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5 min readWhy You Don’t Want Sex Anymore
Emily Morse, host of Sex With Emily, opens this episode with a personal story. After four years living in an isolated part of Los Angeles, she moved to a more walkable neighborhood. On her second day, she couldn’t figure out how to charge her electric car. A stranger walked over, showed her she was plugging into the wrong side, and when she called herself stupid, he told her to say two nice things about herself instead. He asked for her number. She had a date within 24 hours of moving in.
That moment made her realize something: “The charger wasn’t really broken. My life really needs to be plugged back in.”
The missing pillar of wellness
Morse has spent years arguing that sexual health is a vital sign of overall wellness—inseparable from sleep, nutrition, stress, and movement. But this episode introduces a third pillar she says we’re not talking about enough: social health.
“We’re taking magnesium and tracking our sleep and doing cold plunges and drinking electrolytes,” she says. “But a lot of it we’re doing alone.” Working from home, ordering groceries to the door, dating through apps, streaming entertainment instead of going out—we’ve engineered serendipity out of our lives. “The friction is where people happen,” she says. “The guy at the charging station wasn’t on my calendar.”
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Episode Introduction & Host's Personal Story** - Emily Morse opens with a personal story about moving and feeling isolated.
- 2 (08:06) **Social Health as a Missing Pillar of Wellness** - Emily argues that social health is an overlooked but essential component of overall wellness.
- 3 (11:07) **Why Social Isolation Kills Desire (Even in Relationships)** - Emily connects social health directly to sexual desire, arguing that loneliness can exist within a relationship.
- 4 (14:29) **Tour Announcement & Ad Break** - Emily promotes her "Best Sex Ever" live tour and a product sponsor.
- 5 (16:27) **Your Body Knows Before Your Brain Does** - Emily explains how we override our body's signals with rationalization.
- 6 (18:39) **The Seven-Day Challenge: Increase Exposure, Not Improvement** - Emily issues a practical challenge to listeners.
- 7 (19:46) **Listener Q&A: "We Feel Like Roommates"** - Emily answers a common question about losing the spark in a relationship.
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Show Notes
Low desire isn’t always about your relationship or something you need to “fix” inside yourself. Sometimes, feeling more connected to your sexuality begins outside the bedroom: with creativity, friendship, novelty, connection, and getting back in touch with the parts of life that make you feel alive.
In this episode, I’m talking about why libido is shaped by so much more than sex, how to get curious before diagnosing yourself, and the small ways you can spark eroticism without putting pressure on yourself or your partner. Because a better sex life might not start with another conversation, supplement, or dating app—it might start the moment you step back into the world.
If you’ve been feeling disconnected from desire, stuck in a rut, or wondering whether it’s you or your relationship, this episode is for you.
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ABOUT EMILY:
Emily Morse is a Doctor of Human Sexuality, author and host of the #1 rated Sex with Emily podcast. Known as a renowned sexologist, Dr. Emily has helped millions of people around the world navigate their sex lives. Her candid and often funny conversations challenge cultural taboos, misinformation and awkward sex talks to create a future where people can deeply connect and embrace pleasure-filled lives. Because, life is too short for bad sex.
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Chapters:
00:00 Cold Open: "Get Uncomfortable"
00:17 Welcome to Sex with Emily (+ Tour Dates)
01:54 Why Connection Is the Missing Piece
03:12 The EV Charging Station Story
06:05 Your Environment Shapes You More Than You Realize
06:56 The Missing Wellness Pillar: Social Health
09:43 What This Has to Do Wi
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