Touched out: marriage coach Carrie Cohen on desire after kids
A few weeks ago I posted a reel about never initiating, and the comments went feral — hundreds of women saying "same," and a lot of men being brutal about it. So I brought in an actual expert. Carrie has 20+ years as a therapist and has worked with 400+ couples, and she came on to talk about what's really going on: being touched-out, spontaneous versus responsive desire, how you switch out of mom-manager mode and back into partner mode, the pressure side nobody talks about, and what actually helps.
No judgment, no neat answers — just the conversation I wish someone had handed me years ago…
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