Wholehearted: Love, Life + Intimacy

I’ve been watching Corona’s journey for a while and love what she shares. But one of her posts* on Instagram a little while ago really caught my attention and prompted me to reach out. She spoke about divorce being the catalyst for an extraordinary life. 

“Growth happens when we can lean in and embrace the discomfort and the unknown. No transformation occurs in the known.” CORONA BRADY

She was wonderful enough to accept my invitation to talk about that - and I’m especially grateful - because I think we’re all experiencing huge and unexpected changes in our lives right now. 

Whether it’s divorce, a relationship breakdown, a lost job, business failure or unexpected life shift - I also believe that these things that we often think of as devastating at the time - can really propel our lives to somewhere different and much more amazing than we had planned. 

Listen in as I talk with Corona, and she shares her journey through change.

Making the decision to divorce

What gets you through those early stages 

Grieving for the hopes and dreams that we had for the future and how to cope with that

How to work through feeling like you’ve lost your identity

The importance of having a spiritual practice been while transitioning

I also ask Corona about her Kundalini yoga and the launch of her online school - which is such perfect timing for everyone who can’t get to their regular yoga session right now. 

*CORONA’S POST:

At 37 I thought my life was over when I chose to make a scary but very brave decision that would change the whole course and direction of my life. 

But today at 39 I realise my life is only beginning and I’m excited for this new chapter. Our bravery and courage will always be rewarded for! 

It’s been an incredibly tough 2+ years (I’m not going to sugar coat it, I’ve literally walked through the fires of transformation) but I’m now out the other side and I’ve so much to share with you on topics such as conscious relationships, polarity in romantic relationships, when you know it’s time to leave a relationship, divorce/separation, the real inner work that’s required after the collapse of a marriage, grief, losing everything and beginning again, dealing with lies and deceit in relationship, opening yourself up to love again, living as an awakened empowered conscious woman, collapse of and rebuilding your foundations, working through sexual repression plus so much more!

Growth happens when we can lean in and embrace the discomfort and the unknown. No transformation occurs in the known.

Corona is a Holistic Life Coach & Mentor for Women, Mind Detox Therapist, Kundalini Level 2 Teacher, and Speaker! She is passionate about supporting and empowering high achieving corporate professionals, Women in Business, Entrepreneurs & Women in Leadership Roles. She is the founder and CEO of Energy For Life Academy where she takes busy professionals from burnout and overwhelm to energetic joyful lives in 8 weeks or less.  

She is the creator of the Corona Brady Online Life Coaching App which you can download for free to your Apple and Android devices and she is the host of the Energy For Life Podcast show available on iTunes.

She is also the creator of a brand new online yoga and meditation school called Corona’s Online Kundalini School.

Website: https://coronabrady.com/

Free Webinar: https://joinnow.live/s/52LYNz

Free App: https://coronabrady.com/app/

Podcast Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/energy-for-life-podcast-with-corona-brady/id1278173651

Free Facebook Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnergyAwakenedForHighAchievingWomen

Kundalini Online School: https://coronabrady.com/kundalini-online-school/    

How many times have you thought ‘he’s driving me crazy’ or ‘she’s driving me crazy’ this week?

Living with your partner isn’t easy at the best of times.

Silly arguments often stem from minor things like leaving washing up in the sink or forgetting to put the toilet seat down.

But usually, these aren’t the end of the world.

However, when you’re stuck inside all day with your partner, having more interactions than usual, even the smallest thing can send you over the edge.

That, on top of financial pressure, uncertainty, disruption of routine, trying to homeschool kids and a change in roles can make everything feel like one giant shit show at the moment. 

If you are struggling with your partner right now, I want you to know you’re not alone - many of my clients are experiencing heightened tensions - and I’m getting a LOT of people reach out to me to ask for help.

This is going to be make or break time for many relationships. I want this to be a “make it” time for you. A time that brings you even closer and shows you just how much you mean to each other.

Today I’m sharing with you some practical tips to help you navigate this rollercoaster of a time, like:

• Set boundaries on your time and attention
• Do your best to manage the kids together
• Try to keep structure and routine
• Be mindful of your own emotions + how you communicate
• Aim for empathy + understanding
• Continue to have ‘couple time’ together
• Reach out for other support
• Understand that your sex life might be affected

Stay safe and take excellent care of yourselves and each other!

We are all going to come out of this stronger than we ever thought possible.

Orgasms are great for everyone involved! They reduce stress, keep your skin healthy, improve circulation... oh and they feel amazing!

Some orgasms are explosive, others a light tingling sensation.

But there’s one orgasm that’s got everyone talking: The G-spot orgasm.

It’s likely at some point you would have heard about the G-spot, mainly because of all the speculation about whether it actually exists but one thing is for sure, once you’ll find it, you’ll never look back! 

In this episode, I’ll be sharing:

1. What exactly the G-spot is - and whether or not everyone has one
2. How you find the G-spot 
3. My personal tips on experiencing G-spot pleasure, and
4. How to experience the magic of a G-spot orgasm! 

Whether you’re the owner of a G-spot or you love someone who is - this episode is going to change your life, my love! 

Resources

Click HERE and HERE for details of the two vibrators I mention (available from www.Blissfor Women.com).

It's no secret that I believe in the power of Tantra to help us change our lives and have incredible intimacy.

Tantra has been my personal spiritual practice for over 10 years and I've used it to help transform the lives of thousands of people I've worked with.

One of the most powerful teachings of Tantra for me, has been the incredible feelings of love it's helped me open to - and the intimacy I see it create between couples.

First and foremost though, Tantra helps us connect more deeply to ourselves - so that we can connect more deeply with a partner.

In this episode I'm diving deep into how Tantra can help us deepen intimacy and facilitate our own growth and self-awareness.

Joining me is fellow Sexologist and Tantra Teacher, Waratah Kerlue.

Waratah works with men, women and couples to inspire greater fulfilment within intimacy, sex, love and life. She's a Sexologist, Intimacy Consultant and Couples Therapist, highly skilled in helping you to achieve contentment, fulfilment and empowerment within sexuality and intimacy.

Waratah takes a holistic approach to her work which is grounded in 20 years of mindfulness training, science-based advice and powerful practical tools. She's funny, wise and incredibly compassionate in her approach.

Listen in as Waratah and I discuss:

• The importance of starting with connection to ourselves
• The questions you need to ask on a first date to discover if someone is right for you
• Practical steps to discovering what you enjoy sexually
• The power of giving ourselves permission to ask for what we want in bed - and why that can actually be incredibly sexy
• How to talk to your partner about improving your relationship and sex life

I also open up about a recent experiment I did on another podcast

and 

Waratah and I share our favourite Tantra practices that you can try with a partner tonight.

For more about Waratah check out her website or follow her on facebook @lovelifehealingtherapies.

One of the most common questions that I get asked as a Tantra teacher and sexologist is: "How can I increase my sexual desire"?

It might be that you’ve felt a steady decrease in desire, your partner has a higher sexual drive than you - or that your partner initiates sex at a time when you’re not really in the mood.

You might concentrating on something important, in the middle of cooking dinner or just at a point in your cycle where you’re not really feeling it.

I get it. I’ve been there too.

But there’s something powerful - and empowering about being able to connect to our sexual energy and cultivate it at will.

Sexual energy is life force energy. When we’re connected to it, we feel more energised and alive. We can engage more intimately with a partner and enjoy ourselves more sexually.

Today I want to share 5 of my favourite Tantra tools for igniting desire - even when you think you’re not in the mood or when you're caught off guard!

And, if after listening to this podcast, you want to learn more about Tantra and how it can help you create Wild Confidence, Loving Intimacy + Epic Pleasure, I invite you to join my latest online masterclass for women, Tantric Goddess.

We cover 8 powerful modules jam-packed with ancient wisdom and practical tools for the modern women.

When you join Tantric Goddess, you’re saying HECK YES to:

• Feeling WILDLY confident in bed
• Getting out of your head and into your body
• Creating deeper emotional INTIMACY in your relationships
• Igniting lasting sexual DESIRE; and
• Experiencing EPIC orgasms

Enrollment is OPEN until THIS Thursday, 5th of March only.

To find out more and join, head to isiah-mckimmie.com and go to the courses page OR  come on over to Insta, find me as isiahmckimmie.sexologist and send me a DM to get your invite.

Hands up who ACTUALLY does their KEGELS?

I think that pelvic floor exercises like kegels are one of those things that as women, we all know we 'should' be doing… But we might not be. 

Or, like a lot of women who get in touch with me, you might be doing them, but be unsure if you’re doing it right. 

I have my own perspectives on pelvic floor exercises, as thankfully, they’ve always been part of my Tantra practice. In Tantra, we use pelvic floor exercises to help us BALANCE our lower chakras, CONNECT to and cultivate sexual energy and increase our PLEASURE during sex.  

But, I wanted to get the low-down from someone who’s studied from a western perspective in this area too. 

In this episode of Wholehearted, I’m talking to women’s Pelvic Floor physiotherapist, Anna Scammell, from The Whole Mother.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Exactly how we should be doing our kegel exercises according to an expert
• How we can tell if we’re doing them right or not
• The different ways we should take care of our pelvic floor before, during and after pregnancy - and why this matters even if we’re not planning on having kids. 
• And you’ll also get Anna’s perspective on Vaginal eggs AND being able to weight lift coconuts!   

LISTEN to the full episode THEN pass it onto your girlfriends, 'cause they need to hear this too!

FREE RESOURCES

Click HERE for the Free Pelvic Floor Guide mentioned in the podcast or below to find out more about Anna and the work she does :

Online Pregnancy Program: www.thepregnancyacademy.com.au

Instagram: @the.whole.mother

The very first time I walked into a Tantra workshop, I don’t think I was nervous. I don’t think I knew enough about Tantra to be nervous! I really didn’t know what Tantra was. I knew that it was spiritual - and that it had something to do with sex… but that was about it! 

I would later learn that Tantra is a spiritual practice and a form of yoga and meditation. 

Tantra totally changed my life and, in my journey to learn more about it, I ended up teaching. 

Tantra is still part of what I do. Sometimes I share Tantra, but don’t necessarily call it Tantra.

I use it with my clients at times to help couples stop arguments or to reconnect in the bedroom again. It can help women learn to orgasm for the first time, help stop sex being painful or help women feel more confident in their sexuality.

When I mention Tantra to people - I get a whole lot of mixed responses. 

Some people are excited and want to know more. 

Some say ‘Oh Tantra - right, I’ve heard that Sting does Tantra and he has sex for 9 hours’. 

I even once had a client say - ‘Omg, Tantra? Isn’t that group sex?’ 

So, if you’ve heard me mention Tantra and aren’t sure what it is - don’t worry.

In this episode I’m going to share:

• What exactly Tantra is (and clear up some of the myths and misconceptions around it)
• 6 ways Tantra can help you have mind-blowing sex
• How Tantra can help you have a more loving, connected, harmonious relationship
• And how you can use Tantra in your own life, right away.

I look forward to sharing this with you.

If you'd like to learn even more about Tantra, why not sign up for my next online Tantra workshop?

Our culture gives us a lot of screwed up messages around gender, intimacy and sex. I often focus on how these messages and our lack of education impact women and their relationship to their bodies and sex, but these messages affect men too - just in different ways. 

I was super excited to explore this from a man’s perspective by interviewing Cam Fraser for this episode of Wholehearted. 

Cam Fraser, or THE Cam Fraser as he’s known on Instagram is a Certified Professional Sex Coach, Certified Sexologist, Registered Counsellor, and Registered Tantric Yoga Teacher. His work integrates scientifically validated, medically accurate information about sexual health, with sacred sexuality teachings from the mystery traditions.  As a coach, he helps men go beyond surface-level sex and into full-bodied, self-expressed, pleasure-oriented sexual experiences free of anxiety or shame. 

In this episode Cam and I discuss:

• What Cam wishes women really understood about men and sex
• Why men need to engage with our cultural conditioning around masculinity for deeper sexual pleasure and fulfilling relationships
• How you can get a man to open up more emotionally
• How to start a conversation with your partner about learning Tantra and improving your sex life or letting him know if you want more foreplay.

I absolutely loved this conversation with Cam and I know you will too. 

LISTEN in then pass it on to the MEN you love - they deserve to hear this too!

To follow or find out more about Cam's work: Instagram @thecamfraser |  Kama Wellness

Have you ever found that you can’t stop THINKING during sex?

Many women struggle to ‘switch off’ and enjoy themselves when they’re making love.

They think about their performance, wonder if they’re doing the ‘right thing’, worry about their body - or even think about all the things they have to DO.

It stops you enjoying yourself and gets in the way of intimacy.

Today you’ll hear 5 practical tools that you can use TODAY to get out of your head and into your body in bed.

You know those people that just light YOU up when they walk into the room?

My guest today is one of those women.

I’ve been wanting to share her wisdom with you for the longest time! 

Colleen Schell is a Fortune 500 leadership development expert turned love and intimacy coach. Her wisdom on emotional and erotic intelligence helps you have deeper connections, wider love and a more passionate, playful life.

She is currently writing a book called The Art of the Torrid Love Affair that gives people permission to enjoy, embrace, and learn from short term romantic relationships and master the magic of love and intimacy.

As someone who absolutely EMBODIES her mission to help people communicate more authentically, deeply and lovingly, she oozes sass, sex appeal, warmth and generosity. 

I just know that if you’re someone who wants more meaningful connections with others, if you’re someone who wants to live a totally magic life - then you're going to LOVE my conversation with Colleen today. 

On the episode you’ll hear: 

+  The vital role that YOU can play in deepening intimacy in your relationships

+  How to share your desires with a love

+  How to give feedback to a partner without causing an argument

+  Colleen’s formula for powerful listening

+  How to show up more authentically in your connection and communication

Get Colleen’s Desires Sharing Framework and other free resources HERE.

Follow her on Instagram HERE.

Feel like you might have dated, or be dating, a narcissist?

Or have you heard the term being used a LOT lately and wonder what it’s all about?

If you’ve ever encountered someone who appears grandiose, has an excessive need for praise, talks about themselves and their achievements a lot, but is also easily offended, there’s a good chance you’ve at least encountered a narcissist.

“Soul-destroying”, Emotionally abusive”, “Rollercoaster”, “Feel like you’re losing your mind”, “Walking on eggshells”… were just some of the words that you guys shared with me when I asked about your experiences dating narcissists.

Being in a relationship with a narcissist can be painful and damaging. We often don’t recognise the signs that we’re dating one until it’s too late.

In this episode, I’m sharing:

• The signs that someone is a narcissist
• The kind of person who will be most attracted to narcissists
• What you can do if find yourself in a relationship with a narcissist
• I’ll answer the question of whether you can ever have a happy relationship with a narcissist
• And I’ll share the telltale signs that show up early in dating a narcissist

Click HERE to access my blog and download the Signs You're Dating a Narcissist checklist.

What are relationship and intimacy expert’s relationships really like?

What challenges do they face? How do they make their relationship work?

They might not be what you think!

Real-life couple and intimacy coaches, Jodie Milton and Reece Stockhausen, started Practical Intimacy with the mission to transform how people do relationships. Through their one-on-one coaching practice, couple’s mentoring programs, online courses and blog, they help men and women all over the world to create deeply fulfilling intimacy, thriving long-term connection and a super hot sex life.

Their fresh and relatable approach has seen them work with clients across Australia and abroad, and their articles featured on sites such as The Huffington Post, Mind Body Green, Living Now and Raw Attraction.

Jodie and Reece join me on Wholehearted today to share:

• The challenges they face in their own relationship
• How they deal with (and overcome) disagreements
• The tools and strategies that make their relationship work
• How they take care of themselves while still having enough energy to give to their relationship
• Their fun unique take on initiating intimacy with each other!

If you’d like to find out more about Jodie and Reece and what they offer, you can reach out on their website, facebook or Insta.

We each give and receive love in different ways.

We often give love in the way we’d like to receive it - which is beautiful - but sometimes, that isn’t the way our partner gives love or feels most loved.

So what happens when we’re giving love in a way it isn’t understood?

Sometimes, two people can each be trying to give love to each other - but can both end up feeling unloved because they’re speaking two different love languages. You might even feel really frustrated, because you’re trying to do so much to show your partner that you love them, but for some reason, they still feel unloved!

Understanding the 5 Love Language, helps you understand and navigate these differences.

Understanding the different Love Languages has been so helpful for many couples that I work with. Many of them have found it pivotal in their relationship.

Instead of feeling unloved and uncared for, I’ve seen people suddenly realise their partner has been trying to show love for them all along. I’ve seen couples stop arguing about what they’re not doing for each other and finally understand each other’s needs better.

In this episode we’re going to cover:

• What are the 5 Love Languages? And how do you find yours?
• How can you show love to someone with each different Love Language?
• What should you do when you think your partner has a different Love Language to you?
• And how can you talk to your partner about your Love Language?

If you’re still unsure of your Love Language after listening to the episode, take the quiz here.

What do you do when your relationship gets a bit stale?

How can you bring the fun back when everything has become… routine?

That’s what my guest today found herself asking just a short time into her relationship.

In fact, she thought the relationship was probably over… until she found ways to bring the fun, excitement and playfulness back.

In today’s episode, I’m talking to Danielle Colley, founder of Your Good Life. Danielle is passionate about helping purpose driven women create extraordinary lives by inspiring confidence and self-worth in them so they can make empowered decisions about their careers, their relationships and their lives.

Fresh from Eloping in New York, she joins me as we share:

• Our meeting story and unique friendship
• How a relationship Bucket List saved Danielle’s relationship
• How she overcame feeling like she was sexually broken in her marriage to have a thriving partnership today
• Our tips for building confidence + loving your body

I’m sure you’re going to love Danielle as much as I do!

Listeners are invited to reach out to Danielle for a free 30 minute coaching session HERE or follow her on Insta at your.good.life.

Relationships are learned behaviours.

We often expect ourselves just to know what to do and get it right, but really, they’re skills that we learn.

What is normal, how to communicate, how to express your emotions to someone, whether to express your emotions at all, what kind of intimacy or affection to display are all things that we learn from our environment.

We learn these from our early caregivers, our family growing up, what we witness in the media, our wider culture and our past relationships.

Even those of you who did everything you could not to turn into your parents will still have learned about relationships from them!  And you will have some patterns or traits that have carried through, because that’s just the way it works.

Our early relationships and even our past relationships have such a strong effect on us that they literally effect the way our brains are wired.

And then those impact the rest of our relationships going forward.

This wiring impacts how we show up in our relationships, how we communicate, react, deal with emotions and even our predisposition to conditions like anxiety and depression.

These past relationships and the ways our brains become wired, help shape what has become known in therapy as attachment style.

On today’s episode, you’re going to hear:

• How to work out which attachment style you have - and what your partner’s is
• Which attachment styles go together well - and which tend to have the most conflict
• Why most dating advice you hear is actually wrong - and how your attachment style explains what’s really going on instead.
• How you can adjust your attachment style for more harmonious relationships.

You guys know me. I’m a little bit woo-woo, BUT I’m also passionate about sharing proven advice and practical tools with you.

In today's episode, you’re going to get a lot of practical tools with just a little bit of woo to help you really embrace and step into your power as a sexual woman. 

I’m talking to Sarah Marie Liddle about Erotic Identity Archetypes.

Some of you will remember Sarah from our episode All About Pleasure. 

Sarah Marie Liddle is a writer, identity alchemist, teacher and pleasure advocate. Her work includes private sessions, online programs, and books. 

I know that as you listen to us discuss each of the 5 erotic archetypes you’re going to recognise yourself, your strengths and you'll love the practical tools that will help you grow from where you are right now. 

This Episode comes with a huge thank you to Bliss for Women. 

Bliss for Women provide a unique shopping experience that erases the taboo of shopping in an adult store. Bliss for Women believe women deserve a place where they can explore their own unique relationship to sex, desire and their bodies. You get 10% off all orders over $150 when you use the code IMBLISS19.

For a long time, I didn’t know what I wanted sexually.

I had very little idea of what turned me on.

I had some ideas… things I’d heard about that I wanted to try but I was far too shy to ask for it!

It was only after I began practicing Tantra and I felt like I was given permission to enjoy myself and express myself sexually that I started to feel okay with accepting pleasure and my sexual desires.

What I enjoy sexually has changed over time - it continues to change actually! I go through phases of really enjoying something and then kind of moving on a bit. Often it’s really dependent on my mood too!

I think one of the reasons I love helping women become sexually empowered so much is because I’m so aware of the whole range of possibilities there are for pleasure! 

There’s a really common set of questions and statements I hear from women when we’re discussing feeling sexually empowered, confident and being well-pleasured. They go like this:

How do I tell my partner what I like?

I’m not even sure I know what I like.

How do you find this out?  What do other women like?

I also hear women’s partners say things like:

I wish I knew what she *really enjoys sexually. I try to ask her, but she says she doesn’t know. I just really want to know how to please her.

In this episode of Wholehearted Love, Sex + Intimacy, I’m sharing advice and practical tips to help you discover epic pleasure. You’ll hear:

• The vital factors of a woman’s turn-on that you need to understand
• My 4 step formula to discover what you really enjoy
• Playful ways to explore what you enjoy with a partner - no awkward conversations involved
• Sexy suggestions from other women on what turns them on

This episode comes with a huge thank you to Bliss for Women….

Bliss for Women take a holistic approach to women’s sexuality, sexual wellness and menstrual health.

Bliss for Women stock pleasure-enhancing products and provide a unique shopping experience, erasing the taboo of shopping in an adult store.

Bliss for Women believe that women deserve a place where they can explore their own unique relationship to sex, desire and their bodies.

Bliss for Women is about you, your pleasure and your sexual wellness.  Find out more at blissforwomen.com

What should you do if your man has sexual challenges, can’t ‘get it up’ or isn’t interested in sex? I’m sharing my personal experience with you.

Some of you will know that one of the experiences that led me to working in the field of sexuality, intimacy and relationships, was my time working as a Sexual Surrogate.

In this role, I worked intimately and practically with men experiencing sexual dysfunction such as low libido, premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction.

It was an incredible opportunity to see just how deeply sexuality impacts us as human beings, but also the professional possibilities for helping people. I struggle to put into words how profound, insightful and rewarding that work was for me.

Although I mostly work with women and couples now, it's still something close to my heart. 

I receive a LOT of questions from women now on how to support their men with sexual challenges including low desire, ED and PE. 

55% of men will have experienced a sexual dysfunction within the last 12 months. (Which means a significant portion of women will encounter these issues also.)

Our culture places high expectations on men to be sexually proficient and capable at all times.

When men experience sexual challenges of any kind, they often report it bringing into question their sense of worth and their masculinity.

They often express feeling:

• Shame/embarrassment
• Frustration/anger
• Disappointment in themselves
• Hopelessness/despair

Our culture also places an expectation on women to feel desired and sought-after. 

When a woman’s partner is experiencing sexual challenges, it can sometimes lead her to question her own desirability (even though this usually has little to do with what’s going on!)

Women often experience a range of thoughts and emotions when their partner experiences sexual challenges, such as:

Feeling like they don’t know what to do to help

• Wanting to ignore the problem so they don’t embarrass their partner
• Frustration
• Rejection
• Helplessness
• Questioning their own attractiveness

How a partner responds to a sexual dysfunction can make a big difference to what happens going forward. 

For some men, the negative reaction of a partner increases their anxiety about it happening again - almost guaranteeing it does.

But there are helpful ways a partner can respond and there are steps a man can take to overcome these sexual challenges.

In this episode of Wholehearted Love, Sex + Intimacy, you’ll hear:

• The 4 most common sexual challenges men experience
• The client who though he had premature ejaculation, but was actually experiencing something very different
• How men’s partners can respond in a way that’s supportive and can help a man recover faster
• The underlying causes of each sexual dysfunction
• Practical steps you need to take to fix them

Like any sexual challenge, these issues aren’t something you need to deal with alone.

If you’re ready to move forward to more satisfying, loving sex, book a call with Isiah.

It’s no secret the dating game has changed pretty drastically over the last decade.

Most of us are familiar with (or perhaps a little too familiar with) online dating and swiping apps.

It feels like norms and expectations are changing. Fast. Especially for people who might suddenly find themselves back in the dating pool after a long break.

And let’s be honest, dating was always complicated enough anyway.

In this episode of Wholehearted Love, Sex + Intimacy, I’m joined by my co-host Bec, where we talk about getting back to dating, what to consider following the emergence of the online dating culture and important questions like:

• Is it okay to lie about your age on your profile?
• Is making a list of what you want in a partner really helpful?
• What can you do to stay safe when dating?
• What are the dating red flags that should have you running?
• Is someone being super into you actually a bad thing?

Join us as we dive into dating!