This week's episode is a little different. I sat down with my cousin — Dr. Chloe Vites, a GP (doctor) based in the UK — and let her ask me all the questions people usually ask me at parties, on flights, and in the DMs.
Things like: Why I became a sex therapist. What I actually do in session. What it was really like filming Married at First Sight: Sweden. And the things I wish couples knew before it's too late.
In this episode, we explore:
- The moment at 17 that made me decide this was going to be my career
- Why I chose to specialise in low desire — and what most people get wrong about who actually struggles with low libido
- What it was really like filming Married at First Sight: Sweden (GIft vid första ögonkastet) as one of three experts, and the parts that surprised me most
- The biggest myth about desire — and why the most common assumption keeps couples stuck for years
- What I wish couples in crisis knew (and why I really wish they wouldn't)
- How I talk to my own kids about sex — and important steps not to skip
- The hardest part of my work — and it isn't the topics you'd expect
01:16 — Why I became a sex therapist
03:51 — Specialising in low desire
06:28 — What sex therapy is really like
08:31 — Filming Married at First Sight Sweden (GVFÖ XL)
10:59 — The easiest & hardest parts of the job
15:59 — Being a female therapist with male clients
20:31 — How people react when they know my job (in dating & with acquaintances)
23:59 — The hardest conversation about sex for couples
28:02 — Talking to kids about sex (& how I talk to my own about it)
32:12 — What I used to believe about sex
33:30 — What people get wrong about desire
37:38 — MAFS Sweden & analysing people as an occupational hazard
40:41 — What I wish every couple knew
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