Embracing Pleasure for Self and within Relationship with Leo & Dan from the Us Project

About this episode

Leo and Dan discuss their journey to deeper pleasure and intimacy in relationships, sharing personal experiences and practices.

Leo and Dan share openly about their individual and couple journey to deeper pleasure and intimacy within relationship. They speak into their personal pleasure blocks, such as stress and frustration, and their portals to pleasure, such as dance, movement, breath, touch and riding a motorbike, along with other solo and couple pleasure practices to deepen their connection to self and their partner. Leo and Dan are the Founders of The Us Project , dedicated to helping modern couples build deeper intimacy, emotional safety, and lasting connection — both inside and outside the bedroom. Their work blends evidence-based relationship frameworks with lived experience, offering couples practical tools to navigate communication, conflict, desire, and intimacy in real life. You can find them at FB: https://www.facebook.com/theusprojectld Insta: https://www.instagram.com/_theusproject/ www.theusproject.com.au Feel turned on by your own life. Lit up by your own pleasure. Be & live Pleasurelit Start your journey at ⁠ https://pleasurelit.com⁠⁠ I’m Patricia. I was the "good girl", high-achieving, independent, high-functioning. I survived an ED and a DV marriage. For years I lived…

People in this episode

Host: Patricia

Guests: Leo, Dan

Topics covered

• pleasure
• intimacy
• relationships
• self-discovery
• communication
• emotional safety

Keywords

• pleasure
• intimacy
• relationships
• self-connection
• communication
• emotional safety
• couple practices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Us Project

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