Sex With Emily - Closure w/ Your Ex & Other Success Stories

Episode Date: December 31, 2024

Here’s the secret formula to better sex: prioritize it! In this episode, we’re talking all about sex success stories and how taking just one step can take your sex life from static to ecstatic. From finding closure with an ex to trying out swinging and finding it works, and looking for sex after a life after not having any, each of these people have taken a big step towards changing their lives. Get inspired to create your own sex-cess story.  I also answer questions about what to do if your boyfriend won’t communicate openly with you about your sex life, how to be more confident rocking the cowgirl position and what to do if mismatched libidos are making you feel insecure in your relationship. In this episode, you’ll learn: How real listener stories of self-discovery and sexual growth can inspire your own journey. The keys to building confidence, communicating needs, and reigniting passion in your relationship. Actionable tips for embracing pleasure, navigating mismatched desires, and taking control of your sex life. Show Notes: Join the SmartSX Membership: Access exclusive sex coaching, live expert sessions, community building, and tools to enhance your pleasure and relationships with Dr. Emily Morse. Yes! No! Maybe? List & Other Sex With Emily Guides: Explore pleasure, deepen connections, and enhance intimacy using these Sex With Emily downloadable guides.  Get 10% off your first order sitewide at OSEAMalibu.com with code "SWE" SHOP WITH EMILY! (free shipping on orders over $99) The only sex book you’ll ever need: Smart Sex: How to Boost Your Sex IQ and Own Your Pleasure Want more? Visit the Sex With Emily Website  Let’s get social: Instagram | X | Facebook | TikTok | Threads | YouTube Let’s text: Sign up here Want me to slide into your email inbox? Sign Up Here for sex tips on the regular. See the full show notes at sexwithemily.com

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Let's talk to Julie Forte in California. Hi, Julie. Hi, Julie. Hi, Dr. Emily. Hello. How can I help you? What's going on? Okay. Let me give you a little bit of a backstory.

I met this guy 17 years ago, was my first true love, first mind blowing orgasm. Sex was amazing. Because of financial difficulties, our relationship didn't last. We both went our separate ways. I'm still in contact with his sister. You know, I've had other relationships, but it's been 15 years now since we've been broken up and I don't dream about him. But when I do, it's because something has happened to him. The first time he got into a car accident. A few years later or so, he broke his nose and his brother had passed away. My question is how do I stop I to me. I think it's a weird connection Yeah, we actually talked just recently and it was a good talk

But now I can get a hint out of my mind Everything reminds me of him and I don't know if that's it for me. I don't know, you know, it just drives me crazy. Yeah, no, Julie, it sounds like it. Have you seen him in 15 years or you just talked to him on the phone? No, like I said, I'm friends with his sister, so I may have seen pictures of family events and he may have been in them.

Okay, got it. But since we broke up, I have not had one word with him up until like a week or two ago. And how did you know then that these things happened to him when you had a dream about him? I would ask his sister, is he okay? She would just tell me. Here's the thing, I feel like it's funny that you're, not funny, but interesting you're

calling about this because a lot of people email me and call about sex with their, or dreaming about their ex, not necessarily, sometimes sex with their ex, but I would not, well my belief is that when we dream about an ex, it's oftentimes because that relationship represents a part of ourself that maybe we are feeling really connected to and maybe it's your youth or it was really young love. And so we want that thrill again, we want that excitement. But I don't believe that it's necessarily that you should be with him. And so if you can somehow get peace that there's some kind of maybe soulful connection you

have, you had your first loves. I always think that my love in my early 20s was just so pure and so raw. I'd never loved that much as an adult. And so I don't think it's about him per se, but it was about me at that time and learning to love and being away from home. So I don't know what it is for you, but unless you want to see him again, or you, you know, but even then, I actually just don't think it means what we'd like to think it means.

I mean, are you asking me like, does it mean you should be with him or? I don't even know that. I just think it's like, how do I stop thinking about him now? Because we haven't had a conversation in years. Well, how come? Yeah, then we just had a conversation in years. Well, how come? Yeah, then we just had like a text conversation.

Would you ever want to call him or see him? We did have a phone conversation. Okay, how was that? It was good. It was just like we talked about the good, we talked about the bad. So, you know, we had some laughs and I shed a couple of tears, you know, talking about our relationship. Well, why don't you see it? Would you ever want to see him? Would you ever want to just get coffee with him or?

I would. However, he's like, I don't know why I'm talking to you, but I am. You know? Okay. Yeah. Well, do you want to see him or do you not? Because there's a few ways to go here. You could just call him and say, I think we should meet up and see if there's a connection.

If he's not in a relationship and you're not in a relationship and it wasn't an abusive or toxic, who knows? You hear things like that all the time, that people go to their high school reunion 30 years later and fall in love with their high school sweetheart again. That could happen. But if you're telling me you don't want to do that, then I would start a practice of every time you think about him, let's think of a thought that you could replace it with. Like, I am deserving of great love and passion, or I will find my love,

you know, my partner, or something like that, that you could replace it with, because then eventually you can retrain your brain. But if you also think, well, maybe I should just meet him up and see what happens, you know, you could try that as well. So decide which way you want to go with it. I don't, yeah. I don't see any harm in meeting him. Yeah. And that's the thing, I brought that up to him

and he hasn't responded to that. Oh, okay. Well, it sounds like you want to meet up with him. So I would just, you have nothing to lose here. I mean, yeah, maybe he could reject you. Maybe you won't even be attracted to him. But to me, if you're both single and you had talked on the phone for a few hours,

maybe he's fearful too. Maybe he has, who knows? Maybe he really is in a relationship and we don't know. Um, but it could be helping you face your fear. True. I would just push it. Maybe he didn't really think you wanted to. Maybe he's got something he's shameful of.

But it sounds like you guys are still connected in a way. I mean, I would love to have coffee with my ex from 15 years ago. I think it would be a blast. So not even because I want to be with them. I just think it's part of our history, which is why we often never forget our exes because we bonded, we loved, we connected. You share so much with people that you love. And so I think it says a lot

that they just don't go away, right? But sometimes, you know, we attach to meaning when we don't have to. So I say, you got nothing to lose. You're a grown woman. See what happens. Alright. Hopefully you want to meet up and I'll call you back. Please do. I'm here for it. We are all going to wait to hear back from you, okay?

Lucky for us, Julie did call back. Here's her update a few weeks later. Hi Julie. Thanks for calling. What's going on? Hi Emily. Hi. later. Hi, Julie. Thanks for calling. What's going on? Hi, Emily. I don't know if you remember I called about two weeks ago. Yes, I remember you were like psychically figuring out and then talking to a sister. Yes. So I reached out and I said, Hey, I'm going to be down in your area, you know, showed them the confirmation

to the hotel. But I'm saying that not to have sex with him, but just to talk. Right. And he would see my messages and unfortunately, he never responded. So I take that as a sign. And I enjoyed myself with a team five beds, some masturbation, some self-love. Good, Julie. And, you know, just as a closure to that.

Oh, Julie, good. I'm so glad. That's really healthy. So it was like a healing for you. I love that you're like, well, this didn't work out. He didn't get back to me, but it's closure. And that closure was you celebrating yourself by giving yourself love Masturbating in a hotel room that you you were there, but I love it. You know, I wasn't

Waiting for him to call or come to the hotel I just kept doing you know order some tacos and some teela and you know If he showed up great if he didn't I still did what I wanted to do. Yes Julie that's the Julie that's going to find your man and your person when you keep taking charge of your own life and you take your pleasure into your hands and you let go of things that no longer serve you. We clear space for new things to come in, new people, new places, new opportunities. I'm excited. Good. You sound excited. Tacos and tequila. You're my girl. I love it. Really. I learned a lot and I think that's why this experience was a little bit easier to deal with. I empowered myself not to let him have control of my feelings. Like I still had an orgasm with or without him.

Yes. You know, and you know, I owe that to you because I didn't think that the old me would have been in the hotel room crying and continuously texting, you know, I know you see my messages, why don't you? Why are you ignoring me? But I was like, okay, you know, and I kept doing my thing why are you ignoring me? But I was like, okay. And I kept doing my thing, I kept doing me. And I think I owe that to you because listening to you

after almost two years, I've grown, I've learned more about myself and how to make myself happy. It's a learning process. It is, right? And you're 46 and you're learning that, you know, we're never done. Julie, thank you for that. Seriously, thank you for saying that. And I'm so glad you found the show.

And it's just a choice, right? Like, you could, you're right. Like, a lot of women would be like, what is it that he rejected me? What did I do? Is it because I'm too this or too that? And we'd start going on a journey in our head that's not healthy, but you turned it around and turned it back towards yourself and gave yourself love. I mean, that's what it is. We have a choice in those moments to go down that road of negative self-talk and rejection or like, no, not mine. That's not

my business. I don't know what happened there, but what can I do to make me feel good right now? Give it back to me." So that's really healthy, Julie. I'm so glad you found the show. Okay, Julie, stay in touch. You keep going, girl. Thanks for your call. All right.

Let's talk to Mark 54 in New York. Hi, Emily. How are you? So good. How about you, Mark? You know what? I'm good. I called a while back and my wife and I had ventured into the swinging arena and I thought I'd give you an update because it's been so beneficial to what we're doing.

Oh my God, tell me everything. Yes, Mark, tell me everything. I love a good happy call here. What's going on? I guess what we've been able to do is finally talk about what we want, like fantasy stuff and things like that. And so before that we didn't say anything about that. Okay, you never talked about your fantasies or what you were into? No. And you know what? We've been able to go for what each of us is into and it's it's been just

fun. What happens is I think I'm more on the voyeur side because I love watching her just being so pleasured. It's hot right? That's great. Yeah so you guys hadn't okay so you learned that that's really turned you on. What turns her on? I think what turns her on is being with multiple people. She likes maybe being the center of attention. Yeah. Okay. And you're cool with it.

You know what? I'm cool with it and it's just been a lot of fun for us. And we've done it maybe four or five times, but what's also great is just talking about that and it kind of like feeds our own fire. Yeah, like talking about what happened, like you're like, that was really hot when those, to watch you with those people the other night or whatever happened, right?

Yes, like- Secrets. Yeah, it becomes our, and she kind of gets turned on by it too. Like we've never done it with like other, just another male, but recently we did. And I think I've never seen her so turned on. Yeah. How long have you guys been together, Mark? I want to just know, how long were you together before you opened it up and started swinging? Oh, we were together maybe 22 years. Wow that's amazing. Would you ever have thought a year ago that it would have

happened? No and it happened by chance on a boat. Oh. So it was uh, I don't drink but Jen does and she was a little bit buzzed and we went back into the boat and there was another group kind of in the front of it that were playing around. So we just stayed where we were in our area and just started doing our own thing. And next thing I know there was people joining us. Wow. Oh my God. So it's really turned around your sex. How was your sex life before that? Before you started bringing other people in? It was more vanilla and becoming less frequent.

Yes, and now I'm sure... See Mark, people think, oh no, I can't handle it. It's not for everybody, right? There's some people who won't, they won't be able to handle it, but you're able to discuss boundaries and there hasn't been any jealousy or anything like that? There hasn't. Because we did discuss what we were OK with. Right.

And really, there wasn't a lot of things that were totally off limits. But we were together. We have to, you know, we're always in the same situation. So that was. I'm happy for you, Mark. I love to hear these stories because I know they exist and then they just think that for some people It's true. A lot of people like I couldn't imagine it if my partner ever did that I would leave

I mean, obviously you'd have to both be on the same page and for many people Just outside of their realm of possibility But listen if people aren't having great sex and they have want to be with other people, you know I just I just think sometimes it can be that spice you need. It's variety. It's hard to be with someone, the same person for 22 years and to keep it hot. I'm not saying swing is the only answer, but variety. And so this is just another form of variety and novelty and trying something new. It's great, Mark. I love it. It really is. I always appreciate your advice and your your

pie you're just a breath of fresh air hmm thank you mark you know I feel the same way about you tonight so thank you oh my gosh that's awesome really good night I already am thanks mark it's all great thank you yeah appreciate it so good see. See, he called in six months ago. They were thinking about swinging 22 years together and now they're still learning. I mean, that's the really cool thing about your sex life is that it's not static. It's not in just one place. There's always layers to peel from it. You can always start peeling back the layers, like the layers of the onion.

There'll always be more if you both choose, both of you in a relationship choose to explore and to be honest and open. Let's talk to Jeff, 70 in California. Hi, Jeff, what's going on? Hi, Dr. Emily, how are you tonight? Good, Jeff. How you doing?

Thanks for calling. Yeah, I was listening to your show last night Dr. Emily, how are you tonight? Good, Jeff. How you doing? Thanks for calling. Yes. I was listening to your show last night about being afraid of the vagina. I'm definitely afraid of that sucker. I was drafted when I was 19 and I was a virgin when I was drafted. And shortly after I was 19 and I was a virgin when I was drafted. And I shortly after I was drafted, I went to Vietnam and I became a POW.

And I was beaten, stabbed, written in knives. I have no fingernails left and I was reading so bad that I've never been able to perform sexually. You know, certain body parts don't work anymore. And so I've been a virgin. I'm 70 years old now and I've been a virgin for 70 years. And I've tried to be with women, but they scare away really easily. And so I've never even been able to perform oral sex on a woman because they take one look at me and run. I don't know what I can do to help that.

So is it more like they look at you, are you saying like when you get undressed or when you how far too long does it does it get with women that you date? Just about the time I get my shirt off Cuz I'm I'm scarred from neck to toe It's pretty scary. Yeah, and you know, and then they let's see my fingers. I have no fingernails, you know It's kind of my fingers look kind of bad my fingers I have no fingernails you know it's kind of my fingers look kind of bad I try to explain to them what what my situation is but you know they seem fine with it at the beginning but soon as it starts getting you know undressy so to speak uh they're like oh my god

I'm out here bing bang out the back door to go. Right. And so. Wow, Jeff, so that's happened to you. I didn't even know if you had any thoughts on what I could do. Now, I have a question first, though. Does this happen to you every single time? Because sometimes we say it happens all the time, but things happen to us once or twice. Are you saying that every time? Or did you just stop trying, which I would understand that

as well? Exactly. You know, when you get kicked down so many times, you just kind of give up. You know, I go to the bars, you know, and I'm like the guy that sits in the back corner with his head down, you know, and just watching everybody else have fun.

And I listen to your show lots and lots and lots of times and you know that the things that guys can do to give women pleasure I mean damn I'd like to do that but you know I think and I thought about the positive thing well I mean it's the kind of thing I mean I mean I'm gonna put my mouth down there or you know we're yeah yeah no I understand thing where you're like, I mean. I ain't gonna put my mouth down there or, you know, where's the, sort of, Yeah, yeah, no, I understand that. So you're just more interested in the, maybe oral sex and giving pleasure.

And I mean, I think that you could be upfront with women and just say that I wanna cuddle and I want to, you know, get to know you and stuff. But I feel like it's a matter of getting comfortable with somebody and building a, like starting to build a relationship with them, even if it's a friendship or just starting to get comfortable with women again, because like you said, with all of these sexual patterns that we set in our life, sometimes things

just happen once and then it becomes our pattern. So I don't know the last time this happened to you. I don't know how many times, but I just feel like it could be about just going out and getting to know somebody. And then if they know your situation, you could not take your shirt off the first time and say, I'm just really interested in giving you pleasure. That's really where I get off giving you pleasure and not making it about sex, not making it about the intercourse.

If they just know what they're in for, like, I think a lot of us are really just a lot of us just crave companionship, because you can kiss, you can touch. Yeah. No, I've done that. And like, you know, it always ends up bad. But I've listened to your show. And I, I think if I ever was able to get to that part, I'm sure she would feel quite well. Because, you know because I feel like I'm an expert now from all the advice I've heard you give. You would if you've been listening to the show for a while. Everyone who listens to Sex with the Delmy should be excellent at oral sex, right? With the Sex with the Delmy badge of oral sex honor. Well, Jeff, I love that you've been listening and we do talk

a lot about just getting back out there and the confidence and there's like dating apps. I don't know, you're 70, you sound like a really nice guy and it's just about when you take your shirt off. So to me, it's like, well, leave your shirt on and say, I want to give you pleasure. I'm an sex with Emily certified expert. I got this mouth, I've got this great lube, come to my lair. I mean, I just think that it's that fear. I'm a graduate of the Dr. Emily School.

Yes, exactly, Jeff. You are. You are a graduate, you've been listening. And so I believe that you can turn this around and come in with a different attitude without the expectations and let people know. People say all kinds of things on apps. They could just say, like, I'm just looking for casual sex. I'm looking for a threesome. You could say, I am looking to please you. I'm not in a place where I want to be having a course right now. Yeah, I don't wanna be the receiver,

but I love giving you pleasure. I'm looking and then say, do a regular dating profile about what you're into and who you are and what makes you happy, you know, just like how people do. So yeah, Jeff, so I think let's reframe. I'll try some, mom might try one of those dating apps. Try some apps and be upfront.

So let's reframe how you're thinking about it, Jeff. And I love that you are going to reset right now because I'll be thinking about you and I'm here to help. We're going to try to see what happens. I'm here for you. You can even call and read me their dating profile. I will help you. Okay, Jeff.

I got you. Okay, Dr. Enley. Thank you, honey. Thanks for calling. So good to talk to you. Have a good night. We were so moved by Jeff's call. You should have seen us all in here. Like we were just at the edge of our seat.

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That's O-S-E-A-malibu.com and use code SWE at checkout. Hey, Jeff, it's so good to hear from you again. use code SWE at checkout. Hey, Jeff, it's so good to hear from you again. Tell me what's going on. Hi, Dr. Emily. Thank you for taking my call. Of course. You advised me to, you know, try some dating sites on the internet. Well, I went kind of a different direction and I went

I went to a singles club. A singles club. Nice. Okay. It all works. It's all good. And I'm here to talk to Emily Fink. Really took a weird turn. I caught with a group of women that, now this is going to really sound kind of weird, but

this one lady that I hooked up with, she understood, you know, everything that I was going through. And she liked to ask for bait for me in front of me for me. Okay. And as it turned out, as it turned out, she had some friends, girlfriends that actually, I guess he have a little club or something. I don't know, but yeah, I've been pretty busy. Oh my gosh, Jeff, you're amazing. You are rocking my world. Because when we talked, you're like, they run away. What's really weird Dr. Emily is I've, you know, even though I can't, I cannot perform at all whatsoever, None, you know, absolutely can't perform at all. I get, when, when this happens,

when these women do this thing for me, I get these really weird muscle tensions. Yeah, muscle spasms kind of, yeah. Uh-huh. Well, not a spasm, but just everything seems to like tighten up. Wow. Does it feel good at all? Weird feeling, but, and this one lady,

she like brings up a fricking suitcase full of toys with her when she comes. Wow, wow, so you're watching, I mean, Jeff, wait, okay, so let me back up, because you were like, first of all, you sound like a different man. You sound like a young man, and you have this lift in your voice and you were just like a different person.

And because you said, I just want to please a woman. I've never even done that. And I said, you know, there's a lot of women that just want to be pleased. It's not all about a working penis and you can still have pleasure and give pleasure. And now you're like, you've been busy with all these women. I'm just, you are my hero. Jeff. Yeah, there's there's been a few that have let me enter into the the giving of oral sex too. Okay. You know, but I get more I get more

fun out of watching them. Wow. Watching them masturbate. Yeah, or watching them together. Kind of a kind of a whole different world for me and it's really exciting. Yeah, or watching them together. Kind of a whole different world for me and it's really exciting. Wow, Jeff. I wanted to thank you for turning me into that kind of direction. You're so welcome.

As far as putting myself out there, where I was too afraid to do that before. And now you've given me some sense of life, I some, you know, some sense of life, I guess you could say. Thank you. Oh, Jeff, thank you. I mean, that's the thing. Like I just gave you some suggestions, but you were brave and you took the step and that's

all it is. And Jeff, I'm so overwhelmed with joy for you right now. I tell them before we get going you know I I explain my situation and what my body looks like and everything so I you know I tell them this is hey let me go get into something more comfortable so I'll go put on my pajamas I'll go put on some pajamas you know and a little bit more relaxing for me great and you know they can't see everything so Wow okay well you know who knows I'm telling you I know that you've had that experience, but I think like one step at a

time, but it sounds like you're making, you have some relationships and you have some pleasure and you're feeling things in your body that you probably haven't felt before. Yeah. Yeah, it's kind of scary. It's scary or good scary or just like, I can't believe what's possible? Both. Both. Okay. Well, go easy, you know. But I

think that this is... More scarier because it's something that, you know, I have never experienced ever. Okay. But it's not painful. It's just a new existence. No, it's not painful at all. It's kind of a... You know, people with disabilities can learn how to have orgasms even if they don't have genitalia that will allow them to. I remember learning this even in grads in my sex grad school about people with disability. I remember there was a man, a quadriplegic who didn't have any sensation below his waist, but he ended up learning with a partner how to when his ear was touched, just lightly in his ear he would have an orgasm that, because really sex is energy, arousal is energy. And so we have all these nerve endings, right?

I can't, right. I can't have an orgasm at all. My prostate's gone. It's history. Well, you could still learn to experience pleasure though. Do you know what I'm saying? I don't think that your nerve endings are dead. I'm just saying that there's just-

I was gonna ask you about that. I was just listening to you talking about some kind of a pump. Well, I was talking about... Oh, a penis pump. I mean, a penis pump is okay. The penis pumps have temporary results. That's also a blood flow thing. But I mean, sure, you could try it. A penis pump starts to... Because listen, it is blood flow. It might feel good to you. There's a lot of things like penis pumps. They're essentially using them in the shower and they go around your penis and they apply pressure to your penis and it can allow it to experience, it's kind of like a massage for your penis, but it also helps to stimulate blood flow. If you haven't touched it in years, I mean, who knows?

So a person without a prostate can actually, that can actually happen to somebody who doesn't have a prostate? You can actually feel pleasure. Yes, you can feel pleasure without a prostate. You can. There might still be some nerve endings. Why in the hell hasn't nobody ever told me this before? I'm 70 years old.

My God. Well, I'm telling you because people don't know, because you know why? Because doctors like MDs that you go to see, you know, I don't want to say they're, they are also heroes and they do a lot of great work in medical school. And that's a lot of time and energy, but they actually, what I know from a lot of friends who are doctors, they only, they have like a sex education training sex for like a half day. They don't even really talk about this stuff. So we're really focused on other things. Even without a prostate, you can still have pleasure is what I'm saying. There's a lot of nerve endings on your penis, even if it's, you know, you've challenges with it. It's a concern.

I understand that. But I believe that everything's possible. And I also believe that a lot of sexual arousal and desire is in our head. We think that we have to just, you know, that it's just one way, but you could start to thinking about it or seeing a specialist that maybe we could work on it and let me look into it for you a little bit. There's some hormones you could take. There's some other things you could do. I don't think that this is over now. Look, you're starting to feel things that you haven't felt before. Let's just go with that right now. Right? There's some exciting stuff going on there, I'm telling you. Yeah.

I mean, just because you can't ejaculate does not mean you can't have an orgasm. All right. Thank you for calling. I love that you called. Thank you. Please call back in. Thank you, Emily, for your help. I'm here for you.

Okay? Of course. All right. So now we're going to get into some of your emails. I love hearing from you. You can always email me feedback at sexwithemily.com or just go to our website and there's a form there that makes it easy for you to send along. As always, just include your name, your age, where you live and how you listen to the show. And I'm cool if you change your name. All right, this is from Emily 24 in Boston. Hey, Dr. Emily, first off, I want to say I'm a new listener,

but that ever since I found you via Masterclass, my life has dramatically and positively changed. My self-confidence in the bedroom has gone down in recent years due to an emotionally abusive relationship. But after listening to your podcast, I even started from the 2011 episodes. It started to make me feel comfortable again with my body and my sexuality. I haven't felt this sexy or horny in so long and I often feel really excited

to masturbate, try new things, and explore myself again after listening to your tips and advice, so thank you so much. But anyways, as much as my confidence has improved, as comfortable as I'm starting to feel about being horny and exploring myself, I have a lot of insecurities that I'm trying to put out of my head every time I get back into the bedroom with my boyfriend. He's expressed, in a not only approved way, LOL, that he was unsatisfied with how lacking our sex life was, how he wanted me to spice things up in the bedroom,

specifically requesting I get on top more often and be dominant. Here's the thing, I used to love being on top and being dominant and aggressive, but I've been so out of practice and very, very rarely ride him or dominate him. Super insecure about doing it. Before I found your podcast, which has truly been a saving grace, I was watching porn to try to learn how to ride a man, which made me more insecure. So it kind of set me into this spiral of lacking self-confidence in this skill and being legit, legitimately afraid of

doing it. With all that being said, and I'm sorry this is long, I have a simple question for you. How do I confidently ride a dick? I know it's supposed to be good when it feels good for me, but it doesn't really feel good for me because I'm always so in my head during the times I'm riding. If you have any tips how I should approach it, how I should lower myself onto it, do I grind, do I bounce, how the heck am I supposed to do reverse cowgirl? I would be infinitely grateful. I want sex to continue to be something I love, that I'm not insecure about or scared of, but I'm still pretty young so by listening to you and gaining these insights, skills,

and tips for being confident in bed are lessons that will last me a lifetime. I hope my confidence and knowledge about sex and sex positivity will only grow more listening to your podcast. Thanks for everything. Hope we can hear back from you best, your fellow Emily. Alright, Emily. Thank you for this email. Well first, thank you so much for letting me know how the shows helped you and you've really done your homework. You are a A student for listening to the podcast and improving self-confidence. But there's only so much we can do by listening, right? Eventually we have to try out the

things that scare us. And it sounds like one of those is taking control of your own pleasure in the bedroom. And this comes with practice. And you aren't young. We don't come out of the womb knowing how to ride a dick. It takes practice. And especially now, Emily, that you have the confidence in your body. This is just another this is just another hurdle. Just think of this as like another thing. It might be awkward at first but just start doing it. You want to just start trying out being more dominant and getting back on top. First off, here's how you could think about it. You could say to him, okay I'm ready to get back on top but how about we're in it together? Because the pressure of feeling

like I have to perform while I'm taking my training wheels off is a little intimidating. And sometimes just by saying that to him, just by saying, will you support me in this? Can we like communicate with our eyes? Can you tell me what feels good? Might give you a little bit more confidence when the act happens. Now before that you can practice in the bedroom by yourself alone. Use a vibrator. Practice putting like a magic wand or an insertable toy or any clitoral toy like into a pillow and then grinding on it and seeing how do I want to move on this thing. That's why I recommend getting a dildo or like an insertable vibe and you just like stick it into

the pillows and you literally mount it and ride it and just see what feels good to me. The key here is finding the right angle, the right depth, the right speed. And so when you get on top of him, I think you want to go slow. You want to really move and start breathing into your body and saying, what feels good to me? Now you could do it where your knees are on either side and you lower down onto him. And then a lot of it is a back and forth motion. I don't think the bouncing up and down while it looks good in porn actually feels good for either party. His penis can slip out.

It's not hitting your clitoris or any of your hot spots. So I would try to go slow, find the right angle, move your hips in circular motions and go slow. You can also grind. Maybe you do a grinding back and forth because remember the clitoris, it really helps for the clitoris to be stimulated. So you could stimulate yourself with your hands. He could stimulate you with his hands. You could also use a vibrator on your clitoris. He

could play with your breasts. So think of it like a joystick pattern. Like you're going back and forth and side to side. You could do it in a circular motion, like where you're going around to one side and then you're slowly moving around the other side. I've even heard people say like, draw a W with your hips. So first you're going up, then you're going back, then you're going forward, like literally drawing a W or an M, going in a circle. You could also squat on your hands and feet, but you're not using really your leg motion that's

also allows you to grind more. And when you're doing this really mindfully, you can tell him, I'm gonna slow down and I'm gonna breathe and I'm gonna try to find the angle and the depth and the speed where I feel like I'm hitting my spot. You could also lie in his chest and rub your breasts against his angle and the depth and the speed where I feel like I'm hitting my spot. You could also lie in his chest and rub your breasts against his chest a little bit closer motion so you're sort of holding it a lot more intimate. You could try again like grinding and then moving up and down while you're sliding on his chest. So those are some of my tips for you to get comfortable with it.

I think full transparency, being honest, practicing on your own, and not giving up because it takes a little bit of time. Now once you get this motion, then you can practice with a reverse cowgirl if you'd like. That's more about kind of spinning around or you could get off and then remount him or you could spin around. And you could kind of lay back with your head back on his chest and then remount him or you could spin around and you could kind of lay back with your head back on of his chest and then you start kind of sliding up back and forth on his penis you're still not bouncing in this position but if

you're lying for the back of your head on his chest then you could use your hands to push you up and down but let's start with cowgirl see how that goes and you don't have to get on top and then dominate. You could get on top and dominate him by saying, touch my clit, rub my breasts, use some lube. And if you start to get frustrated, you could just take a few deep breathers, have him get back on top of you.

But the more you can do it without the anxiety and the worry and the more you can bring him into your experience, the more likely you are to give yourself permission to learn how to enjoy this experience. So deep breaths, practice this when you're masturbating as well and have fun with it. Okay thanks for the email Emily I appreciate it. Alright this is from Kayla 26 in Illinois. Hey Dr. Emilyley, I've really enjoyed your podcast and it's helped me with discussing my sex life with my partner.

We've been together two and a half years and over the past six months, my partner has stopped trying to make me orgasm as often as he used to. Normally I give oral to him and then we have intercourse. However, it lasts less than five minutes. I was becoming unsatisfied as our sex life to me used to be great.

On top of that issue and a new birth control I've been on, my our sex life to me used to be great. On top of that issue and a new birth control I'd been on my sex drive began to decrease which is abnormal for me. My partner brought up how he felt that he can no longer make me orgasm and I explained to him what turns me on and how important it is to have foreplay before sex as I can't orgasm without it. We actually had this talk about three times but nothing changed. It has always been outside the bedroom and I've been using your tips regarding time, tone, and turf. Well last night he was very clearly upset and brought it up

right after sex that he feels he does not make me happy in the bedroom. I told him I felt it wasn't appropriate to discuss it at this time. He kept bringing it up so I was getting to the point where I did have to explain to him that I tried to be honest several times and tell him what I need in order to have an orgasm, but if nothing has changed, I'm still not gonna have one.

What do you recommend I do? It's been frustrating for both of us. I don't know how many more times I have to say it to him. He refuses to talk during sex. I try to lean him towards foreplay, moving his hands or tell him before we get started, but he doesn't even listen to the conversation. Do I wait to see what happens after this last conversation? Do you have additional advice? Thanks for your help." Oh, okay, Kayla, this sounds really, really

frustrating and yes, it does sound like you're taking my advice about doing it outside the bedroom, timing, turf, and tone. You do not want to have it when you're having sex after sex. You know, only if you're in pain should you actually say like, ouch, or can we try another position. But when you want to have a productive, constructive conversation about the mechanics of your sex life, you do it outside the bedroom. Okay, so you have to have a conversation with him again outside the bedroom. And I know you're really frustrated and you've done it three times and I don't even say you wait

It sounds like the last one was really contentious. So this one's a little bit different. This one says listen I know we both love each other. We've been together two and a half years We both want to have great sex. We want to feel good to each other I know it's frustrating for you that I can't orgasm. I'd love to know that we're both working on our sex life together. Now, I've let you know that I will not orgasm without foreplay. For example, and then you lay out specific examples, I love when we make out, when you slowly undress me and go down on me and give me oral for at least 20 minutes, I feel so much more relaxed in my body and that's how it's gonna happen. When it doesn't happen, I'm not able to have an orgasm, you get

frustrated, and I'm not really sure what to do and so I'm thinking you could help me problem solve. So maybe you could start by repeating back to me what you just heard me say. Now this is a practice, this is a communication practice. And I don't want it to sound like you are belittling him or, you know, just by saying repeat back to me, but I think it's really important here because it sounds to me like something

is getting lost in translation. So you could say, does that make sense to you? And then see what he says, oh yeah, for a play, I did for a play. And you could say, no, this is, this is, I'd love you to repeat it back to me. And then I want you to tell me what you need. And then I'll repeat it back to you to make sure that we are hearing each other and we're on the same page. Because I'm just not sure what to do. You know, if we're not able to both be healthy contributors to our sex life, I'm not sure where to go from here. And you can tell them that it's frustrating, but I really need you to keep it so it's a little bit more collaborative and inclusive

and what can we do rather than allowing your frustration and blaming him. Because I know that's how you feel, because it is frustrating. Maybe he just doesn't get what foreplay means. Maybe he doesn't, maybe there's something about foreplay. You could say to him, baby, you could be honest to me, it's confusing to me, because I really thought that I've said it, but I will totally take responsibility

if maybe I haven't been as clear. Let's work on this together." So maybe something will come out from this. They'll say, well foreplay doesn't turn me on when I'm going down on you. I mean it doesn't turn me on or oh we're always in a rush. I mean maybe more will come out and then what you have to do Kayla is listen to him and say, okay so what I hear you saying is there doesn't seem to be enough time for us to have foreplay. Now that's just my example. So this is how everybody can have healthier conversations is when we become active listeners,

we repeat back what we heard, and then we come up with a solution. Now, maybe he just needs more information. A lot of couples listen to my show together. I hear from you every day. You either bookmark part of a show and you send them a clip or you listen while you're making dinner together. And then also the important thing is find out

what he needs from you. As I said, there might be something else going on that we're not sure, but you can tell him how important it is to you to have foreplay, to feel like he's invested in your pleasure, and it doesn't feel like you'll be able to get back to a healthy sex place if this healthy communication and listening doesn't happen. Now you also said that it's about the birth control. If that's truly what's going on, remember we all have the right to go back to our doctor, go back to our gynecologist and try another non hormonal birth control. Try something that maybe doesn't give you that side effect.

We do not have to live with the side effects of these medications. So go back, listen, be calm, and then see where it goes from there. And listen, if he just doesn't wanna listen to it, he doesn't wanna make a change, you have every right to say, well then I don't think this relationship is working.

We all deserve partners who are invested in the sexual health of our relationship. And if he is not, I say it's time to walk. This next email is from Steve. Dear Dr. Emily, good morning. I listened to your show and I love all your advice. I'm very attracted to my wife. I wish she was more attracted to me.

When we make love, it's spectacular, usually three to four times a month. I wish it was more. I've hinted but have not been successful. She's going through menopause and says it's part of the reason and is taking supplements. She tells me she loves me but we're not having sex as much as we'd like. Please advise. All right, Steve. First off, I love that she let you know that she's experiencing some menopause symptoms and a lot of that can be loss of libido and Dryness and it might be some pain

Now let me go to this you said that you hinted you hinted to her that it was more But you actually need to tell her you actually need to talk to her body You need to have healthy communication using the three T's timing tone and turf. Do it outside the bedroom at a time when you're hanging out and you are being, you know, you're chill and you're curious and your tone is light and collaborative. Tell her how much you enjoy the sex you're having and you hear what she's saying about menopause and how she's not as much in the mood and you love that she's taking supplements.

But you feel that when you're not connected intimately it's really hard for you because you miss it and you love the intimacy's taking supplements. But you feel that when you're not connected intimately, it's really hard for you because you miss it and you love the intimacy. So you could ask her what she recommends. Maybe you could get curious and say, when are you most in the mood for sex? Tell me about the most memorable time we've had sex and I'll tell you.

And then you can break it down together and see, well, what happened in those evenings? Was it, I just asked this to someone on the other day and they said, oh, it was when my partner slowly undressed me and he licked my nipples and he took time and then he told me how hot I was. And you know, it's things like that. Most of us, many of us, all genders have responsive desire.

It's not spontaneous. We don't walk around just, it hits us over the head that we're in the mood for sex. We need to understand our desire cycle, arousal, what gets us going. And it's a conversation you have several times. Download our pleasure planner on our site, sexwithemily.com.

Just look for pleasure planner. It's free and it's a guide for everybody, whether you're in a relationship or not, to look at the questions like I'm asking you here, Steve. Where did you have pleasure last year? What worked for you? What didn't? relationship or not, to look at the questions like I'm asking you here, Steve, where did you have pleasure last year? What worked for you? What didn't? How are you going to plan it in the future? You might find that when she takes a bath and she has time to relax or she uses her vibrator, that's when she's most in the mood. Find out what it is. And

for many couples, it's scheduling sex. It's like maybe she says, well, on the weekends, I feel more in the mood. Well, then then you know Saturday morning or Saturday night or Sunday you're going to have sex and then you look forward to it. Maybe she can start to do some of the things that actually get her in the mood. Maybe she needs to work out, make sure the house is clean. Maybe she wants you to give her a massage. So just finding out when she's been the most turned on and what's gotten her there might help as well. Sharing fantasies, downloading our Yes No Maybe list is helpful for so many couples. So understanding it changes, your sex life will come back and let her know that you are

a willing participant who loves her and you want to find a way to keep the intimacy alive and going and how important it is and you're willing to support whatever needs to happen so you can continue to connect on that level. All right Steve, thanks for your email. I appreciate it. All right guys, I hope you enjoyed this episode. It was really fun for us to hear your success stories, to hear that you took some advice, you went, you implemented it, and then what you learned from it. And so I'd love to do more of these episodes, so feel free to email me and let us know how the shows helped you. And also I think it really helps our listeners to see that it's possible that wherever you're at now sexually, you can move the needle.

You don't have to stay there. And the only reason why you're stuck where you're at right now is because you haven't taken the next step. Maybe you haven't had that difficult conversation. You haven't looked at what your roadblocks are. So I just want to tell everyone again, all my listeners, how much I love you and I appreciate you because without you we could not continue doing this show. And your success is everyone's success because you're an inspiration and I just thank you for being open, for being honest, for being vulnerable and sharing your stories with me and the listeners.

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