Show 64: Romance & Sex After Kids

Happy Valentine's Day week! To celebrate the love, we're hosting a discussion about sex and romance after kids. Feeling exhausted, being too busy with work, caring for children, keeping non-stop schedules throughout the week or just feeling like the caregiver with little left to give at the end of the day - these are all real romance roadblocks that can keep moms and dads from being lovers. So, this week we're offering some practical advice, empathetic experience and a sexy recipe to heat things up. 

IN-STUDIO GUESTS:

Joining host Shana Sheehy in the studio to discuss the issues that can keep couples from experiencing intimacy and how to reconnect are two guests who regularly counsel on this subject.   

- Chris Reynolds is a licensed professional counselor with a master's degree in counseling psychology from Alaska Pacific University. He's in private practice in Anchorage where he specializes in the areas of adjustment, couple's therapy and sex therapy. He has postgraduate training in the area of human sexuality and is one of two certified sex therapists in Alaska. (Chris originally guested on KTD on Show 48: The Sex Talk) 

- Rebecca Love is a licensed professional counselor who specializes in working with sexuality and couple's and women's mental health issues. She has worked in community mental health, inpatient care, OB-GYN, and is now in private practice in Anchorage.

SEX/ROMANCE AFTER KIDS RESOURCES:

• Medical guide to sex after giving birth (Mayo Clinic)
• A dad's view on sex after kids (StraightDopeDad.com)
  
• "To Keep Marriage Happy When Baby Comes, Share Housework" (NPR.org)
• Science-based sex tips for the emotionally intelligent man (Greater Good Science Center)
• The 4 types of intimacy (HuffPost.com)
• Show 20: Love & Family Relationships (KTD)
• An Alaskan couple on their 64-year marriage (KTD)
• 5 Simple Sex Tips for Parents (Greater Good Science Center)

FEATURED STORIES:

- How's your sex life, parents?: Moms and dads tell us how it's going in the intimacy department for them. 

- Does sharing housework = more spark in the bedroom?: Our contributor, Jessica Cochran, gets personal when she reviews Equally Shared Parenting: Rewriting the Rules for a New Generation of Parents by Amy and Marc Vachon.

- Chef KTD: Valentine's Decadence: Chef Liz Madsen shows producer Sarah Gonzales how to make molten chocolate cake and a "Persephone" cocktail that will bring out the springtime in you! (recipe and photos here)