Sex: The Final Frontier of Authenticity | Dr. Juliana Hauser

About this episode

Dr. Juliana Hauser discusses the importance of sexuality in understanding authenticity and self-awareness.

When it comes to “getting to know ourselves,” we talk about mindfulness, creativity, career… basically everything except sex. But as Dr. Juliana Hauser argues, sexuality might be the most direct doorway into who we really are. In this episode, she takes us past the performance of “being sexy” into the raw territory of authenticity, agency, and connection. Dr. Juliana has spent over two decades helping people claim their own sexual agency. She’s a counselor and family therapist with a PhD in Counseling Education, a TEDx speaker on agency, and creator of the Revealed course on holistic sexuality. Her work shows up in therapy rooms, media outlets, and classrooms… and as of today (🥳) in her brand new book: A New Position on Sex: A Guide to Greater Sexual Confidence, Pleasure, and Authenticity In this Episode, We talk about: * Why so many of us are trapped in “performative sexy” mode * How to tell the difference between a “yuck” and a “yum” in your body * How sexuality is central to self-awareness, agency, and connection * How shame and culture block authentic sexual expression and what it takes to unlearn them The adventure Dr. Juliana guides us through a simple touch practice: four…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff Warren, Tasha Schumann

Guest: Dr. Juliana Hauser

Topics covered

• sexuality
• authenticity
• self-awareness
• agency
• connection
• shame
• culture

Keywords

• sexual agency
• performative sexy
• self-awareness
• authentic expression
• touch practice

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A New Position on Sex: A Guide to Greater Sexual Confidence, Pleasure, and Authenticity

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