Venusian Arts for the Modern & Mystical Woman. Here we explore all things Venus; Beauty, Abundance, Sensuality, Sexuality, Pleasure, Love & Desire-Based Living. I'm your host, Dianne Shepherd, certified holistic sexuality coach and wing woman for your Inner Venus! I teach a unique approach to Taoist and Tantric practices to help you heal your relationship to your sensuality, reclaim your pleasure and tap into the creative life force of your sexual energy. If you're ready to connect with your ...
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No time for pleasure? This one's for you Bella! It's sooo easy to run ourselves ragged. And when we do we forget who we are. When we connect with our pleasure it lights the way home. No matter what's going on in your life right now, honoring your sensuality and taking time for mindful pleasure will deeply serve you. Pleasure is the portal. It gives…
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The Art of Self Compassion & How to Cultivate It
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19:23Compassion is a beautiful human quality. It opens us into deeper experiences of love, intimacy and gratitude. Receiving compassion from others can be just the medicine we need when things get tough. Compassion feels good in the body and like a balm to the soul. To give it and to receive it elevates us into the realm of human spirit. When compassion…
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We all know that feeling... Uncomfortably numb. We're so good at showing up and functioning in the most stressful and chaotic circumstances. Most women I know are masters at it. While this strategy of overriding our feelings and our bodies to do what needs to be done helps us adapt and survive, it's not a long term solution. When we go numb, we can…
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Awakening the Creatrix/Activating the Great Mother Within
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25:32Happy Mother’s Day weekend! On the one hand, it’s a beautiful celebration of motherhood and on the other… well, it can bring up a lot. It’s layered. It’s complex. What I’ve found to be incredibly healing and empowering on my own journey as a woman, as a daughter and as a mother is to connect with the true power of mother. The Creatrix The Great Mot…
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How to Bust the Drama Cycle by Claiming Your Pleasure
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25:14Drama. It's everywhere. It's expensive. It's exhausting. It's more addictive than caffeine. And the crash is worse too. Society runs on drama more than it runs on Dunkin. And it can run us into the ground. While drama is a part of life, it can be less so in yours. We can take the reins. Want my favorite way to pattern disrupt this madness? I've got…
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How to Seduce Your inner Critic in 4 Simple Steps
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24:17Oy! The voice of the Inner Critic. We can so easily get duped into believing the bs, can't we? Nothing kills our joy and pleasure more quickly than unsolicited feedback from the Saboteur within. We tend to be our own worst enemy. And I'm yet to meet a woman who is immune. What we need here is a strategy. A simple, effective strategy to seduce that …
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How Your Sensuality Ignites Your Intuition
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22:04Your intuition is gold. And it's so unique to you and you alone. Without a reliable connect to your inner wisdom you can easily lose the plot on your precious life. Why you're here. What you came here to express and create. What the next step is for you on this spiraling journey. We live in exciting times And incredibly noisy times. It can be chall…
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How to Harness the Power of Pleasure to Manifest Your Desires
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24:41Do you want to up your manifestation game? Of course you do! You're not here to be a victim of circumstance. You came here to create. Joyfully create. Your desires matter. They really do. And you living into them plays an important role in what's happening on the planet right now. A new Earth is dawning. Ancient ways of being human are being reborn…
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Sacred Beauty/ How to Claim Your Radical Radiance
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26:11Beauty is a loaded topic isn't it? Brings up a lot. Which is why we need to explore it. Beauty has been hijacked and distorted. Almost beyond recognition. And what we see now (pretty much everywhere in society) is the toxic mimic. True beauty is sacred. It’s is a reveal, not a cover up. Your essence dancing in your cells. It has everything to do wi…
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If feeling irritated, wired and tired is your normal, you're not alone. If accessing your sensual pleasure and feminine flow state has been a struggle, again, you're in good company. We live in a world that makes feeling good in your skin a major challenge. Many women feel depleted, exhausted and done by the time they hit midlife. (Men too btw). Th…
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How Perfectionism Kills Our Pleasure & How to Turn it Around
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30:07Perfectionism is sneaky thing. It's usually creeps in during childhood as an attempt to feel safer in a world that didn't actually feel that safe. In response to a confusing and overwhelming world (even if our parents did a great job), our young selves can easily feel uneasy and take on a belief that if we do things perfectly, we'll get our needs m…
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If you're anything like most women in my world, you want to change the world. You know deep in your heart that there's got to be a better way. A way to create more harmony, beauty & love in the world. A way for all of us to feel more joyful, blissful, ecstatic even as we explore this human experience. You came here to this garden planet to fully li…
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Falling in Love With the Dark Goddess/ Desire Clarity & Boundaries That Feel Good
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22:51These are no ordinary times. And you are no ordinary woman. If you’ve been in my world for a while, I’m sure you’re interested in harnessing the power of the sacred feminine. That creative, sacred essence that lives inside of you. The energy that creates worlds and at the same time is uniquely yours. And I’m sure you’re down for exploring ways to t…
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Midlife, Menopause & Beyond/ The Call of the Wild
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27:10I'm sure you've noticed: We're bombarded daily with toxic, disempowering narratives on what it means to age as a woman. Constant attacks designed to leave us feeling invisible and "put out to pasture.” Fear mongering and "it's the beginning of the end" story? It can really mess with you. On a bad day, you may even start to believe all the bs. We've…
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Revive Your Libido With The Taoist Jade Egg Practice
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28:27The Taoist Jade Egg practice is one of the most curative and empowering practices on the planet for the female libido. So many women (of all ages) are struggling with low libido, unfulfilling sex lives; feeling numb, bored, exhausted or experiencing pain in their intimate lives. Some women give up on sex entirely. Some grin and bear it and get real…
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Living in Love/Some Tantric Truth on Romance
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26:21Happy Valentine's Day! 🌹🎉💘 A day when many people celebrate love. All kinds of love, but especially romantic love. Romantic love is a powerhouse isn't it? And so layered. It's one of the most compelling experiences a human can have. I think most people would agree; to swoon is divine. We see the world differently in that rose-colored state. Our moo…
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Releasing Stuck Emotions & Reclaiming Vitality With Health Detective Beth Mielbrecht
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45:20The evidence on the impact our emotions have on our quality of life is impossible to refute. Our emotions play a huge role on how we feel in our bodies. Our health and vitality are greatly effected by our emotional state. Not to mention our pleasure, sensuality and intimacy. Emotions are a part of our human experience but how we process them (or no…
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How to Stay Aligned With Your Goddess Vision Everyday
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27:18It's so important to have a big picture, North Star, Goddess Avatar vision. But showing up in alignment with that vision on a daily basis? Doing all of the daily things? That's a challenge! No pressure but...we are emitting a frequency in every waking moment whether we realize it or not. And the quality of that frequency determines much of our life…
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Your Intuition is Gold How to Tap into it & Dial it Up
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22:51These are wild times we're living in. So much going on. So much uncertainty. So many things clamoring for our attention & concern. It's huge. It's heartbreaking. And It can be so easy to collapse into overwhelm, fear and doubt. Have you found yourself in that dead end space of trying to make sense of all? Trying to figure it out? I hear you! We've …
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3 Common Manifestation Blocks and How to Handle Them
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32:50Sometimes our biggest obstacles are hiding in plain sight. If you’ve ever felt stuck or stalled in manifesting the life of your dreams you’re in good company. And it’s not your fault. We’re always manifesting. And we all carry unconscious & semi-conscious blocks that keep us in cycles of drawing in what we don’t actually want. We can recite positiv…
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The Art of Receiving/Activating the Venus Codes
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24:39Here's a Tantric truth bomb for you: As a woman, receiving is your spiritual superpower. Getting good at it will awaken your feminine consciousness. And change your life. Why? Here's my take on it. Pleasure is the portal into activating your The Venus Codes. Your innate, intrinsic energetic signatures for Beauty, Abundance, Passion, Ecstasy & Love.…
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Hang Back, Refine Your Desire & Stay in Your Vibe This Holiday Season
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25:54I don’t know who needs to hear this but… So cliche, I know, but really. (Actually, I need to hear it too, so here goes)... Have you been in overdrive? Trying too hard to make things happen? Racking your brain to figure it out? (Whatever your “it” of the moment is) to the point of exhaustion & exasperation? Head in a beehive? Way too much going on? …
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Your Eat Pray Love Adventure Begins in Your Own Backyard
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29:44When the book Eat, Pray Love came out I was worlds away from grabbing my passport and hopping on a flight to find myself. I love the book (and love travel) and I think Elizabeth Gilbert is amazing, but the adventure she so beautifully describes; one woman's search for everything, wasn't happening for this woman. Not then. At the time EPL hit the st…
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Most people have a complicated relationship with desire. So many are running on an outdated, disempowering script on desire that's simply not serving them. We've been conditioned to be skeptical of desire, to short change, to shun it and even shame it. It doesn't have to be that way. We can live into a new enlivening and empowering script on desire…
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Own Your Venus Magic/ A Journey Through the Signs
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52:49Do you believe in magic? Do you believe in your magic? That's the real question. It's no secret that modern life can feel anything but magical. We can so easily find ourselves wired, tired, high and dry. Desperately craving the spark, juice, the aliveness and inspo that we know in our hearts is possible. Well, I'm here to tell you that the magic is…
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Wild Love & Radical Radiance in the Age of Aquarius
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19:40Things are shifting... We're about to experience a powerful astrological transit that we'll all be feeling over the next 19 years. After cleaning house and working its shamanic death and rebirth medicine on systems of all kinds in Capricorn since 2008, on November 19th Pluto will move into freedom-loving Aquarius. Shifting the focus of transformati…
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When a Woman Inhabits Her Sensuality...Welcome to the Pleasure Zone
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28:32What does sustainable pleasure look like? What would be possible if you had better access to more of your calm, ease, flow & wisdom more of the time? No matter what's going on. What happens when a woman truly inhabits her sensuality? We live in wild times, no doubt. In the chaos and confusion of the world it's so easy to lose connection to who you …
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Tantra & Astrology/ Embodying Love in an Uncertain World
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31:51These are no ordinary times. And you are no ordinary woman. In times like these it can be easy to forget that you were born for this. But you've got what it takes. It's not a mistake that you're here. All you seek is inside of you. And your Astrological natal chart can help you remember. Astrology gives language to the beauty, magic and power of yo…
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Nourish Your Libido/Reclaiming Your Erotic Innocence
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24:49Low libido is often described as one of the things that “just happens” when a woman reaches a certain age or begins her journey into Menopause. If you’ve been handed the “it’s the beginning of the end” script, you know how disempowering and even infuriating that can feel. But low libido and vaginal dryness is not just an “older woman” thing. These …
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Healing the Witch Wound & Owning Our Divine Worth with Jennifer Whitaker
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43:28“Is it really possible to be in alignment with my deepest values and enjoy wealth and success in my business/career?” “Can I truly have more ease, flow, joy, love and pleasure in my life while doing work that I’m passionate about?” “Can I live my purpose sans the burnout? And have the time and energy for a thriving personal life?” As the world is c…
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How to Reignite Intimacy in Relationships With Belinda Wiley
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51:10Relationships are always a hot topic aren't they? How do we actually thrive in a long term partnership? How do we rekindle the flame that drew us in in the first place? 🔥 How do we keep love alive? 💗 And spicy? 🌶️ With all of the shifting dynamics over the past couple of months (hello eclipse season)! I thought it would be the perfect time to bring…
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Sacred Sensual Movement Move Like a Stripper/Heal Your Pelvic Floor
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17:51Struggling with pelvic floor issues? Kegel not working for you? I hear you! It’s so hard to feel your best when your pelvis is screaming for attention. And so frustrating when what people keep telling you to do just ain’t working! What if there was a simple, fun and sassy solution? There is! But you have to be bold enough to give it a try. Let's di…
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There's a commonly held belief that women are not as interested in sex as men are. It's time to bust that myth. I think what we often confuse as "not interested" is really "not interested in what's on the menu". It all boils down to the initiation we never got. Most of us have never been initiated into the sacred power of our bodies, our sensuality…
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A Journey into Yin, Pleasure & Desire With Womb Healer & Trailblazer Ariele Myers
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1:01:42I love a juicy tale of a woman diving deep and reclaiming herself. Don't you? When I witness another woman, sharing her story of feminine reclamation there's magic in the air. ✨✨✨ It enlivens, inspires and ignites me in a way that's hard to express in words. I guess that makes sense. Words can only capture a part of what's going on here. It's a vib…
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Find Your Calm With TRE® (Trauma Release Exercises)
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23:28What are the biggest blocks to our pleasure? Stress and trauma. What if you could shake some of that off? Today I want to share a somatic practice with you that can help you release some of that held tension and give you access to more vitality, joy and pleasure. I'm talking about TRE®(Trauma Release Exercises). TRE® is a series of exercises (creat…
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Get Off That Hamster Wheel & Into The Goddess Zone
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18:04I know you know what I mean. That hamster wheel of doom just keeps on spinning and keeps us running. What if you could stop that thing? Reconnect with yourself Reset Recharge Rejuvenate Come into that state where you feel calm and in your femme flow You can. And I have a simple formula for you to do just that. What women need, desperately need, is …
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Real Talk: How I Got Started on the Jade/Yoni Egg
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33:33I have a vulnerable share. Are you ready? My very first Jade Egg sat in the drawer for months. Not days. Not weeks. We’re talkin’ months. Like so many women, when I first heard about the Taoist Jade Egg practice, I was intrigued. I’m a pretty holistic gal, so the promise of healing my pelvic floor issues (which were pretty bad) naturally, really ap…
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Meet Your Venus Avatar & Embody Your Goddess Higher Self
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23:08Finding it hard to be in your femme flow? That place of calm and ease where you feel so good in your skin? Is it a challenge to prioritize your joy and pleasure (even though you really, really want to)? Can't seem to fit in the things you love and practices that you know will help you to thrive? Feeling overwhelmed with just too much "stuff to do" …
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Hey amazing woman! I know you’re rocking it in so many areas of your life but, (yes, I'm daring to ask), how’s your love life? Are you yearning for more? I think most women are. When it comes to intimacy do you find yourself confused or frustrated? Maybe you often find yourself hovering at chronic low (or high) grade disappointment and resentment? …
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The Anatomy of Desire/ Healing Desire Shame & Freeing Our Life Force
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27:07Desire. The very word has some charge to it doesn’t it? Desire has gotten a bad wrap in many spiritual circles and in society in general but in the realm of all things Venus, our desire is gold. But most of us weren’t taught that. Quite the opposite. What I’ve come to understand and live more fully into is that desire is sacred life force calling u…
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Your Personal Venus/ Getting Intimate With the Goddess of Love
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37:18When it comes to astrology, most people know their Sun sign. Many know their Moon and Rising signs too. But so few are acquainted with their personal Venus. To be honest not many astrologers give Her much attention. Or the wrong, “bad news”, disempowering kind of attention. Like “with your Venus in this sign, or with this aspect on your Venus, your…
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Orgasm is a loaded topic isn’t it? There’s a lot here to unpack. In today’s episode I share my thoughts and experiences on something I call the Feminine Face of Orgasm. The model we’ve been handed is limiting leaving many women frustrated and unfulfilled. If your experience of orgasm leaves you wanting more and wondering…”is that all there is?” You…
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Venus, Goddess of Love. Why should we care? When we think of the things Venus/Aphrodite represents; beauty, sensuality, pleasure, sex, passion, love and intimacy it’s clear to see that these are themes most humans struggle with. But it doesn’t have to be that way. This face of the Goddess has been dissed, dismissed, trivialized, commercialized and …
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Freeing Your Wild Feminine Heart With Taoist Breast Massage
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19:04Taoist Breast Massage is one of the simplest and most effective ways to create safety in your body, dial up your self-love and radiance, process your emotions, balance your hormones, and nourish your libido naturally. That's a whole lotta bang for your buck! Breast Massage is one of the foundational practices in Taoist Sexual Yoga and an important …
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Sacred Pleasure...The Sensual Erotic Initiation We Never Got
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35:47There was a time in human history where beauty, pleasure, sexuality and all things Venus were held sacred. And life was good. When the Goddess of Love reigned supreme, systems of true partnership flourished and the power and virility of the Sacred Masculine was equally honored and celebrated. These civilizations were rich in sensuality, sport, cere…
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Happy Solstice! The Solstice portals are always a powerful time for me. A time for reflection and celebration. A time to release and re-align. This Solstice was super special for me as I had the privilege of guiding a group of amazing women in my community through a sensual breathwork journey. It was such a beautiful reminder of just how potent sis…
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Align With Your Inner Venus With Sensual Breathwork
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26:23When we breathe like the ocean, we remember. Breath is one of the most powerful tools we can use to heal and transform our minds and bodies. I know you've heard that millions of times. And it's true. Maybe you've experienced this yourself. There are so many different techniques of breathwork that can produce so many different kinds of results. And …
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The Venusian Summer Series/ 7 Free Masterclasses to Embody Your Inner Goddess of Love
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21:43Are you ready for an epic summer of love? I've created something special for you! Today's episode is an invitation to join me on a Venusian journey this summer. Introducing The Venusian Summer Series/7 Free Masterclasses to Embody Your Inner Goddess of Love. I know She's in there! And I wanted to create a space and share some tools and practices so…
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Sweeter Dreams/Sensual Tips for Better Sleep
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33:59We all know how important sleep is. And there are times when it's just not happening. I've been hearing from many women in my world that sleep issues are on the rise. With all that's going on astrologically and in the world at large, that makes sense. We're all going through massive shifts on many levels, so it's not surprising that we find ourselv…
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What does it mean to be multi-orgasmic? From my perspective this is a wellness conversation. Multi-orgasmic is a term that stems from the Taoist Sexual Yoga practices where the healthy flow of sexual energy is considered to be the foundation of mental and physical wellbeing. And while sex, solo or partnered, can be a wonderful part of that, there's…
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