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The Truth About Desire: Why You're Not Broken and How to Reclaim Your Pleasure with Mint Elmokadm
Episode 12024th February 2026 • The Wellness Paradigm • Shannon Salge
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What if low desire, disconnection from your body, or pain during sex has nothing to do with being broken --- and everything to do with what you were never taught? In this episode, Shannon sits down with Mint Elmokadm, somatic sexologist and pleasure-focused sex educator, to have the conversation most people are too afraid to start.

Mint shares:

  1. Why so many women --- especially those raised in conservative or religious environments --- grow up with shame, guilt, and zero pleasure education, and how that shows up in the body years later
  2. The most common issues she sees with women and couples, from desire discrepancy to pain during penetration to the inability to let go with a partner
  3. Why "spicing things up" rarely fixes a low libido --- and what you actually need to look at first
  4. What somatic sexology is, why it works faster than traditional talk therapy, and how it bridges the gap between what your mind wants and what your body will allow
  5. How learning to receive pleasure in the bedroom translates directly into your ability to receive help, support, and joy in everyday life
  6. The one thing Mint says is the biggest turn-on in long-term relationships (hint: it has nothing to do with lingerie)
  7. Her top practical advice for women wanting to explore their sexuality and reconnect with their bodies --- whether single, newly dating, or years into a relationship

Tune in for an honest, empowering, and refreshingly shame-free conversation about pleasure, presence, and what it really means to feel free in your own body.

Connect with Mint Elmokadm Instagram: @mintelmokadm Links & offerings: msha.ke/mintelmokadm

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