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The ups, the downs, the surprises, the opportunities, the secrets and how to do it on your terms, gracefully or even disgracefully!
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Tanya Koens: sex, intimacy and the midlife body
Sex and intimacy in midlife is one of the least-talked-about subjects in men’s health, and one of the most consequential. Desire shifts. Bodies change. Relationships drift. And most men have never been given the language, let alone the permission, to talk about any of it openly. Clinical and somatic sexologist Tanya Koens has spent nearly two decades in the room with people navigating exactly this territory. In this conversation, she brings warmth, science, and straight-talking insight to a subject that most men quietly wonder about but rarely discuss.
Professor James Elliott: (dis)Connected — when childhood trauma hides behind achievement
Childhood sexual abuse affects one in six men — and most carry that secret for decades. Professor James Elliott carried his for over 40 years. A former professional baseball player, world-leading pain researcher, Director of the Kolling Institute, and NASA consultant, James built a life of extraordinary achievement. But beneath it all, a boy was still running.
In this raw and courageous conversation, James opens up about trauma, disclosure, the long road to healing, and what it really means to become a man.
Dr. Jenifer Luman: Your blood test says you're fine. Your body disagrees.
Most men who end up in an ambulance felt fine. Right up until they didn’t.
Here’s the thing about a heart attack, a stroke, a diabetes diagnosis — none of them start the day they happen. They start quietly, ten to twenty years earlier. In perfectly normal-looking blood test results. In a body that feels okay. In a life that looks fine from the outside.
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