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Sep 7
1h 9m

Confessions Of A Former Good Girl: Pleas...

Layla Martin
About this episode

Shownotes

  • How purity culture manifests in women’s bodies and sexual experiences

  • Why a woman’s pleasure is a gift to everyone around her

  • How ecstatic states purify and cleanse the soul 

  • Why shame is actually the gateway to pleasure

  • A powerful practice that saved Dr. Kim’s life

  • Why Jesus’ ministry would not exist without the women who supported it

 

Bio

Dr. Kimberly Rose Pendleton is a speaker, writer, teacher and the founder of UNCOVER, a 7-figure global lifestyle brand focused on intimacy, pleasure and women’s empowerment.

 

With a M.A. from Yale, a PhD, in-depth coaching training and many years of experience, Dr. Kim considers it a deep honor and pleasure to weave the intellectual side of empowerment, healing and intimacy work into embodied, playful pleasure practices.

 

Learn more about Dr. Kimberly and her work on her website and find her on all social media platforms @drkimberlyrosependleton.

 

Timestamps

00:00:48 - Guest introduction

00:02:49 - Layla shares her religious history

00:05:57 - Why Jesus’ ministry would not exist without the women who supported it

00:09:32 - Religious conditioning is baked into our society

00:09:56 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at LaylaMartin.com

00:12:55 - How purity culture manifests in women’s bodies and sexual experiences

00:14:58 - The reality of women who follow the rules of purity culture

00:19:06 - An MRI study from Daniel Bergner’s book What Do Women Want? proves that women silence their pleasure 

00:26:29 - Discover the VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification 

00:30:40 - Pleasure is something all of us can access

00:37:51 - Dr. Kim shares a powerful practice that saved her life

00:40:30 - Why shame is the gateway to pleasure

00:42:30 - Explore the magic of  MOOD SEX MAGIC™ Elixir

00:44:09 - Why a woman’s pleasure is a gift to everyone around her

00:44:51 - How ecstatic states purify the soul from Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets by Fritz Graf and Sarah Iles Johnston

00:49:11 - A woman connected to her pleasure can do anything

00:52:25 - Dr. Kim shares why her good girl part had to experience a death to liberate her

00:57:29 - Why every woman needs to learn how to activate pleasure

00:57:35 - Enhance your sensitivity and pleasure inside Crystal Pleasure

01:01:27 - Humans were designed to play multiple notes in life

01:02:24 - Discover Dr. Kim’s free course Harlots and Heretics

01:02:40 - Dr. Kim shares about her experience inside VITA Coaching

01:08:05 - Conclusion

 

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