179: Psychonauts and Sexonauts: Exploring Consciousness, Sex with God, and the Regenerative Energy of Pleasure with Susan Bratton

About this episode

Dr. Cat Meyer interviews Susan Bratton about the intersection of pleasure, intimacy, and sexual liberation.

In this episode, I sit down with Susan Bratton , the “Intimacy Expert to Millions,” for a powerful conversation on grief, pleasure, sexual liberation, and lifelong vitality. We begin with how to hold rage and overwhelm without losing access to joy, and expand into how pleasure regulates the nervous system and restores power. Susan shares her work on ageless sexuality, orgasmic expansion, desire in long-term relationships, and why generosity — not performance — is the key to reigniting intimacy. We explore entheogens, radical honesty, and the idea that sexual literacy is a deeply agentic act in a culture shaped by repression. An uncensored conversation on pleasure as medicine, erotic agency, and the regenerative power of intimacy. In this episode you’ll hear: 00:00 Intro: Grief, Rage & Why Pleasure Is Essential 08:13 Sexual Repression, Agency & the Documentary Behind Closed Doors 18:59 Entheogens, Orgasm & Collective Connection 33:10 Why Desire Fades & How to Reignite It 42:04 Yoni Massage, Generosity & Moving Beyond “Duty Booty” 50:04 Affairs, Accountability & The Erotic Work of Vulnerability 55:34 Sensate Focus, Expanded Orgasm & Training the Nervous…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Cat Meyer

Guest: Susan Bratton

Topics covered

• sexual liberation
• pleasure
• intimacy
• nervous system
• ageless sexuality
• desire
• enthoegens

Keywords

• pleasure
• sexuality
• intimacy
• grief
• nervous system
• desire
• enthoegens
• sexual literacy
• ageless sexuality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Personal Life Media, Inc.

Products: Better Lover

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