39 Alisa Vitti - The Many Health Benefits of Self Pleasure
We know that masturbation feels good, but is it good for you?Good news - the answer is, “Oh Yeah!”As we continue celebrating the 20th anniversary of National Masturbation Month, I want to talk about the health benefits of masturbation. To learn more, I’m bringing in expert Alisa Vitti.Alisa is a holistic health counselor and founder of the Flo Living Center in Manhattan. She also wrote a fantastic book called Woman Code to help all of us learn about how to heal our own bodies with food and lifestyle changes.In this week’s interview, Alisa and I talk all about how masturbation is good for you not only emotionally, but also physiologically.So my clan of the crave bears, let’s get back in touch with our sexuality and use it as a healing tool!
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Show Notes:
- Changing paths from medical school
- The symptoms of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Why western medicine can't always treat women’s issues
- How to live in your hormonal flow
- How to prepare for your next hormonal phase
- Why you shouldn't have PMS
- What is the paradox of the pill?
- The difference between sexual desire and response
- How the birth control pill disrupts your testosterone cycle
- Causes of low libido
- How your lifestyle can strain the adrenals
"You’re supposed to feel great all the time. You shouldn’t have PMS at all." (Click to Tweet)
- Which micronutrients can help produce hormones
- The benefits of masturbation or self-pleasuring
- Why it’s important to use your hand when masturbating
- What is the refractory period?
- How is orgasming hormonally beneficial?
- The health benefits of the orgasmic plateau
- Why the best parts of the sexual response happen before you climax
- How pornography has given us false ideas about sex
- How to build confidence sexually and help your relationship
- Why you should develop a relationship with your own sexual sensation
- How masturbation helps women trying to get pregnant
"The most beneficial parts of our sexual response happen before we climax." (Click to Tweet)
Links Mentioned:
- Learn more about Stein-Leventhal Disease or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Buy Alisa's book Woman Code
- Check out Alisa's program Flo Living
- Find out more about Alisa's favorite lube Aloe Cadabra
- Try Alisa's 4 day hormone detox
- Connect with Alisa:
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