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Bonus: What You Really Want in Bed: Exploring Your Core Desires
About this episode
This clip comes from one of our favorite past conversations: Episode #133 – How Core Desires Lead to Hot Sex with Danielle Harel, Ph.D., and Celeste Hirschman, MA.
What are your Core Desires, and how can understanding them lead to hotter, more fulfilling sex? In this episode, Danielle and Celeste—co-creators of the Somatica® Method of Sex and Relationship Coaching—share how exploring your deepest erotic desires can transform your sex life and deepen intimacy in your relationships.
Using their experiential Somatica approach, they explain how shifting our internal patterns around sex and connection can open the door to greater pleasure, authenticity, and emotional intimacy.
We also answer a listener question: How can you rebuild broken trust in a relationship?
Listen to the full episode here: https://tinyurl.com/bdhs3vv3
About the guests:
Danielle Harel, Ph.D., and Celeste Hirschman, MA are the co-creators of the Somatica® Method of Sex and Relationship Coaching and co-founders of the Somatica® Institute. Their innovative, experiential approach helps individuals and couples transform the way they relate emotionally and sexually. They also train professional sex and relationship coaches through the Somatica Institute.
They are the co-authors of Making Love Real, Cockfidence, and Coming Together: Embracing Your Core Desires for Sexual Fulfillment and Long-Term Compatibility.
Learn more:
Explore Somatica courses and trainings at http://somaticainstitute.com and try their free 2-minute quiz to see if the training is right for you
Join their free live Q&A on Thursday, March 12, 2026
Learn more about their Sex & Relationship Coaching Training starting in late April 2026
Take their online course: How to Get Turned On: Unlock Your Core Desires, or explore other courses at https://learn.somatica.com
Come to our October 2026th retreats - one for women and one for couples! Learn more and reserve your spot here: https://www.shamelesssex.com/retreat
Join us on the Killing Kittens cruise in the Mediterranean in June 2026: https://kkcruise.com
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