Sex, trauma, and shame shape how many women experience intimacy, especially after motherhood with Darshana Avila

In this episode of EmotionAL Support, host Alessandra Torresani talks with Darshana Avila, sexological bodyworker, somatic healing practitioner, and intimacy coach featured on Netflix’s Sex, Love & Goop, about why so many women feel disconnected from pleasure, desire, and their own bodies.

This conversation explores:

• What sexological bodywork is and how it supports healing

• How trauma, dissociation, and nervous system regulation affect sex and intimacy

• Why women often lose desire in safe relationships

• Sex after motherhood and reclaiming confidence in your body

• The Madonna/Whore complex and sexual shame

• Consent, boundaries, and communication in relationships

• How somatic healing helps women feel present, empowered, and connected

• Why erotic energy is about life force, creativity, and self-confidence

This episode is for women navigating:

sexual healing, trauma recovery, motherhood identity shifts, dating, relationships, and reclaiming pleasure without shame or performance.

https://www.instagram.com/alessandratorresani

https://darshanaavila.com/

Sex, trauma, and shame shape how many women experience intimacy, especially after motherhood with Darshana Avila

In this episode of EmotionAL Support, host Alessandra Torresani talks with Darshana Avila, sexological bodyworker, somatic healing practitioner, and intimacy coach featured on Netflix’s Sex, Love & Goop, about why so many women feel disconnected from pleasure, desire, and their own bodies.

This conversation explores:

• What sexological bodywork is and how it supports healing

• How trauma, dissociation, and nervous system regulation affect sex and intimacy

• Why women often lose desire in safe relationships

• Sex after motherhood and reclaiming confidence in your body

• The Madonna/Whore complex and sexual shame

• Consent, boundaries, and communication in relationships

• How somatic healing helps women feel present, empowered, and connected

• Why erotic energy is about life force, creativity, and self-confidence

This episode is for women navigating:

sexual healing, trauma recovery, motherhood identity shifts, dating, relationships, and reclaiming pleasure without shame or performance.

https://www.instagram.com/alessandratorresani

https://darshanaavila.com/

What if anxiety wasn’t something to fix… but something to welcome?

In this deeply grounding and unexpectedly joyful episode of EmotionAL Support, Alessandra Torresani sits down with acclaimed actor, teacher, and author Josh Pais (Joker, Ray Donovan, The Dropout) for a conversation that might just change the way you experience your emotions…forever.

Josh is the founder of the Committed Impulse Method and the author of Lose Your Mind, a powerful guide to transforming anxiety, overwhelm, and self-judgment into presence, creativity, and aliveness. Together, Alessandra and Josh explore why there are no “bad” emotions, how suppressing feelings disconnects us from ourselves (and others), and why learning to get out of our heads is the key to creative freedom whether you’re an actor, a parent, or just a human trying to survive modern life.

✨ In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why anxiety is not the enemy and how it can become your superpower
• Josh’s 4 access points to instantly quiet the mind and return to presence
• The 7–12 second rule that helps emotions naturally move through the body
• How to raise emotionally literate kids without labeling feelings as “good” or “bad”
• Why creativity, parenting, acting, and healing all rely on the same skill: being here now
• What Josh learned working on Joker alongside Joaquin Phoenix and how staying in the unknown unlocks brilliance

Alessandra also opens up about living with anxiety, panic attacks, motherhood, and what presence feels like in both creative work and real life, making this episode a powerful listen for anyone who’s ever felt overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in their own head.

This is not a conversation about “fixing” yourself.

It’s about remembering that it’s all good and that everything you feel is part of being alive.

🎙️ If you’re ready to lose your mind… and finally come home to yourself, this episode is for you.

⁠https://www.instagram.com/joshpais/⁠

⁠https://committedimpulse.com/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/alessandratorresani/⁠