You Are Not Broken

Reminder you can get CME credit for this podcast! Link below! Low libido is a gift telling you what needs to change in your life - Dr. Wellenstein Dr. Wellenstein is a double board-certified doctor who has been working with women for over 20 years and due to her own personal health challenges, she stepped outside the box of conventional medicine to take a radically different approach to heal herself from the deep depths of burnout. Now Dr. Renee empowers women to take control of their health, jumpstart their energy, improve their confidence and reignite their libido! We discuss burnout and recovery. Is it too much hard work to exercise, eat right and work on mindset? How to you get to the point where you realize you are in charge of your life? How we “should” on ourselves as women and how it affects our health. Work burden inequality at home and how it affects your stress and health. Trusting the process when you are in it. Encouraging women to ask for what they want in and out of the bedroom. If you are angry and resentful towards your partner you will not have a desire to have sex. How you view yourself as a sexual being affects your sex life. Tips for women: Awareness Boundaries Communication The role of self-love in health. You have to have something worth desiring in order to desire it. Low libido is a gift telling you what needs to change in your life. SOCIAL LINKS: Website: https://www.drreneewellenstein.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drreneewellenstein/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/renee.wellenstein Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrReneeWellenstein Podcast: Itunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-the-leap-with-dr-renee/id1465483819 Books Discussed: Atomic Habits by James Clear https://amzn.to/3EiWd9S Our podcast sponsor is Bonafide Bonafide products help women embrace the natural changes that occur throughout all phases of life. Discount code for 20% off: NOTBROKEN Sales link: https://hellobonafide.com/notbroken The CME experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and unlock credits & more: https://earnc.me/myWUep --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you having boring Sex in a Long Term Relationship? Listen today! Meet Dr. Corey Allan – Host of the long running, since 2011, “Sexy Marriage” Podcast and a Phd in Family Therapy. The beginning of relationships is a dopamine high. You don’t “fall out” of love, you just get more knowledge. We discuss “roommate life” and how that affects our sexuality. When marriage is not easy is when it starts. “Marriage is more about becoming a better human than it is about the two people being happy. And when you keep things simple, you can experience more in marriage and life.” Dr. Corey Allan Why Dr. Allan thinks so many people think a good sex life is so hard? Myth: Marriage is hard work – Dr. Allan discusses this. “As humans we spend a lot of time distracting ourselves from ourselves.” – Dr. Allan How do we incorporate spirituality into a sexy marriage? – Why are they not mutually exclusive. Boring sex – help! We talk about what do we do with boredom in the bedroom. Duty sex and checklist sex – help! Advice to men who want their wives to have more sex with them. “Be someone worth having good sex with” – Dr. Allan Advice to women who feel their husband is disengaged and avoids sex. Tips for communicating with your partner. https://smrnation.com/ Our podcast sponsor is Bonafide Bonafide products help women embrace the natural changes that occur throughout all phases of life. Discount code for 20% off: NOTBROKEN Sales link: https://hellobonafide.com/notbroken The CME experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and unlock credits & more: https://earnc.me/vmsUUN --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How sexual function is biopsychosocial and the meds that affect the “bio” part of this There are two FDA approved meds for women with low desire. They work in 50-60%of people that take them. They work by boosting dopamine. Addyi - filbanserin - came out in 2015. It is an oral nightly medication. Side effects are sleepiness and may include weight loss. It is safe to use if you are on antidepressants. Vyleesi – bremelanotide – an on demand injection – likely works by increasing dopamine. Do we fix hormones first or use these meds first? How to navigate prescribing these meds as a provider? Dr. Rubin talks about her work changing national guidelines. 23% of women have clitoral adhesions Clitoral phimosis - workup and meds versus surgery – Dr. Rubin’s pilot study How do we prevent recurrence? Resources discussed today https://www.instagram.com/drrachelrubin https://www.rachelrubinmd.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DrRachelRubin/ ISSWSH Find a provider: https://app.v1.statusplus.net/membership/provider/index?society=isswsh NAMS find a provider: https://portal.menopause.org/ SMSNA find a provider: https://app.v1.statusplus.net/membership/provider/index?society=smsna Our podcast sponsor is Bonafide Bonafide products help women embrace the natural changes that occur throughout all phases of life. Discount code for 20% off: NOTBROKEN Sales link: https://hellobonafide.com/notbroken This Podcast is not approved for credit by CMEfy, however, you may reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and engage to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via point-of-care learning activities here: https://earnc.me/X8BGyS --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

March Live Podcast · Thoughts on Joylux vibrator https://joylux.com/ · COVID correlating to hormone imbalance? · Vaginal estrogen causing yeast infection? · I have had a heart attack so doctors are saying I cannot do any sort of hormone therapy, is this true? · How do you know when to see a gynecologist vs urologist vs family practice MD vs dermatologist for issues? I am 40 and I am interested in getting my hormones checked after about 6 months of unusual periods (skipping months followed by months straight of bleeding, spotting etc)? And, after hearing about it on your podcast, I think there's a good chance I have lichen sclerosis. Which type of doctor do I begin with for these 2 issues? · What’s the difference between estrogen gel and cream? · If a guy has ED, in your opinion, would the Phoenix device work or is this a ploy to get people to spend big money? https://www.getmyphoenix.com/ · How do you know if your estrogen is low? Is it just a test or is it based on symptoms? · How do I “shop” for a more educated doctor? · AND MORE! March’s Sponsor is Tabu – to prioritize your sexual wellness www.heytabu.com CODE: YANB for 15% off your kit CME Credit here: This Podcast is not approved for credit by CMEfy, however, you may reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and engage to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via point-of-care learning activities here: https://earnc.me/XKZI1r Powered by CMEfy - a seamless way for busy clinician learners to discover Internet Point-of-Care Learning opportunities that reward CME credits & more. Learn more at about.cmefy.com/cme-info --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr Jaime Seeman aka Doctor Fit and Fabulous - is a board certified OBGYN. She has a passion for fitness, preventative medicine and ketogenic therapy not only in her medical practice but in her own life. She is the co-medical director of Upgrade Performance Institute. Dr Seeman was also Mrs Nebraska 2020, finished Top 15 at Mrs America 2021 and appeared on NBC Titan games with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. She tells us her story about getting unstuck and how to inspire others. “I can’t ask my patients to do anything that I can’t do myself” – Dr. Seeman We talk about the importance of changing our internal dialogue – changing your thinking “Confidence is created through action” How to create a life audit – we are who we surround ourselves with and who am I? 5 Pillars of Health Nutrition Exercise Sleep Stress Environment If you want to decrease your risk of diabetes – lift weights and prioritize muscle What do you do when no one is cheering for you? We forget to parent ourselves. Why do you think so many women don’t believe in themselves? Her experience with pregnancy and sexuality and body image “There is nothing sexier than a woman who doesn’t care about what other people think” – Dr. Seeman We talk about post-partum sexual changes. One of your areas of expertise is PCOS – tell us what it is and how you educate women on what to do about it. The relationship of our diet and our thyroid Facebook: Doctor Fit and Fabulous Instagram: @doctorfitandfabulous Twitter: @JaimeSeeman YouTube Channel: Dr. Fit & Fabulous March’s Sponsor is Tabu – to prioritize your sexual wellness www.heytabu.com CODE: YANB for 15% off your kit This Podcast is not approved for credit by CMEfy, however, you may reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and engage to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via point-of-care learning activities here: https://earnc.me/O5ZJT7 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Desire is Shaped by our Lived Experiences – The Heteronormative Theory Paper Dr. Sari van Anders is the Canada 150 Research Chair in Social Neuroendocrinology, Sexuality, and Gender/Sex, and Professor of Psychology, Gender Studies, and Neuroscience, at Queen's University. Dr. van Anders has published over 80 papers with research that sets out new ways to conceptualize, understand, and map gender/sex, sexual diversity, and sexuality, and also provides unique tools and theories for feminist and queer bioscience, especially within social neuroendocrinology and studies of testosterone. Can we talk about Gendered behavior for a fast minute – a lot of people – majority people – might not know or believe that they are “socially gendered” – she explains this to us. How does being gendered as a female affect our desire? how some aspects of sexuality widely assumed to be hormonal, might actually be better understood with or alongside a sociocultural lens. Okay – on to the mind blowing paper on “the heteronormativity theory of low sexual desire in women partnered with men” – Archives of Sexual behavior 2021. - Why did you write this? - You propose the heteronormativity theory of low sexual desire in women partnered with men, arguing that heteronormative gender inequities are contributing factors. - Four Hypothesis o Inequitable divisions of household labor Women have less free time o Blurring of partner and mother roles – its not that mothers aren’t sexual – it is that the relationship between mothers and those they mother is not a sexual one. Nurturant experiences decrease testosterone and increase peptides like oxytocin and vasopressin. Thinking sexual thoughts can change testosterone levels How Cortisol affects our sexual response o Objectification of women Proximity to the norm matters for their desire Women’s focus on appearance and being sexy instead of sexual Ignorance about the vulva and clitoris negatively impacts desire in women partnered with men o Gender norms surrounding sexual initiation. Discomfort initiating sex contributes to low desire. If women have to say yes everytime a man wants sex – this contributes to low desire. “women’s sexual pleasure within heteronormative framings is fraught.” Women’s duty for sex or inability to say no. - What do we do now that we know this? - Orgasm coercion is her future research The Heteronormativity Theory of Low Sexual Desire in Women Partnered with Men https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-021-02100-x https://www.queensu.ca/psychology/van-anders-lab/ March’s Sponsor is Tabu – to prioritize your sexual wellness www.heytabu.com CODE: YANB for 15% off your kit This Podcast is not approved for credit by CMEfy, however, you may reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and engage to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via point-of-care learning activities here: https://earnc.me/vKccS5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if low desire is not your fault? Join me as I drink coffee and read (and editorialize) the best sex research paper to come out of 2021! The Heteronormativity Theory of Low Sexual Desire in Women Partnered with Men. by Sari M van Anders, Debby Herbenick, Lori A Brotto, Emily A Harris, Sara B Chadwick Join me in a few days as my next episode will be an interview with Dr. Sari van Anders Link here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8382213/ CME for this episode here: https://earnc.me/RxoV55 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Getting Paid to Talk About Sex – Men’s Sexual Health Urologist - Dr. Amy Perlman Amy Pearlman is a urologist specializing in men’s health and genitourinary reconstruction in Iowa City. We discuss a woman’s role in men’s health as a healthcare provider, family member and partner How can a woman approach concerns with her partner – what not to say. Sexual health can be a barometer of the health of a relationship Tips for communicating sexual health issues How women can hurt men with body shaming and their body functions. Men have insecurities too. Men and women are so similar. Low T - how to help with lifestyle changes – is it true that once you start you can’t get off 2/2 shutting down the testes? https://uihc.org/amy-m-pearlman https://www.instagram.com/amypearlmanmd/ March’s Sponsor is Tabu – to prioritize your sexual wellness www.heytabu.com CODE: YANB for 15% off your kit This Podcast is not approved for credit by CMEfy, however, you may reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and engage to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via point-of-care learning activities here: https://earnc.me/bTV63Z --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a former nun, oncology nurse, holistic health coach, and energy medicine practitioner, Laurie McCracken is passionate about supporting the healing and transformation needed to reunite our sexuality with our spirituality. She knows personally the emotional, physical, and mental trauma this “disconnect” can create in one’s life. She has also experienced firsthand the profound healing and transformation Authentic Tantra® offers. My deepest desire for you is that you feel good about and inspired by your own life! – Laurie McCracken The body is the portal and gateway to our sexuality Every orgasm is a glimpse of enlightenment Working with our sexuality is vulnerable and sacred She teaches us to do a simple pleasure journal to start on your journey of healing and embracing pleasure in your life Once we heal our sexuality, everything else in our life opens up We need to calm our minds to be present in our bodies Pleasure is the antidote to the trauma in our life What kind of lover do you want? Be that for yourself first. https://lauriemccracken.com/ https://www.authentictantra.com/ March’s Sponsor is Tabu – to prioritize your sexual wellness www.heytabu.com CODE: YANB for 15% off your kit This Podcast is not approved for credit by CMEfy, however, you may reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and engage to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via point-of-care learning activities here: https://earnc.me/GuF9oG --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Worldwide, the rates of chronic pelvic pain for women of childbearing age range from 14% to 32% Deb Malkin is a plus size, body positive, LCS certified life coach, massage therapist, movement enthusiast, and client zero of her pain recovery coaching work. She had only been taught that pain is related to issues in the tissues and was never taught the link between the brain, nervous system and the experience of chronic pain. Her mission has always been for people of all sizes, abilities and genders to feel at home in their bodies. She shares her story of chronic pain. The brain can continue and perpetuate pain long after the body has healed. Why is chronic pain everywhere? Does pain tell us lies or is it in how we interpret the pain that gets us in trouble? The role of fear and being able to feel. We talk about pain with sex and pelvic pain and tips for that issue. The “perfectionist personality” and suppressed rage and how it is involved with pain. The role of self-acceptance and body image and pain. The process of just being aware changes your brain. The “lazy detective”. “The brain talks to us in thoughts, emotions and body sensations” Deb Malkin CURIOSITY IS THE ANTIDOTE TO FEAR Recommended Book The Way Out by Alan Gordon https://amzn.to/35vybLY 1:1 chronic pain coaching program - www.debmalkin.com https://www.instagram.com/movewithdeb/ Podcast “Move With Deb” - https://movewithdeb.libsyn.com/ March’s Sponsor – Tabu Code YANB for 15% off of your intimacy kit at www.heytabu.com This Podcast is not approved for credit by CMEfy, however, you may reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and engage to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via point-of-care learning activities here: https://earnc.me/EL95aG --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My last summary of the amazing ISSWSH conference! Such amazing topics Sex post baby Porn in heterosexual long term couples - getting to the deeper issues Pre-menstrual Dysphoria Disorder Perimenopause Sex after Pelvic Surgery --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Day two of my thoughts on the 2022 ISSWSH conference! How to talk to your kids about sex Sex after cancer Sex after baby --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join me at the ISSWSH conference in Dallas today! Resources MYPFM.com PROSANA.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Such a good talk with Rachel Hughes for Perry app! Check it out! https://www.heyperry.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ohhelloperry/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/heyperry https://apps.apple.com/us/app/perry-perimenopause-community/id1544428724 This content in this Podcast is not approved for credit by CMEfy, however, you may reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and engage to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via point-of-care learning activities here: https://earnc.me/gNdtcd --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get on the email list to get the live podcast recording invite link to your email at www.kellycaspersonmd.com 1. Hormones 10+ years after menopause, risks and benefits and how to talk to your doctor. 2. pelvic organ prolapse options, surgical and non-surgical 3. What are pellets? Are they effective? 4. Benefits of pelvic floor therapy 5. Can incontinence be treated at home? 6. Views on viagra? 7. Is progesterone necessary if taking vaginal estradiol? 8. Is it a thing to apply estradiol to the face or neck? Are there estrogen creams recommended for the face? 9. What exactly should I ask for when I want to get my hormones tested? AND MORE! This content in this Podcast is not approved for credit by CMEfy, however, you may reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and engage to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ via point-of-care learning activities here: https://earnc.me/LxZTpk --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a lecture I gave for a physician course on sex and menopause. The myths and the facts. Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/MxiRLg --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I define Male orgasmic disorder and discuss the common causes and treatments. Reference: AUA Update Series "Male Orgasmic Disorder" Find a Sex Therapist: https://www.aasect.org/referral-directory Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/SMg4U --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A woman was feeling bad that she was avoiding sex because it was taking her partner too long to orgasm via her vagina. I set the record straight and offer some tips and tricks. Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/G98XnL --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On social media A woman asked – my vagina is so dry that sex is painful, how can I fix this? Wikipedia: Gaslighting is a colloquialism, loosely defined as making someone question their own reality. The answer provided on social media to this question: - Regular sexual activity, self stimulation and pelvic floor exercise can help keep your vagina health. - IS THIS ACTUALLY TRUE? - This doctor said “I tell women to avoid sugar and use probiotics to make sure their entire ecosystem is “humming along” – NO evidence that oral probiotics affect vaginal microbiome – then she plugs her diet and her probiotic products - She then goes on to say – two additional ways to counteract vaginal dryness is to strengthen the pelvic floor by doing kegel exdrcises and using a “holistic formulation” that helps maintain optimal levels of natural moisture, and “supports a healthy vulva and vagina”. – this is her product – which states it “prevents leaks” and costs 70 dollars. Also claims to “reignight desire” – WTF I searched in J sex med - does intercourse delay or treat vaginal atrophy? – can’t find a damn thing I found on an internet site - “Regular sexual activity, with or without a partner, can help maintain healthy vaginal tissues through increased blood flow and avoid or lessen the effects of vaginal atrophy.” - No citations, so again I went to J Sex med – can’t find a thing On menopause.org - Regular vaginal sexual activity is important for vaginal health after menopause because it stimulates blood flow, helps keep your vaginal muscles toned, and maintains your vagina’s length and stretchiness. - No citations, and furthermore, the vaginal muscles are smooth muscles controlled by the autonomic nervous system – you can’t tone them with sexual activity - I will buy that stretching the vagina frequently probably allows it to be stretched frequently without pain – but is there evidence and why sex, why not just dilation? Current treatment options for postmenopausal vaginal atrophy Iuliia Naumova1 and Camil Castelo-Branco2 Int J Womens Health. 2018; 10: 387–395. It is important not to forget about the positive effect of sexual intercourse on the improvement of vaginal health – no citations (JAMA 1983;249:2195-2198) Vaginal Atrophy in the Postmenopausal WomanThe Importance of Sexual Activity and Hormones - But this study was not randomized – perhaps the less atrophy allowed the women to be sexually active and not vice versa? How do we know the sexual activity caused less atrophy? We don’t have any studies. Another paper on vaginal atrophy gave this recommendation - Regular sexual activity should be encouraged to maintain vaginal health. (II-2B) - Usefulness/efficacy is less well established by evidence/opinion Why is level 2-2B evidence cited as scientific fact? Pro-tip – Billionaire Marc Cuban just started an online pharmacy for low cost generic drugs https://costplusdrugs.com/ - vaginal estrogen tabs for < 10 bucks, cream for 54 dollars. What other myths do you want me to bust? Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/C7gjrk --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan live topics - from hormones to bladder cancer to male questions - I answer them all! If I didn't get to yours join me for February's live Q&A by getting on my email list at www.kellycaspersonmd.com If I think I need hormone cream.....should I get tested for imbalance?? Is generic estradiol cream as good as Estrace? I’m seeing mixed reviews. The pharmacy gave me generic Doctor, what will happen, if we don’t take testosterone supplements after bilateral orchiectomy?? A woman writes in about worry about sex after hysterectomy Tightening cream – oh you get all my thoughts on this one. Is it too late for my to start hormones if it has been 10 years after menopause? Screening for STIs in men 🙏 How do you get a doctor to give you vaginal estrogen? Bladder cancer info Pain with penetration after orgasm – help! Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/IcBZb9 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anorgasmia = persistent inability to achieve orgasm. 10-15% of women have never had an orgasm and there are so many reasons why. I talk about the top 5 things I say on repeat 1) vaginal estrogen is for almost everyone 2) systemic versus vaginal estrogen 3) Responsive desire is normal 4) Expand your view of heterosexual sex 5) and of course YANB! Check out ondrwear.com and use YANB to save 25% Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/WJA2M7 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

National LS day is Jan 17th so I thought we would bring back Dr. Jill Krapf to help educate us on this silent condition that affects our sexuality so profoundly. What is Lichen Sclerosus. Can it be prevented? How it affects sexuality Classic signs and standard treatments What about lasers for LS? Why is it important to be on maintenance therapy How can partners be supportive? Dr. Krapf's important research. https://www.instagram.com/jillkrapfmd/ https://www.lichensclerosus.org/ Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/VUemhu --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is an IG live I did with Dr. Prabakar, OBGYN, who is known as The Fibroid Doc on IG! We talk all about female pelvic bleeding and issues! What are fibroids? How do you get fibroids? What are symptoms of fibroids? What is adenomyosis and endometriosis The perimenopause transition and how it affects bleeding We discuss ablation and lifestyle changes to help with quality of life www.instagram.com/thefibroiddoc https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyPUtuVimf7GpprOiuXVWaw Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/652eyN --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Check me out being interviewed for the amazing "Hit Play Not Pause" podcast with Selene Yeager! Your brain is your largest–and arguably your most important–sex organ. It’s also the most overlooked, especially during the menopausal transition when we spend a whole lot of time talking about our vaginas (which are important, too, of course!). I am her guest and we talk about all of it in a show that drives home the mind-vagina connection during menopause and midlife. Follow her at www.instagram.com/fitchick3 www.instagram.com/feistymenopause Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/45W2PS --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I reflect on my podcast and me and how we both grew in 2021 - like I got bangs, and quit drinking! I list my top 4 episodes - I discuss 2022 plans for me and the podcast Thanks for your support heading into year 3! Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/uLGR8d --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Each month I do a zoom webinar and IG live. Sign up for the email's to get on the webinar for live coaching at www.kellycaspersonmd.com Today we talk about hormones, vaginal and systemic and why they are indicated and why you might choose to use them Pelvic pain evaluations Low desire doesn't live in a bubble Delayed ejaculation Vulvar moisturizers versus lube versus vaginal estrogen Thoughts on "estrogen dominance" and how to tell if you are "low" in estrogen. Can you use vaginal estrogen if your mother had breast cancer? At what age do you need to stop systemic hormones? Don't forget your CME: https://earnc.me/dzvMN0 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Juliana is a relationship and sex expert with a PhD in Counseling Education; a background in teaching gender studies and therapists at the graduate level; a licensed marriage and family / professional and practicing counselor herself. She says sex is the final chapter in personal development – I could not agree more! We learn how to talk, but rarely learn how to listen to feedback - that and more in this wonderful episode. Our sexuality is so much more than what we were taught. It is so much more than our sex acts. How does sex relate to everything else in your life? Let’s talk about sexual agency. The power of having your own back. Let’s talk about consent in a marriage and/or a long term relationship – a woman has sex with the partner because he wants to, but she really doesn’t want to and just goes through the moves – - Is this consent? - Is she damaging her “desire” or rewiring her brain when she just goes through the motions? - “It’s okay because it has always been okay is not good enough” How to receive communication – how to feel safe – we do a fun role play! How to have a conversation about sexual wants. There is always something underneath the ask. www.dr-juliana.com www.instagram.com/drjulianahauser Don't Forget your CME! https://earnc.me/j7Klfq --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I am podcasting while on call, what could possibly go wrong? I review the poll that www.meetrosy.com did - they asked 1,000 people in committed relationships about their sexual life and I review and provide commentary. Also, I do a Tenga review (YANB15 for 15% of your order) at https://www.tenga.co/ and a wevibe review. Book mentioned: https://www.tenga.co/ The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love Get CME for listening to my podcasts! https://earnc.me/82s5av --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beta Testing! Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/dMybKs The topic formally known as Sex-ED Dr. Teresa Wood trained in Philosophy, she has always been interested in the ways in which science and belief are applied to our bodies, our wellness, our sexuality and our education. For years thereafter, she used her stage presence, her poetry and her humorous teaching style to help her audience unlearn the old-school Sex Education that created fear and shame in place of respectful sexuality. Her pleasure positive Sexy Seminars replaced Sex-Ed with awareness, empowerment, and access to healthy hotness within relationships. In 2006, she earned a Medical Doctorate and pursued her interest in Sexual Medicine. She continues to write and work in BC, Canada as a physician, and a Sex/Intimacy & Relationship Coach, revamping the topic formerly known as Sex-Ed. I love this bio! I just heard sex ed called “preventative reproduction” – it really isn’t sex ed at all is it? “You get a fair bit of education from silence” – Dr. Wood “Loss of foreplay is loss of sex for women” – Dr. Wood She describes low libido as low dopamine in the nucleus accumbens. They are not being rewarded for the sex they are having (because it isn’t satisfying and not releasing dopamine). ““de-goal-ing” penetrative sex is the goal” – Dr. Wood Female Ejaculation - some people have it and some people don’t – both are okay. “We don’t care if it is pee, we care if it is glee!” – Dr. Wood https://www.instagram.com/drteresawood/ https://drteresawood.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is a lecture I gave for women physicians about male sexual health. I hope you learn something and enjoy the info! Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/XPsWwP --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chronic stress is the underlying reason for seeing a primary care doctor. Chronic stress makes you live a shorter life. Chronic stress kills your libido and sex life. I talk with Dr. Robyn Tiger, certified in yoga therapy, meditation and life coaching with specialty certification in trauma. With stress, anxiety, depression and burnout on the rise, and having personally lost 3 medical colleagues to suicide, she is deeply passionate about sharing what she learned with as many people as she can. How to get “that loving feeling” back. Learn about your stress response and how to regulate it and drop into the parasympathetic system (the relaxation response). We need to put the brake pedal on and learn how to do it. She breaks it down for the skeptics. Quick things you can do in 15 minutes. If having a good sex life isn’t good enough, do you want to live longer? How to switch from sympathetic to parasympathetic – ie: from crazy day to wonderful intimacy https://www.stressfreemd.net/ https://www.instagram.com/stressfreemd Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs here: https://earnc.me/yN3uhT --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today I am lucky enough to interview Sarah Chadwick, author of “The Sweetness of Venus”. She is passionate about sex equality, gender studies, humor and learning. Her book is dedicated to: “This book is for all those who have a clitoris, or the opportunity to engage with one.” Why she wrote this book! You talk about how the clitoris is lost and found and lost and found throughout documented history. “17th-century under-the-table narrative about sex has a strong emphasis on mutual pleasure that is noticeably lacking in many of today’s sex-ed books and in too many sex-ed classes.” Why don’t we tell girls and boys about this aspect of a woman’s anatomy? We discuss the female condition of being frigid – now we have a medical disorder if we don’t orgasm with PIV sex. In 1994 U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jocelyn Elders suggested sex should be mentioned as safe and healthy in school curricula. In answer to a question at the UN Conference on AIDS as to whether she thought teaching about masturbation in schools might reduce unsafe sex, she replied: “I think that is something that is part of human sexuality and it’s part of something that should perhaps be taught. But we’ve not even taught our children the very basics.” She was forced to resign by Bill Clinton as a consequence.” 1966 – The sexually adequate female “Frank S. Caprio, M.D., recommends “psychiatric assistance” for any woman who prefers clitoral stimulation to other forms of sexual activity. ” How did views about female morality come to be bound up with women’s sexuality? How is sharing this on social media going? Are we allowed to say clitoris? Can you talk about the American versus UK approach to menopause care? Our emphasis on “natural” and the pressure to be “natural” https://www.instagram.com/its.personalgirls/ The Sweetness of Venus: A History of the Clitoris Sarah Chadwick https://amzn.to/3ppAzd5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tenga reviews Discount code: YANB15 tenga.co Lube – hole lotion – $ 15 https://usstore.tenga.co/collections/tenga-hole-lotion-series Ring Vibrator – SVR Black - $80 https://usstore.tenga.co/collections/tenga-vibrators/products/tsv-001 Iroha Tenga MIZU – 79.99 https://usstore.iroha-tenga.com/collections/rechargeable-vibrators/products/hmt-01 iroha mini Ume-Anzu https://usstore.iroha-tenga.com/collections/battery-operated-vibrators/products/hmm-02 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is my November live podcast recording - lots and lots of Q&A in here! Leave a podcast review by the end of Nov 28th and be entered to win a copy of "Why good sex matters" by Nan Wise, Phd. TENGA discount code: YANB15 www.usstore.tenga.co www.instagram.com/tenga_global --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the third in a row episode with my good friend Dr. Hart - - - Penis Size Why is this such a big deal for men (pun intended?) It is not associated with height, sperm count or any thing else. Warning – we are going to tell you what is average in length for this body part. Most people are normal. What women make their partner's penile function mean and how to talk about it. Dr. Hart is a sexual medicine physician in Canada at https://www.sexualfunctionclinic.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The myth and the facts of Hymen What it is and what it isn't The case for knowing your body. Dr. Hart is a sexual medicine physician in Canada at https://www.sexualfunctionclinic.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Physicians get trained to be biased against overweight individuals - that doesn't help us feel great about ourselves which then can translate into the bedroom. I LOVE talking with Dr. Hart who a sexual medicine physician in Canada at https://www.sexualfunctionclinic.com Body positivity, mindset, myths about body size and sex The medical system and fat phobia – we are very judgy. You will “never be good enough to…” if you don’t change your mind. We discuss chasing “I thought I would be happy when” thoughts. “if you are having a sex life problem get help, don’t just assume it is your weight” We discuss black and white thinking when it comes to weight and hear Dr. Hart’s journey. “A sex therapist is always the answer” – but it isn’t always covered in Canada or the US – here are some tips if you can’t access a therapist. We discuss mindfulness, our ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and the flaws in logic about our thinking about our body. “Body positivity is a journey, not a goal” “Muscles are associated with longevity and health – and they weigh a lot.” “We can and should be healthy – we shouldn’t focus on the scale” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We define what low sex and sexless marriages are We talk about two books that have the word "desire" in them. We talk about two papers discussing hormones and desire. www.kellycaspersonmd.com to get on the email list to see when I go live! Reclaiming Desire Dr. Andrew Goldstein https://amzn.to/31VnArp Rekindling Desire Barry McCarthy https://amzn.to/3F80USX --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Sonia Wright joins me today to talk about your sex life. We talk about consent and safety. Adult play is supposed to be fun! What are your thoughts around kink? Different things turn different people on. We go over some definitions – sub and dom – and maybe be surprised who has the power in these roles. We talk about consent in a long term relationship – what is your reason for having sex “for you” sex described and how to start with pleasure If you don’t know what kind of sex you want, start with identifying what you don’t want. Tips for communication with your partner. What we can learn from the sub/dom/kink culture. And remember what the whole point is of all of this is – FUN! Connection! Growth! https://soniawrightmd.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-midlife-sex-coach-for-women-podcast/id1532337565 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is an IG live I did with Dr. Keira Barr, holistic dermatologist and expert in midlife transitions and hormones. We know good sex doesn't exist when we are stressed, anxious and full of cortisol and our sympathetic flight or fright nervous system, but what can we do about it? We talk about sleep, breathing, hormones, exercise and alcohol. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sex and hormones, sex and hormones, and life coaching. get on the email list to learn ahead of time when the lives are going to be recorded! www.kellycaspersonmd.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meet the Menopause Whisperer – Dr. Jim Simon My listeners want the truth! And they are so hungry for it! Why did "we" scare everyone off of hormones, why are doctors so hesitant to be proactive on hormones. What the "actual" risks of taking hormones are. Set me straight on "progestins" including progesterone and all the others Breast cancer and the Women’s Health Initiative – we get the facts about hormones and breast cancer risk. Hormones protect your heart and bones, especially between ages 50-60. The myth of “you need to stop hormones at a certain age” Risks of hormone therapy compared to other medications. How to get smart about hormones? In menopausal women, the risk of alcohol is higher than the risk of hormones. What men should know about menopause and menopause hormones. “Menopause is mid-life” Dr. Simon The role of testosterone in mid-age. How the “rules of the game” are stacked against women in regards to getting a FDA approved testosterone medicine for women. https://intimmedicine.com/ Article on prescribing testosterone for women: https://www.jsm.jsexmed.org/action/showPdf?pii=S1743-6095%2820%2930982-6 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome along with me and Dr. Laurie Mintz and a cohort of female physicians as we do a book club on her amazing book, “Becoming Cliterate” Why she wrote the book. Why the knowledge of female anatomy and pleasure keeps getting lost. Her new inspiration to educate young men. And her informal poll on what the guys want. Learn who started researching the orgasm gap in the first place. How many different types of orgasms are possible and do they all come from the clitoris or from many different places – and why do we even care? The idea of “consent” when you have sex that you don’t really want to or do it as a “duty or obligation” Her wish for physicians to help their patients. Becoming Cliterate https://amzn.to/3n7nNyK A Tired Woman’s Guide to Passionate Sex https://amzn.to/3n7nNyK --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Laurie Mintz is a feminist author, therapist, professor, and speaker whose life’s work has been committed to helping people live more authentic, meaningful, joyful—and sexually satisfying—lives through the art and science of psychology. Background story - how she got into sexuality education and therapy? Everyone cares about a woman’s libido – but I want to ask – are women just having boring sex? Tell us the stats about orgasmic inequality and how this ties in to affecting a woman’s libido The orgasm gap is even worse for the hook up culture – can you tell us the data and why it is concerning. What is her opinion on scheduling sex? She talks about stress and overwork as top reasons for lowered sex life – my women say “oh yeah” but what should they actually do about it. She says that “empowerment in the bedroom leads to confidence in the boardroom” – please tell us more. In her “tired guide” book you say there is no pill for desire – that book was 2009 – now there is a pill and an injection – what are her thoughts about these? If someone asked me to re-do sex ed for our youth – I would include pleasure, vulvar anatomy, the lie that PIV causes orgasms for women – what would you add? I want to ask her about three women and hear her advice A 20 yo single, just starting out A 38 yo, married, kids, full time job – lost her libido, doesn’t enjoy sex A 58 yo, post menopause, kids out of the house, husband feels like a roomate What her opinion of us educators not being able to use or being afraid of saying certain words on Becoming Cliterate https://amzn.to/373dMe6 The Tired Woman’s Guide to Passionate Sex: https://amzn.to/373dMe6 https://www.instagram.com/drlauriemintz https://www.drlauriemintz.com/ Magnificent Sex by Peggy Kleinplatz https://amzn.to/3C9UelT --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jessa Zimmerman is a licensed couples’ counselor and nationally certified sex therapist. She works in private practice in Seattle, WA. Over the course of her therapy career, she has focused almost exclusively on helping couples with their emotional and sexual intimacy. In her years of clinical experience, Zimmerman has treated hundreds of couples who have struggled to feel sexual desire and fulfillment. Her clients describe having a good relationship in other ways, but their sex life has become difficult to the point that they start to avoid sex. These are people who love each other but are struggling to have a sex life they both enjoy. She specializes in helping these couples who find that sex has become stressful, negative, disappointing, or pressured. She educates, coaches, and supports people as they go through her 4 pillar experiential process that allows them real world practice in changing their relationship and their sex life, guiding them to become easily intimate. How do you become “easily intimate”? How Hollywood messes us up. You have a video “no libido, no problem” tell us more Talk about how “low libido” is just desire discrepancy How can women be more engaged in sex? Top three mistakes of the lower desire person – believing you are broken, wanting partner to stop initiating, thinking that it is all or nothing How to create a sex life that has zero stress. “it’s neuroscience people, it’s okay” – Dr. C “Obligation is not sustainable” – Jessa Zimmerman Sex is a playground, not a football field Link to “Sex Without Stress: A couples guide to overcoming disappointment, avoidance and pressure” https://amzn.to/3vNPZda Instagram: www.instagram.com/intimacywithease Better Sex Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-sex/id1329973865 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Muscles and Menopause Advocate Amanda Thebe Fitness and women’s health expert Amanda Thebe went from barely surviving menopause to thriving, by making specific changes to her diet, exercise, and approach to mental health. I was following you on IG @amanda.thebe and you made a post about women and muscles, which I absolutely love! And here we are! And she was kind enough to send me her book, which I loved, and read and now I get to interview her! 1) Talk to me about your story – personal trainer to menopause advocate 2) Let’s talk about muscles 3) What’s with “balancing hormone” and “re-setting” hormones 4) She calls protein the “queen of food” 5) She says “being strong has transferred over to my everyday life” – discuss 6) You didn’t really scare me until “a woman’s risk of breaking a hip is as much as getting breast, uterine and ovarian cancer combined” – risk of death after a hip fracture is 21 % within a year after the fracture 7) Let’s talk about sleep tips in menopause – and how sex helps sleep amandathebe.com Get her book “Menopocalypse” https://amzn.to/2SA4hPJ “Estrogen Matters” Avrum Bluming, MD and Carol Tavris PhD. https://amzn.to/38YjsHs --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

No organization recommends pellets. You know who recommends pellets? People making money off of using pellets. Rant over! Enjoy me getting my spice on in this live Podcast recording in Sept. Testosterone guidelines for treating women: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/international-experts-provide-consensus-on-how-to-administer-testosterone-to-postmenopausal-women-301261018.html Pellet Safety: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33973545/ https://www.mdedge.com/obgyn/article/241740/menopause/hormone-pellet-safety-data-not-very-reassuring-all-women --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Vonda Wright and I talk about sleep! Learn the benefits of sleep – better daytime function, memory, sleep and a longer life! We discuss things that limit our sleep in our modern lives, including untreated menopause symptoms. Join her with the free “back to sleep challenge” This week! https://backtosleepchallenge.com/ Podcast Sponsor: https://www.chilisleep.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chilisleep/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

find a NAMS certified practitioner at https://www.menopause.org/ We also talk about GSM (genitourinary syndrome of menopause) and preventative care as we age. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we welcome Erika Davian – we are both certified at the Life coach school and someone connected us! I had been saying that someone ought to coach the men! And then she showed up in my life! Today we are learning about surrogate partner therapy with her. We need to pay attention to the men too! And we are in this episode! She tells us how she got into this niche. She helps millennial men cultivate the confidence to create the life they want in and out of the bedroom. She helps them show up as themselves. A myth is that “straight men have it so easy” when in fact they have a lot of pressure to “be” a certain way as much if not more than other people. She quickly saw that some clients-- particularly younger clients-- thought their sexual dysfunction was purely physiological, when really, the psychological component was playing as big or an even bigger role. What is a common limiting belief or scenarios that men have about sexuality? “Anxiety and erections are not good bedfellows” “there is one way to please a woman” is very pervasive. “things are problems because we think they are problems” She says - I’ve seen men encounter sexual dysfunction and shame, simply because their mind was sabotaging their body’s ability to perform. Tips for men to start talking to their partner about sex. Tips for premature ejaculation. You help men manage their mind – what are some common themes that you see? You can find her at www.sessionswitherika.com and erikadavian.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices