ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Unlock the truth about how religious trauma secretly hijacks your desire, libido, and ability to enjoy intimacy. If you've deconstructed your faith but still feel your body resisting the new beliefs, this episode is your essential guide to healing from within.
Join Allison Metcalfe, a fellow recovering charismatic and embodied faith coach, in conversation with Sarah Ward, a sexologist and intimacy coach who specializes in somatic healing and religious trauma. Sarah shares how early shame, purity culture, and patriarchal teachings embed themselves deep in your body, causing silent struggles like low libido, performance anxiety, and disconnection. Through candid stories and breakthrough strategies, Sarah reveals how the body holds the key to true liberation and joy.
You'll discover:
- The difference between spontaneous and responsive desire, and why understanding your body's signals can rewrite your sex life.
- How shame from religious upbringing creates safety fears that block intimacy, and practical somatic exercises to rebuild trust.
- The dangerous link between purity teachings, victim-blaming, and sex-related shame—and how to heal these deep wounds.
- How cultural scripts around modesty and gendered expectations keep women disconnected from their bodies, and how to break free into embodied pleasure.
This episode is vital for women in deconstruction, healing from religious harm, and anyone feeling lost in their own desire. If shame, guilt, or fear of your body’s responses are holding you back, this is your invitation to reclaim your pleasure, trust your intuition, and embody your truth.
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Sarah Ward is a Certified Sexologist and Somatic Intimacy Coach who grew up in the grip of purity culture and high-demand religion and has since reclaimed her pleasure. After decades of being systematically divorced from her own body, Sarah found solace in somatic work, which became the bedrock for her revolutionary reclamation of self and sensuality.
She is the author of the weekly Substack Sex and Style and runs a private practice based in Albuquerque, NM, working with clients wherever they are.
Website: https://sarahward.co/
Blog: http://sarahwardco.substack.com
The Problematic Concept of Modesty: https://sarahwardco.substack.com/p/the-problematic-concept-of-modesty
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Don’t let outdated beliefs wire your body for repression. Tune in to transform shame into curiosity and rediscover the joyful, embodied sexuality you deserve.
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