{"podcast":{"title":"Why Isn't Everyone Doing This? with Emily Fletcher","slug":"why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708","podcast_index_feed_id":6365708,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CAAAC6898069501","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/472572","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/919cd0f6-b956-11ee-a16f-fbfd3f706811/image/Final_-_Podcast_Art.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Emily Fletcher","episode_count":153,"summary":"Welcome to Why Isn't Everyone Doing This with Emily Fletcher. Each week we’ll explore some of the most spine-tingling, potent modalities that can give you the kind of bliss and pleasure that is your birthright. No topic is off limits: We’ll dive into everything from breathwork to psychedelics, from meditation to BDSM. Join Emily in conversation with scientists, doctors, healers, and innovative thinkers to reveal the tools that have radically changed their lives, and that very well may change yours, too. We can’t wait to hear which one has you asking, “Why isn’t everyone doing this?”","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T08:17:41.152569+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708"},"episode":{"title":"129. Why Isn’t Everyone Crying Out Loud? with Laura Berman","slug":"129-why-isn-t-everyone-crying-out-loud-with-laura-berman","published_at":"2026-06-23T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708/129-why-isn-t-everyone-crying-out-loud-with-laura-berman","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CAAAC1550204869.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CAAAC1550204869.mp3","summary":"What if the feelings you've been most afraid to feel are the exact ones keeping you from the pleasure, the magic, and the life you most desire? In this episode of Why Isn't Everyone Doing This?, Emily Fletcher sits down with Dr. Laura Berman, PhD scientist, sex and relationship therapist of 30 years, and author of 10 books including Sex Magic and her newest, Crying Out Loud: A Path Through Grief into Life Reimagined. Dr. Berman's story is one of the most remarkable Emily has ever shared on this show. After losing her mother to breast cancer and developing the same cancer in the same breast within a year, Laura recognized the connection between unexpressed grief and physical illness. Then, five years ago, her 16-year-old son Sammy was killed by an accidental fentanyl poisoning sent to him through Snapchat. What happened next, a week alone in the Redwoods, a voice at the beach, and a complete surrender into the pain, led to the discovery that changed everything: there is a bottom. It takes about three minutes. And going all the way into grief does not take you under. It sets you free. This conversation directly illuminates what Emily teaches inside Ziva Magic: all feelings come through the same channel. When you suppress grief and rage, you suppress pleasure and ecstasy. The willingness to stretch your emotional capacity is the same thing as stretching your capacity for magic. In this episode, they explore: – Why all feelings come through the same channel, and what you lose when you block the ones that hurt – The science of emotional inflammation and its direct connection to physical illness – Quantum entanglement and why the people closest to you energetically match your state in real time – The \"home frequency\" of coherence, how to recognize it, lose it, and return to…","meta_description":"What if the feelings you've been most afraid to feel are the exact ones keeping you from the pleasure, the magic, and the life you most desire? In this ep…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3654,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708/episodes/129-why-isn-t-everyone-crying-out-loud-with-laura-berman/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708/129-why-isn-t-everyone-crying-out-loud-with-laura-berman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}