Susan Bratton has been the intimacy expert to millions of people for a reason — she actually lives what she teaches. And in this episode, she held nothing back.

Adam and Pris sit down with Susan for one of the most educational, eye-opening, and honestly hilarious conversations in Beyond Monogamy history. Susan is a bestselling author, founder of Personal Life Media, sexual biohacker, and the Chief Advocacy Officer of ProDX Health — the main STI testing company for the poly and swinger lifestyle. She's been in the lifestyle with her husband Tim for over 20 years and she brings real lived experience to every single thing she talks about.

This episode covers everything from how Susan went from a woman who avoided sex with her husband to becoming the person millions of people go to for advice on how to have more of it. She breaks down the 90-day STI screening protocol she's held as a non-negotiable in her poly life for two decades, explains what "fluid bonded" and "screened in" mean in a real-world lifestyle context, dives deep into the science and practice of expanded orgasm, and makes an incredibly compelling case for why your sex life should only get better with age — if you know what you're doing.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 — Intro and content warning
1:00 — Welcome to Susan Bratton
2:00 — What does "open" actually mean and why Susan and Tim dropped the other labels
4:00 — How Pris and Adam started with strict rules and evolved into something more flexible
5:00 — How Susan went from avoiding sex with her husband to becoming the intimacy expert to millions
8:00 — Finding "their people" and entering the conscious non-monogamy community
9:00 — The one non-negotiable Susan has carried through 20 years of poly
13:00 — Heart-connected, conscious, passionate lovemaking — what Susan actually teaches
14:00 — Pris on five years of poly and why she hated it
17:00 — Were Susan and Tim always on the same page?
18:00 — "Bratton Family Prevails" — how they navigate the hard stuff
21:00 — The friends-with-benefits compromise and how Adam and Pris landed there
23:00 — Susan on sexual identity evolving over time — submissive, dominant, flow state, ecstatic bliss
26:00 — What sexual biohacking actually means and what it can do for your sex life
29:00 — The STI testing protocol that changed everything
31:00 — Mycoplasma Genitalium and why most people have never heard of it
32:00 — Fluid bonding and what it means to be "screened in"
36:00 — Veto power in poly — toxic or smart?
43:00 — NRE and why your partner might see red flags you're completely blind to
46:00 — What is expanded orgasm?
51:00 — Free resources at expandherorgasmtonight.com
52:00 — Susan's new book "The Alchemy of Intimacy" and what she's working on
53:00 — Sign off and CTAs

RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Susan Bratton's expanded orgasm free resources: expandherorgasmtonight.com
STI testing Susan recommends: prodxhealth.com
Susan's new book: 10intimacy.com
Susan Bratton's main website: susanbratton.com

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