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Ple^sure Principles

Avik Chakraborty

Join us on Ple^sure Principles, the podcast where desire meets discovery. The host, delves into the world of sensual pleasure, intimacy, and relationships, exploring the complexities and nuances of human connection.What we focus on?- Candid conversations with experts, thought leaders, and everyday people- Insights on sexual health, wellness, and self-care- Discussions on consent, communication, and boundary-setting- Personal stories of pleasure, passion, and transformationWant to be a guest on

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24:36

Pleasure as a Guiding Principle: Self-Acceptance With...

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2026/10/11

We tend to treat pleasure as something a little embarrassing, indulgent, or separate from serious life. But what if it is one of the quiet organizing principles behind many of our choices, even when we choose restraint or step away entirely? In this episode of Pleasure Principles, host Nazish talks with psychotherapist and author Byron Athene about pleasure, shame, and self-acceptance, openly and with consent and dignity at the centre.Byron shares how a painful breakup led him to a life changing

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33:47

The One Room House: Emotional, Intimate, and Whole...

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2026/10/03

In this episode of Pleasure Principles, host Rasmeet talks with Melissa Crook, founder of Embracing Layers and host of the F.E.E.L. Podcast, about why mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, financial, and sexual wellbeing are not separate rooms in a house but one connected structure. Melissa shares her own journey out of a purity-culture upbringing that framed pleasure as something owed to a partner rather than something that belonged to her, and how unprocessed shame from that conditioning showed

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22:11

Returning to Each Other: Tantra, Breath, and Everyday...

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2026/09/28

In this episode of Pleasure Principles, host Rasmeet talks with Pete and Kalindi, founders of Living In Love, about why long-term intimacy so often goes quiet, and what it actually takes to keep returning to each other. They challenge the popular picture of romance, candles, date nights, dramatic gestures, and explain that real intimacy grows out of small, conscious moments of connection built throughout an ordinary day, not a single grand gesture saved for the weekend.The conversation moves through

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27:03

Healing Touch Trauma: Reclaiming Safety and Pleasure...

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2026/09/25

In this episode of Pleasure Principles, host Avik welcomes Christina Simmons, an integrative trauma therapist and Mind-Body Medicine Practitioner, for a tender and necessary conversation about touch, safety, and the body. Christina opens by naming the myth she wants to dismantle: that healing from trauma is only about pain, when pleasure is just as central to the process. From there, the conversation moves into what actually happens in the nervous system when touch has been learned as dangerous,

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33:25

How to Trust Again Without Betraying Yourself |...

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2026/08/30

What happens when the danger is gone, but part of you is still waiting to be hurt again?In this deeply personal episode of Pleasure Principles, Shivam sits down with Colette Duvall Pondella, co-founder of Shadowland Foundation, to explore rebuilding trust after trauma, strengthening boundaries and learning to listen to yourself again.Colette challenges a common assumption about healing: that the goal is to somehow return to the person you were before you were hurt.Instead, she offers another

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21:05

Reclaiming Erotic Innocence: Patty Alfonso on Coming...

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2026/08/12

If you've been going through the motions, doing all the right things but feeling strangely numb underneath it, this conversation offers a different way back. Patty Alfonso reframes eroticism not as performance or sex, but as life force energy itself, the same aliveness we arrived on this earth with before the world taught us to dim it down.This episode is an invitation to slow down and listen to your body as a source of guidance, not just a thing to manage or override. Patty shares what

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24:00

When Intimacy Hurts: Understanding Painful Sex,...

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2026/08/10

There is a kind of pain that millions of women carry in silence, not because it isn’t real, but because they were never told it was okay to talk about it.In this deeply compassionate episode of Pleasure Principles, host Archita sits down with Dr. Jeffrey L. Brown, a doctor of osteopathic medicine specializing in hormone health and functional medicine, to explore one of the most misunderstood and under-discussed experiences in women’s health: pain during intimacy.Together, they unpack the complex

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26:13

Fenix Shepard on Why Not Reacting Is the Real...

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2026/08/08

This one is for anyone who thinks a healthy relationship should feel smooth all the time. Fenix Shepard joins Pleasure Principles to talk about what real partnership actually asks of two people, especially in the moments the highlight reel never shows.The conversation centers on one core practice, learning to pause instead of react, doing your own inner work before you commit to someone else, and using a simple listening exercise to stay present on hard days.About the Guest:Fenix Shepard works as a

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23:28

The Health Myths We Never Chose: Food, Guilt, and...

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2026/08/06

Most of us have a strange relationship with our own bodies. We have been told what to eat, what is clean, what is killing us, by so many voices that we stopped listening to the one inside our own skin. Somewhere in the noise, the body stopped being a place of pleasure and became a project to fix.In this Pleasure Principles conversation, health and nutrition coach Victor Dedaj pushes back on that. He challenges long-held beliefs about food and wellness, argues that much dietary advice of the past

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29:21

Reclaiming Sensual Intimacy With Nature, Sisterhood,...

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2026/07/31

For the woman who feels quietly disconnected from her aliveness and unsure where pleasure went. Wisdom keeper Sharon Ann Rose joins Pleasure Principles to explore sensual intimacy with creation, not as a bedroom concept, but as an embodied relationship with life.Listeners will learn how grounding, slower transitions, and sisterhood soften an armored body, and why feeling safe is the real doorway back to pleasure.About the Guest:Sharon Ann Rose is a wisdom keeper, author, feminine creativity guide,

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22:13

Your Body Knew First: Embodied Listening And...

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2026/07/29

Most of us were handed a script about what to want before we were old enough to know we had a body of our own. Alexandra Beller has spent decades in dance and somatic practice learning to read the signal underneath it. She describes the body as a metric you can consult, and what changes when you slow down enough to hear the difference between your own desire and the one you absorbed.About the Guest:Alexandra Beller is a choreographer, director and somatic educator based in Brooklyn. She danced with

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27:17

Pleasure Isn't Something You Earn: Unlearning...

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2026/07/25

Most of us were handed a story about pleasure before we were old enough to question it. That it's self-indulgent. That it's dangerous. That it has to be earned, traded for, deserved. Those stories didn't start with us, and yet we've spent years living inside them.In this conversation, Jon Symes reframes pleasure as the medium through which we connect to being alive, not a reward for good behaviour. He explores why men in particular struggle to receive, why consent is a container rather than a

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21:15

Play, Presence, and Real Intimacy: Keeping Long-Term...

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2026/07/22

Most couples think the intimacy problem lives in the bedroom. This episode is for anyone in a long relationship who senses the spark has quieted and wonders whether readable means the romance is over.Relationship therapist Stephanie Wise reframes physical intimacy as the meeting point of play and presence, and shows why emotional and physical closeness were never two separate projects. You will leave with small, repeatable habits around transitions, curiosity, and shared enjoyment that keep

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20:02

How Sacred Intimacy and Pleasure Become a Real Path...

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2026/07/14

David Weale was a professional skier until a broken neck in 2012 changed the direction of his entire life. In this episode, he talks about how that injury led him into tantra, somatic healing, and a body of work built around sacred intimacy, devotion, and pleasure as legitimate paths to spiritual connection.This is a grown, honest conversation about the parts of being human we usually keep behind closed doors, and why reconnecting with your body might be closer to spiritual practice than most of us

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20:37

Embodied Pleasure and Somatic Healing: Devin Scott on...

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2026/07/04

We spend so much time talking about healing as something we earn through hard work. This episode asks a different question: what if pleasure isn't the reward at the end, but part of the healing itself? Devin Scott, a Brooklyn based body wisdom coach and somatic practitioner, joins us to talk about embodied pleasure, why so many of us live disconnected from our own bodies, and what it actually takes to come home to them.If you've ever felt guilty for slowing down, or noticed you can't remember the

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19:49

Dating With a Disability: Kathy O'Connell on Sexual...

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2026/07/03

What if the hardest part of dating with a disability isn't the disability at all? It's the quiet belief, rarely spoken out loud, that love might not be for you. This episode is for anyone who has felt that fear before a first message is even sent.Kathy O'Connell, who has lived with cerebral palsy her whole life, shares the concept of sexual ableism and the personal story that took her from twenty years of dating confusion to a seventeen-year marriage. This conversation offers a real, grounded shift:

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23:51

Why Affairs Happen: Understanding Infidelity, Trust,...

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2026/07/01

When we hear the word infidelity, we tend to see everything in black and white. Betrayer and betrayed, villain and victim. But what if the story is rarely that simple? Kayla Crane, a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes exclusively in affair recovery, joins this conversation to unpack what really brings couples to the crossroads they never imagined facing.This is not a conversation about excusing harm. It is about understanding the deeper relational patterns, unmet needs, and

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39:16

Dating, Intimacy, and the Loneliness Nobody Talks...

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2026/06/20

What if the problem in our relationships was never desire, but silence? This honest conversation is for anyone who has felt invisible in a marriage, exhausted by dating apps, or quietly lonely even when someone is lying right beside them.George Goulburn, a professional companion who left corporate life at 51, shares what years of sitting with lonely people taught him about intimacy, communication, and asking for what you actually need.About the Guest:George Goulburn is a professional male companion

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25:16

Why Men Struggle With Vulnerability and Emotional...

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2026/06/17

We talk endlessly about men and strength, success, and silence. But when did we last talk honestly about men and tenderness, longing, and the parts so many were told to leave at the door?Intimacy and authenticity coach Rose Leopold joins host Yusuf on why so many men struggle to access their emotional inner world, how vulnerability and strength can coexist, and where the work of reconnecting begins.About the Guest:Rose Leopold is an authenticity and intimacy coach whose practice, Naturally Rosey,

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50:55

Attachment Wounds, Intimacy, and the Inner Work of...

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2026/06/02

🛟 A Note Before You ListenThis episode contains honest discussion of attachment trauma, abuse, suicidal ideation, and the personal cost of unresolved emotional wounding. Ben shares openly about working through his own pain and the global helplines below are available if anything in this conversation feels close to home.📞 Global Helplines🇮🇳 India: iCall +91 9152987821 | Vandrevala Foundation 1860 2662 345 | AASRA +91 9820466726 🇺🇸 United States: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text

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