Ep139: Men and Sexual Anxiety: How Mindfulness Can Help You Have a Pleasurable Sex with David Khalili

OVERVIEW

Have you been forcing yourself to sleep the same way you’re insisting a pleasurable sex?

Apparently, the more you try to control your sleep, the worse it gets. This is the same way our sexual desire works. The more anxious and controlling we are, the more distressing our sex life becomes.

In this episode, we will learn from David Khalili, LMFT, a sex and relationship therapist, and the founder of Rouse Relational Wellness in San Francisco, CA. David will be sharing with us the importance of mindfulness and of scanning our body to having a great sex. Plus, he will help us debunk the way we think about sex and how we should experience it.

“Sex and sleep anxiety can be treated in similar ways; through mindfulness techniques, slowing yourself down, challenging your own assumptions, and identifying trauma that might be related to these anxieties.” - David Khalili, LMFT

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WHAT WILL WE LEARN

01:50 Getting to know David Khalili
03:50 How expectations and anxiety affect your sexual desire
10:33 Self-soothing and co-soothing
14:15 How mindfulness can help with sleep and sex anxiety
19:37 You don’t need to have an erection to have sexual pleasure
25:00 Polyamorous and poly/mono relationships

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