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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
  • Keeping it Hot in Long-Term Relationships
    Jan 28 2026

    Want to re-eroticize your long-term relationship and keep the fires burning for the long-haul? Somatic Psychologist, and Sex Therapist Dr. Holly Richmond joins us with expert advice for couples. She gets practical with flirting techniques, understanding your sexual template, and the four things healthy couples do to have a thriving relationship in and out of the bedroom.

    Dr. Holly Richmond is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified sex therapist, and holds a PhD in Somatic Psychology, and is the associate director of Modern Sex Therapy Institutes.

    More on these topics:
    Pleasure after trauma episode with Holly
    Reclaiming Pleasure Book Review
    Partner desire discrepancies
    Desire styles
    How much does frequency matter?
    Erotic personas
    Erectile dissatisfaction vs Erectile dysfunction
    Affection and the 6 second kiss

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    37 mins
  • Heated Rivalry’s Intimacy Coordinator Chala Hunter
    Jan 14 2026

    Take a peek into the role of Intimacy Coordinator for Heated Rivalry, the TV show everyone’s talking about. Chala Hunter shares what an intimacy coordinator’s job is, and how she worked to create comfort and safety on set for the simulated sex scenes, nudity and all things intimacy. We discuss the cast and crew vibe while filming the show, and the intentionality around modeling safe, consensual and pleasurable sex. Learn why Director Jacob Tierney calls Chala, “The hero of this show!”

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    45 mins
  • Season Six: Let's Get Curious
    Jan 7 2026

    This season we are going to lean into deeper curiosity about our bodies, sex and pleasure. Through education and conversations with experts, we’ll increase our knowledge, and challenge ourselves to ask the burning questions. Let’s cultivate curiosity, give ourselves permission, and embrace more pleasure in and out of the bedroom. Welcome to Season Six!

    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
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