Cliterally Speaking the Podcast

Michelle and Emily welcome Beth Ostrander, Authentic Pleasure Coach and Speaker based in Toronto, to the podcast. Michelle shared her tasting notes and panty recommendations for a Pinot Nero from Antonutti (an Italian wine). Emily was drinking a Gigondas from Bois de Menge. And, Beth shared a Pinot Grigio from Jackson Triggs Winery in Niagara Falls, Ontario. While discussing the different wines they are drinking, they laugh at some of the funny "Morning After" situations.Beth explains what a pleasure coach does and bringing authentic pleasure to every aspect of one's life. She works with individuals and couples. They discuss the effects the quarantine lockdown has had on individuals and couples. They have an insightful discussion on the changes they've been experiencing internally during the "great pause".Beth shares how her own awakening to life has helped her shed the oppressive nature of growing up as a Christian evangelical. Today, she works with to help those affected by religion to keep all the beautiful things associated with religion and shed the personal oppression.They talk about vulnerability, fear, judgment, shame, prevents pleasure in people's lives. Michelle asks Beth how do her clients find her or recognize they need a pleasure coach. Beth shares many of the questions her clients are asking from communication, to how to have sex, and more. They discuss at length about what society thinks pleasure should be versus what a person's true pleasure is and how to recognize and to embrace it.Beth says in the search for pleasure it's beneficial to know your Pleasure Type. She talks about the Erotic Blueprint which describes five pleasure types, sexual stages, and pathways to pleasure.They talk about how society is starved for authentic pleasure. The conversation winds through the tendency to apply guilt after pleasure and how it can morph into shame which becomes very dangerous. People need to identify what truly matters and aligns with their core values. Michelle shares her philosophy about happiness and its constant presence in life.Beth talks about how she uses Improv principles in learning authentic pleasure and developing a more robust sex life. They have a hilarious discussion about short-form and long-form improv elements for sex.Link to the Dutch Health Ministry's sex recommendations during COVID-19 https://www.loketgezondleven.nl/englishErotic BlueprintsTM Quiz: bit.ly/BethOstranderBlueprintQuizSocial Media links: Website: bethostrander.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/beth.ostrander.393 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethostrander/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethostrander1/Thank you for listening and subscribing to Cliterally Speaking the Podcast. Visit our website: www.cliterallyspeakingpodcast.comFacebook: @cspeakpodcastInstagram: @cliterallyspeakingthepodcastTwitter: @cliterallyspea1Please call our comment line: 812-727-0794Watch our youtube channel (Cliterally Speaking the Podcast) for all the behind the scenes discussions during our recording sessions.Be on the lookout for the launch of our live-streaming channel on Twitch, CliterallySpeakingPodTV. Our patreon site is up - visit it here - http://bit.ly/32uOnVT

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Emily and Michelle have another great B-side conversation with friend and fellow improviser, Ian Koller.They discuss mask-making, the artist Mark Riden, last week tonight with John Oliver. They compare their wines and Ian's beer which must have a high ABV%.Ian shares his journey from his first play in high school through college and to improv.They discuss the traumatizing effects of being bullied growing up. Ian shares the tragic story of how both his brother and his father died from drug overdoses and the effects that had on his mother and sisters. He reveals how his father never came to terms with Ian's sexuality and how his grandparents blamed his father for it.They wrap up the episode with the short form improv game, the Alphabet Game.Thank you for listening and subscribing to Cliterally Speaking the Podcast. Visit our website: www.cliterallyspeakingpodcast.comFacebook: @cspeakpodcastInstagram: @cliterallyspeakingthepodcastTwitter: @cliterallyspea1Please call our comment line: 812-727-0794Watch our youtube channel (Cliterally Speaking the Podcast) for all the behind the scenes discussions during our recording sessions.Be on the lookout for the launch of our live-streaming channel on Twitch, CliterallySpeakingPodTV. Our patreon site is up - visit it here - http://bit.ly/32uOnVT

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Michelle and Emily welcome winemaker AND owner of Brook & Bull Cellars in Walla Walla, Washington to the podcast during here quick visit to St. Louis.They were lucky to sample three wines of her wines: a 2019 Rosé, 2017 Come Hell or High Water, 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon. They learn of the special connection her winery has with St. Louis. Ashley shares the intricate process winemakers use to make really good rosés. She talks about how as a freshman at Whitman College in Walla, Walla she got a job as a nighttime "punch-down" operator and her love of the winemaking process was sparked. After the break they discuss the disparities in the number of male and female wine owners. Ashley talks about when she made the decision to become a winemaker herself and all the steps she took to learn and perfect the process. She worked in Washington and Argentina doing harvests. They talk family, wine processes, adventures and wrap up learning about a passion project called VITAL wines which all the proceeds go to support the SOS Clinic in Walla Walla which provides free healthcare, no questions asked.Learn more about Ashley's wine here - https://www.brookandbull.comLearn more about VITAL wine here - https://www.vitalwinery.com/homeThank you for listening and subscribing to Cliterally Speaking the Podcast. Visit our website: www.cliterallyspeakingpodcast.comFacebook: @cspeakpodcastInstagram: @cliterallyspeakingthepodcastTwitter: @cliterallyspea1Please call our comment line: 812-727-0794Watch our youtube channel (Cliterally Speaking the Podcast) for all the behind the scenes discussions during our recording sessions.Be on the lookout for the launch of our live-streaming channel on Twitch, CliterallySpeakingPodTV. Our patreon site is up - visit it here - http://bit.ly/32uOnVT

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Michelle and Emily welcome their producer and friend, Denise Naughton, back to the podcast. (You can learn more about Denise on Season 1, Episode 21 "Good News Network".) They share a wonderful, crisp bottle of Rosé from Squadra. They share their respective 4th of July experiences. Emily is thankfully recovering from the stress and anxiety of nearly losing her little man, Iggy Pup, and her fiancé Ken in separate scary situations. Michelle spent the 4th with several Improv friends. Denise visited Fair St. Louis for a few hours.They share their reactions to the craziness in the news from the Women's National Team winning the World Cup; Title IX; the 4th of July festival in DC; teleprompter issues; Epstein's arrest; upcoming Mueller testimony; 2020 Democratic primary season; to how to survive Mercury (and five other planets!) in Retrograde.Thank you for listening and subscribing to Cliterally Speaking the Podcast. Visit our website: www.cliterallyspeakingpodcast.comFacebook: @cspeakpodcastInstagram: @cliterallyspeakingthepodcastTwitter: @cliterallyspea1Please call our comment line: 812-727-0794Watch our youtube channel (Cliterally Speaking the Podcast) for all the behind the scenes discussions during our recording sessions.And Subscribe, Like, Share our podcast with EVERYONE!

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Michelle and Emily share a bottle of Mâcon-Milly Lamartine, a delicious white burgundy, with Michelle Mynx, a pioneer of the modern pole world, who has performed in hundreds of shows both as half of the critically acclaimed Polesque duo “Gravity Plays Favorites” and as a solo artist. In 2010, Mynx opened her studio in St. Louis, the Mynx Academy. https://www.mynxacademy.com/The three of them don't shy away from the headlines that Missouri and other states have been making regarding abortion rights, access to women's healthcare, rape, choice, sex trafficking and more. It is a passionate conversation, timely and necessary. After a break to refresh their glasses and to take a deep breath, Michelle Mynx shares how her journey took her from starting as a cocktail waitress at a strip club as soon as she turned 18 to becoming a dancer in the clubs to learning how to pole dance to taking her act "on the road" to creating her pole dance academy. Mynx discusses the variety of workshops she offers and the intriguing difference between "Soul Seduction" and "Eye-Fucking."They discuss at length the "emotional labor" that women put themselves through and how important it is to take moments/hours/days/whatever is needed for self-care. They discuss the importance of real connections and real conversations with real people. And the power of hope.Links to resources discussed during the conversation:Gateway Women's Access Fund, -https://www.gwaf.orgYWCA St Louis Women's Resource Center https://www.ywcastl.org/what-were-doing/womens-resource-centerICASA - https://www.icasa.orgFor our listeners who are not in St. Louis or Illinois, please contact RAINN - https://www.rainn.org - the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization for support and resources.12th Annual Extravaganza Pole Dancing Showcasehttps://www.mynxacademy.com/en/extravaganza/***This episode was recorded in May when the Show-Me Burlesque event was taking place. Unfortunately, it is not happening this weekend.***Thank you for listening and subscribing to Cliterally Speaking the Podcast. Visit our website: www.cliterallyspeakingpodcast.comFacebook: @cspeakpodcastInstagram: @cliterallyspeakingthepodcastTwitter: @cliterallyspea1Please call our comment line: 812-727-0794Watch our youtube channel (Cliterally Speaking the Podcast) for all the behind the scenes discussions during our recording sessions.And Subscribe, Like, Share our podcast with EVERYONE!

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