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The Sex & Podcast with Meagan Narvaez30: Bouncing Back After Baby with Danina AveryDanina Avery is a Birth & Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, and Breastfeeding Counselor who lives in south Florida. She provides services in the Miami-Dade, Broward, and West Palm Beach counties. Her biggest pursuit as a doula is to educate and instill the confidence in birthing families to be able to make decisions that fit best with their lifestyle. She decided to become a doula after her own birth and postpartum doula created such a difference in her, and her husband's, passage into parenthood. Serving all types of births – in homes, birthing centers, or hospitals, has brought so much fulfillment to he...
2020-10-1338 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan Narvaez29 ENCORE: Sex & Stomping on Cerebral Palsy with Tylia FloresTylia Flores is a 24-year-old born with cerebral palsy. Although her condition has affected her mobility, it has never affected her will and determination to make a difference in the world. Through her many life challenges and obstacles, she discovered her passion for writing. Tylia’s goal in life is to share her stories with the world. In doing so, she hopes to help others with disabilities realize that they, too, have the potential to make their dreams come true.
This episode was previously published on 2/22/2020
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2020-09-231h 16
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan Narvaez28: Trauma Healing through Kink with Shanae "HonestlyNae" AdamsKink/BDSM comes with a mix of taboo and curiosity. For those passionate about kink and are involved in the community, we see the ways that participating in kink is healing work. In this episode, I talk to Shanae “HonestlyNae” Adams (she/they) about her work as a Professional Domme, and the ways the experience has been transformative for them and their clients. For those with melanated skin, like Shanae, finding welcoming spaces can be a challenge, but it doesn’t stop her from entering those spaces and taking up the space she and her Black peers deserve to be inc...
2020-09-1051 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan Narvaez27: Mothering Hope: A Queer Doula Trying to Get Pregnant with Liam MartzLiam and her wife, Carrie, have been trying to have a baby for about a year. In the beginning, there was a romanticized feeling about what it would be like to conceive. The experience was intimate, sensual, and brought the couple closer together. Month after month of unsuccessful attempts to get pregnant shifted the experience from joy to misery. As the one who would be pregnant, Liam never anticipated the dysphoria, dissociation, and trauma of having to put sperm, or “the material”, inside her body. She and her wife also didn’t anticipate the emotional toll it would take on the...
2020-09-0343 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan Narvaez26: ENCORE: Sex & Suppression of the True Self, Alcohol Addiction with Roberta GarciaRoberta Garcia is a trans-female born in the South and now lives in Seattle. Growing up, she knew she was different, but didn’t have the language for why. Her family told her to stop acting and sounding feminine *insert limp wrist here*. When she was a teenager, still living as a male, Roberta was raped by a male. This period began her chronic battle with alcoholism, which became so severe that Roberta needed a liver transplant –– almost losing her life.
Roberta, fortunately, had a supporting, loving, accepting wife in Debra. As Roberta began to understand that she wa...
2020-08-281h 23
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan Narvaez25: Don't Underestimate Your Pleasure Journey with Windy (@sexedliberator)Windy (she/they pronouns) is a 29-year-old self-liberator advocate and pleasure activist. She identifies as Afro Caribbean/Haitian and pansexual.
In this episode, Windy takes us on her journey to pleasure starting from when she began to question the sexual expression and education she learned in Haiti. Haiti, formally a French colony, still sees sexuality from a colonized perspective aka the way the French did. Windy recognizes how her culture sees sexuality is disconnected and has been lost through time, but that hasn’t stopped her from wanting to find what sexuality means to her.
In...
2020-08-2147 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan Narvaez24: Feeling Sexy and Free Spirited with Lindsey GravesLindsey Graves is a San Diego based Registered Nurse, Yoga teacher, and plant lady. She has also been sober from alcohol, or as she calls it, free of spirits, since 12/18/18.
In the episode, Lindsey shares her journey to a Free Spirited life and the self-growth she has made in an alcohol-free mindset. Lindsey now has room to focus on her creativity, yoga practice, feminine energy, and self-esteem. Lindsey feels sexier and more present in her sex life now than she did while drinking.
In this episode, we talk about the difference between substance sex and so...
2020-08-0949 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan Narvaez23: Sex & Beating Life Circumstances with Damien EdwardsDamien Edwards is a cis-male, gay African American. He is also a Texas native and the eldest of three kids. Growing up in Mansfield, Texas, a town with a history of being prejudiced and racist, he didn’t always feel like he had the freedom to be his authentic self. Through the years, Damien spent his time discovering who he wanted to be and what groups he fit into. Years of being questioned and ridiculed for things he could not change made him self-conscious. Damien is also a people pleaser and loves to help people in need. This, combined wi...
2020-08-021h 07
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan Narvaez22: The Safe Word is Pineapple: Communicating Your Sexual NeedsCommunication is key to having pleasurable sex. Not just what your turn-ons and turn-offs are, but also what are your hurts, your physical limitations, and when it’s time to pause because you’re getting triggered.
In this episode, host, Meagan Narvaez, talks about best practice communication through each stage of sex: before, during, and after.
Mentioned in the show is Dr. Lindsey Doe of Sexplanations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoYxd3E3UXU
Pineapple Support:
https://pineapplesupport.org/
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2020-07-2734 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan Narvaez21: Breaking the Myths on Alcohol and Sex with POP BuchananJosephe "Pop" Buchanan is an American artist, author, activist, and podcaster. He is all about positivity and spreads the message of God, love, and sobriety. He was raised in Brooklyn and lost his father, Raymond "Rocky" Buchanan when he was only 13. This great loss has been the fuel behind Pop's passion.
The artist battled with alcohol addiction from the age of 27-33 and that addiction turned his life upside down, professionally, and personally. However, since 2012, he has gone through a major renaissance and is now helping others by sharing his story of sobriety, health transformation, and survival...
2020-07-1949 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 20: Sex & Pleasure & Black Lives MatterHey all,
This is a solo episode again. This is an episode that comes from the anger, sadness, exhaustion of the violence toward Black people that has escalated. And in that sprinkled wit hope that we can all find pleasure in radical resistance to the harm being caused.
At the end, there is also an announcement. The Sex & Podcast will be taking a 6-week break. The plan is to prepare for Season 1 Part 2 and keep going with another 20 episodes.
Make sure to subscribe to get a notification when the podcast is back, and fo...
2020-06-0120 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 19: Sex & the Singapore City, Overcoming Relationship Insecurities with Liz GohLiz Goh is a 40-year-old, Chinese-Singaporean, female (she/her). She identifies as heteroflexible.
Liz’s personal goal is the continual education of sex-positivity in Asia, namely in Hong Kong and Singapore, where she spends most of her time normalizing sex conversations, through online forums and in-person workshop/discussion facilitation. Liz noticed a lack of online English language resources for sex education, sex positivity and sex/relationship coaches in Hong Kong, which lead Liz to start Sex Geekdom Hong Kong (a chapter of Sex Geekdom International).
In Liz’s personal life, she struggles with insecurity and self...
2020-05-251h 12
Smart Sex, Smart Love with Dr Joe KortMeagan Narvaez on Mindful SexToday Joe is joined by Sex Coach and host of, ‘The Sex And…’ podcast, Meagan Narvaez and they’re chatting about how to connect to our body’s wants and needs, in order to stay more present during sex, whether solo or with partner(s). Meagan is a queer Latinex therapeutic sex and relationship coach, currently living in Atlanta, Georgia. She helps clients explore their sexual and mental blocks, so they can have fulfilling, orgasmic, thrilling, and gratifying sex.“Sex is a skill set,” says Meagan, “And most of us have many obstacles that prevent us from tapping into tho...
2020-05-2529 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 18: Sex & Pleasure, Bullying, and Ending Stigma in Indonesia with Citra BenazirCW: bullying, sexual assault, suicide ideation
Citra Benazir, 24, Jakarta, Indonesia — founder of Tis The Lyfe, a safe space for all volunteers and author of Pleasure Girls. Citra has a background in Diplomacy and International Relations, yet her passion is to voice and empower those who've lost theirs along the way. Currently, she likes to channel her view on Pleasure Activism, talking about the difficult things, ending stigmas, and shining a light on topics often hidden. Empowering others to speak up is her main focus.
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2020-05-1855 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 17: Sex & 5 Tips for Boosting Your Sexual Self-Esteem with Meagan NarvaezOn this week’s episode, I explore 5 ways you can boost your sexual self-esteem. The answers might surprise you.
Look at yourself, nude, in the mirror. Say out loud one thing you love about your body each day.
Using a mirror, look yourself in the eye and tell yourself “I love myself.” The more you do it, the more you wholeheartedly believe it.
Maturbate. BONUS: scream your name while you cum
Drink water
Find pleasure in everything you do
Enjoy!
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2020-05-1018 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 16: Sex & Sacred Sexuality, Domestic Violence, and Healing Through Tea with Friday ElliottFriday Elliott is a 33-year-old pansexual, Chicana/White cis-gender female (she/her).
CW: This episode discusses eating disorders, rape, domestic violence, alcohol abuse
Friday says she always felt a desperate need to please and to take care of others. This has led her to attach herself to people who feel too comfortable putting the burden of their own emotional work on others and refusing to take responsibility for themselves. She has a history of enabling that behavior and of conflating spinelessness with compassion.
This has led Friday to a series of unhealthy and...
2020-05-031h 29
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 15: Sex & Long-Distance Polyamory, Gender Dysphoria, Makeup as an Act of Self-Love with Jada StinnettJada Stinnett is a 22-year-old non-binary queer person, using she/her and they/them pronouns. She identifies as Black, Afro latinx, and Puerto Rican, using them interchangeably. Jada is a Senior at a university in Las Vegas, Majoring in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering. She is also polyamorous.
In this episode, Jada and I talk about:
her experience growing up queer in her family
gender dysphoria around getting a period
the polyamorous dating scene in Las Vegas
how she introduced her new partner, who was unfamiliar to polyamory, to an already existing relationship partner.
how she makes her l...
2020-04-2644 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 14: Sex & Skin Disorder, Adoption Culture and the Effects of Generational Trauma with Yannil GonzalezYannil Gonzalez (she/her) is a 32-year-old Afro-Latina woman born and raised in New York City during the crack\cocaine epidemic of the late 80s. Subsequently, these conditions led to her being cocaine-addicted at birth and placed into the foster care system.
By the age of 3, she was adopted, and favorable circumstances would enable her to blossom. Although her upbringing wasn’t conventional, these very factors would serve as guiding principles as she matured. Using those experiences, Yannil intends on becoming a mouthpiece for other fostered/adopted people throughout America. She eventually plans on providing a space wh...
2020-04-1847 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 13: Sex & Hypothyroidism, Scheduling Sex with Monique FarookMonique Farook (she/her), the host of the Infertility and Me podcast, was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in the Spring of 2016, in preparation for IVF. A year before getting the diagnosis, she noticed a decline in sexual desire and libido. She assumed it was because of stress from her career and working long hours. She had no idea until further researching the condition of how hypothyroidism affects reproductive sexual health and fertility.
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If you would like to get in touch with Monique, you can contact her at:
Email: infertilityandme@outlook.com
Website/Podcast: http...
2020-04-1150 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 12: Sex & "Coming out" as Mentally Ill, Being Okay With Your Gender When No One Else Is with Shiggy ShezaireShiggy Shezaire is a 28-year-old, queer, pansexual, black Caribbean person using she/they/he pronouns, depending on the circumstance and person.
CW: This episode talks about suicide ideation and the death of a family member.
This is Shiggy’s writing of her bio: I grew up always having a weird relationship with my gender. Sexual orientation was always a lot easier for me to pinpoint and identify. As I got older, it was very easy for me to say that I was bi, then pan, then queer in my orientation because it remained a constant that...
2020-04-041h 00
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 11: Sex & Getting it on, and the Privilege of Safety During COVID-19 with Dr. Brean'a ParkerBrean’a Parker is a Black womxn, a nationally certified counselor, and a 4th-year doctoral student, obtaining her doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision in May. Brean’a’s research and clinical practice area are Black women and women of colors’ experience of interpersonal violence; Social Justice Counselor Education based curriculum, and Narratives and Storytelling as gateways to understanding the lived realities of individuals at the margins of the margins.
In this episode, Brean’a talks about how womxn who experience domestic violence are coping with staying at home and having to social distance. We also reflect on...
2020-03-2852 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 10: Sex & Parenting while Pregnant During Lockdown with Kaesiona BrownKaesiona Brown is a 29-year-old Caribean American using she/her pronouns. She lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband, 6-year-old daughter and is 6 months pregnant with twins. Kaesiona and her family are social distancing in the times of the Coronavirus. And it comes with some challenges and worries. In Orlando, schools have already been closed for 2 weeks and most businesses are closed because of COVID-19. Being 6 months pregnant, Kaesiona is worried about what will happen when she gives birth but is hoping things get better instead of worst.
Fortunately, she is not letting any of this get i...
2020-03-2133 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 09: Sex & Borderline Personality Disorder, Body Dysmorphia, Eating Disorder with Jillian LawrenceJillian Lawrence is a 25-year-old cis-gender Bisexual/Queer Woman from Cape Coloured South Africa. She is also a Libra Sun, Gemini Moon.
Jillian has dealt with mental health issues since her early teens as she developed a more troubling and negative relationship with herself. Dysthymia or high-functioning depression and general anxiety contributed to a history of self-harm/mutilation, body dysmorphia and eating disorders (or vulnerability to a full-blown eating disorder). Struggling to come to terms with her sexual identity and orientation were key factors to her mental health journey due to being raised in a conservative Christian h...
2020-03-141h 04
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 08: Sex & A Manipulative Relationship with Niki KaurNiki Kaur is a 21-year-old straight, cis-female born in Canada. She is also Indian and mildly Sikh.
When Niki was around 18 or 19, she was sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend, given the name ex-abuser for the show, which resulted in PTSD. From the beginning, her ex-abuser was manipulative and showed he did not care about her consent. No matter how many times she would try to set boundaries, her ex-abuser would twist the situation and make it about him. This put her in the position of having to emotionally take care of him, ultimately giving him a way...
2020-03-071h 24
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 07: Sex & Suppression of the True Self, Alcohol Addiction with Roberta GarciaRoberta Garcia is a trans-female born in the South and now lives in Seattle. Growing up, she knew she was different, but didn’t have the language for why. Her family told her to stop acting and sounding feminine *insert limp wrist here*. When she was a teenager, still living as a male, Roberta was raped by a male. This period began her chronic battle with alcoholism, which became so severe that Roberta needed a liver transplant –– almost losing her life.
Roberta, fortunately, had a supporting, loving, accepting wife in Debra. As Roberta began to understand that she wa...
2020-02-291h 23
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 06 with Tylia Flores: Stomping on Sex & Dating with Cerebral PalsyTylia Flores is a 24-year-old born with cerebral palsy. Although her condition has affected her mobility, it has never affected her will and determination to make a difference in the world. Through her many life challenges and obstacles, she discovered her passion for writing. Tylia’s goal in life is to share her stories with the world. In doing so, she hopes to help others with disabilities realize that they, too, have the potential to make their dreams come true.
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2020-02-221h 16
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 05: Sex & Psychedelic Plant Medicine for Trauma Healing with Julia RichardsonTHIS IS PART 2 OF JULIA'S STORY. FOR PART 1, LISTEN TO EP 04
Content Warning: this episode describes childhood sexual abuse.
Julia Richardson is a 34-year-old cis-female (she/her pronouns) living in Taiwan. She is the lead singer of the Latin band, Café Con Pan. Julia is also a university professor, teaching English as a Foreign Language. It makes sense Julia is now a teacher. After experiencing severe anxiety resulting from date rape, and breaking up with her boyfriend of 3 years, Julia decided it was time to do something for herself and moved to Taiwan.
Af...
2020-02-151h 21
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 04: Sex & Date Rape, Anxiety with Julia RichardsonJulia Richardson is a 34-year-old cis-female (she/her pronouns) living in Taiwan. She is the lead singer of the Latin band, Café Con Pan. Julia is also a university professor, teaching English as a Foreign Language. It makes sense Julia is now a teacher. When she was in school herself, school had always been a safe place for Julia, a place where she can escape her trauma and distract herself from other hardships.
Content Warning: this episode describes details of rape and the legal process afterward. There is also content related to emotional abuse, sexualization in childhood, a...
2020-02-081h 19
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 03: Sex & A Toxic Marriage, and Being Single Again with Alex FloresAlex Flores is a 28-year-old Black-Latinx person who uses they/them pronouns.
From 2015-2017 they were in the military and have since been honorably discharged. Alex experienced too many encounters with sexual harassment, and even a case of sexual assault, while in the military, which leads to trauma and distrust. In this continuation episode (GO LISTEN TO EP 02 FIRST), we talk about Alex's marriage to a person who struggled with alcohol abuse and how it affected their sex life.
We also talk about Alex's relationship goals and the way they navigate solo sex now that t...
2020-02-0142 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 02: Sex & Military Harassment with Alex FloresAlex Flores is a 28-year-old Black-Latinx person who uses they/them pronouns. From 2015-2017 they were in the military and have since been honorably discharged. Alex experienced too many encounters with sexual harassment while in the military, and even a case of sexual assault, which lead to trauma and distrust.
In this episode, we explore trauma and depression related to military sexual harassment and assault, an unhealthy relationship that lead to a pregnancy, the death of their father, and racism in the South.
Listen to the very end to hear about next week’s episode....
2020-01-2552 min
The Sex & Podcast with Meagan NarvaezEp 01: Sex & Stage-4 Appendix Cancer with Vanessa McBrideVanessa McBride is a 50-year-old, Puerto Rican-Colombian American woman (she/her) from Florida. She has three kids, the youngest in her first year of college. As an oncology nurse, Vanessa has a lot of experience and knowledge about cancer. But her understanding of cancer doesn't stop there. She is also a 22-year survivor of multiple cancer recurrences, after initially being diagnosed with stage-4 pseudomonas peritoneal carcinoma, a rare form of colon cancer, at the age of 28. Doctors told her she only had six months to live.
In this episode, Vanessa talks about the breakdown of her first...
2020-01-1843 min