Episode Details

Caroline Hood is a certified sex therapist, licensed clinical social worker, writer, and executive leader exploring the intersection of desire, intimacy, identity, motherhood, and long-term relationships. With more than 25 years of experience in mental health, she brings both clinical expertise and lived experience to honest conversations about love, sexuality, partnership, and what happens to desire in real life.

She is also the author of the forthcoming book Sex Begets Sex: Reclaiming Desire as an Act of Female Empowerment.

In this open and insightful conversation, Caroline shares:

• Growing up with parents who modeled a strong, committed long-term marriage

• Why no one in their 20s (or any age) actually has love and identity figured out

• The comparison trap and pressure young adults feel around relationships

• Why so many people believe desire naturally disappears over time

• How stress and lack of intention quietly kill erotic connection

• Reclaiming desire as something that can evolve and grow, not fade

• Practical ways to keep intimacy alive in real, busy lives

If you’re in your 20s navigating dating, early relationships, or already sensing pressure around long-term desire and identity, this episode offers clarity, permission, and realistic hope.

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Connect with Caroline Hood

Website:https://www.desireinreallife.com/

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Caroline Hood

1:40 - Growing Up with a Strong Parental Model of Love

8:15 - Advice for 20-Somethings Feeling Pressure to Figure It All Out

15:30 - Why Desire Is Often Believed to Fade with Time

23:10 - Challenging the Myth That Long-Term Sex Becomes Boring

31:45 - Stress, Lack of Intention & the Roommate Phase

40:20 - How Desire Can Evolve Instead of Disappear

48:50 - Building Trust, Vulnerability & Erotic Connection

57:15 - Reclaiming Desire as an Act of Empowerment