Ep. 9 - The Master Button Pusher: Leah Piper on Sexual Trauma, Triggers & Reclaiming Pleasure

Whitney Kell sits down with legendary Tantra teacher Leah Piper (25 years in the field, founder of More Love Works and host of Sex Reimagined) for a raw, wide-ranging conversation on what really happens in our bodies when we get triggered — especially around sex and intimacy. Leah unpacks the difference between enduring sex and truly desiring it, why testosterone can't heal childhood trauma even though it can restore charge and desire, and the startling link she's seen between sexual abuse history and weight gain (including the eye-opening bariatric surgery statistic that changed how she sees the obesity conversation entirely). She also shares her own story of childhood sexual abuse and disordered eating, and walks listeners through the somatic technique she uses to help people re-parent the younger, wounded parts of themselves. Plus: why curiosity — not fixing — is the antidote to shame, and the one question ("What would love do?") that can transform how you show up in every relationship. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.