Shawn (Sean) Ryan

Vanessa Morin, welcome to the show.

Well, me too.

We cover a lot of dark stuff on this show, so I wanted to lighten it up a little bit, and I thought you'd be a perfect guest, and so here we go.

It's going to be all about sex therapy.

Man, I love to hear that.

It's just nice to have a lighter subject to talk about.

Do you know who Dr. Reena Malik is?

Yeah, we just had her on.

It's just like the forbidden topic that you just don't talk about in public.

And I thought that was an amazing conversation.

We haven't even released it yet.

And we've been trying to get you on here for at least a couple months, I know.

So yeah, thank you for coming.

But everybody starts off with an introduction here.

So Vanessa Marin, a licensed psychotherapist with over 20 years of clinical experience in sex therapy helping countless couples improve intimacy.

A Brown University graduate with dual bachelor's degree in human sexuality and sociology.

A master's degree in counseling psychology, co-founder of Vanessa and Xander Alongside Your Husband,

where you built a library of online courses and tools that real couples use to reclaim their spark.

A best-selling author of the book, Sex Talks, Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life.

And you've also turned this book into a card deck of prompts to deepen connection and spark intimacy.