Emotional Safety & Erotic Repair in Long-Term Relationships | Sexuality Education

In this powerful and deeply honest episode, Eve sits down with Xanet Pailet — former healthcare attorney turned sex and intimacy coach, bestselling author, and retreat leader. After leaving a 20+ year marriage that had become largely sexless, Xanet began a transformative journey of healing sexual shame, trauma, and emotional disconnection.

At age 50, she realized that desire doesn’t disappear because of aging or hormones — it fades when emotional safety erodes, communication shuts down, and the body stops feeling invited into the relationship.

Together, Eve and Xanet explore how to rebuild intimacy after a sexless marriage, repair emotional ruptures, heal trauma, and redefine sex beyond penetration to create lasting connection and pleasure. Topics Covered

• Emotional safety as the foundation of sexual intimacy

• Why repair is critical in long-term relationships

• The impact of childhood shame and medical trauma on desire

• Healing sexual shutdown through tantra and embodied practices

• Expanding the definition of sex beyond penetration

• Navigating erectile dysfunction with compassion and creativity

• Mutual masturbation and alternative intimacy practices

• How to start difficult conversations about sex

• Touching for your own pleasure to build erotic connection

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Books:

• Living an Orgasmic Life

• The Sex & Intimacy Repair Kit

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