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Permission to Be Enchanting

Permission to Be Enchanting

Clare Sente

Welcome to the Permission to Be Enchanting podcast for women in mid-life who want to experience more pleasure and a healthy relationship with their sexuality.

Each episode is a candid conversation brimming with uninhibited sex talk, practical tools, and expert insights dedicated to your sexual awakening. Female empowerment involves moving past the conditioning of shame regarding sexuality and invites you back to love yourself into wholeness.

Clare is a Chicago-based certified sex, love, and intimacy coach, licensed massage therapist, and mindfulness teacher who had her own sexual awakening at 48. She interviews experts in the fields of sex, neuroscience, psychology, and relationships to promote positive sex education and help you reclaim your mid-life power.

It’s time to have the pleasure based, health-enhancing sex and love life you've always wanted, whether that is solo or with a partner(s), while learning to embrace your flaws and imperfections with loving self-compassion.

Listen and enjoy. And share it with a girlfriend.

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Permission to Be Enchanting - Sexual Energy Mastery For Men With Graeme Waterfield
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10/03/24 • 54 min

Ready to transform your sexual energy into a source of strength and confidence? Join us for a deep dive into male sexuality like you've never heard before with guest Graeme Waterfield, an expert in sexual energy mastery for men. In this eye-opening conversation, Graeme reveals how making sexual energy conscious—and learning to control it—can break the cycle of unfulfilling habits like compulsive porn use, performance anxiety, and low libido. Drawing from powerful Eastern yogic and Taoist practices, he shares techniques that help men generate pleasure, increase confidence, and enhance intimate relationships without relying on external stimuli. Tune in to discover a path to a more empowered and fulfilling sexual experience.

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Your body is not broken—it’s a relationship waiting to be discovered. Bonnie Bliss, a somatic sexologist and embodiment teacher, discusses her approach to helping women reconnect with their bodies and enhance their sexual experiences. She emphasizes the importance of embodiment, which involves being consciously aware of one's body through practices like self-touch, movement, and meditation. Bliss shares her personal journey of overcoming sexual shame and numbness, highlighting the benefits of Yoni mapping and exploring pleasure without a goal-oriented approach. She also stresses the significance of viewing sexuality as an ongoing relationship to discover, rather than a problem to fix. Bliss offers various programs and resources, including a free self-Yoni mapping masterclass, to help women deepen their connection with their bodies and enhance their sexual well-being.

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Warning: This episode contains explicit sexual content not meant for minors.

Ready for a journey that promises to uncover layers of pleasure you never knew existed? Join Clare Sente and "Intimacy Expert to Millions💋" Susan Bratton as they talk about orgasms and explore techniques to cultivate a variety of orgasmic experiences. Discover the secrets of Orgasmic Activation and Cross Training, and learn how to enhance your orgasmic potential with a partner. Susan, a best-selling author and publisher of 44 books and programs on better sex, shares the latest sex research on arousal and the pleasure pathways created in the brain. Understand that incredible orgasms are a learned skill that every woman can master. Don't miss this enlightening and empowering conversation on unlocking your full orgasmic potential.

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Permission to Be Enchanting - Relaxed Sex: Deepening Connection And Intimacy With Sarah Rose Bright
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02/02/24 • 49 min

We can get so caught up living in a fast-paced world that we end up carrying these tensions into the bedroom, making us forget the pleasures of truly connecting that come from slowing down. Clare Sente and Rachel Watson interview intimacy and sex coach Sarah Rose Bright about relaxed sex, what it is and what it isn't. They learn that not having a goal of orgasm and instead focusing on expanding our range of pleasure can be the antidote for our goal-oriented lifestyle and a perfect way to create or deepen intimacy. Join Sarah as she advocates for a shift in perspective, encouraging women and couples to adopt a mindset of curiosity and intentional exploration in their sexual experiences. This insightful discussion serves as a guide for fostering deeper intimacy, offering valuable insights for those seeking a more mindful and fulfilling approach to their relationships.

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Permission to Be Enchanting - Winter Solstice & The Sexual Season of Winter
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02/18/22 • 29 min

In this episode of Permission To Be Enchanting, Rachel explains the Celtic traditions of celebrating Yule and Winter Solstice (December 21st) to Clare, which leads to a discussion about female sexual seasons. The world covets an eternal Spring and Summer for our sexual season. It is what most romantic movies portray. But nature and relationships can’t live in perpetual Spring and Summer.

Human bodies, like plants and animals, live in cycles and require a season of rest in order to experience the next healthy Spring. Women need permission to embrace the sexual season of Winter as a time to go within, heal, rest, and focus on themselves without feeling shame.

Rachel believes that the season of Winter has beauty in its darkness and quiet.

The Celtic/Pagen tradition of Yule including Winter Solstice has been celebrated from as early as the neolithic period, which is the end of the Stone Age (10,000 BC) from historical digs and artifacts.

It is the tradition of Yule to bring greenery into your house (pine, Ivy, Holly, Mistletoe). On Winter Solstice you hang mistletoe above your front door to protect your family from misfortune AND above your bed to bring fertility (that’s more than kissing under the mistletoe!).

Holly represents the male and Ivy represented the female and the Holly and Ivy are weaved together to make the wreath.

Even though it is the longest night of the year, Winter Solstice is the tipping point where the Earth turns back towards the sun and the light returns. The sun is reborn. The Son is reborn.

Light is brought into the home and our hearts when the tree is lit, with candle lighting, and you're thinking about what you want to bring in the coming year. Trees are decorated with nuts and coins for prosperity.

Winter Sexual Season = Rest, a break from sex, and focus internally on self.

Autumn Sexual Season = Integration/healing, appreciating and/or grieving. Letting go of what is no longer needed.

Sex can be nourishing if it isn’t a performative act. Clare works with couples to take away the goal of orgasm during sexual play. This can lead to more creativity and less chance of going into autopilot during sex.

Autopilot does not equal mind-blowing sex.

The book by Emily Nagoski, Come As You Are, suggests telling your partner how long they could expect that you need a break from sex.... one month to a few months. It's about communicating your needs to your partner.

Rachel says that it's a gift to your partner to communicate and then they know what is going on.

Practically all women raise their hands (in workshops that Clare has attended) when asked if there were times when they had sex in their romantic relationship but really didn’t want to.

The definition of a sexless marriage is sex less than once per month or less than ten times per year. (Studies range from 15-30% of married couples are sexless).

Sex and intimacy are not the same things. There are intimacy exercises in Tantra called eye gazing and placing a hand over your partner’s heart while breathing together that can bring tears to participants because of the intimacy it creates.

Rachel was reminded of a time she was craving intimacy with her husband and she thought it was sexual, but in reality, it was their 15 minute daily walks outside, holding hands, and her being quiet, so Steven could talk, that filled her intimacy love bucket.

To get more info and sign up for our June 9-11, 2022 EPIC Workshops in Edinburgh, Scotland: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epic-embodiment-pleasure-retreat-day-with-permission-to-be-enchanting-tickets-348636359737?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Listen and enjoy! And share with a friend.

If you'd like to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon or Buy Me A Coffee.

https://patreon.com/enchanting

https://buymeacoffee.com/enchanting

Find and follow us on Facebook.com/PermissionToBeEnchanting

and on Instagram.com/permission_podcast

Find Clare at EmpoweredEnchantress.com.

Find Rachel and her naked unfiltered selfies on IG at @rachel_shootsweet.

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Permission to Be Enchanting - Permission To Own Your Sexual Style

Permission To Own Your Sexual Style

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02/03/22 • 33 min

Our second Enchanting episode explores the five sexual styles of the Erotic Blueprint demonstrated in the Netflix Show: Sex, Love, & Goop. Rachel’s primary sexual style is Kinky and Clare’s primary is equal Energetic & Sensual. Sexual styles are different, just like in the book, Five Love Languages, by author Gary Chapman.

Rachel shares with us her “naughty” secret for a stronger orgasm and laughs about her “epic fail” when experimenting with bondage. Clare discloses a game-changer in both her desire for a self-pleasure practice and the orgasm intensity after she began treating herself with the same attention and care that she shows her lover.

Sex therapist, Jaiya and her Erotic Blueprint Quiz is helpful to understand yourself and your partner’s sexual style. The five types are Sexual, Sensual, Energetic, Kinky, and Shapeshifter. There is a free basic test and an in-depth test for $17. Erotic Blueprint Quiz is available here. https://theblueprintbreakthrough.com/

Clare mentions that she wished she had this test when she was married to help her understand that she is sensual & energetic and her former husband is sexual. Knowing that there were different arousal styles would have been helpful to the relationship and fostered a better understanding of motivations regarding sex.

Our magic word “Naughty” is first uttered by Rachel, and Clare adores hearing Rachel say it in her Scottish accent. (It's now the name of our highest level of podcast support on Patreon called the “Naughty69”, we invite you to check it out.)

Rachel shares that her naughty secret is saying “a good old JC” (Jesus Christ) right before she experiences orgasm and this makes her experience more intense. The taboo is that with her Mormon upbringing saying “JC” in this context is considered blaspheme.

Rachel asks Clare to share a sensual secret of hers.

To get more info and sign up for our June 9-11, 2022 EPIC Workshops in Edinburgh, Scotland: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epic-embodiment-pleasure-retreat-day-with-permission-to-be-enchanting-tickets-348636359737?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Listen and enjoy! And share with a friend.

If you'd like to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon or Buy Me A Coffee.

https://patreon.com/enchanting

https://buymeacoffee.com/enchanting

Find and follow us on Facebook.com/PermissionToBeEnchanting

and on Instagram.com/permission_podcast

Find Clare at EmpoweredEnchantress.com.

Find Rachel and her naked unfiltered selfies on IG at @rachel_shootsweet.

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Permission to Be Enchanting - Podcast Trailer - Permission to Be Enchanting
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01/25/22 • 2 min

How would you like to have better sex? To reclaim your mid-life power, without shame, and have the sex and love life you've always wanted? Clare Sente & Rachel Watson believe you can. Now there's a podcast that celebrates women with uninhibited sex talk, intimate conversations, and positive information to reclaim your sexuality this year. Permission to Be Enchanting is that podcast.

Listen and enjoy! And share with a friend.

If you'd like to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon or Buy Me A Coffee.

https://patreon.com/enchanting

https://buymeacoffee.com/enchanting

Find and follow us on Facebook.com/PermissionToBeEnchanting

and on Instagram.com/permission_podcast

Find Clare at EmpoweredEnchantress.com.

Find Rachel and her naked unfiltered selfies on IG at @rachel_shootsweet.

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Permission to Be Enchanting - Introductions: Clare & Rachel with Permission To Be Enchanting
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02/01/22 • 33 min

Welcome to our podcast about female empowerment and, oh yeah... orgasms.

Finally, there's a podcast for your sexual awakening. Successful female empowerment involves moving past the conditioning of shame regarding sexuality and invites you back to love yourself into wholeness. That's the beginning of what Permission To Be Enchanting is all about.

Episode #1 of our first season is a taste of the background and chemistry between hosts Clare Sente and Rachel Watson.

Clare is a Chicago-based, certified sex, love and intimacy coach who had her own sexual awakening at 48. Rachel is an outstanding, Scottish-bred photographer who focuses on helping women love themselves.

Rachel’s journey of loving herself and celebrating her flaws makes her a better photographer by putting her clients at ease with self acceptance. Rachel shares her life and background about being a Mormon, being a virgin and married at 19, and learning after 15 years of marriage that her marriage is better when she focuses on being happy herself.

Clare's experiences as a certified sex coach, along with her own awakening, make her uniquely qualified to help their listeners. And with over 20 years of research on the female orgasm there's a lot to share.

Using guest and client stories, Clare and Rachel are on a journey to help women feel whole again. Like Kintsugi, the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold, the idea of embracing flaws and imperfections with loving self-acceptance helps you create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art. YOU.

To get info and sign up for our June 9-11, 2022 EPIC Workshops in Edinburgh, Scotland: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epic-embodiment-pleasure-retreat-day-with-permission-to-be-enchanting-tickets-348636359737?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Listen and enjoy! And share with a friend.

If you'd like to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon or Buy Me A Coffee.

https://patreon.com/enchanting

https://buymeacoffee.com/enchanting

Find and follow us on Facebook.com/PermissionToBeEnchanting

and on Instagram.com/permission_podcast

Find Clare at EmpoweredEnchantress.com.

Find Rachel and her naked unfiltered selfies on IG at @rachel_shootsweet.

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Permission to Be Enchanting - Orgasms A to G

Orgasms A to G

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02/06/22 • 36 min

After discussing erotic blueprints last time, Clare and Rachel happily highlight the variety of orgasms that are available to women. To make it easy to remember they’ve created an alphabetical way to list them: A is for anal, B is for breast/nipple, C is for clitoral/cervical, D is for double = multiple, E is for energetic, F is for f**king good, and G is for G-spot.

It turns out Clare has so much to share about anal orgasms like creating a proper environment in order to relax and surrender with your partner, permission to go slow, and how to give a relaxing “bum” massage to your partner, that it looks like the rest of the orgasms will just have to wait to each have their own show.

Clare got a book for her birthday from a girlfriend by Dan Savage, called Savage Love from A to Z: Advice on sex and relationships, dating and mating, exes, and extras. With the release of his book, Dan is celebrating his 30 years as a sex advice columnist providing sex-positive advice. It inspired Clare to think about some of her favorite orgasms and a fun way for listeners to remember them... Orgasms A to G.

To get more info and sign up for our June 9-11, 2022 EPIC Workshops in Edinburgh, Scotland: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epic-embodiment-pleasure-retreat-day-with-permission-to-be-enchanting-tickets-348636359737?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Listen and enjoy! And share with a friend.

If you'd like to support the podcast, you can find us on Patreon or Buy Me A Coffee.

https://patreon.com/enchanting

https://buymeacoffee.com/enchanting

Find and follow us on Facebook.com/PermissionToBeEnchanting

and on Instagram.com/permission_podcast

Find Clare at EmpoweredEnchantress.com.

Find Rachel and her naked unfiltered selfies on IG at @rachel_shootsweet.

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Embark on a fascinating journey into the depths of numerology, where the unique vibrational energies of numbers intertwine with our personal experiences, providing a mystical lens through which to understand the intricacies of life. In this episode, Clare Sente and Rachel Watson sit down with professional numerologist Felicia Bender to talk about what numerology is and how it can help us learn more about our life’s path and purpose. Similar to personality testing, it is a tool to offer insight into our choices and preferences, which can be very helpful when dealing with important relationships and understanding our world. Tune in to explore the mystical realm of numbers and gain a deeper understanding of the forces shaping your life.

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How many episodes does Permission to Be Enchanting have?

Permission to Be Enchanting currently has 49 episodes available.

What topics does Permission to Be Enchanting cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education and Sexuality.

What is the most popular episode on Permission to Be Enchanting?

The episode title 'Body Work: Trusting The Intelligence Of Your Body With Ali Mezey' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Permission to Be Enchanting?

The average episode length on Permission to Be Enchanting is 44 minutes.

How often are episodes of Permission to Be Enchanting released?

Episodes of Permission to Be Enchanting are typically released every 15 days.

When was the first episode of Permission to Be Enchanting?

The first episode of Permission to Be Enchanting was released on Jan 25, 2022.

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