Leah & Dr. Willow: Why Am I Never In The Mood? Spontaneous Vs Responsive Desire And What It Means For Your Love Life | #186

About this episode

The episode discusses the common issue of mismatched libidos in relationships and explores the concepts of spontaneous and responsive desire.

Send us a text & leave your email address if you want a reply! You fell madly in love. The sex was electric. Then life happened; kids, careers, cortisol, and somewhere along the way, one of you stopped wanting it as much as the other. If mismatched libidos are quietly creating distance in your relationship, you are not broken and neither is your partner. Research suggests that up to 80% of couples will experience some form of desire discrepancy at some point in their relationship and it i...

People in this episode

Hosts: Leah Piper, Dr. Willow Brown

Topics covered

• desire discrepancy
• libido
• relationships
• sexuality
• intimacy
• communication

Keywords

• mismatched libidos
• desire
• relationships
• sexual desire
• intimacy issues
• couples therapy
• communication

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