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Raising Shame‑Free, Pleasure‑Positive Kids Starts in Pregnancy

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Dear Reader,

What if the way you prepare for birth could also prepare you for a lifetime of deeper intimacy, healing, and connection—for you and for your children?

In this week’s Orgasmic Birth episode, I’m joined by one of the world’s leading voices on sexual shame healing and pleasure‑positive parenting: Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers—licensed sex and gender feminist psychotherapist, bestselling author of Sex, God, and the Conservative Church and Shameless Parenting, and founder of Inanna Rising.

We talk about:

  • How pregnancy often brings long‑held body shame to the surface—and why that’s an invitation to heal, not a sign you’re doing anything wrong.
  • Heart‑breaking research showing girls as young as six are already changing their eating because they believe their bodies aren’t good enough—and how you can interrupt that pattern for your kids.
  • Simple ways to weave pleasure and your five senses into pregnancy and birth so they support your labor, bonding, and confidence.​
  • A practical first step if you’re pregnant and realizing you’ve been carrying shame for years (hint: you can reparent your younger self, stage by stage).
  • Why postpartum is at least a year‑long transformation, and how to honor your needs—rest, touch, desire—while caring for a tiny human 24/7.

Dr. Tina also shares:

  • How she defines sexuality as sharing connection and pleasure, not just a list of behaviors.
  • Why so many of us end up in transactional sexual experiences that leave our hearts out of the room—and how to shift toward truly nourishing intimacy.
  • A generous offer: if you can’t afford her books, you can DM her on Instagram (@drtinashameless) and she’ll send a promo code for an audio version, because she never wants cost to keep you from healing.

🎧 Listen now on our blog or your favorite platform.

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Ready to pair this with birth prep that centers pleasure?

If this conversation speaks to you and you’re longing for birth preparation that honors your body, your sensuality, and your power, I’d love to invite you into Pleasurable Birth Essentials.

Inside this online childbirth class, you’ll learn:

  • The role of pleasure and birth hormones in easing labor sensations.
  • Comfort measures and positions for each stage of labor.
  • How to create a birth environment that delights your five senses.
  • Practices to deepen intimacy with your partner and yourself before, during, and after birth.​

Parents around the world call this class both birth‑ and life‑changing.

👉 Learn more and join us here:

​https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials​

With love and pleasure,
Debra

Debra Pascali-Bonaro

Debra Pascali-Bonaro is a world-renowned inspirational speaker, podcaster, filmmaker, doula trainer, childbirth educator, and author. Debra’s podcast, Orgasmic Birth heals barriers and opens the door to share secrets to more love and intimacy in birth and parenting. She brings together her passion for pleasure in every aspect of life with her Jersey-Girl attitude of talking about what no one is talking about! Debra is a mother, grandmother and featured expert in parenting journals and media around the world. Debra is also Co-Chair of the International Childbirth Initiative and Chair of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative both of which promote safe, respectful maternity care. She is a Lamaze International childbirth educator, birth and postpartum doula trainer with DONA International, Director of the award-winning documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret and co-writer of “Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying and Pleasurable Birth”, Author of The Ultimate Guide To Sex After Baby: Secrets to Love and Intimacy and the Founder & President of the revolutionary online childbirth class Pleasurable Birth Essentials which prepares expectant mothers, fathers, and partners to be positively prepared for birth and focuses on the intimate and sacred nature of birth. Debra’s passion comes from her over 30 years of working with women, men, midwives, doulas, physicians and nurses in over 40 countries bringing comfort, love, and pleasure to birth and life!

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