Our Better Half

233: What's on the Menu: Dealing with Sexual Loss

In this episode, our co-hosts tackle sexual losses in long-term relationships. Join Rosara and Jane (Sabitha is away this week) as they discuss a common challenge for old

232: Touchcards: A Game for Deeper Intimacy

Anne-Lorraine Selke is a game maker, event host, and vow-writing guide based in Brooklyn, with an MSc in Organizational Psychology from the London School of Economics. Sh

231: Sexual Healing and Recovery After Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Sue Weldon is the founder, CEO, and primary wellness advocate of Unite for Her, a national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting individuals diagnosed with brea

Season 12 Teaser

Hey listeners! Great news... we got picked up for season 12! We can't wait to share this next season of amazing conversations with you all. We've got some some deeply-mov

230: The Magic of Matchmaking

Our guests today are Freddie Weisberg and Char Cohodes, two modern-day Jewish matchmakers who have started a new project that they call Old School Jewish Matchmaking. The

229: Dr. Sarah Girardi: A Urologist's Perspective on Sexual Pleasure

On this episode of Our Better Half, we enjoy an in-depth conversation with Dr. Sarah Girardi, a trailblazing urologist and female sexual health specialist with over 25 ye

228: Lesbians: Aging on Their Own Terms in a Southern Cooperative

In this episode of Our Better Half, hosts Dr. Jane Fleishman, Dr. Sabitha Pillai-Friedman, and Dr. Rosara Torrisi welcome Jenifer "JJ" Firestone, a seasoned geriatric soc

227: Titans in Sexology: Teaching Sexual Health Providers How to Fish

Our guests this week are two accomplished sexuality professionals – Ms. Sue Goldstein and Dr. Irwin Goldstein. Sue and Irwin Goldstein have been titans in the field of

226: Overcoming Sexual Losses in Older Adults

Lara Krawchuk has been practicing as a clinical social worker for over 30 years, specializing in grief, living losses and trauma in her psychotherapy practice. She has an

225: Magnificent Sex: Research that Can Help You

Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Ph.D. is Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Director of the Optimal Sexual Experiences Research Team at the University of Ottawa. She is a clin

224: Relieving the Symptoms of Menopause

Dr. Sheryl Kingsberg is the chief of the division of behavioral medicine at MacDonald Women's Hospital/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Professor in Repr

223: Senior Sex: What I Wish I'd Known At My Age

Our guest this time is an old friend, Joan Price. Joan is an award-winning author, speaker, sexuality educator, advocate for ageless sexuality, and truly the inspiration

222: Menopause and Sexual Pleasure

Our guest this time, Jane Epstein, is a nurse practitioner and a Menopause Society certified provider. She's also an AASECT Certified Sex Counselor. She lives and practic

221: Sex Education and Porn Literacy for Older Adults

Our guest this week is Dr. Jenn Pollitt! Jenn Pollitt, PhD is the Assistant Director of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies and an Assistant Professor in the College of

220: Innovations in Pelvic Floor Sexual Health

Our guest this week is Dr. Amanda Olson! Dr. Olson is a pelvic health physical therapist, entrepreneur, author, and global educator with a passion for empowering men and

219: Presence Over Performance as We Age

Our guest this week is Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh, PhD. Dr. Nasserzadeh is an award-winning author, TED speaker, and world-renowned relational expert. She holds a PhD in social

218: Masturbation and Menopause: New Research

Our guest today is Dr. Justin Lehmiller, a social psychologist, author, and Senior Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute. He is host of the Sex and Psychology Podcast a

217: All Sex is Queer Sex (Especially For Older Adults)

Our guest this time is Stephen Duclos, and his interest in aging is partly because he has been doing social change work for decades and sees aging as just one more civil

216: Students Innovating: Creating Sex Positive Senior Living Communities

This week on Our Better Half, hosts Rosara and Jane sit down with Djanikah Elysse, Stacey Rose, and Virginia Nguyen to discuss their groundbreaking project on sex-positiv

215: Sex CAN Get Better with Age

Please join us for an enlivening conversation with Dr. Cynthia Graham, an esteemed editor, researcher, and educator. She has done so much research on older adults and ami