Betrayal, Guilt and Loss of Desire: A Frank Conversation with a Sexologist | Natalya Fomicheva

In the new episode of the “Interesting Podcast,” Natalia Fomicheva, a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist who works with sexual disorders, joins us. Let’s talk about sexuality—a topic important to everyone, yet still awkward to discuss. We’ll explore why today it’s often said that sex is “overrated,” whether it can be considered a way to influence society, or whether it’s primarily a personal language of closeness and love. We’ll also discuss how the physiology of sexual contact differs from deeper sexuality, and how our beliefs and values are reflected in intimate life.

In this episode:
- Libido and its decline: why you “want to want” but there’s no response.
- Psychosomatics: how emotions and suppressed experiences show up through the body.
- Accepting your body: how to reduce embarrassment and bring back pleasure from intimacy.
- Relationship crises: can letting go “fix” a marriage, and how sex changes during menopause.
- The brain’s negative focus: where it comes from and what helps with it.

Natalia Fomicheva is the author of the books “Truth and Myths About Psychosomatics” and “Intimacy. A Book About Good Sex.” At the end of the episode, we’ll give away these books to the most interesting questions.