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Permission for Pleasure

Permission for Pleasure

By: Cindy Scharkey
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A podcast to educate and equip women with the information and confidence they need to express, experience and enjoy their sexuality. Cindy Scharkey RN, BSN, brings her 35+ years of experience as a healthcare professional to open the doors to healthy conversations about sex. This is a community where you can listen and learn to give yourself permission for pleasure. Visit www.cindyscharkey.com for education blogs and newsletter.© 2023 Permission for Pleasure Hygiene & Healthy Living Parenting & Families Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Try This Variation on Missionary
    Jul 15 2026

    Pairing clitoral stimulation with penetrative sex is often the route for more pleasure and orgasms for women. In this episode, learn about a technique called Coital Alignment. This is a variation on the missionary position that incorporates pairing and rocking techniques.

    Mentioned in this episode:
    Pleasure techniques on the blog
    Pleasure techniques episode
    What you need to know about the clitoris
    Cliteracy
    Becoming Cliterate book review

    ORDER my Book: Permission for Pleasure: Tending Your Sexual Garden
    JOIN my Newsletter: Good Education for Good Sex
    FOLLOW on Instagram @cindyscharkey
    VISIT my website and blog

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    6 mins
  • Self-pleasure and Women's Wellness
    Jul 1 2026

    Pleasure is good for you! Researcher Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons joins me to discuss the data on the wellness benefits of masturbation. Learn some suprising upsides for your sleep, confidence and stress level with the results of this study on self-pleasure and vibrator use.

    Learn more about Dr. Candice

    Mentioned in this episode:
    Dr. Candice in Season Five
    Masturbation with August McLaughlin
    Researcher Debby Herbenick on the podcast: Rise in rough sex
    Why vibrators work for women and how to choose one
    Community questions: Vibrators, Edging and Anal Sex
    Natural health benefits of orgasms
    The pleasure crisis and why good sex matters

    ORDER my Book: Permission for Pleasure: Tending Your Sexual Garden
    JOIN my Newsletter: Good Education for Good Sex
    FOLLOW on Instagram @cindyscharkey
    VISIT my website and blog

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    26 mins
  • Your Erotic Potential and Cervical Orgasms
    Jun 17 2026

    It’s time to unlock your erotic potential with somatic psychotherapist and sex therapist Carly Mountain. She joins me to talk about her newest book, Untamed Pleasure: Unleash Your True Erotic Nature. Learn about embodied pleasure, why women need relaxed arousal, and how the cervix can be a powerful portal of orgasmic potential.

    Learn more about Carly Mountain

    In this episode:
    Embodiment and pleasure
    Just how much does frequency matter
    Keeping it hot in long term relationship
    Untangling sexual shame
    Women’s Anatomy of Arousal book review
    Tips for multiple orgasms

    ORDER my Book: Permission for Pleasure: Tending Your Sexual Garden
    JOIN my Newsletter: Good Education for Good Sex
    FOLLOW on Instagram @cindyscharkey
    VISIT my website and blog

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    38 mins
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