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Sex and the Psyche

Sex and the Psyche

Kim Kaplan Productions 59 Episodes Aug 19, 2026

Sex and the Psyche is hosted by clinical sex therapists Dr. Jenni Skyler and Daniel Lebowitz, a married couple who bring their professional and personal insights to discussions about relationships, sex, and psychology. The podcast covers topics such as desire discrepancy, erectile issues, painful sex, porn obsessions, and healing from affairs. Drawing from over 16 years of experience at The Intimacy Institute for Sex and Relationship Therapy, they offer communication skills and strategies for a more satisfying sex life.

Episodes

S4Encore Episode: Zach And Sally Maxwell-The Relationship Framework Nobody Taught You
S4Encore Episode: Zach And Sally Maxwell-The Relationship Framework Nobody Taught You Aug 19, 2026 3094 What if someone had actually taught you how to have a great relationship? While Sex and the Psyche takes a short production break, we're bringing back some of the conversations our listeners connected with most. In this Encore Episode, we revisit our conversation with Zach and Sally Maxwell and explore The Relationship Framework Nobody Taught You. Relationships don't come with an instruction manua
S4Encore Episode: You Asked, We Answered.
S4Encore Episode: You Asked, We Answered. Aug 12, 2026 2084 You asked. We answered. And apparently, you wanted to hear more. While Sex and the Psyche takes a short production break, we're bringing back some of your favorite conversations, and we're starting with one of our most downloaded episodes. In this Encore Episode, Jenni and Daniel tackle the questions about sex, relationships, and intimacy that people are often too embarrassed, curious, or nervous
S4E33: The Military Testosterone Test: Jenni and Daniel Unpack What No One Is Talking About
S4E33: The Military Testosterone Test: Jenni and Daniel Unpack What No One Is Talking About Aug 5, 2026 1335 The Department of Defense made headlines when it announced plans to test testosterone levels in active military members. The debate that followed was loud, political, and almost entirely missed the point. Jenni and Daniel are not interested in the political conversation. They are interested in the clinical one, and in this episode they take a current news story and do what they do best: strip away
S4Bonus Episode -  He Likes You and Your Vagina: Jenni and Daniel Debrief the Maxwells
S4Bonus Episode - He Likes You and Your Vagina: Jenni and Daniel Debrief the Maxwells Jul 29, 2026 1090 Sally and Zach Maxwell introduced eight pillars. Jenni and Daniel spent the next number of days talking about all of them. This bonus episode is what happens when two therapists who are also married to each other sit down to unpack a framework that resonated deeply- finding the places where the Maxwell pillars align with their own clinical work, the places where they want to push further, and the
S4E32: KarenBigman: Why Men Who Understand Menopause Have Better Sex
S4E32: KarenBigman: Why Men Who Understand Menopause Have Better Sex Jul 22, 2026 2564 Karen Bigman's path to becoming a menopause sex educator is one of the most unexpectedly compelling origin stories we've heard on this podcast. She started in technology. She raised children. She worked in restaurants. And then, in her early 50s, newly separated after a 25-year marriage and struggling to orgasm with a new partner, she found her way to a sexual medicine practice run by Dr. Bat Shev
S4E31: Deb Rubin Part 2 - Crop Tops, Instagram and Critical Thinking: How to Give Kids More Freedom Not Less
S4E31: Deb Rubin Part 2 - Crop Tops, Instagram and Critical Thinking: How to Give Kids More Freedom Not Less Jul 15, 2026 1413 This is the conversation that happened after the conversation. Part one of our Deb Rubin episode covered the foundations: why sexuality is not an emergency, the three things that make kids stop talking to you, and the difference between sexuality and sexualization. This part two episode picks up exactly where that left off, and goes somewhere most parenting conversations don't. The first thread is
S4E30: Sexuality Is Not an Emergency: How to Talk with Kids About Sex
S4E30: Sexuality Is Not an Emergency: How to Talk with Kids About Sex Jul 8, 2026 2917 This episode features Deb Rubin on creating a sex-positive home, the three things that make kids stop talking to you, and why there is no "talk", just a thousand small moments. Deb Rubin is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and therapeutic parent coach based in Boulder, Colorado, with over twenty years of experience helping parents navigate the transition from childhood to adoles
S4E29: You Asked, We Answered: Small Penis, Casual Sex & Why Rejection Cuts So Deep
S4E29: You Asked, We Answered: Small Penis, Casual Sex & Why Rejection Cuts So Deep Jul 1, 2026 2047 No guest this week. Just Jenni and Daniel, two married co-hosts, two therapists, and two people who are very comfortable talking about things most people avoid entirely. The episode starts where it always does for this podcast: with honesty. A scheduling miscommunication left them without a guest, and instead of papering over it, they open with a real conversation about what rejection actually doe
S4E28: BrookeBralove: She Healed Six Years Of Pelvic Pain In One Session - Here's How
S4E28: BrookeBralove: She Healed Six Years Of Pelvic Pain In One Session - Here's How Jun 24, 2026 2741 Brooke Bralove has been doing talk therapy for over twenty years. She's good at it. And she will tell you, clearly and without hesitation, that there are things talk therapy simply cannot do. That's where Accelerated Resolution Therapy comes in. ART is a brief, neuroscience-based treatment modality that uses rapid eye movement, similar to what happens during REM sleep combined with a technique cal
S4E27: Claire Rumore - From Diagnosis To Desire: Cancer Intimacy and the Road Back To Yourself
S4E27: Claire Rumore - From Diagnosis To Desire: Cancer Intimacy and the Road Back To Yourself Jun 17, 2026 2779 When Claire Rumore was lifted into a hospital gurney to undergo her first biopsy, she stepped aside to use the restroom first. And while she was there, she heard a quiet internal voice ask her a question: Do you want to go back to the life you had before? Is that what you want? Without hesitation, her answer was no. What followed was one of the most unusual cancer journeys in modern medicine. Clai
S4E26: Lasting Longer, Less Shame: Premature Ejaculation & the Science of Delay Spray with Jeff Abraham
S4E26: Lasting Longer, Less Shame: Premature Ejaculation & the Science of Delay Spray with Jeff Abraham Jun 10, 2026 2222 Jeff Abraham didn't set out to build a sexual wellness company. He was a semiconductor engineer from a coal mining town in Pennsylvania who sold his business, retired, and got a call from his neighbor, Dr. Ronald Gilbert, the urologist who invented Promescent's delay spray. One conversation, one product sample, and one phone call later, Jeff was all in. What followed was fifteen years of building
S4E25: Zach and Sally Maxwell: The Relationship Framework Nobody Taught You
S4E25: Zach and Sally Maxwell: The Relationship Framework Nobody Taught You Jun 3, 2026 3005 Dr. Jenni Skyler and Daniel Lebowitz sit down with Zach and Sally Maxwell, relationship thought leaders, executive coaches, and co-founders of The Art of Conscious Love, for a conversation that will change how you think about romance. Together since they were 18, the Maxwells have built a modern relationship framework around a radical premise: love is not something you fall into. It's something yo

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