy to Polyamory to Celibacy: A Journey with Jay House
Ep. 56 - Reclaim the Lifegasm You Deserve with Dr. Fanny Leboulanger
Ep. 55 - Attachment Styles and Intimacy with Shelby Avann
Ep. 54 - Unlocking Confidence Through Kink - Gwyn with Amy Rowan from The Unlocking Intimacy Summit
Ep. 53 - Ask Auntie Julia's Connection Camp
Ep. 52 - Body Sex & More with Jennifer Rahner
Ep. 51 - Tell-All with Blue
Episode 50 : Folklore & Sex Ed with Jeana Jorgensen
Ep. 49 - Exploring Sexual Fantasies as Transformative Stories with Artemesia de Vine
Ep. 48 - Lady Vivus - The Kinky Cruise Director
Ep. 47 - Marisa Hunter - The Legendary Gleaux Heaux
Ep. 46 - HypnoKink from the Bottom's Perspective with Panda
Ep. 45 - Hypno Kink with HypnoStory part 2
Ep. 44 - Hypno Kink with HypnoStory part 1
Ep. 43 - Intimacy Guide Michelle Renee
Ep. 42B - The Raw Conversation with Mollena Lee Williams-Haas
Ep. 42 - The Kink Doula - Mollena Lee Williams-Haas
Ep. 41 - Jamie Cawelti of Sex Positive World
Ep. 40 - Tell all with FinDom Master Arch
Ep. 39 - Tonya Holliday of Swipe Left (or Right) Podcast
Ep. 38 - Exploring Light and Dark Eros with Lucia Gabriela
Episode 37 : Body Shame Affects Men Too
Ep. 36 Empowering Fertility Awareness with Sam Leeson
Ep. 35 - The Burlesque Hall of Fame with director Dustin M. Wax
Ep. 34 - Exploring Lingerie with Luna Pearl
Ep. 33 - Pleasure Healing with Valerie Schrader
Ep 32 - Yin Yoga for Sexual Health with Katie Z
Ep. 31 - Tell All with Baggins
Ep. 30 - OCD & Intimacy with Sarah Hazelton
Ep. 29 - Nonmonogamy and Neurodiversity: A Match Made in Brain Heaven with author Alyssa Gonzalez
Ep 28 - Tell All + with d20 Domme
Ep. 27 - Kaytlin Bailey from Old Pros
Ep 26 - Gwyn on Bitch You Need To Hear This by Katie Ploss
Ep 25 - Listener Questions and Updates
Ep. 24 - Essential Oils to Ease Peri- and Menopause Symptoms with Kim Benoy
Ep. 23 - Ask Auntie Julia - Working with Teens with Julia Sheldon
Ep. 22 - Using Oracles to Inspire Play & Venus in Gemini with Linda River Valente
Ep. 21 - Pleasure is Healing with Melody Joyce
Ep. 20 - Keep it REAL for Consistently Great Sex
Ep. 19 - PCOS with The Hormone Dietitian, Melissa Groves Azzaro
Ep. 18 - Relationship and Romance Expert Alicia Davon
Ep. 17 - Tell All with Aetherius
Ep. 16 - Why Pleasure is Important
Ep. 15 - Chronic Pain & Sex with Angel Rowe
Ep. 14 - Tell All with Shahn - From Stone to Shahn
Ep. 13 - Donor Conceived Reunion
Ep. 12 - the InnThrall (kinky) B&B
Ep 11 - What is Transpersonal Coaching with Erik House
Ep 10 - Intersectional Coaching with Angela Locashio
Ep. 9 - Tell All with Wanda
Ep. 8 - Sexual Healing with Nanette Minley
Ep. 7 - The Clitardis
Ep. 6 - Sex Coach Lex
Ep. 5 - Astrology with Linda River Valente
Ep. 4 - Ico from The Enlightened Consent Foundation
Ep. 3 - Tidbits of Sexuality with Shahn
Ep. 2 - Tell All with E
Ep. 1 - Introducing What Excites Us!