Just what is sensuality and why does it matter? In this episode, Alina explores the distinction between sensuality and sexuality, the impact of purity culture on women, the role of neuroscience in sensory experience, the process of reigniting sensuality, and the journey of overcoming shame. She shares personal insights on how these themes intersect and influence women's lives, offering a path to reclaiming sensuality and embracing a more fulfilling experience of life and sexuality.

Takeaways

• Sensuality vs. Sexuality
• Impact of Purity Culture
• Neuroscience and Sensory Experience
• Reigniting Sensuality
• Overcoming Shame

Chapters

• 00:00 The Disconnect: Sensuality vs. Sexuality
• 06:58 Neuroscience and Sensory Experience
• 15:25 Overcoming Shame

Resources:
- Get Alina's Book! Thoughtful Aging - Restoring Honor to the Aging Process: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7D92HZ5/
- Get your free Thoughtful Aging Guide: https://www.bpwcenter.com/

Follow Alina and her work here:
- Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BecomingYears
- Instagram - @bridgeportlaserandwellness: https://www.instagram.com/bridgeportlaserandwellness
- Facebook - @bridgeportwellness: https://www.facebook.com/bridgeportwellness/

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Alina's conversation with Brianna Bass covers topics such as nourishment vs. self-care, emotional wellbeing, aging into perspective, intimacy, platonic relationships, barriers to vulnerability, and finding balance in relationships.

Brianna discusses the impact of high-functioning codependency and the importance of building a life for sustained relevance. The over-functioning and under-functioning dynamic in relationships is explored, along with the challenges and strategies for finding balance and mutual support.

The conversation highlights the impact of unspoken expectations, the process of grieving the identity of the over-functioner, the use of high functioning as a defense mechanism, the concept of quick wins in reconditioning negative self-talk, the importance of deep genuine connection and communication, the idea of becoming the friend or partner one desires, the role of active participation in building connections, the commitment to relationship building, and the process of reconditioning negative self-talk.

Takeaways

• Nourishment over self-care
• Impact of high-functioning codependency
• Building a life for sustained relevance
• Over-functioning and under-functioning in relationships Unspoken expectations
• Grieving the identity of the one who carries it all
• High functioning as a defense mechanism against feeling
• Quick wins in reconditioning negative self-talk

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to Brianna Bass
• 06:21 Emotional Wellbeing and Connection
• 13:33 Pillars of Intimacy and Life Investment
• 20:28 Over-Functioning and Under-Functioning in Relationships
• 25:43 Unspoken Expectations and Communication
• 34:25 Deep Genuine Connection and Communication
• 44:37 Reconditioning Negative Self-Talk

Briana Bass. M.Ed CMHC, PhD:

• Website: https://brianabass.org/
• Paper City Magazine: https://www.papercitymag.com/fashion/briana-bass-therapist-dallas-mental-health/
• Voyage Magazine: https://voyagedallas.com/interview/community-highlights-meet-briana-bass-of-the-wellness-institute

Follow Alina and her work here:

Get My Book! Thoughtful Aging - Restoring Honor to the Aging Process: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7D92HZ5/

- Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: / @becomingyears
- Instagram - @bridgeportlaserandwellness: https://www.instagram.com/bridgeportlasera...
- Facebook - @bridgeportwellness: https://www.facebook.com/bridgeportwellness/

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The conversation delves into the themes of midlife unraveling and reconstruction, the intersection of sexuality and spirituality, and the process of restructuring and transformation.

It explores the challenges and experiences of women navigating these transformative phases in their lives, offering insights and reflections on the journey of self-discovery and growth. It explores phases of change, rewards for letting go, undoing of persona, and creative unleashing. It then navigates the battle of the opposites from a neuroscience perspective, addressing the central nervous system, integration of frameworks, and creative expression in relationships.

Takeaways

• Midlife unraveling and reconstruction
• The intersection of sexuality and spirituality
• The process of restructuring and transformation 10-year journey
• Reconciliation of opposites Embracing curiosity
• The importance of individual work
• Understanding the masculine and feminine
• Responsibility and consciousness

Chapters

• 00:00 The Process of Restructuring and Transformation
• 33:13 The 10-Year Journey of Reconciliation
• 38:29 Body Talk and Intuition in Dating
• 01:01:28 Exploring Relationships and Self-Discovery
• 01:09:04 Energetic Flow and Societal Impact

Deborah Lukovich, PhD:

• Memoir with a dedicated page and links ot other interviews: https://www.deborahlukovich.com/whensexmeetsgod
• Depth of Wisdom six-month coaching program: https://www.deborahlukovich.com/depthofwisdomprogram
• Website: https://www.deborahlukovich.com/ - get a free download of my previous book, Your Soul is Talking. Are You Listening?
• Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@deborahlukovich8006/videos - I have instructional videos, interviews, videos about exploring dreams.
• Dose of Depth Podcast: https://doseofdepth.buzzsprout.com/

• Deborah Lukovich, PhD: https://www.pvcnr.com/archives/59573

Alina's Resources:
- Get My Book! Thoughtful Aging - Restoring Honor to the Aging Process: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7D92HZ5/

Follow me and my work here:
- Instagram - @bridgeportlaserandwellness: https://www.instagram.com/bridgeportlasera...
- Facebook - @bridgeportwellness: https://www.facebook.com/bridgeportwellness/

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The Becoming Years podcast explores the challenges of ending friendships with grace and navigating betrayal in friendships. The conversation delves into the pain of ending friendships, recognizing signs of a friendship running its course, graceful endings, and allowing space in friendships. It also covers ending friendships with clarity and compassion, navigating betrayal, and rebuilding community and capacity for friendships.

Takeaways

• Ending friendships with grace
• Navigating betrayal in friendships
• Creating a new community

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to The Becoming Years
• 06:30 Graceful Endings and Allowing Space in Friendships
• 13:04 Navigating Betrayal in Friendships
• 19:13 Rebuilding Community and Capacity for Friendships

References:

• Mental Health Network: https://www.pvcnr.com/archives/59573
• Sarah Baldwin / @sarahbcoaching / https://www.sarahbaldwincoaching.com/

Resources:
- Get My Free Thoughtful Aging Assessment: https://thoughtfulagingbook.com/
- Get My Book! Thoughtful Aging - Restoring Honor to the Aging Process: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7D92HZ5/
- Get your free Thoughtful Aging Guide: https://www.bpwcenter.com/

Follow me and my work here:
- Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: / @becomingyears
- Subscribe to my Substack: https://thoughtfulaging.substack.com/
- Instagram - @bridgeportlaserandwellness: https://www.instagram.com/bridgeportlasera...
- Facebook - @bridgeportwellness: https://www.facebook.com/bridgeportwellness/

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Today I want to talk about beauty—not the kind we’re sold,
but the kind we feel. Most of us struggle with the belief that beauty conditional - that we must look a certain way to be accepted or feel worthy.

So here are ten gentle, human things you can do to feel more beautiful—not because they change how you look,
but because they change how you relate to yourself.

Resources:

—Get My Free Thoughtful Aging Assessment: https://thoughtfulagingbook.com/

Get My Book! Thoughtful Aging - Restoring Honor to the Aging Process: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7D92HZ5/

—Get your free Thoughtful Aging Guide: https://www.bpwcenter.com/

Follow me and my work here:

—Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BecomingYears

—Subscribe to my Substack: https://thoughtfulaging.substack.com/

—Instagram - @bridgeportlaserandwellness: https://www.instagram.com/bridgeportlaserandwellness/

—Facebook - @bridgeportwellness: https://www.facebook.com/bridgeportwellness/

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What if aging isn’t something to resist, but something to meet with intention? In this opening solo episode of The Becoming Years, author and host Alina Wilson reflects on aging, choice, and the wisdom shaped through experience. Drawing from her life as a mother, grandmother, and listener to thousands of women across generations, Alina introduces a new kind of conversation—one that explores how we live over time, and why becoming never ends.