More Than Sex and Secrets

More Than Sex & Secrets with Dr. Lisha Antiqua is a powerful healing space for survivors of sexual trauma, abuse, and trafficking. Each episode dives into intimacy, secrecy, power, and pleasure—exploring how trauma distorts your connection to self—and how we reclaim your body, voice, and creative energy. You’ll get transformative tools, honest conversation, and holistic practices to dismantle shame, embody sovereignty, and manifest your next level. Subscribe now and begin your reclamation journey.Learn more about Your Own University and the host at YourOwnUniversity.com

More Than Sex and Secrets is a society podcast hosted by Dr. Lisha Antiqua, with 134 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Dr. Lisha Antiqua hosts More Than Sex and Secrets, a society show with 134 episodes published.

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  Episode #147

  Survivors & the Legal System: What You Need to Know Before You Speak Up

  Oct 2, 202634 minS4

  What happens when a survivor decides, “I’m ready to do something about what happened to me”? Where do you start? What should you know before entering the legal system, especially when trauma, family, children, custody, or years of silence are part of the story? This week on More Than Sex and Secrets, Dr. Lisha Antiqua sits down with family-law attorney, author, speaker, and advocate Jamie Britt Paine for a candid conversation about survivors, the legal system, and what people should understand before taking their next step. Jamie brings more than legal experience to this conversation. Her work with families navigating divorce, custody, and major life transitions is informed by a difficult childhood and her advocacy for vulnerable children and families. We also move beyond the courtroom and into Jamie’s own story. She shares about growing up in foster care, life with a mother who lived with bipolar disorder, losing her mother, grief, childhood pain, and the experiences behind her writing. We talk about what happens when the stories you inherited keep running your adult life, and what it takes to survive long enough to decide who you want to become. Jamie calls part of this process coming “HOME,” Honoring One’s Magic in Evolution. Her work explores rebuilding safety, breaking people-pleasing patterns, trusting yourself, creating boundaries, and moving from surviving to thriving. Are you a survivor wondering about your legal options, someone carrying complicated childhood experiences into adulthood, a former foster child, or someone learning how to build a life beyond what happened to you? This conversation belongs in your headphones. Find Jamie Tspiegel@thrivefamilylaw.com Buy the host a coffee - and find all the other goodies too SEO keywords: survivor legal rights, reporting abuse, should I report my abuser, sexual assault survivor, domestic violence legal help, survivors and the legal system, family law, childhood trauma, foster care survivor, growing up in foster care, bipolar parent, childhood abuse recovery, grief after losing a parent, breaking generational patterns, people pleasing after trauma, rebuilding safety after abuse, trauma survivor podcast, Jamie Britt Paine, Dr. Lisha Antiqua, More Than Sex and Secrets.

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  Episode #146

  Ready to Reinvent Yourself? Let Go of Who You Were and Choose Who You Become

  Sep 25, 202625 minS4

  In this episode, you are my bestie, and we are having a chat. I just turned on the mic and shared that I have been going through a rebirth, and my business has too. We talk about how many versions of yourself are you still trying to keep alive because you worked so hard to become them? This week on More Than Sex and Secrets, I get personal about rebirth, reinvention, identity shifts, and the courage required to let an old version of yourself end. With new websites, a new Amazing YOU Flow app, new work, and another season of her own life unfolding, Dr. Lisha shares what she is learning about recreation. We cannot be everything to everyone. We do not have to keep carrying every identity, business, relationship, dream, or version of ourselves simply because each once mattered. Sometimes growth asks you to stop fixing the old life and start choosing the next one. We talk about holding onto the past, grieving identities you have outgrown, releasing the pressure to remain who other people expect you to be, and giving yourself permission to reinvent yourself again and again. For trauma survivors especially, identity after healing raises a bigger question: Who are you when survival is no longer running your life? Rebirth requires space. You get to decide what comes with you. If you are in a life transition, starting over after trauma, rebuilding your identity, changing careers, ending a relationship, entering a new chapter, or feeling the pull toward something you have never experienced before, this episode is for you. Learn more about Lisha - http://www.LishaAntiqua.com Ready to put reinvention into daily practice? Join me inside Amazing YOU Flow. Choose who you are becoming, build daily evidence through the six Amazing YOU Power Zones, and begin living your next identity one choice at a time. Amazing YOU Flow: http://app.yourownuniversity.com SEO: how to reinvent yourself, personal reinvention, identity shift, starting over in life, life after trauma, identity after trauma, letting go of the past, becoming yourself, rebuilding your life, personal transformation, starting a new chapter, self discovery, women reinventing themselves, healing and identity, Amazing YOU Flow, Dr. Lisha Antiqua, More Than Sex and Secrets.

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  Episode #145

  Men Have Pain Histories Too: Male Trauma, Emotional Intimacy & Why Men Need Other Men

  Sep 18, 202638 minS4

  What happens when a man wants closeness, love, and intimacy, but has never learned how to safely open up? In this episode of More Than Sex and Secrets, Dr. Lisha Antiqua sits down with men’s embodiment coach and group facilitator Jason Lange for an important conversation about male trauma, childhood abuse, emotional intimacy, relationships, vulnerability, and the need for meaningful connection between men. Men have pain histories too. Men experience abuse, rejection, abandonment, shame, loneliness, and relationship wounds. Yet many men grow up learning to contain those experiences rather than speak about them. That silence does not erase the pain. It often follows them into adulthood, affecting how they communicate, receive love, handle conflict, experience intimacy, and hold emotional space for the people they love. Jason and Dr. Lisha talk about what men are often seeking underneath emotional withdrawal, how men learn to open up without losing their sense of self, and what holding space in a relationship looks like when both people have emotional needs. They also explore the role of men’s groups and why having healthy spaces with other men gives men opportunities for connection, accountability, support, embodiment, and personal growth that a romantic partner cannot replace. Jason Lange is a men’s embodiment coach, group facilitator, and evolutionary guide who helps men develop greater clarity in their purpose and relationships. He is a certified No More Mr. Nice Guy coach and has trained and studied with John Wineland, Dr. Robert Glover, Jun Po Roshi, Tripp Lanier, and Ken Wilber. If you are a man carrying a history you rarely talk about, or you love a man who struggles to let you close, this conversation offers a different way to understand what might be happening underneath the silence. Connect with Jason - Jason Lange's Website Connect with Dr. Lisha - http://www.linktr.ee/drlishaantiqua SEO keywords: male trauma, men and childhood trauma, male sexual abuse survivors, men’s mental health, men’s emotional health, emotionally unavailable men, men and vulnerability, emotional intimacy for men, men’s groups, male loneliness, healing childhood trauma, men and relationships, masculine embodiment, men opening up emotionally, holding space in relationships, men’s personal development, Jason Lange, More Than Sex and Secrets.

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  Episode #144

  What Is Virginity? The Hymen Myth, Sexual Shame and Reclaiming Your Body After Abuse

  Sep 10, 202636 minS5

  What is virginity, and why has society tied it to purity, innocence, and a person’s value? In this episode of More Than Sex and Secrets, Dr. Lisha Antiqua challenges the hymen myth, virginity culture, sexual shame, and the belief that consensual sex or sexual abuse changes your worth. If your first sexual experience involved molestation, coercion, betrayal, or assault, the responsibility belongs to the person who violated your right to choose. Your body is still yours. Your innocence, goodness, and value never left. You will receive a live healing, a body reset to complement, and identify new experiences you are ready to choose on your terms. Start reclaiming your body, identity, confidence, and future with your free Identity Shift Blueprint: https://identity-shift-bluep.vibepreview.com/ Subscribe to More Than Sex and Secrets, share this episode with someone who needs it, and leave a review. Visit Dr. Lisha’s Linktree to explore her programs, connect with her, and buy her a coffee: http://www.linktr.ee/drlishaantiqua

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  Episode #146

  Coming Out at 40: Dissociation, Sexuality & Finally Coming Home to Your Body |

  Aug 30, 202645 minS5

  What happens when you reach 40 and realize part of your identity has been waiting for you to acknowledge it? In this deeply personal episode of More Than Sex and Secrets, Dr. Lisha Antiqua sits down with Sarah Rutledge Fischer for an open conversation about dissociation from the body, sexuality, identity, relationships, and Sarah’s experience of coming out as a lesbian later in life. Sarah shares what it was like to recognize and admit her sexuality at 40, after years of feeling disconnected from parts of herself. We talk about the complicated space between knowing something internally and becoming ready to name it, what dissociation from your body and sexuality can look like, and what happens when the identity you have been living no longer reflects who you know yourself to be. We also explore coming out later in life, divorce and family transitions, shame, authenticity, self-trust, sexual identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, and the process of reconnecting with your body after years of disconnection. Today, Sarah is a queer attorney, divorce coach, mediator, and founder of Thresholds Mediation, where part of her work focuses specifically on supporting people coming out later in life and LGBTQ+ individuals and families moving through major relationship transitions. If you have ever wondered why you feel disconnected from your body, questioned your sexuality, struggled to understand your identity, or realized the life you built no longer fits the person you have become, this conversation gives language to an experience many people live silently. Connect with Sarah and learn about her work: Thresholds Mediation Sarah on TikTok Sarah on Instagram Sarah on Facebook Sarah on LinkedIn Join the UNSTOPPABLE community - Start with your very own Identity Shift Blueprint

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