THE REAL REASON YOU'RE NUMB DOWN THERE - AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

THE REAL REASON YOU'RE NUMB DOWN THERE - AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

May 22, 2026 · 1h 2m · Season 9 · Episode 535

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Dr. Stacy Friedman and Ava Pikul discuss the reasons behind sexual numbness and how to reconnect with one's body and desires.

Guest Host - Dr Stacy Friedman PURPLE PASSION PROJECT PODCAST EPISODE #9 Feeling numb "down there"? Emotionally checked out from your body? Disconnected from pleasure, even when you want to feel it? You are not alone—and you are not broken. In this raw and powerful episode of The Purple Passion Project, Dr. Stacy sits down with Ava Pikul—a sensual guide, transformational therapist, and tantric practitioner who helps women finally feel at home in their bodies again. Together, they explore why so many high-achieving, over-giving women find themselves burnt out, sexually shut down, and disconnected from their own desires. More importantly—we talk about how to come back online. Key Discussion Points: Why you may feel numb during intimacy (and how to change it) The hidden ways trauma lives in the body What it really means to be sexually embodied The myth of "I'm not ready yet" and how it keeps women stuck How spirituality and sensuality were never meant to be separate The vagina-brain connection and why your pleasure is your power How to reconnect with yourself without needing to "fix" anything GUEST: AVA PIKUL Ava Pikul is a Tibetan Five Elements Practitioner, ABS Sexologist, and…

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