• Why Kegels Don't Work and Other Surprising Things About Your Pelvic Floor Health
    Feb 15 2026
    Shownotes Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist How pelvic floor health directly connects to pleasure How modern life and high heels create tightness in your pelvic floor What you can start doing now to improve your pelvic floor health Lauren's advice to women who feel numbness during sex Bonus pelvic floor practice with Layla Bio Lauren Ohayon is the creator of "Restore Your Core®" (RYC®), a comprehensive and sustainable fitness program that empowers women who aim to be strong, long, mobile, and functional. With more than two decades' of experience as an internationally renowned pelvic floor movement specialist, Lauren focuses on resolving core and pelvic floor issues minus the "burn and shred" mentality. Her signature program has helped over 10,000 women regain confidence in their bodies and a life no longer limited by pain and pelvic floor symptoms. RYC® also boasts over 500 highly trained movement professionals around the world. She is also the co-founder of Body Ready Method® which is rooted in the RYC® Method and offers evidence-based online pregnancy, birth, and recovery programs and has trained over 1,800 professionals globally. Lauren and the RYC® teachers help women across the globe gain core strength, achieve ideal pelvic floor function, and learn to move efficiently and exercise optimally. Learn more about Lauren's work on her website and follow her on YouTube and Instagram. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelaurenohayon/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@restoreyourcoremethod Website: Normal UTM (if you are hyperlinking text): https://restoreyourcore.com/?utm_source=tantric_life&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=homepage&utm_campaign=promotion Tiny URL (if the link shows): https://link.restoreyourcore.com/4d4b9uxv Follow Layla! 🌸 Instagram 🌐 Website 💌 Weekly Email 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎶 Listen on Spotify 💋 MOOD Sexy Plant Activated Supplements 🔥 For Men: Men's Sexual Mastery 🌹 Obliss: The Sexual Masterclass for Women Timestamps 00:00:00 - Guest introduction 00:02:58 - Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist 00:04:26 - How pelvic floor health connects to pleasure and sexual experiences 00:09:24 - How modern life and high heels create tightness in your pelvic floor 00:12:51 - One of the best things you can do for your pelvic floor 00:19:07 - How the Tantric and Daoist traditions view the pelvic floor 00:22:54 - Why tighter isn't better for your pelvic floor 00:26:24 - Pelvic floor work should train the pelvic floor to be responsive 00:30:53 - MOOD Sex Magic - Podcast coupon code + 2 free sticks 00:35:10 - Loving your pelvic floor allows it to do what it needs to do to heal 00:37:34 - Why the most important part of a jade egg practice is your relationship to it 00:46:17 - What you can start doing now to improve your pelvic floor health 00:51:12 - Blood flow is the core biological basis of sensitivity in your body 00:56:11 - Lauren's advice to women who feel numbness during sex 00:59:57 - A powerful moment Lauren fell in love with the capacity of the pelvic floor 01:03:18 - What would happen if the whole world was in touch with their pelvic floor 01:06:13 - Conclusion 01:06:43 - Bonus pelvic floor practice with Layla
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • How to Stay Madly in Love During Conflict with Your Partner
    Feb 1 2026

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    • Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist

    • Layla explains what she calls the 3% in a relationship

    • Why it's important to process challenges somatically using your bodies

    • The #1 question Layla asks herself when conflict arises

    • How to use conflict as a vehicle into a deeper level of connection

    • How a couple in their 70s went from roommates to intimacy, safety, and turn-on

    Bio

    Fabienne Annick is a Sex, Love & Spirit Coach who sees sexuality and partnership as profound mirrors for self-awareness and gateways to healing, growth, and magic.

    Her work is deeply inspired by her own exploration of conscious relationship with her beloved husband, Jef.

    Explore Fabienne's programs and coaching on her website and follow her on Instagram.

    Jef weaves together integrative psychology and cognitive restructuring as an improvisational art form. He has served as a consultant, coach, speaker, healer, teacher, and high performance mentor for more than a decade.

    A master level Shadow EFT practitioner who has innovated his own methodology, Jef's highest ideal is to model and help people influence energetic/emotional mastery with patterns of thought that create internal harmonization.

    His vision is one of stabilization and healing which continuously disperses itself throughout the collective psyche, while recognizing, honoring, and learning from the template of Union, alongside with his wife Fabienne, as their most sacred and valuable endeavor.

    Discover Jef's powerful work on his website and follow him on Instagram.



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    Timestamps
    00:00:57 - Guest introduction

    00:02:59 - Layla explains what she calls the 3% in a relationship

    00:04:33 - Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist

    00:06:06 - Fabi and Jef share their epic engagement story

    00:14:53 - How sovereignty and self-responsibility show up in conflict

    00:19:16 - Why your relationship with yourself impacts your partner's ability to relate to you

    00:23:03 - The value of processing things individually before coming together as a couple

    00:24:15 - Keys to processing challenges in connection somatically with your bodies

    00:26:14 - Second ad: MOOD Sex Magic (clean, scientifically-backed aphrodisiac supplement)

    00:28:07 - Layla's top question for herself when conflict arises

    00:35:47 - How to practice self-responsibility during relational challenges

    00:47:04 - Fabi shares how she uses parts work to process high emotional intensity

    00:55:03 - We all still think we're the only one who is broken and flawed

    00:57:37 - Layla share the 5 core emotions that feel the most vulnerable for her in conflict

    01:03:11 - 95% of humanity's problems come from the unwillingness to feel pain

    01:07:00 - How to use conflict as a vehicle into a deeper level of connection

    01:13:24 - What it looks like to walk through life as a perpetual student

    01:17:06 - Fabi shares an experience of conflict with Jef that put her in full denial

    01:24:55 - A vulnerable moment that made Jef fall more in love with Fabi

    01:31:44 - Jef shares how a couple in their 70s went from roommates to safety and turn-on

    01:39:08 - Conclusion

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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • The Hidden Teachings of Mary Magdalene and the Radical Love We Were Never Taught
    Jan 18 2026

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    • Exactly what the "witch wound" is and where it lives in your body

    • The one thing Layla would change in the Catholic teachings

    • Why spiritual lies live inside our bodies as self-hatred

    • How spirituality impacts our ability to be a sexual being

    • What most people still don't understand about Mary Magdalene

    Bio

    Meggan Watterson is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Mary Magdalene Revealed. She is a feminist theologian with a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary.

    Meggan is the founder of The House of Mary Magdalene, a spiritual community that studies the sacred texts left out of the traditional canon and practices the soul-voice meditation.

    Her work has appeared in media outlets such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, HuffPost, TEDxWomen, and Marie Claire.

    Meggan's most recent book, The Girl Who Baptized Herself, was recommended by Glennon Doyle in ELLE as "the book that kept me up way too late."

    You can follow Meggan's work on Instagram and find her books, meditations, and offerings on her website.

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    Timestamps

    00:00:45 - Guest introduction

    00:02:36 - The moment the gospel of Mary Magdalene began transforming Meggan's life

    00:05:40 - Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist

    00:06:20 - Layla explains the messaging that Catholic scripture sends to women

    00:12:32 - The shift in Christianity from fighting the unjust to enforcing it

    00:19:41 - How distorted teachings contribute to loneliness and alienation

    00:24:43 - A sovereign power exists within every person

    00:26:36 - The one thing Layla would change in the Catholic teachings

    00:33:00 - How experiencing rage helped Meggan finally return to her body

    00:36:21 - The original definition of salvation

    00:42:46 - We are only ever as far from our power as we are from our own embodiment

    00:49:32 - Spiritual lies live inside our bodies as negative self talk and self-rejection

    00:58:53 - Meggan shares her experience with self-doubt and a desire for external validation

    01:05:18 - Layla shares the hallmarks of the Tantric tradition

    01:17:37 - How spirituality impacts our ability to be a fully expressed sexual being

    01:23:59 - It's easier to control men who don't have a power center outside of religion

    01:30:15 - What most people still don't understand about Mary Magdalene

    01:32:15 - A simple practice you can do right now to reconnect with the voice of love within you

    01:43:09 - Conclusion

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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • What This Acclaimed Sex Therapist Wants You to Know
    Jan 4 2026

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    • Ian's definition of great sex and how you can bring it into practice

    • Why basic chemical attraction is part of what keeps couples together

    • How dating apps impact relational and sexual experiences

    • The number one key to Ian and his wife's sex life after 25 years together

    • A daily practice for men and one for women to enhance presence and pleasure

    Bio

    Ian Kerner, PhD, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist and nationally recognized sex therapist who works with individuals and couples on a range of relational issues that often lead to distress.

    He's regularly featured as an expert in various media, such as The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Economist, and NPR, as well as contributes regularly on the topic of relationships for CNN.

    Ian lectures frequently, with recent presentations for the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, the Ackerman Institute, Tony Robbins, Goop, and TED 2021, and is the New York Times bestselling author of She Comes First and the recently published So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex.

    In addition to being a Clinical Fellow of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT), Ian is certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists and is also a member of the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA).

    He's the co-founder and co-director of the Sex Therapy Program at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, one of the oldest and most respected not-for-profit mental health training and treatment facilities in New York City.

    You can learn more about Ian's work on his website.

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    Timestamps

    00:00:46 - Guest introduction
    00:02:36 - Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist: FREE VITA Coaching Checklist

    00:05:21 - Ian shares how his personal experience inspired him bring his work to the world

    00:10:28 - The science behind how pleasure is created in the vagina through intercourse

    00:15:53 - How sensual touch above the waist and communication impact sex and pleasure

    00:16:59 - How to get a woman's desire going and enhance it throughout sex

    00:24:25 - Ian shares his definition of great sex

    00:31:18 - Layla explains what a recap after a sexual experience is and how it helps

    00:33:00 - Ian and Layla drink MOOD SEX MAGIC

    00:37:17 - How basic chemical attraction is part of what keeps couples together

    00:39:45 - Can you create sexual desire if it was never there in the first place?

    00:43:39 - Chemistry comes in all different forms

    00:47:33 - Why porn is easier than partnered sex

    00:55:54 - Ian shares what he sees as the biggest contributors to sexual issues

    01:00:11 - How dating apps impact relational and sexual experiences

    01:06:37 - The role willingness plays when it comes to sex in a long-term partnership

    01:09:55 - The 3 different ways sex gets started

    01:13:10 - The big key to Ian and his wife's sex life after 25 years together

    01:13:56 - Conclusion

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • What It Really Means to be Multi-Orgasmic
    Dec 21 2025

    Shownotes

    • Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist

    • Different ways we unknowingly leak our sexual energy in modern life

    • Key ways to begin rebuilding your sexual energy

    • How exchanging energy with your partner leads to increased pleasure

    • What obstacles men face in becoming multi-orgasmic and how to fix them

    • A simple practice to feel your Qi in less than 30 seconds

    Bio

    Lee Holden is a Qi Gong Master who has brought ancient tradition to the mainstream. He's the author of the bestselling book Ready, Set, SLOW and a PBS favorite with shows such as Less Stress, More Energy and Your Fountain of Youth.

    Lee is the founder of Holden Qi Gong, an online education center for Eastern Wisdom.

    You can learn more about Lee's work on his website and find him on Instagram:

    @holdenqigongofficial

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    Timestamps
    00:00:00 - Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist

    00:00:51 - Guest introduction

    00:02:11 - Discover the VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification

    00:05:30 - Sexual energy as the source of vitality

    00:13:26 - When you can celebrate your power, you no longer have to hate yourself

    00:14:41 - Transforming sexual energy into life force energy into spiritual energy

    00:17:50 - Sexual energy is universal energy

    00:22:24 - Get 2 FREE stick packs of MOOD SEX MAGIC™ Elixir using code PODCAST

    00:24:20 - Different ways we unknowingly leak our sexual energy in modern life

    00:27:45 - Layla's shares her favorite question to take inventory of your stress

    00:32:52 - When you're inspired about the future, you have more energy in the present

    00:40:36 - Key ways to begin rebuilding your sexual energy

    00:44:19 - How sexuality used to be part of prescribed medicine

    00:49:54 - How exchanging energy with your partner leads to increased pleasure

    00:52:42 - What multi-orgasmic means for men

    00:58:34 - How Lee learned to become multi-orgasmic

    01:02:03 - Layla's shares her story of how she learned to be multi-orgasmic

    01:04:06 - What obstacles men face in becoming multi-orgasmic and how to fix them

    01:06:34 - Why becoming multi-orgasmic is important for both the man and his lover

    01:09:12 - Energy work can build a bridge so both partners feel in the mood

    01:10:51 - How slowing down during sex heightens and amplifies sexual energy

    01:11:59 - Lee shares a simple practice to feel your Qi in less than 30 seconds

    01:15:08 - Conclusion

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • That One Time I Had Sex in a Cemetery (and Other Tales About Desire)
    Dec 7 2025

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    • How the American approach to pleasure compares to other cultures

    • Layla shares one of her favorite cemetery sex stories

    • The #1 way to get back into a sexual headspace

    • How to approach shame around your sexuality

    • Dr. Kate shares a take home practice you can use to connect with your body sexually

    Bio

    Dr. Kate Balestrieri, Psy.D is a Licensed Psychologist (Clinical and Forensic) in California, Florida, New York, and Illinois. She's a Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist – Supervisor, and PACT III trained couples' therapist.

    As the Founder of Modern Intimacy, a nationwide therapy practice, Dr. Balestrieri is a passionate advocate for mental, relational, and sexual health. Throughout her work, Dr. Balestrieri focuses on helping people build resilience and recovery from what ails them to move from a position of pain or discomfort to one of thriving holistically in their lives.

    Dr. Balestrieri is the author of What Happened to My Sex Life? A Sex Therapist's Guide to Reclaiming Lost Desire, Connection and Pleasure, and is the host of the Get Naked with Dr. Kate podcast.

    You can learn more about Dr. Balestrieri's work on her website and find Dr. Balestrieri on Instagram: @drkatebalestrieri

    Timestamps
    00:00:00 - Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist

    00:00:55 - Guest introduction

    00:01:54 - Discover the VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification

    00:04:39 - Dr. Kate's 2025 mid-year sex in review

    00:05:20 - The top ways Dr. Kate sees people lose desire

    00:08:40 - How the American approach to pleasure compares to other cultures

    00:11:15 - Layla shares one of her favorite cemetery sex stories

    00:13:54 - Layla and Dr. Kate drink MOOD SEX MAGIC Elixir

    00:16:19 - Dr. Kate shares a deep dive into her work with sex and addiction

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    00:20:27 - What it's like working with sex offenders in prison settings

    00:25:04 - How better prevention can stop sexual violence

    00:28:02 - The #1 way to get back into a sexual headspace

    00:30:50 - How sexuality has changed from a cultural perspective over the last 20 years

    00:32:11 - Dr. Kate's personal favorite thing about sex

    00:32:54 - Dr. Kate shares her current sexual growth edges both personally and professionally

    00:35:14 - How to approach shame around your sexuality

    00:36:28 - Layla explains what it means to "eat shame for breakfast"

    00:37:33 - Dr. Kate shares a take home practice you can use to connect with your body sexually

    00:39:17 - Pleasure comes from within and you can access it anytime you desire

    00:42:35 - Conclusion

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    44 mins
  • Beyond Love: The Hidden Keys to Lasting Connection with Andrew Horn
    Nov 23 2025
    Show Notes Take your business to the next level with my ⁠VITA™ Coaching Checklist⁠ The difference between objective truth vs. your truth (a.k.a. how to stop arguing with your own assumptions) A practical script for conflict that doesn't melt into blame soup The Five A's of Requests (Ask, Acknowledgement, Apology, Action, Agreements) How to repair trust and build integrity like it's a daily gym routine Why "Do you want to be heard, helped, or held?" is the relationship cheat code Men's work, shame alchemy, and the real work of becoming who you say you are Bio Andrew Horn is an entrepreneur, writer, and relational leadership coach whom Forbes calls "Dale Carnegie for the digital age." He grew his last company, Tribute, to eight figures in revenue and millions of users, landing on the Inc. 500, before stepping away to focus on coaching and transformation. He also co-founded Junto, a community for leaders to explore men's work and personal growth. Andrew has shared his insights on global stages including Conscious Capitalism, Summit Series, and Google Talks, and coaches founders and executives from some of today's most innovative companies, including Hinge, Casper, and Everyday Dose. Learn more about Andrew's work ⁠on his website⁠, at ⁠Junto⁠, and follow him on Instagram @itsandrewhorn 00:00 Truth hits like electricity: authenticity, curiosity, presence 01:01 Meet Andrew Horn and why "being right" is overrated 03:03 The Burning Man suitcase origin story 04:00 Take your business to the next level with my ⁠VITA™ Coaching Checklist ⁠ 05:31 "I love the sh*t out of you" - friendship, on record 08:07 Bad communication = hyperbolic criticism (why "never/always" backfires) 09:41 Learning to meet fire with skill (Non Violent Communication, ownership, objectivity) 10:56 Gestalt wake-up: three pillars to speak from your spine 13:40 The eye-contact exercise that turned truth into lightning 15:02 Coffee-machine confession: when honesty cracks reality open 16:09 Matrix moment: you don't meet people, you meet your story about them 19:16 Layla's jungle-cult nights and the psychedelic power of saying the uncomfortable thing 25:02 Choosing aliveness over being liked 27:49 Objective > subjective: the foundation of clean communication 31:16 Feelings at work and the "clear ask" example 32:12 Get 2 FREE sticks packs of ⁠MOOD SEX MAGIC™ Elixir⁠ using code PODCAST at checkout 34:02 Curiosity as the antidote to mind-reading 39:46 Byron Katie and "everyone makes sense to themselves" 43:49 Boundaried vs. boundaryless and the sacred pause 47:45 "Violent" (charged) communication vs. objective language 51:10 Needs-based consciousness (OFNER) - a map out of reactivity 52:26 The Five A's of requests: Ask, Acknowledgement, Apology, Action, Agreements 58:24 Why agreements beat "good intentions" every time 1:00:55 Rituals that keep love alive: weekly check-ins & love dates 1:01:12 "Therapy speak" complaints - the pragmatic reframe 1:02:40 Integrity = knowing yourself, speaking the truth, and keeping agreements 1:06:37 Rebuilding integrity after breaches: deconditioning and working with shame *Correction: Nonviolent Communication was developed by Marshall Rosenberg (not Marshall Goldsmith).
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • What To Do When Your Childhood Trauma Is Hijacking Your Relationship
    Nov 16 2025
    Shownotes Take your business to the next level with my ⁠FREE VITA Coaching Checklist⁠ How Shay's childhood taught her the impact trauma has on adult relationships Why we have a tendency to draw in partners who are a perfect match for our wound How to know if you're in a dead end dynamic in your relationship The one question Shay asks herself when her inner saboteur comes up The importance of loving your parts so they don't hijack you in destructive ways Bio Shay Aiyana is the best-selling author of Becoming the One and the founder of Rising Woman, a global community dedicated to self-healing, relational transformation, and spiritual embodiment. Her work blends somatic awareness, inner child healing, and grounded spiritual insight to guide millions through the landscapes of heartbreak, love, and personal rebirth. With a writing style that is both poetic and piercingly clear, Shay weaves personal storytelling with practical tools to offer readers a deeply human, emotionally resonant experience. Her words are a balm for those who have been lost in self-abandonment, teaching them how to come home to themselves with compassion and truth. Having grown up in foster care and overcome cycles of abuse, addiction, and heartbreak, Shay's teachings are not theoretical – they are lived. Through Rising Woman, she has helped millions remember that healing is not about becoming someone else, but about reclaiming the love, power, and wholeness that was always theirs. Learn more about Shay's work on the ⁠Rising Woman website⁠ and follow her on Instagram ⁠@sheleanaaiyana⁠ Timestamps 00:00:00 - Take your business to the next level with my ⁠FREE VITA Coaching Checklist ⁠ 00:00:59 - Discover the ⁠VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification ⁠ 00:02:29 - Guest introduction 00:04:39 - How Shay's childhood taught her the impact trauma has on adult relationships 00:07:30 - Why we have a tendency to draw in partners who are a perfect match for our wound 00:09:26 - How raising a child has helped Shay recognize adult attachment behaviors 00:13:01 - There are different levels of the expression of your wounds 00:17:04 - Why attachment and trauma wounds need to heal through relationships 00:21:24 - What is a healthy amount of healing that can be done in a relationship? 00:23:14 - How to know if you're in a dead end dynamic in your relationship 00:27:01 - A conversation that taught Shay she wasn't the partner she thought she was 00:29:31 - What it looks like to let your partner off the hook but still be self-responsible 00:32:14 - Get 2 FREE stick packs of ⁠MOOD SEX MAGIC™ Elixir⁠ using code PODCAST at checkout 00:36:03 - How changing your self-approach to "I've got you little one" shifts everything 00:40:52 - How being honest about your hurt in the moment improves your relationship 00:46:30 - How bringing "death energy" to her husband deepened Shay's marriage 00:49:49 - The one question Shay asks herself when her inner saboteur comes up 00:52:31 - A breakdown of Shay's first book, Becoming the One 00:56:52 - Layla's biggest takeaway from this powerful conversation 01:01:43 - True mastery is loving your parts so they don't hijack you in destructive ways 01:04:40 - 4 pieces of wisdom Shay used to create a better life than she was born into 01:06:38 - Conclusion
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    1 hr and 9 mins