I wanted to share with you some announcements. ♥️ First, my 60-Day Love, Pleasure, and Play challenge. I'm creating a blog for 60 days, writing posts about bringing more love, pleasure, and play into my life. I hope what I share will inspire you if you choose to bring more love, pleasure, and play into your life. We will explore what it means to bring more love into your life and expand your capacity to love. We will also look at what it means to bring more pleasure into your life, both in the c...
Feb 21, 2024•4 min•Season 2Ep. 22
This is a clip from a Menopause Symposium I hosted in the fall. Justin Dawson was one of six speakers. In this episode, Justine talks about eroticism in midlife and the possibilities that open to us during this time to go deeper and tap into our eroticism. She talks about 3 key ingredients. Justine offers insight and practices!! Justine is hosting a six-week women's coaching circle that begins on January 29, 20204. It is about intimacy, embodiment, and insight. It is for women who want to bring ...
Jan 21, 2024•23 min
Happy New Year. This is episode 20, about having a relationship with your future self to set and work towards goals. ⭐️ In this episode, I talk about how I am building an ongoing relationship with my future self to set and achieve my goals. I give you a look into how I am creating an ongoing conversation with my future self so I can do more than envision my future self but BE my future self on my way to achieving my goals. ⭐️ As I step into my future self and BE that version, in January and Febr...
Jan 08, 2024•12 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This is Lisette Ostrander, and this is the My Kind of Pleasure Podcast, where we will explore topics of sex, pleasure, desire, mindset, and emotions and use the information learned to live the life we want and have the sex we want. In this episode I will present a potentially new way to think about libido Briefly talk about what our culture says libido should be Talk about low libido and what message that might be giving us Touch upon libido and menopause journey…specifically post menopause And ...
Oct 10, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Register for the October 19 Symposium - [no cost]- get access to the 3-hour replay : https://lisetteostrander.myflodesk.com/menopausesymposium Symposium Speakers: (more info coming soon about topics & time slots) Justine Dawson : https://www.justinedawson.com/ Heather Corinna: https://heathercorinna.com/ Dr. Janet Williams, MD, OB/GYN: https://intimatewellnessshop.com/ Bree Luck: https://www.thelovelyunbecoming.com/ Falilah “Aisha” Bilal: https://www.falilahlove.com/ (one more speaker coming...
Sep 18, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 18
August is my birthday month and one of my favorites for that reason! I wanted to make sure I recorded my first episode back in August. Also, on August 15, I completed a year-long life coaching certification program. I always take August to reset and reflect, and in this episode, I wanted to share some of my reflections from this year and a few things I am looking forward to this year. Three takeaways: How important it is to do something that feels a bit out of reach and go for it anyway. Willing...
Sep 01, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 17
I am taking a summer pause and returning the week of August 22nd. In this episode, I share how I will take a different approach with a big goal. I am also offering 20-min free coaching sessions over the next few weeks. I am getting certified as a life coach and need to practice! Learn more in the episode and sign up using this link: https://calendly.com/mykindofpleasure/20-min-coaching-session-with-lisette Also, follow me on IG: lisette.ostrander Photo Credit: Audra Miller https://millerstudios....
Jul 11, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this episode, I give an update on my impossible goal & also share some ideas about how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable and get good at failing. I also talk about having your own back. What if were as easy as deciding to do it and, from today on, not beating yourself up when you make a mistake or fail at something? Check it out and let me know your thoughts! Follow me and send me a message at IG lisette. ostrander Photo Credit: Audra Miller https://millerstudios.net/...
Jun 14, 2023•10 min•Season 1Ep. 15
❤️ Passive action versus taking massive action: Massive action is what moves the meter. Massive action also inevitably brings failure. We have to fail and fail and learn from our failures to learn and grow. ❤️Getting good at failing: Getting good at failing is an essential skill that we have to all get good at to live our dreams, feel alive, and bring more pleasure into our lives. ❤️Setting impossible goals: Setting impossible goals to expand our brains and skill sets & step into massive act...
May 30, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Today I want to talk to you about sexual mindset and two concepts I have been exploring this week, sexual growth mindset and sexual destiny mindset, and how having these mindsets impact our sex life and sexual satisfaction. In this episode, I also share a tool to be more intentional with your thoughts and beliefs to retrain your brain to have more empowering mindsets. ❤️ Sexual growth mindset is the attitude that people can learn to be better lovers over time. Also, people who hold sexual growth...
May 21, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Join me as a Founding Member of My Kind of Pleasure Community! My Kind of Pleasure Community: exploring topics of sex, desire, aging, our bodies, mindset, and emotions to have the life that we want and the sex that we want. For people on the menopause journey (perimenopause/menopause) Expanding the way we think about the menopause journey to bring more aliveness and pleasure into our lives. Join as a founding member!! * Connect with people with similar interests/ questions/concerns * Monthly Gue...
May 14, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 12
How do you want to feel? And you waiting to reach that goal, or have that thing feel that way? How can we start to be more intentional about experiencing those feelings a little bit each day? I came across Danielle Laport this weekend and her work around feeling love and how to be more loving, and then got her book about desire mapping. She asks the question how do you want to feel? And she talks about identifying core desire feelings and using that as a guide to set goals and make decisions. Th...
Apr 24, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In the first part of the book Dr. Peggy Kleinplatz and her team identified from the participant interviews, 8 components of magnificent sex. I talked about these components in episode 9. The 2nd part of the book details the contributing factors leading to the 8 components..which are a combination of individual and relational factors. For today, I am going to focus on the contributing factors of unlearning, letting go, and overcoming. Learn more about Dr. Peggy Kleinplatz work and group therapy a...
Apr 13, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode, we will talk about what is extraordinary sex, and I will share with you the 8 components of extraordinary sex, based on the findings of Dr. Peggy Kleinplatz's study (from the book Magnificent Sex: Lessons from Extraordinary Lover). I will end this episode by sharing some of my key takeaways and reflections on how we can start to be more intentional with creating conditions for extraordinary sex in our lives. In episode 10, I will continue with this theme of how to be more intent...
Apr 06, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 9
When was the last time you had extraordinary sex? In this episode I give you a sneak peek into the book Magnificent Sex: Lessons from Extraordinary Loves by Dr. Peggy Kleinplatz. In my upcoming episodes ( 9& 10) we will explore concepts and questions from this book, including: What makes sex magnificent? What are the qualities of extraordinary erotic intimacy and what are the elements that help to bring it about? Is great sex the stuff that people remember nostalgically from the "honeymoon" ...
Mar 26, 2023•7 min
This is Lisette Ostrander and this is My Kind of Pleasure Podcast, where we will explore topics of sex, pleasure, desire, mindset, and emotions and use the information learned to live the life we want and have the sex we want. What date can you set so that you have something to look forward to and look back on and feel proud that you kept that promise to yourself and took time to honor and celebrate yourself? Learn more about My Kind of Pleasure Community & Join the Waitlist: https://polishe...
Mar 20, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode, I share a story about my ah-ha moment and what inspired me to create My Kind of Pleasure Community to change the way we think and feel about the menopause journey, sex, desire, pleasure and our bodies. Phot Credit: Audra Miller, Miller Studios Links I mention in the episode: My Kind of Pleasure Community- Information & Join the Waitlist: https://polished-scene-963.myflodesk.com/ Connect with me and learn more: https://www.instagram.com/lisette.ostrander/ Kim Anami Myths of M...
Mar 06, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 6
My big ah ah for this week is that despite all of these amazing benefits and learnings mentioned, I was starting to do what I think many of us do..using my goals against myself. I have these ambitious goals and also trying to create a space for me to feel more alive and experience more pleasure AND this week all I could focus on was that I am behind on these goals and not feeling alive and experiencing pleasure After doing some self-coaching and receiving coaching I realized I was using my goals...
Feb 19, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode, I will share some orgasms myths, and info to challenge a couple of the myths, then talk about the amazing erectile network in vulva owners which is the center of the arousal system, l and end with some ideas on how vulva owners (and their partners) can start expanding their ability to access more pleasure and orgasms. 💜Follow me on IG @lisette.ostrander 💜Check out information about My Pleasure Community: https://linktr.ee/lisette.ostrander Photo Credit: Audra Miller https://mi...
Feb 10, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 4
My name is Lisette Ostrander, and this is the My Kind of Pleasure Podcast, where we will explore topics of sex, pleasure, desire, mindset, and emotions and use the information learned to live the life we want and have the sex we want. Happy February! t is February 2nd. Today’s episode fits under the mindset category. Working on our mindset is so key to having the life and sex we want. I want to check in to see how your 2023 is going and any vision or goals you have set and how that is coming alo...
Feb 03, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Last week, I came across this blog post from Esther Perel that spoke to what I had been feeling and experiencing due to the deep pandemic. It also resonated with me by providing some guidance on what it means to bring more true pleasure and aliveness into our lives… that is eroticism, and more importantly, what I am calling an expanded definition of eroticism. Connect & Learn More: https://www.instagram.com/lisette.ostrander/ My Kind of Pleasure Community: https://polished-scene-963.myflodes...
Jan 24, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 2
My Kind of Pleasure Community - sign up to get notified when I open up the community https://polished-scene-963.myflodesk.com/ Follow me on IG @lisette.ostrander This podcast is my year-long project and tool that I am using to explore and deepen my connection with pleasure and bring more aliveness into my life. My hope is that it will also expand and challenge the way that you think about sex, your bodes, desire, and aging so that you can bring more pleasure and aliveness into your life. This po...
Jan 11, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 1