About this episode

Debra Pascali Bonaro and Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers discuss how to raise shame-free, pleasure-positive children starting from birth.

What if preparing for birth could also prepare you for a lifetime of deeper intimacy, healing, and connection—for you and for your children? In this powerful conversation, Debra talks with Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers, internationally recognized sex and gender feminist psychotherapist, bestselling author of Sex, God, and the Conservative Church and Shameless Parenting, and founder of Inanna Rising. Together, they explore how sexual shame shows up in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, and how embracing pleasure can transform not just your birth, but your whole family's story. Dr. Tina shares her own birth story of a fast, "big baby" delivery that made her appreciate just how much birth asks of our bodies and hearts. She then breaks down how early and deep shame takes root—many girls start modifying their diets as young as six—and why pregnancy often brings those old stories to the surface. You'll hear practical, compassionate steps to begin "reparenting" yourself, shedding inherited shame, and raising confident, body‑positive, pleasure‑literate kids, starting from birth. Along the way, Debra and Tina invite you to honor your unique body, your unique baby, and the profound truth that…

People in this episode

Host: Debra Pascali Bonaro

Guest: Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers

Topics covered

• shame-free parenting
• pleasure-positive education
• birth and intimacy
• body positivity
• healing from shame

Keywords

• birth
• intimacy
• shame
• pleasure
• parenting
• body positivity
• healing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Inanna Rising

Books & works: Sex, God, and the Conservative Church, Shameless Parenting

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