Let's Talk Love with Robin Ducharme

Let’s Talk Love brings you advice and insights from trusted experts to help you expand the ways you love, relate, and communicate. Real Love Ready founder and host Robin Ducharme invites guests into conversations that get to the heart of what makes relationships joyful, challenging, and fulfilling.

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Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life with Vanessa & Xander Marin

Today on Let's Talk Love, Robin sits down with Vanessa and Xander Marin. Together they explore the pages of Vanessa and Xander’s book, Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life. Vanessa is a licensed psychotherapist with 20 years of experience in the sex therapy field. Xander refers to himself as a regular dude who has been married to a sex therapist for over a decade. Their unique perspectives provide a refreshing take on relationships, intimacy, and communication.

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Navigating Libido Differences in Relationships with Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy

In today’s episode, Robin had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy, a licensed psychologist and certified sex therapist. Together they delve into her new book, co-authored with Dr. Jennifer Vencill, Desire: An Inclusive Guide to Navigating Libido Differences in Relationships.

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Michaela Boehm: Reconnecting to your “body intelligence.”

Welcome to today's episode of Let’s Talk Love, where Robin had the pleasure of speaking with Michaela Boehm, an internationally recognized intimacy and relationship expert. You may have seen her on Gwyneth Paltrow's Netflix show, "Sex, Love and Goop." Michaela is a gifted speaker and counselor, with a unique body of work that focuses on the intersection of intimacy and embodiment. Today, we talk about her book, "The Wild Woman's Way," which offers a guide to reconnecting with our body's innate wisdom. Michaela's teachings help us to live a more embodied life, use our intuition, and connect with ourselves and others more deeply. Join us as we dive into this fascinating conversation with Michaela Boehm.

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Dr. Viviana Coles: The Secrets To Lasting Intimacy

Welcome to this week’s episode of Let’s Talk Love, where Robin is joined by Dr. Viviana Coles, a renowned relationship expert and sex therapist. You may recognize her from the popular reality TV show, Married at First Sight, where she works with couples to help them build lasting and fulfilling relationships.

Today we dive into Dr. Viviana's book, The 4 Intimacy Styles. We discuss how important it is to maintain sexual and emotional intimacy in long term relationships and how to overcome common intimacy ruts and challenges.

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Todd Baratz: Answers to Your Sex & Relationship Questions

Todd is a certified sex therapist, licensed individual and couples psychotherapist, podcast host, and writer who specializes in sex and relationships. He's not interested in formalities or tradition. Instead, he works to humanize and empower us all by helping us understand ourselves better so that we can have more fulfilling relationships with others.

In this episode, Todd answers your sex and relationship questions. We talk about infidelity, sexual compatibility, having hard conversations about STI’s and forming healthy relationship agreements. Todd's approach is real, authentic, inclusive, and very relatable. We hope you enjoy!

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Silvy Khoucasian: How Attachment Styles and Boundaries Impact our Relationships

Today, on Let's Talk Love, we talk with Relationship Coach, Silvy Khoucasian about the different attachment styles we all have—that were formed in childhood—and how these styles affect our relationships as adults. We also talk about the four different types of boundaries, why it is so important to set them, while also honoring the boundaries others in our lives have set.

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Shaun Galanos: Understanding Emotional Availability

Join us as we speak with love coach and masterful communicator, Shaun Galanos. Together, we explore what emotional availability is and how it can help us show up better in our relationships. We talk about ways to be more vulnerable, as well as being clear with our words (and actions), all while being loving with those around us. We're so excited to share this conversation with you!

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Dr. Jess O’Reilly: Sex, Love and Libido

In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, we are joined by Dr. Jess O’Reilly. Dr. Jess is a Toronto-based sexologist (PhD), author, speaker, and television personality. She has worked with thousands of couples from all corners of the globe to transform their relationships. We discuss how our Core Erotic Feelings are a key to sexual fulfillment, how to navigate mismatched libidos, and how to deal with rejection between partners.

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Shamyra Howard: 7 Ways to Increase Intimacy

In this episode, we are talking about intimacy in ALL its forms. Sexologist, author, and Therapist, Shamyra Howard is here to answer your relationship questions. Shamyra teaches us to “Use Your Mouth,” to increase intimacy both inside and outside of the bedroom. Together, we discuss the 7 types of intimacy, consensual non-monogamy, and how therapists can be more inclusive of the queer community.

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