Fellow podcaster Hugh Elliott asks Melanie some tough ass questions. Melanie's answers are surprising, even for her! Hugh asks about working from podcast to memoir writing, to what is new in female sexuality!

Trained in somatic therapy, somatic means of the body, she helps couples and individuals heal their sex lives through touch. For women she helps with things such as… • Dating & flirting • Body image & self love • Low libido & desire discrepancy in couples • Discovering your core desires • How to ask for what you want • Expressing boundaries & consent while staying connected • Releasing shame • Getting out of your head Wow, where do I begin? Jule recently moved back to Dartmouth after living in Italy for 17 years; she has a unique perspective on lust and the cultural shame of living a sensual life.

Dr. Kim Alexander is a Canadian Obstetrician/Gynaecologist with a practice in Brampton, Ontario focusing on HPV Disease and Vulvar Health. She is a Certified Facilitator for the OWL: Our Whole Lives comprehensive sexual education curriculum and has been offering OWL workshops for high school students since 2012. She designed the curriculum for Grown-Ups: Your Sexual Self, a week-long workshop for adults exploring healthy sexuality.

When her mom gives her a 35 mm camera, Grace Siwik starts taking nude photographs of herself. It transforms her body image. When other women come her to be photographed, Grace finds herself helping other women heal.

Younger men, ghosting, and great sex, Professor Treena Orchard reveals her experiences with digital dating on the heels of her upcoming book, Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture & the Darker Side of Dating Apps, University of Toronto Press.

Franny Wisp will go where few women go—down the barrel of middle aged dating, menopause and aging. Her comedy rips apart what it means to be a woman in a sexually repressed and judgemental society. Have a listen.

When her libido started to wane, Liza Abraham fought back. How one woman didn't allow the CHANGE, to dictate her life.

Melanie speaks with Lana Hall, a Toronto based journalist about working in an exotic massage parlour in her mid 20s; she recounts the oddities and daily minutia of working in the sex trade and her thoughts on legalizing sex trade workers in Canada.

Melanie interviews her long time best friend, Rachel Boyd, about losing her virginity. Romance and candles or quickie and forgettable? What is the narrative about our ‘sexual debuts?’