What Do You Actually Want? Reclaiming Pleasure, Desire & Self-Trust with Dr. Kimberly Rose Pendleton

What do you actually want?

It sounds like a simple question, but for so many women, it’s surprisingly difficult to answer.

In this episode of Life Changing Money, Barbara sits down with her dear friend and pleasure coach Dr. Kimberly Rose Pendleton for a conversation about pleasure, desire, relationships, money, and giving yourself permission to create a life that actually feels good.

Dr. Kim shares her incredible journey from growing up in a high-control religious environment and waiting until marriage to have sex, to realizing the life she had built wasn’t actually what she wanted. She opens up about her first marriage, the affair that became an unexpected turning point, leaving her church community, and ultimately building an entirely new relationship with herself, her desires, and pleasure.

She also shares how her own pleasure journey unexpectedly became a business, why learning to generate pleasure for yourself can transform your relationships, and what happens when you surround yourself with women who give you permission to want more.

In this episode, we talk about:

Dr. Kim’s journey from evangelical Christianity to becoming a pleasure coachWaiting until marriage to have sex and what happened afterwardThe affair that became a catalyst for completely changing her lifeWhy leaving behind old identities can feel incredibly lonelyHow religious and cultural conditioning can disconnect women from desireWhy pleasure is about so much more than sexShopping, champagne, luxury, food, and other forms of everyday pleasureThe connection between pleasure, wealth, freedom, and having it allWhy women are taught not to be “high maintenance”Learning to ask for exactly what you want without apologizingHow to figure out what you genuinely like after years of ignoring yourselfWhy generating your own pleasure can improve your relationshipsBuilding friendships with women who celebrate rather than compete with youHow Dr. Kim turned her personal transformation into a pleasure-coaching businessGiving yourself permission to create a completely different lifeConnect with Dr. Kim:

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