Turned On

At home, you barely think about sex. Then you go away for a few days and suddenly your libido reappears. So what changed? ...Probably NOT your hormones, your attraction to your partner or the tiny shampoo bottles in the hotel bathroom. What changed was the context.In this episode of Turned On, Lydia explores why desire can feel accessible on vacation and disappear again the moment you return to normal life. She breaks down how the constant background hum of responsibility, distraction, exhaustion

Lydia spent more than a decade thriving in high-pressure environments, from working as an infantry soldier, paratrooper and team leader to leading corporate strategy and marketing for some of North America’s biggest brands.She was capable, productive and very good under pressure. She was also working up to 120 hours a week, using busyness to manage anxiety and slowly losing the capacity her body needed for sleep, digestion, recovery, pleasure and sex.In this personal episode of Turned On, Lydia

Everyone says stress can lower your sex drive. But what does that actually mean physiologically, and why can your libido disappear even when your hormone levels look “normal”?In this episode of Turned On, Lydia breaks down how your stress-response system, reproductive hormones, nervous system, sleep and mental bandwidth all interact to shape sexual desire and arousal.You’ll learn why cortisol isn’t inherently bad, why chronic stress doesn’t always mean your cortisol is sky-high and why reducing low

You love your partner. You’re still attracted to them. Your relationship is generally good. So why does sex suddenly feel like one more thing being asked of you?In the first episode of Turned On, Lydia breaks down the connection between burnout, chronic stress and disappearing desire, including why you might avoid going to bed at the same time as your partner, tense up when affection starts to feel sexual or enjoy sex once it begins but have absolutely no interest in initiating it.You’ll learn why