#056. Grief can be hard enough to talk about, but throw 'sex' into the same sentence and you've got the makings of an intriguing conversation that many people will willingly side-step. But it's a conversation that needs to be had.

So what is 'sexual grief'? And how do we know if we've encountered it?

This is The Silent Why, a podcast on a mission to open up conversations around loss and grief and to see if hope can be found in 101 different types of loss.

Loss #37 of 101 - Loss through sexual grief

Meet Edy Nathan, a licensed therapist, certified sex therapist, public speaker and published author. Edy is currently working on her second book, based around the area of sexual grief which is an area not openly discussed.

We explore it in this conversation, as well as who it impacts and why it's important.

It's important to note sexual grief doesn't just relate to the act of sex or sexual abuse, it also includes the loss of touch and physical contact (something Covid has greatly affected), the loss of affection which every human needs from birth, and also incorporates damaging belief systems that say you don’t deserve these things, or you were unwanted as a child, or detached from parents.

Edy speaks as an expert but also someone who has experience, having been the victim of sexual abuse as a child and also having watched cancer take the life of her partner, Paul, when she was in her twenties.

For more about Edy and her book, 'It’s Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss', visit: https://edynathan.com/

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