Emily Nagoski: How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime
Emily Nagoski: Cómo las parejas pueden mantener una fuerte conexión sexual de por vida
Emily Nagoski teaches women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies. Full bio
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with a couple of friends --
con un par de amigos...
but very sleep-deprived.
pero con harta falta de sueño.
I get asked more than any other question.
me hacen más que ninguna otra.
sustain a strong sexual connection
una fuerte conexión sexual
my friends ask me questions like this,
mis amigos me hacen estas preguntas,
como mis amigos.
I can give them something like an answer.
puedo dar algo parecido a una respuesta.
pretty solid evidence
strong sexual connections
durante varias décadas
a mis amigos estas dos cosas,
what those two things are,
that they are not.
relaciones sexuales muy seguido.
who have sex very often.
tiene sexo muy seguido.
have wild, adventurous sex.
tengan sexo salvaje y atrevido.
who are most strongly predicted
and relationship satisfaction,
y satisfacción en su relación,
to keep their hands off each other.
las manos de encima.
llaman "deseo espontáneo",
call "spontaneous desire,"
to appear out of the blue.
que diseñó mi libro,
who illustrated my book,
as a lightning bolt to the genitals --
dirigido a los genitales
out of the blue.
de experimentar el deseo sexual.
healthy way to experience sexual desire.
el deseo sexual.
to experience sexual desire.
emerger en anticipación al placer.
to emerge in anticipation of pleasure,
in response to pleasure.
en respuesta al placer.
en New Jersey, Christine Hyde,
named Christine Hyde,
que usa con sus clientes.
she uses with her clients.
te invita a una fiesta."
invites you to a party.
es tu mejor amigo, y una fiesta.
it's your best friend and a party.
you start thinking,
empiezas a pensar:
to put my party clothes on
ponerme mi ropa de fiesta
tu ropa de fiesta y apareces ahí.
and you show up to the party,
it's the same thing.
touch your partner's skin
despierte y recuerde
to wake up and remember,
que mantienen una fuerte conexión sexual
who sustain a strong sexual connection
donde les digo a mis amigos
where I tell my friends
que mantienen una fuerte conexión sexual:
do sustain a strong sexual connection --
como base de la relación.
at the foundation of their relationship.
se tienen mucha confianza.
de la terapia centrada en emociones,
present and available for me?
presente y disponible para mí?"
priorizan el sexo.
is that they prioritize sex.
para su relación.
for their relationship.
cosas que podrían estar haciendo -
things that they could be doing --
y los trabajos que podrían estar haciendo,
and the jobs they could be going to,
que podrían prestar atención
to pay attention to,
con los que podrían salir.
want to hang out with.
ver televisión o irse a dormir.
to watch some television or go to sleep.
y hacen un espacio seguro
and create a protected space
poner su cuerpo en la cama
is put your body in the bed
touch your partner's skin.
Les conté sobre la fiesta.
I told them about the party,
junto a la de su compañero."
next to your partner's skin.
I was talking to goes, "Aaagh."
so, there's your problem."
"Bueno, ahí está tú problema."
en que no querían ir a la fiesta.
want to go to the party, necessarily.
espontáneo de ir a la fiesta.
of spontaneous desire for party,
apareces ahí.
and show up for the party.
lo estás haciendo bien.
you're doing it right.
disponible para comer,
what there was available to eat,
about her relationships with people
si se sentía bien sobre su relación
llegan a temer el sexo.
come to dread sex.
que se levanten
como necesiten para sentirse cómodos.
between their bodies as they need
will make 20 feet of space.
dejará seis metros de distancia
en que el espacio no está vacío.
is that space is not empty.
o meses, incluso más de:
pero tus críticas no me ayudan"
but your criticism isn't helping,"
y "Tú no estás ahí para mí."
and, "You're not there for me."
these difficult feelings.
sentimientos difíciles.
this really silly metaphor
como erizos somnolientos
encuentres una forma de liberarlos
you can find a way to set them free
con ternura y compasión.
with kindness and compassion.
mantener una fuerte conexión sexual
to maintain a strong sexual connection,
de estos erizos somnolientos.
is crowded with these sleepy hedgehogs.
que dura lo suficiente.
that lasts long enough.
a prickle of sleepy hedgehogs
una manada de erizos somnolientos
special someone.
who sustain a strong sexual connection
mantienen una fuerte conexión sexual
sentimientos que los dañan,
these difficult hurt feelings,
those difficult feelings
a aproximarse uno al otro.
with the question under the question,
enfrentan a la pregunta bajo la pregunta.
una fuerte conexión?"
a strong connection?"
a esta pregunta,
to answer this question,
es que a veces, Emily,
is sometimes, Emily,
sobre el bienesestar sexual de la mujer.
the science of women's sexual well-being.
todo el día, todos los días,
all day, every day,
that I had zero -- zero! -- interest
que tenía cero-¡cero! interés
traveling all over,
que quisiera escuchar
sexual de la mujer.
of women's sexual well-being.
me acostaría en la cama,
put my body in the bed,
que yo solo lloraría y dormiría.
I would just cry and fall asleep.
fostered fear and loneliness
alimentaron el miedo y la soledad
I love and admire,
a la cual yo amo y admiro,
de kilómetros de distancia.
sentimientos difíciles que había,
difficult feelings there were,
with kindness and compassion.
una fuerte conexión sexual?
a strong sexual connection?
for their relationship,
para su relación,
volver a encontrar la conexión.
to find their way back to the connection.
and researcher Peggy Kleinplatz says.
sexóloga y terapeuta dice.
is worth wanting?
vale la pena desear?
la calidad de nuestra conexión
at the quality of our connection
erizos somnolientos
of sleepy hedgehogs
what it took to find our way,
lo necesario para encontrar la forma
of those sleepy hedgehogs,
el camino de regreso
so that we could find our way back
en nuestra relación.
for our relationship.
in long-term relationships.
en las relaciones a largo plazo.
difficult feelings into our relationship.
en nuestra relación.
sexual connection over the long term?
conexión sexual en el largo plazo?
of your best friend,
el camino de vuelta.
to find your way back.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Emily Nagoski - Sex educatorEmily Nagoski teaches women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies.
Why you should listen
Emily Nagoski is a sex educator and the author of the best-selling Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life. As she writes: "As an undergrad at the University of Delaware, I wanted some volunteer work for my resume, so I got trained as a peer sex educator, going into residence halls to talk about condoms, contraception and consent. Though I loved the brain science I was studying in my classes (BA in psychology, minors in cognitive science and philosophy), it was my work as a sex educator that made me like who I am as a person. So that's the path I chose. I went to Indiana University for an MS in counseling and PhD in health behavior, completing a clinical internship at the Kinsey Institute, then went on to work at Smith College, where I taught a class called Women’s Sexuality.
"That first semester at Smith, I asked my students, as the last question on the final exam, 'What's one important thing you learned?' Half the students answered simply, 'I'm normal.' I decided that day to write Come As You Are, to share the science and sex positivity that helped my students know they're normal."
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