Season Preview 2026 Make 2026 Your Best Year Together
If you're wondering how to reignite intimacy after kids, you're not alone.
Parenthood changes everything - your body, your time, your energy, and often your sex-life. What used to feel easy can start to feel awkward, pressured, or just gone.
This year marks nine years married and eleven years together with my partner. We're raising three kids, running a household, navigating money stress, and managing real adult life. And here's the truth most people don’t say out loud:
Great sex in long-term relationships doesn't happen by accident.
It's built—with skills, structure, and compassion.
That’s what this season of the Sex After Kids podcast is about.
Watch or listen to the episode here or read on below:
Why Sex After Kids Matters More Than You Think
This work is not about being "sexier" or trying harder.
It's about keeping families together.
Research and lived experience show that many relationships don't end because of a lack of love or attraction, but because couples don't know how to navigate sex once life gets complicated. Hormones change, bodies change, desire changes and no one teaches us how to adapt.
Most of us were never taught:
How to talk about sex without defensiveness
How to understand libido after kids
How to stay connected when stress is high
How to repair when sex feels awkward or painful
That's not a personal failure. It's a skills gap.
And when couples learn the skills, everything changes.
Who This Is For?
This work is for:
Parents who feel more like roommates than lovers
Couples navigating postpartum recovery or perimenopause
Neurodivergent partners who crave clarity and structure
Lower-libido partners who feel shut down or disconnected
Higher-libido partners who feel rejected, confused, or frustrated
If life got in the way—but you don't want to give up on intimacy, then this is for you.
The Naked Fun Times Cycle: A Simple Framework for Better Sex
Every intimate encounter moves through four predictable phases. When couples struggle, it's usually because one or more of these phases breaks down.
The Naked Fun Times Cycle:
Initiation – making the ask
Transition – shifting out of parent mode
Play – the sexual connection itself
Aftercare – reconnecting afterward
Good sex isn't about spontaneity or chemistry alone. It's about knowing how to move through these phases safely and skillfully.
The Four Skills That Make Sex Easier (and More Enjoyable)
1. Communication and Structure
Clear frameworks reduce anxiety—especially for busy or neurodivergent couples. When you know what comes next, your nervous system can relax and connection becomes possible again.
2. Nervous System and Body Literacy
Low desire, soft erections, dryness, or discomfort are not personal failures. They're physiological signals. When you understand how your body works now, sex stops feeling like a performance and starts feeling collaborative.
3. Mindset and Sexual History
Beliefs like "scheduled sex kills desire" or "they should just know" quietly sabotage intimacy. When couples rewrite these stories, sex becomes something to explore, not endure.
4. Relationship to Pleasure
Many parents—especially mothers—struggle to receive pleasure without guilt. Learning how to hold pleasure safely in your body is a skill, and it can be learned.
This is how couples move from "ugh, again?" to "I could actually be into that."
What’s Coming for Valentine’s Day
I'm releasing a brand-new Valentine's mini-offer designed to help couples practice these skills in real time.
It's a two-part guided Date Night experience:
Live on Valentine’s Day (replay included)
Fully clothed on the workshop (what you do later is up to you)
You’ll need markers and massage oil
You'll learn:
How to give and receive sexual feedback without killing the mood
How to understand your body and translate pleasure clearly
How to reconnect when sex has felt awkward, painful, or disconnected
If sex has felt dry, tense, or confusing, then this is a powerful reset.
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The 2026 Roadmap for Sex After Kids
This year we'll be covering:
Libido and scheduling sex without pressure
Sex after birth or adoption
Erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation
Mental load and desire
A dedicated series for lower-libido partners
Because intimacy isn't about obligation—it's about becoming more alive in your own body.
Let’s Make 2026 Different
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Let's make this the year sex stops being the elephant in the room. The year partnership feels mutual again. The year intimacy feels light, connected, and worth craving.