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Tired, Stuck, or Disconnected? How to Boost Energy & Joy in Midlife Naturally
About Dr. Emily Jamea:
Dr. Emily Jamea is a licensed sex and relationship therapist, speaker, and USA Today bestselling author of Anatomy of Desire: Five Secrets to Create Connection and Cultivate Passion. With over 15 years of clinical experience, she helps individuals and couples cultivate intimacy, heal emotional barriers, and experience pleasure as an essential part of well-being. Her pioneering research on “sexual flow state” has reshaped the way modern relationships approach passion and connection.
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Dr. Emily Jamea is a licensed sex and relationship therapist, speaker, and USA Today bestselling author of Anatomy of Desire: Five Secrets to Create Connection and Cultivate Passion. With over 15 years of clinical experience, she helps individuals and couples cultivate intimacy, heal emotional barriers, and experience pleasure as an essential part of well-being. Her pioneering research on “sexual flow state” has reshaped the way modern relationships approach passion and connection.
Midlife can bring profound physical and emotional change, and for many women, that includes shifts in desire and intimacy. In this powerful conversation, Lynne Wadsworth sits down with Dr. Emily Jamea, USA Today bestselling author of Anatomy of Desire, to explore what it truly means to sustain connection, pleasure, and fulfillment throughout life’s transitions.
Dr. Jamea shares her groundbreaking research on the link between sexual flow state and long-term satisfaction—revealing how couples can move beyond “good-enough” intimacy to create passion that feels natural and effortless. Together they discuss perimenopause, hormone changes, adaptability, curiosity, vulnerability, and why redefining sex and connection can actually deepen emotional closeness.
About Dr. Emily Jamea’s Book — Anatomy of Desire
Available: Hardcover • Kindle • Audible • Paperback
Where to Buy: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, and via emilyjamea.com (links to all retailers)
For years, Dr. Emily Jamea noticed a recurring theme in her clinical work: she could help couples improve sexual function and balance desire, but many still craved the effortless passion they experienced early in their relationship. This led her to conduct the first-ever study linking sexual satisfaction to flow state — that fully immersive, time-stopping psychological state often experienced by athletes, artists, and musicians.
Her research revealed five core qualities shared by couples who sustain fulfilling, passionate intimacy long term. These became the foundation of her book:
- Adaptability – Reinventing intimacy as bodies, hormones, and life stages change
- Curiosity – Staying open, playful, and willing to explore
- Vulnerability – Deepening emotional connection to deepen physical connection
- Sensuality – Learning to reinhabit the body and calm the mind
- Attunement – Cultivating nonverbal synchronicity and presence
Her book serves as both a guide and a resource couples can return to again and again.
Connect With Dr. Emily Jamea:
Website: https://www.emilyjamea.com
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