What if healing sexual shame was the first step toward rediscovering your confidence, joy, intimacy, and connection with yourself?
In this empowering episode of the Wise Divine Women Podcast, Dana Irvine welcomes Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers, sexual and relational health expert, author, and educator, for an honest conversation about sexuality, spirituality, cultural conditioning, and breaking free from shame.
Dr. Tina shares her upbringing in a Swedish immigrant family where conversations about bodies, sexuality, and pleasure were natural and shame-free. This experience inspired her life's work helping individuals recognize how religious teachings, family beliefs, and societal expectations can shape their relationship with sexuality.
Because pleasure, love, and authentic living aren't things we need to earn.
In This Episode, You'll Discover
- How cultural and religious messages influence sexual confidence and self-worth.
- Why sexual shame can follow women into adulthood and intimate relationships.
- How midlife offers an opportunity to rediscover authenticity, pleasure, and connection.
- Ways parents and grandparents can raise children without passing down shame.
- What it means to create sacred, intentional intimacy.
- Why self-compassion, communication, and personal responsibility matter in healthy relationships.
- How choosing joy can become a radical act of self-love.
Episode Timeline
00:00 – Meet Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers
01:07 – Growing up with shame-free conversations about sexuality
03:14 – How religious and cultural shame develops
06:30 – Honouring our bodies and responsible pleasure
08:40 – Why humans are wired for connection
10:02 – Midlife, menopause, and rediscovering authenticity
12:13 – Challenging inherited beliefs about sexuality
14:43 – The history of sexual education and cultural change
19:21 – Healing shame and rebuilding trust
22:46 – Parenting without passing down sexual shame
24:35 – Healing your inner child while raising children
27:26 – Creating sacred and intentional intimacy
29:58 – Exploring desire and communicating with partners
32:21 – Reclaiming joy, pleasure, and self-love
35:28 – Dr. Tina's books, resources, and how to connect
Words of Wisdom
"Trust is built on truth and transparency."
"Radical rebellion is living your joy and happiness."
Connect With Dr. Tina
Instagram: @drtinashameless
Website
Books:
- Sex, God, and the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy
- Shameless Parenting: Everything You Need to Raise Shame-Free, Confident Kids and Heal Your Shame Too
Connect With Dana
Dana Irvine, FDNP
Functional Nutrition Practitioner | Breast Health Educator | Host of Wise Divine Women
Explore personalized support for women's hormone health, menopause, breast health, and whole-body wellness.
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Sexual shame healing, women's sexual health, menopause and intimacy, sexual confidence after 40, religious shame, sacred sexuality, healthy relationships, self-love, shame-free parenting, midlife empowerment, Wise Divine Women Podcast.
