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by Gabriella Espinosa
What does it mean to age with pleasure? Pleasure in the Pause is a podcast for women navigating midlife, menopause and beyond who want to feel more connected to their bodies, their relationships and themselves. Hosted by women’s health and sexual wellness educator Gabriella Espinosa, the show brings together candid conversations with doctors, researchers, thought leaders and wellness experts exploring what shapes our capacity for pleasure as we age — from hormones and sexual health to body image, nervous system regulation, intimacy, relationships, friendship and community. Because healthy aging isn’t just about living longer — it’s about feeling alive, connected and at home in our bodies throughout the years ahead. Pleasure has no age limit or expiration date!
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- 5 days ago48 min
119 | Duty Sex: Saying Yes When Part of You Means No with Dr. Holly Richmond
Most women know the feeling. You say yes. Your body shows up. But some part of you is somewhere else entirely — running through tomorrow's to-do list, waiting for it to be over, checking a box so you will not be expected to again for a week. It is called duty sex. And it is one of the most common and least talked-about dynamics in long-term relationships. In this episode for Sexual Health Awareness Month, Gabriella sits down with Dr. Holly Richmond, somatic psychologist, certified sex therapi...
- 1 weeks ago54 min
118 | Unlocking Sexual Longevity: A Midlife Guide with Dr. Peter Castillo
September is Sexual Health Awareness Month, and this year's World Sexual Health Day theme is Every Body — a reminder that sexual health, pleasure, and intimacy matter at every age and in every body, including our changing midlife bodies. To kick off the month, Gabriella welcomes Dr. Peter Castillo, a double board-certified urogynecologist and founder of Swan Medical Intimate Wellness in Los Gatos, California. Dr. Castillo is one of the rare physicians who treats pelvic and sexual health not a...
- 2 weeks ago23 min
117 | The September Shift: How to Get Back Into Go Mode With More Ease
Gabriella is back from two weeks in Portugal and sitting at her desk, shoulders already creeping up toward her ears, pelvic floor clenching, inbox blinking. September is here. The calendar is filling. And the vacation version of herself is being tested in real time. But instead of pushing through the tension the way she always has, she pauses. Takes a breath. Softens. And asks herself a question she wants to explore with every woman listening: do I actually need all this tension in order to d...
- Aug 12, 202621 min
116 | How To Take The Vacation Version Of You Home: More Pleasure, Presence & Connection
You know her. She shows up every time you go away. More relaxed. More present. More alive. Laughing more easily, sleeping more deeply, feeling more connected to yourself and to the people you love. And yes, often more open to intimacy too. She is your vacation self. And the moment you land back home and the suitcase opens, she disappears — absorbed back into the inbox, the to-do list, and the doing mode that swallows everything else. But here is what Gabriella wants you to know. The vacation ...
- Aug 5, 202646 min
115 | Love in Midlife: Navigating Intimacy and Change with Dr. Tina Sogocio
Two women. Both champions in the midlife women's health space. Both celebrating their 25th wedding anniversaries in the same summer. And both deeply committed to changing the conversation around intimacy, pleasure, and connection in midlife. In this episode Gabriella sits in the interviewee seat again, joining Dr. Tina Sogocio, physician and menopause educator, for an Instagram Live conversation about what it actually takes to keep love alive through one of the most destabilizing transitions ...
- Jul 29, 202634 min
114 | The Power of Comfort: Rethinking Sexual Wellness in Menopause with Sally Mueller
This one is a little different. For over 100 episodes Gabriella has been the one asking the questions. This time, Sally Mueller, co-founder and CEO of Womaness, turns the tables. And what comes out of that conversation is one of the most practical and honest discussions this show has ever had about intimate wellness, comfort, and what it actually means to take care of this part of your body. Womaness is a brand that has been modernizing the conversation around menopause and intimate wellness ...
- Jul 22, 202646 min
113 | Finding Safety in Your Body: Robyn Parets on Healing through Nervous System Regulation
For more than 20 years, Robyn Parets lived with chronic illness, anxiety, and a body that always seemed to be fighting something. She saw countless practitioners, tried everything she could find, and kept pushing through — the way high-achieving women do. What she did not understand was that underneath every diagnosis, every symptom, and every exhausting flare was a nervous system that had simply lost its way home. It was not until she discovered nervous system regulation and somatic breathwo...
- Jul 15, 202657 min
112 | Menopause, Work & Your Next Chapter with Dr. Arianna Sholes-Douglas
Have you ever found yourself in a meeting, searching for a word that used to come effortlessly, or suddenly losing your train of thought in front of a room full of people? Have you quietly wondered whether you are losing your edge, your confidence, or your ambition — without ever connecting it to what is actually happening in your body? Menopause does not wait until our careers wind down. It arrives right in the middle of them, when women are leading teams, growing businesses, mentoring other...
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About Pleasure in the Pause: Midlife Conversations About Menopause, Sex & Pleasure
What does it mean to age with pleasure? Pleasure in the Pause is a podcast for women navigating midlife, menopause and beyond who want to feel more connected to their bodies, their relationships and themselves. Hosted by women’s health and sexual wellness educator Gabriella Espinosa, the show brings together candid conversations with doctors, researchers, thought leaders and wellness experts exploring what shapes our capacity for pleasure as we age — from hormones and sexual health to body image, nervous system regulation, intimacy, relationships, friendship and community. Because healthy aging isn’t just about living longer — it’s about feeling alive, connected and at home in our bodies throughout the years ahead. Pleasure has no age limit or expiration date!
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