# 101 | How To Find Your Way Back To Pleasure: Healing Trauma With Brooke Bralove

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Podcast: [Pleasure in the Pause: Midlife Conversations About Menopause, Sex & Pleasure](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pleasure-in-the-pause-midlife-conversations-about-menopause-sex-pleasure-6881913)
Published: 2026-04-29T04:00:00+00:00
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Have you ever wondered why intimacy feels harder than it should? Why desire feels distant, or why being fully present in your body during sex feels just out of reach — even when everything else in your life seems fine? Most women in midlife assume it is hormones. And sometimes it is. But sometimes the story runs deeper, back through experiences the body absorbed and quietly held onto. In this episode of Pleasure in the Pause, Gabriella sits down with licensed clinical social worker, psychothe...

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