How do you work with masculine and feminine energy when it comes to bringing dreams to life? What gifts do our inner masculine and feminine bring around dreams? How do you dream together as a couple, in a polarized and sexy way?
As we start 2024, may this mini-episode inspire you to bring your biggest and boldest dreams to life, either individually or as a couple.
How do you prepare for birth with the full reverence and devotion it deserves?
Birth is one of the biggest initiations of a woman’s life. It touches every aspect of who she is emotionally, physically, spiritually, socially…. As well as ripples out to her partner, family, friends, and community.
So - what can you do to prepare for an amazing birth? Here I share a few of my favorite resources and things that have helped me prepare for birth.
For my full pregnancy resource guide, check out - www.megandlambert.com/pregnancy
One of the least talked about - but most important - aspects of a relationship is how you structure your daily lives together. What are the rhythms and rituals you live by? What is the flow of your days?
Often couples fall into unconscious patterns, without having a clear conversation on the rhythms they want to create together. Nor do they talk about their implicit expectations and baseline standards - which can breed resentment and hurt feelings.
By having an open and honest conversation about these areas, you two can consciously design a more beautiful and fulfilling life together.
In this episode, I share with you two powerful sets of questions to talk about with your partner to help you set your baseline standards and design your daily rhythms. This is potent work! May it create more flow and harmony in your relationship.
One baby vs. two babies — depending who you ask, you’ll get a different answer about what it’s like to shift from a family of 3 to a family of 4 or more.
This week, I’m talking with Jess Osie about the shifts in motherhood that come with a growing family.
In this episode, we discuss motherhood as a rite of passage, the family nervous system, and caring for your relationship with your partner throughout all stages of parenthood.
Jess gets real about what it’s like caring for two children and the struggles she and her partner have faced along the way. If you’re growing your family, or just curious to know what it’s like shifting into this new stage of life, this episode is for you.
Are you pregnant, postpartum, or a parent --- and are also trying to keep an intimate relationship alive? This episode is for you.
Here we cover one of the topics people ask me about the most - what changes in your intimacy once a little one arrives?
In short, everything.
In this episode, I break the conversation down into 3 phases - pregnancy, early postpartum days, and toddlerhood & beyond - and share the major challenges I hear from couples in each of these phases.
Then I share 5 powerful ways you can keep the spark alive with your partner, even as you navigate the turbulent and awe-inspiring waters of parenthood.
Have you heard the news? We’re expecting baby #2!
James & I are planning to welcome a little boy to our family in February 2024. We’re so excited.
In this life update episode I share all - how I knew it was time to conceive, our intimate conception story, finding out I was pregnant, and the way we surprised our family with the news.
I also open up about fears and desires for this second journey through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum - as well as the challenges I’m anticipating.
Lastly, I share how James and I are preparing our relationship to weather the storms of having more children - and how we’re continuing to deepen into parenthood together.
If you’re interested in hearing about my first birth story, you can listen to that episode here:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-birth-story-of-lila/id1498731180?i=1000569846244
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/57NraRCfBZQFtSlu8z2ymH?si=8d11a34372f14fb3
Have you ever struggled with a “low libido”? It can feel so isolating, especially in a relationship, where your partner may be looking to you for their erotic satisfaction.
In this episode, with renowned French sexologist Camille Bataillon, we unravel what “low libido” really means - and what to do about it.
We often talk about “low libido” as if it is an individual problem - but the truth is, when you’re in a partnership, “low libido” is a relational challenge of mismatched desire.
So how do you address conflicting desires and needs, sexually?
How do you uncover what you really want and nourish your erotic self?
How do you take responsibility for your own erotic satisfaction and then share it with a partner?
We cover all of these juicy topics in this episode. We hope it serves you in your journey towards more fulfilling sex, juicy desires, and closer partnership!
What leads to the spark dying down? How can you stoke the fire and bring back the flame - in a fun and playful way?
In this episode, I share a sample story of a couple who’s passion and romance faded over time… and the specific ways James & I helped them revive the spark.
One of the main ways we help couples is by bringing the play back into intimacy, predominantly through games. Intimacy games help couples feel on the same team, be open minded to discover each other, and communicate what they like.
Here I share 3 of my favorite games for couples who want to reignite and rediscover each other intimately. Each game takes 10 min or less - but can radically shift your erotic life.
Let me know how the games go afterwards via email (megandlambert@gmail.com) or via Instagram (@megandlambert). Wishing you a fun and playful exploration with your partner!
What actually happens at a couples retreat?! Who goes to a retreat? What do people learn?
In this episode, my husband James Mattingley and I share about our most recent couples’ retreat in Bali. This was the third couples retreat we’ve hosted together, and like each one so far, it was full of lessons for ourselves and for the couples.
We talk about the type of people who attend couples’ retreats, what these couples were looking for, and some of the surprising twists and turns this retreat took.
We shared our favorite topics and a-ha moments from the retreat, from the myth of low libido to a body-based approach to navigating conflict in relationships, as well as one of the key skills we teach - how to spark the passion in long-term love.
I hope you find this episode useful! If you’d like to join us on a future retreat, our next one is Dec 1-4th, 2023 in Bali. You can find more info on it here: www.integratedintimacy.co/retreat.
We’re backkk! The first episode with Londin Angel Winters was so powerful (listen to it here), that we immediately recorded a follow-up episode - this time centered on motherhood.
If you don’t yet know Londin, she is an expert on the path of sacred devotional intimacy, having taught about sexuality, masculine / feminine dynamics, and the art of surrender for over 12 years. She is a true role model in this field and my former relationship mentor.
In this episode, she shares about the pain of multiple miscarriages and how she (unexpectedly!) conceived at 47 years old, and had a successful home birth at 48 years old.
We explore the profoundly spiritual aspects of giving birth, and what pregnancy and birth taught us about surrender, the power of the female body, and trusting the divine. We explore the intricate connections between birth, death, and sexuality.
She shares about breaking the chains of old ways of parenting, and letting your child be your greatest spiritual teacher.
We dive into intimacy and sex after baby - why so many moms lose interest in sex - and how postpartum actually represents a profound initiation into sacred sexuality and intimate depth, if both people are willing to uplevel together.
Lastly, we end by talking about the purpose of motherhood - to give love in a way you never received - and how anchoring into that purpose can provide meaning, even in challenging motherhood moments.