Dr. Jenni and Daniel chat with sexuality journalist, and Lifestyle editor for the New York Post, Fabiana Buontempo about her experiences with hot topics like celibacy and the new rules of dating.

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Listener Question from a 45 year old male in the dating scene asks about how to name his desires in the bedroom without it coming off as criticism. Daniel and Jenni discuss the difference between criticism and feedback; why he might be blocked, and how to feel permission and space to name what he wants. It's validating to pleasure your partner for your self-worth, but not at the expense of your own needs and wants. Daniel describes the irony of how being silent about your needs is actually more selfish than speaking up for them.

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Dr. Jenni and Daniel talk with new mom, Suzie, and discuss the challenges in how to reclaim her sexual identity after postpartum with a toddler and a baby.

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Dr. Jenni and Daniel have a conversation with their guest Andy, who asks how to transition from being a silent sexual partner to creating a strong masculine presence in the bedroom.

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Guests, Rocky and Monica, discuss long-term marriage (35 years +) and navigating waning desire and grief/loss. Both guests have been married over 35 years, and struggle with being the sandwich generation and feeling very full taking care of their own children as well as elder parents. Jenni and Daniel discuss key aphrodisiacs for long-term relationships and how to let go of the social narrative that we can only connect when there is excitement. They offer creative ways to connect as we age and our genitals and sexual functioning may not work they way it used to; and how to connect in times of grief and/or exhaustion.

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Today's guest, Kim Kaplan, Producer of SATP, asks her own listener question about what makes good sex. After after experiencing a surprising, spontaneous afternoon delight with her husband, Dr. Jenni and Daniel discuss the ingredients that make up good sex, how lingerie is so subjective, and XXX. Kim learns how her secret to success is not to take herself so seriously. Vulnerability is sexy! Daniel demonstrates how the higher desire partner functions and thinks; while Jenni offers insight into the lower desire partner.

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Guest, Liz, mid 40s female, asks about how to navigate a desire discrepancy with her husband, so it feels fulfilling versus filling a quota. Dr. Jenni and Daniel explain asynchronous arousal; and offer tips on how lower desire partners could be invited with more space and intention; while Daniel offers insight into the higher desire partner's thinking process. They offer a playbook on why desire discrepancy can be so polarizing for couples, with tactical solutions on how to understand and resolve it- to include moving your mindset from obligation sex to a gift.

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Co-host Kim Kaplan transitions to Producer of the Year as Dr. Jenni and husband Daniel take off with season one of Sex and the Psyche. Daniel and Jenni are not just clinical sex therapists, they are married. They take listeners behind the scenes of sex and relationship therapy- diving deeper than just the mechanics of sex, but also exploring why we have and don't have sex. For years they process client cases, and now listeners get to hear those conversations to understand how we work as humans. Sex is the most vulnerable and naked place we go both physcially and emotionally. Daniel and Jenni explain how Season one will help listeners how to optimize their relationships and sex lives by understanding the psychological dynamics underneath.

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