Latest Ellenmelon Podcast Episodes
#65: How to talk about sex, before, during, and after pregnancy and post-partum - Relationship Series Part 3 with Mike and Ellen Melon
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - December 13, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsPart 3 of 7! This season on To Hump a Pillow, I invite my fiance Mike to the podcast in a 7-Episode Relationship Series to discuss challenging conversations that occur in couple-hood. We'll deep-dive into 7 deliciously uncomfortable topics: How to talk about envious and jealous feelings How t...
#64: How to talk about money, finances, spending habits - Relationship Series Part 2 with Mike and Ellen Melon
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - November 15, 2023 05:14 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDear listeners, pardon my absence! After taking a year off of the podcast, being pregnant, buying a house, having a baby, getting engaged, I am back and ready to share some new content on the podcast. This season on To Hump a Pillow, I invite my fiance Mike to the podcast in a 7-Episode Relati...
#63: How to talk about jealousy and envy - Relationship Series Part 1 with Mike and Ellen Melon
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - October 11, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDear listeners, pardon my absence! After taking a year off of the podcast, being pregnant, buying a house, having a baby, getting engaged, I am back and ready to share some new content on the podcast. This season on To Hump a Pillow, I invite my fiance Mike to the podcast in a 7-Episode Relati...
#62. How to find a place for grief - with Coach Ellen Melon
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - October 26, 2022 15:05 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHow do you integrate painful losses into your life while living? Grief is something we in the United States are known to do poorly. Perhaps it's the European decent that curved our culture's inability to feel feelings, perhaps it's industrial era-based where we learned that there's no time in ...
#61. What does sex & relationship coaching look like - with former client Addison
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - September 28, 2022 13:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this episode we get to hear from a former client on his experience working with a sex and relationship coach. Addison and I worked for 4 months together back in January, meeting every 2 weeks via Zoom. Listen to the challenges he overcame in this episode. I’m a coach who specializes in wor...
#60. The trick to using dating apps - a real convo with my boyfriend Mike
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - September 07, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWelcome back to To Hump A Pillow! We're kicking off Season 4, our 20 episode season with episode #60 — on dating apps. When most of us think about dating apps, we roll our eyes at the thought of what a task that can be. “Dating apps suck” — a common refrain from most of my clients. I've said t...
#59. How ayahuasca has enhanced our lives - with Hypnotherapist, Kate Bandmann
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - June 08, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsAyahuasca is a powerful medicinal medicine that comes from the Amazon. It has been around for centuries, needs to be taken seriously, and is not for everyone. In this episode, fellow coach and healer, Kate Bandmann and I discuss our ayahuasca experiences — the terror and discomfort to the enhanc...
#58. Childhood emotional neglect, shame, and school shootings - A perspective on self-hate - with Coach Ellen Melon
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - May 29, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this episode, I fly solo in offering a different perspective on the Texas School Shooting. Yes, maybe it’s gun law reform and yes, it’s also hurting children in angry bodies. As more people feel disconnected, they grow angrier. Happy, secure children who have a sense of self don’t shoot up sc...
#57. What is your feeling on porn? - with Coach Jessica Childs
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - May 12, 2022 02:24 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat are you thoughts and feelings on porn? How do you use it in your life? In this episode Sex Coach, Jessica Childs and I discuss our own relationship with porn. Episode adopted from Erotic Ed, a YouTube Channel that was deleted. Orignial recording date: 7/8/21 Interested in working with a Som...
#56. Relationship Tips: Skills for Repair - with Coach Jessica Childs
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - April 27, 2022 06:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDo you avoid conflict? Does it feel like you're walking on eggshells in your home, in your relationships? Then you need some education around repair. In this episode I pull out the Erotic Ed Archives — a YouTube Channel Show hosted by S x Coaches, Jessica and Ellen Melon – where we discuss th...
#55. Penis size and satisfying women - with Sex Educator and Author, Kenneth Play
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - April 13, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsFor those of you who struggle with not being enough — your body type, your penis size, your ethnicity — this is an episode for you. In this episode I interview international sex expert and sex educator, Kenneth Play. Named the “world’s greatest sex hacker” by GQ, he has been featured by more t...
#54. "Dating Sucks But You Don't" - An authentic conversation with Dating Coach for Men, Connell Barrett
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - March 30, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHow do you show up as the genuine YOU in dating? How do you know when you’re performing? How can you ensure you’re being authentic? In this illuminating episode, I invite Connell Barrett, Men’s Dating Coach, to talk about his book, about his journey toward becoming a dating coach, and his ...
#54. Dating Sucks But You Don't - An authentic conversation with Dating Coach for Men, Connell Barrett
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - March 30, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsInterested in working with a Somatic Sex & Relationship Coach? Apply for 1on1 or couples coaching with me: www.ellenmelon.com/intimacy-coaching ____________________ Links we talked about: https://datingtransformation.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/howtobeyourbestself/ https:/...
#53. How-to do intimacy and vulnerability in friendships - with best friend Amy Edler - Part 3 of 3
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - March 16, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratings“We have to belong to ourselves as much as we need to belong to others. Any belonging that asks us to betray ourselves is not true belonging.” — Brene Brown, Atlas of the Heart Belonging is the key to intimate friendships. Never once have I felt the need to change myself or be someone else aro...
#52. How-to do intimacy and vulnerability in friendships - with best friend Hailey Hosler - Part 2 of 3
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - March 09, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratings“We have to belong to ourselves as much as we need to belong to others. Any belonging that asks us to betray ourselves is not true belonging.” — Brene Brown, Atlas of the Heart Belonging is the key to intimate friendships. Never once have I felt the need to change myself or be someone else aro...
#51. How-to: Intimacy and vulnerability in friendships - with dear friend Tom Wixo - Part 1 of 3
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - March 02, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWho is your support team? Who are the people who know how to hold you (metaphorically and physically) when you’re having a tough day? When you’re experiencing shame? Not enough-ness? Guilt? Anger? Grief? It took me a long time to find these people and cultivate what we have, but here is a 3 Pa...
#51. How-to do intimacy and vulnerability in friendships - with dear friend Tom Wixo - Part 1 of 3
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - March 02, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWho is your support team? Who are the people who know how to hold you (metaphorically and physically) when you’re having a tough day? When you’re experiencing shame? Not enough-ness? Guilt? Anger? Grief? It took me a long time to find these people and cultivate what we have, but here is a 3 Part ...
#50. "Fawn: When No Looks Like Yes" — Authentic sexuality and receiving pleasure - with Sex-Educator & Researcher, Nischa Phair, Part 2 of 2
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - February 23, 2022 07:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this episode, I invite Nischa Phair back for a deep dive on receiving pleasure, authentic sexuality and how they are related. Nischa tells us about how pleasure “is relational thing” — it is an outward thing that we share. She talks about how authentic sexuality is a commitment to a process —...
#49. "Fawn: When No Looks Like Yes" — Her new book on the nervous system, ignoring red flags, and fawning - with Sex-Educator & Researcher, Nischa Phair, Part 1 of 2
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - February 16, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsInterested in working with a Somatic Sex & Relationship Coach? Apply for 1on1 or couples coaching with me: www.ellenmelon.com/intimacy-coaching ____________________ Links we talked about: https://www.nischaphair.com/site/about https://www.instagram.com/nischaphair/ Buy the book: ht...
#48. "The Pleasure is All Yours" - her new book and the importance of somatic work - with Dr Rachel Allyn, Holistic Psychologist
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - February 09, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIsn’t pleasure supposed to be gluttonous? Is too much pleasure a bad thing? Maybe. But not enough pleasure might be worse. “Pleasure” is a word many associate with sexual experiences. But pleasure sits alongside joy, gratitude, and our erotic energy – all the stuff that makes us feel alive. In t...
#47. Informal sex stories - with Erotic Ed Somatic Coaches Jessica Childs and Ellen Melon
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - January 06, 2022 02:57 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this episode, sex coaches Jessica Childs and Ellen Melon compare sexual experiences. Raw, informal, honest, we share insight on what sex and intimacy are...messy, complex, playful, silly, and erotic. Originally recorded for Erotic Ed YouTube Channel on 8/5/21. Interested in working with a...
#46. Self-compassion practice: How to talk to your inner child - with Erotic Ed Somatic Coaches Jessica Childs & Ellen Melon
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - December 23, 2021 04:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDo you know how to talk to yourself nicely during hard or frustrating times? During times of anger or being triggered? Did you know that our level of emotional neglect directly impacts our ability to self-regulate and self soothe (in healthy ways)? Interested in tools and ways to show yourself c...
#45. Deep-dive on boundaries and guided boundary mapping meditation - with Coach Ellen Melon
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - December 08, 2021 13:53 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this episode, Coach Ellen Melon does a deep dive on all-things boundaries — Her own experience with boundaries, the lineage of women before her and their lack of boundary-setting, finishing with a somatic boundary-mapping meditation that will help you better identify when a boundary has been ...
#44. A guide to hook-up culture and casual sex for women - with Kink Coach & Author, Lia Holmgren
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - November 24, 2021 17:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsInterested in working with a Somatic Sex & Relationship Coach? Apply for 1on1 or couples coaching with me: www.ellenmelon.com/intimacy-coaching ____________________ Links we talked about: Early to Bed Inya Sonnet Vibrator & Clitoral Suction: https://www.early2bed.com/?ref=ellenmelon ...
#43. A story of recovery, postpartum motherhood, and overcoming resentment in married sex - with full-time mama, Madeline Clair
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - November 10, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHere’s the thing about having kids — it changes everything. Your physical body, your mind, your hormones, your sex life, your sleeping life, what you eat, when you eat, and beyond. Many people don’t talk about all the sucky parts of child-rearing because of fear that they are “doing it wrong” or...
#42. Sex and relationship insights for drug addicts, alcoholics, and the sober community - with Life Recovery Coach, David Marion
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - October 27, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat happens to us in relationships when there is substance abuse? When we numb and cope with alcohol or drugs? How do we behave in intimate spaces with people we love? How is our sexuality impacted? In this episode, David Marion is going to give us some male insight into his own sex life and...
#41. How intimacy changes after kids, postpartum, and repair after an affair - with Life Coach for Mums, Kiri Honey
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - October 13, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsMotherhood is hard. I don’t even have kids and I know that. I have this amazing opportunity to speak with Kiri Honey, Life Coach for Moms whose mission is to inspire women to empower themselves to take the lead in their lives and relationships. To support them to take action that feels aligned a...
#40. Sexual abuse, religious trauma, and her healing journey - PART 2 of 2 - with Faith Deconstruction Coach Melanie Cain
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - October 01, 2021 21:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn Part 2 of 2, we talk about the modern day Melanie is dealing with from her journey — real time hardships and repair in her relationship with her husband, being a mom during her coming off of pharmaceutical drugs and her psychosis, and observations around how her family treats and observes her...
#39. Sexual abuse, religious trauma, and her healing journey - PART 1 of 2 - with Faith Deconstruction Coach Melanie Cain
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - September 15, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsThere’s a whole movement we're experiencing when it comes to religious shame and trauma. People are waking up, sick of being oppressed. The controlling nature of purity culture in religious communities has hurt women the most. In this episode Part 1 of 2, we hear a detailed story from Faith Deco...
#38. Grief, loss, and being alone - with Ellen Melon
To Hump A Pillow with Coach Ellen Melon - September 01, 2021 16:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWelcome back to Season 3! We are kicking off our first episode of the season with some real talk — like I know any other kind? ;) I’m going to share some findings around my experience with grief, loss, and being alone, aiming at giving you greater awareness into your own process, patterns, beh...
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