A few weeks ago, I published a brand new “About” page on my website to help you understand my unique holistic way of teaching nutrition and weight loss.

At one point, I talked about the process I underwent as I started listening to what my body needed. I soon discovered she didn’t want go on a restrictive diet or run a boring marathon. She wanted pleasure, fun, adventure, and sex!

From an eating psychology perspective, losing weight or attaining your natural weight has almost nothing to do with counting calories and excessive exercise.

Dynamic eating psychology and mindbody nutrition take the entire person into account, and studies show that pleasure, fun, adventure and yes sex, are all important pieces to the weight loss puzzle.

One reader wrote in and asked “just how important is a healthy sex life is to living a healthy life?”.

I couldn’t resist.

I called my friend and expert Cathy Vartuli from TheIntimacyDojo.com.

Cathy’s answer to the question of how important a healthy sex life is to live a healthy life was deep and multi-layered.

Here’s some of what we talked about in a nutshell:

• The most important part to a healthy sex life

• The one thing we MUST have as part of our daily life

• How getting your needs met in a healthy way is crucial for your sex life to florish

• 3 things you can do today to increase your overall health through sexual expression

You can listen to the entire interview here.

One thing for sure she taught me was that the core of what gets in the way of healthy intimacy is communication!

Communication with ourselves and with a partner.

So as a bonus for you, Cathy’s biz partner, friend, and sex expert Reid Mihalko, has put together the “Difficult Conversation Formula” to help you maneuver around yet another hurdle in intimacy: communication!

It’s so important that you recognize any struggles you are having with weight loss, or yo-yo dieting, or losing motivation to get your workout on, are not only connected to the food you eat or the exercise you do.

When you are in right relationship with yourself and with others, you set up a bio-chemical environment that stokes your metabolic fire! You literally have more calorie burning capacity and life force when you are tending to all the parts of your life that need attention.

This could mean getting enough sleep, decreasing the stressors in your life, tending to your relationships, clear authentic communication, moving your body, and yes… because we are sexual creatures… it includes sex!

There is SO MUCH MORE to the puzzle than just “eat less and exercise more”. When you start to understand this, and then embody it, you’re whole metabolic world will shift!

Now it’s your turn.

1. Listen to our Motivation Monday recording Cathy and I put together for you.

2. Answer these two questions below in the comments section:

1. Do YOU think a healthy sex life is important to an over all healthy life?
2. What other things (besides eating healthy and exercising) do think are important to you reaching your health, fitness, and weight loss goals?

I think this is an important conversation to have and I’m so excited to have you participate by leaving me message below!

Xoxo, Audra

PS. For those of you who have been following me, keep your eyes peeled for a FREE online event: the 21-day FREEDOM CHALLENGE! It starts May 5^th, it’s free, and it’s perfect timing with summer right around the corner! Stay tuned!