Your host Samantha is reunited with everyone's favorite sex expert, research nerd, and incoming Master of Social Work, Lauren Goyette!

If you’ve been feeling like you're completely crazy because your mood, your libido, and your business energy shift from week to week—congratulations, you're not crazy. You’re just a woman. Lauren drops by to break down why trying to operate on a man's 24-hour testosterone cycle is a one-way ticket to burnout city, and how tuning into our natural 28-day Intrinsic Rhythms changes everything.

Plus, Sam shares her personal theory on how unhealthy attachment styles might make our bodies more susceptible to Functional Neurologic Disorders (FND)—and how we can start picking apart the data to heal.

In this unfiltered, science-backed episode, we dive into:

• The "Swap-Swap" & Timer Method: How to negotiate desires in the bedroom when you want hot wax and your partner thinks it's boring (including a game-changing tip for neurodivergent folks who struggle to just sit still and receive).
• The 4 Seasons of Your Cycle: How to plan your life, your sex life, and your business launches around your biochemistry:
• Winter (Menstrual Phase): The ultimate rest, reset, and protective boundaries phase. No performing allowed.
• Spring (Follicular Phase): Spontaneity, flirting, ideation, and planting the creative seeds for your business.
• Summer (Ovulatory Phase): You are literally magnetic. The ultimate time for erotic expression, recording podcasts, and hitting "launch" on your projects.
• Fall (Luteal Phase): The land of Luteal Rage, self-doubt, and anxiety—but also the ultimate phase for discernment, refinement, and setting fierce boundaries.
• No Flow? No Problem! Lauren breaks down exactly how "non-bleeders" (whether you have an IUD or you're in a wiser phase of life) can biologically and mentally sync up with the four main phases of the moon.
• The Box of Chocolates: Why your partner needs to learn the vocabulary of your weekly "box" shifts—because one week you’re vanilla-filled, and the next week you’re fudge!

Turn the volume up, drop the shame, and let’s get into the meat and potatoes of your pleasure manual!

Links & Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Build Your Pleasure Manual: Join Lauren’s 12-month journey, The Pleasure Collective, or grab her online module course Intrinsic Rhythms with Lauren Goyette (or drop her an email with your wildest sex questions!).
• Upgrade Your Subconscious: Head over to Sweet Soul Wellness to claim your free personalized audio recording and test-drive your mental makeover before you commit!

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