Pleasure In The Pause

About Pleasure In The Pause

Menopause doesn't mean the end of pleasure — it’s a new beginning! Pleasure in the Pause is the podcast redefining midlife for women ready to reconnect with their bodies, pleasure, and power — at every stage of the menopause journey and beyond. Hosted by Gabriella Espinosa, certified menopause coach and sexual health advocate, each episode features informative and thought-provoking conversations with doctors, thought leaders, and wellness experts on hormones, sexual health, desire, and healthy aging. Expect actionable strategies and empowering insights to help you feel more confident, energized, and connected to your body — no matter your age. Together, we’ll reframe the conversation around pleasure, sex, and midlife so you can be the best advocate for your body — in and out of the bedroom. Because PLEASURE HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE! Say YES! to Pleasure at www.pleasureinthepause.com (http://www.pleasureinthepause.com)

Publisher

Gabriella Espinosa

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Apr 2024

Latest episode

6 May 2026

Latest episodes

103 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 May 2026

   102 | When Mother's Day Hurts, Modern Loss, Grief, and Finding Meaning with Rebecca Soffer

   There is a version of Mother's Day we all know. The brunches, the bouquets, the Hallmark cards. And then there is the version so many women carry quietly underneath — the grief of a mother who is gone, of never becoming one, of a child lost, of the mother we needed and never had, and the grief of a mother who is still here but already somehow leaving. This episode of Pleasure in the Pause makes space for that fuller truth. Host Gabriela Espinosa sits down with Rebecca Soffer, co-founder of Mo...

2. 

   29 Apr 2026

   101 | How To Find Your Way Back To Pleasure: Healing Trauma With Brooke Bralove

   Have you ever wondered why intimacy feels harder than it should? Why desire feels distant, or why being fully present in your body during sex feels just out of reach — even when everything else in your life seems fine? Most women in midlife assume it is hormones. And sometimes it is. But sometimes the story runs deeper, back through experiences the body absorbed and quietly held onto. In this episode of Pleasure in the Pause, Gabriella sits down with licensed clinical social worker, psychothe...

3. 

   22 Apr 2026

   100 | Celebrating 100 Episodes Of Pleasure In The Pause: What These Conversations Have Revealed

   This is a milestone episode. Episode 100 of Pleasure in the Pause marks two years of bold, honest conversations about women's bodies, pleasure, and sexual health in midlife — and this one is personal. For the first time, host Gabriela Espinosa steps out from behind the microphone and into the hot seat, interviewed by her friend and fellow midlife health advocate Karen Cerezo. If you have ever felt dismissed by a doctor, confused by the changes in your body, or quietly assumed that pleasure wa...

Who has been a guest on Pleasure In The Pause

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dina Aronson
• Lauren Tetenbaum
• Anna Sansom
• Jill Foos
• Morgan Adams

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

14,757

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

22 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

100

YouTube

76

Engagement

50

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Books guests

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