This Saturday night, October 8th, The Dr. Susan Block Show continues to celebrate Kink Month 2016 with an array of kink stars and artists. Joining international sexologist, Bonobo Way author and debate moderator Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be  Sheree Rose, Mistress Porcelain & Rhiannon Aarons.

"We're very excited to continue Kink Month with these three fabulous Domina artists.. Just as Good Vibrations declared May to be Masturbation Month, Stockroom has designated October as 'Kink Month,' encouraging kinksters in and out of closets around the globe to let their freak flags fly,an aspect of releasing your inner bonobo," says Dr. Block. "It’s all in the Halloween holiday spirit of revelry, roleplay, masquerade, adventure and playing (consensually, of course!) with fear as an aphrodisiac, not to mention buying lots of kinky paddles, padlocks and piggie hoods from places like Stockroom."

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, October 1st, The Dr. Susan Block Show will kick off Kink Month 2016. Joining international sexologist, Bonobo Way author and debate moderator Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be dominatrices and kinksters Goddess Godiva and Lady Miguire. "Just as Good Vibrations declared May to be Masturbation Month, Stockroom has designated October as “Kink Month,” encouraging kinksters in and out of closets around the globe to let their freak flags fly,an aspect of releasing your inner bonobo," says Dr. Block. "It’s all in the Halloween holiday spirit of revelry, roleplay, masquerade, adventure and playing (consensually, of course!) with fear as an aphrodisiac, not to mention buying lots of kinky paddles, padlocks and piggie hoods from places like Stockroom."

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

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by Dr. Susan Block.

A vital part of good sex involves feeling… well, sexy.  While some of that feeling is purely mental or spiritual, a large part of it is physical. That includes feeling attracted to your partner’s body, if you have a partner. And it means feeling good about your own body, whether you have a partner or not.

Do you feel good about your body? Do you feel sexy in your skin? Or do you have “body image” issues that interfere with your ability to relax and enjoy yourself during sex?

Anxious About Your Body… or Body Parts?

“Body image issues” encompass a wide spectrum of concerns and worries that plague women, men and transgender people of all ages, creeds and colors, in every culture around the globe. For most of us, these are relatively trivial concerns, but for some, body image issues morph into body shame, weighing us down to the point that we feel that we can’t pursue or enjoy sex at all.

Do you have a body image issue? Perhaps you feel you are too heavy or too thin, too tall or too short. A woman might worry that her breasts are too small or too large, that her thighs are too wide, her butt is too narrow, her face is too old or her feet are too big, and the list goes on.

A man is more likely to be anxious about his height, and an even more common male concern is that his penis is not big enough. Freud said women had “penis envy,” but it’s more often men who are envious of other men’s members, especially when they are larger, or perceived to be larger. This is another body image issue that has a lot to do with perception. Even men with average or above-average-sized endowments may feel deep shame and a sense of humiliation over what they perceive to be sexual inadequacies.

Transgender people might fret that they can’t “pass,” that they have too much or too little body hair, that they are not feminine or masculine enough to fit the ideal that’s in their mind of the gender to which they are transitioning.

While it’s good to have ideals in life, some physical ideals can drive us crazy with debilitating anxiety, impossible goals and enervating shame. After all, the ideal is the enemy of the real, especially when it comes to sex and love.

Has someone in authority criticized your body or body parts? Have they judged you, made demeaning comments, touched or lusted after your body inappropriately or uncomfortably when you were a child? Then you’re more likely to have body image issues, especially if you’re trying to conform to unrealistic ideals.

Hollywood & Porn

There’s nothing wrong with enjoying Hollywood entertainment or pornography, and doing so doesn’t make you a “romance junkie” or “sex addict.” However, both tend to exacerbate our body image issues. Millions of women look at film stars and feel unattractive by comparison. A similar amount of men tend to compare themselves to porn stars, usually coming up short—literally—or so they feel.

Most of us harbor insecurities about how we appear to others, as well as frustration with how we look to ourselves. It’s only human to be a bit dissatisfied with your looks and physical attributes, at least sometimes. Everybody has a body, and most of us have body image issues, at least at some point in our lives.

But if your body image issues are interfering with your ability to share and enjoy the pleasures of life, especially the joys of sex, love and affection, you might benefit from getting some perspective by talking about these issues with a good therapist who understands.

The “Therapists Without Borders” of the Dr. Susan Block Institute are here to help you with your body image issues, as well as other sex and relationship concerns, anytime you need to talk 24/7. Call us at 213-291-9497.

Accept Yourself and Your Body

When your mind is tortured, or even just distracted, by your body images concerns, you are not able to enjoy your sexual experience to the fullest. Nor are you the best sex partner you can be.

Through various traditional and unorthodox programs and techniques, including bonobo liberation therapy, life coaching, erotic theater therapy, sensate focus, guided masturbation, erotic hypnosis and more, we can help you to accept your body as it is—with all its so-called "flaws"—so that you can start enjoying better sex and, in the process, become a better, more open and exciting sexual partner.

Need to talk about it now? We’re here for you 24/7. Call 213-291-9597 and we will put you through to a therapist who can help you with your body image issues and more.

Body Shame

Do you feel that your naked physical body is "dirty"? Maybe you don’t have problems with your body shape or size, but you do have issues of "body shame,” perhaps related to a strict, religious upbringing or other anti-sex, anti-body messages from childhood.

Sexual assault, whether in childhood or adulthood, can also tremendously affect our comfort with our bodies. It’s hard to feel good about your body when that same body has been used and abused by others, even if that abuse was in the distant past.

Sex-negativity and poor body image issues are completely understandable in a sex abuse or trauma survivor. Just knowing that, however, doesn’t make these issues much easier to handle, especially if and when they *ruin* an otherwise positive erotic experience. However, identifying your personal, problematic body image issues is the first step towards healing and empowering your sexual self.

Need to talk about it? Whether you are a survivor of religious, familial or any other kind of sexual abuse, if you want to develop a positive body image and the happy, healthy sex life you deserve, we can help. The caring, knowledgeable therapists of the Dr. Susan Block Institute can guide you toward enjoying a healthier relationship with your body.   And you can call us anytime, 24 hours a day, at 213-291-9497.

What About Changing Your Body for the Better?

Most body image issues are “in your head.” But if you’re truly obese, anorexic, bulimic or dangerously out of shape, perhaps you should make some changes. None of this means you should put your sex life on hold; on the contrary! Exploring your sexuality at a pace that’s right for you can help you to lose or gain weight and get healthier and fit.

Whether your change “for the better” requires moral support during your transgender process, or getting fit and healthy, our therapists are ready to assist you in making your transition to the body you desire, as well as expressing and exploring your sexuality to the fullest in the body you are in right now.

If discussing these topics is difficult for you, rest assured that you are in good hands. Our therapists are here for you, whether or not your body shame is just “in your head.” We will help you to have the best, most fulfilling sex and love life that you can have, enjoying your body, yourself and your life.

Let’s talk about it. Call us anytime at 213.2991.9497.

This Saturday night, September 17th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will examine California Proposition 60, on the ballot November 8, which targets adult industry performers, requiring them to wear condoms and other latex barriers (including goggles!) on all film shoots, and incentivizing California residents to sue adult performers and producers for not complying with the proposition. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be multi-award-winning adult superstar Julia Ann, leading the fight against Prop 60, as well as Free Speech Coalition (FSC) activist adult performer, "The Whore Next Door" columnist for the SF Weekly and Truth, Justice and the American Whore author Siouxsie Q James.

"During this divisive election season, it’s difficult to get Republicans, Democrats, and Independents to agree on anything, but Prop 60 is so poorly drafted that (it) is the only measure on the November ballot with tri-partisan opposition," states the FSC. "Julia Ann joins the California Democratic Party, the California Republican Party, the California Libertarian Party, Equality California, The Transgender Law Center, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, AIDS Project Los Angeles, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, San Francisco Medical Society, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee, Free Speech Coalition and a growing list of organizations that oppose Proposition 60."

Dr. Suzy is excited to host the dazzling, world-renowned Julia Ann, whom she first interviewed back in 1997 for Playboy TV when the voluptuous blonde was a member of the popular duo "Blondage" with her friend and fellow bombshell Janine Lindemulder. Since then, Julia Ann has gone on to become an adult superstar, earning several AVN awards, including "Best Actress" in 2004 and "Best MILF Performer" in 2010, 2011 and 2013, as well as four XRCO awards and a 2014 XBIZ award for "MILF Performer of the Year."

Julia Ann's political activism comes on the heels of being "frustrated with the AHF [AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the sole proponents of the initiative] Prop 60 commercials and it was so bothersome to know that we just can't compete with that type of campaign since we don't have the financial means,” she explains. “However, the Adult Industry has cultivated an extreme social media presence and I thought a grassroots effort could shed light onto what is really happening for us and how we truly feel. So, I sat down with the No On 60 buttons [designed by Isabel Dresler] that were already created and formed social media templates so we could educate voters and raise awareness about on our opposition.”

One Weapon of Mass Discussion on sure-to-be sapiosexually stimulating show will be: ARE YOU NEXT? If Prop 60 passes, will its supporters then demand that you and your friends wear condoms and other latex barriers when engaging certain kinds of sex that they deem dangerous? What if you film yourself and your honey making love?

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, September 3rd, The Dr. Susan Block Show welcomes back 99Dollz,. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be 99Dollz director Baylie Kruz and new adult starlet and opera singer, Kenzie Jamez, "The Singing Pornstar," last seen on DrSuzy.Tv in Therapy for the Trumpocalypse. Baylie's 21-year-old son Fred will also join us to talk about how it feels to grow up with a mom in the erotic entertainment business... plus more (always more!) TBA. This show is produced by Sarah Bella Bonobo.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, August 27th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will explore newlywedded pansensual love and open marriage. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be the extraordinarily talented, loving and very dynamic duo of “Rawkstar” Chef Be*Live (aka Brian James Lucas), award-winning pioneer of the 1990s gourmet raw foods movement, and renowned actress Danièle Watts, featured in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, Showtime’s Weeds, (where she has a recurring role as a police officer), Babysitter, The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, Neurotica, and an exciting new show she is creative-producing with Chef Be*Live called Juicebar. A refreshingly different kind of Hollywood power couple, Danièle and Chef Be*Live gained fame as the interracial twosome cited by the LAPD for allegedly having sex in a car, though they were fully clothed at the time. The newlyweds are looking forward to coming back on The Dr. Susan Block Show to talk about how their experience on Dr. Suzy and Pr. Max's 24th wedding anniversary inspired them to "tie the knot" themselves last month in a fast and fabulous Vegas wedding. To celebrate a month of pansensual open marriage, Chef Be*Live will bring StarRawks RawkStar aphrodisiac tonic TeaLattes. and Shamanatrix Missy Galore, who just won a 2016 Global Peace Song Award for her song "Love'o'lution," will perform "Fluff the Goodness."  Ikkor the Wolf, Shannon Coronado, Jay Toriko and Brendan Sharkey will also join us ... plus more (always more!) TBA.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, August 20th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will enjoy a sure-to-be-HOT summer night of fetish fun. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be fabulous Domina & DomConLA 2016 Mistress of Ceremonies Madam Raven Rae, last seen engaging in intense foot fetish play on Elvis in Bonoboville, voluptuous ProDomme Humiliatrix Miss Freudian Slit, (last seen on Ms. Tara for President & FemDom Politics the Bonobo Way), Jay Toriko (last seen performing auto-fellatio on the ErotiqueTv Olympics) and lovely Speakeasy bartendress Shannon Coronado, plus the return of Handsome Hollywood Jake... and more (always more!) TBA.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, August 13th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will enjoy a sure-to-be-sizzling HOT summer night with ErotiqueTV. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be MIT alumnus, former Boeing executive and ErotiqueTV CEO and leading man Eric John (last seen on DrSuzy.Tv at Dr Suzy and Pr. Max's 24th Wedding Anniversary, but best-known for the amazing ErotiqueTV Mega Orgy), flanked by sexy up-and-coming porn starlets Gabriella Lane (who kicked off the Year of the Monkey with us on Sushi Girl) and Maya Kendrick, as well as newcomer Coco NiKol. Also in-studio: talented pop singer Jessica Shores, a.k.a., J sho, and the lovely Shannon Coronado tending your libational desires at the Speakeasy bar... and more (always more!) TBA.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience and share pleasures under the palms of Bonoboville this Saturday, or call 626.461.5950 (you can call anytime; someone is always here). Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Sunday night, August 7th, international sexologist, director of the Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block will be the featured guest on Inner Journey on KX 93.5 FM with spiritual guide and veteran talk show host Greg Friedman in beautiful balmy Laguna Beach, California.

This Saturday night, July 30th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will present an evening of erotic politics and female domination. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be U.S. Presidential Candidate Tara Indiana (last seen beating Trump soundly on our DomCon Afterparty), as well as her Trump surrogate, plus Miss Freudian Slit, Miss Sadie Synn, Shannon Coronado, Jay Toriko, a special rap performance by Me$$ed Up and more.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience or call 626.461.5950. Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, July 23rd, The Dr. Susan Block Show will present an evening of interactive performance art, original music, dance, play and body painting.  Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be members of BioRhythmLA, a Los Angeles-based performance art collective featuring live body painting by Nicolette Spear and the body painting team.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience or call 626.461.5950. Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, July 9th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will still be sizzling after last Saturday's blazing Patriots Not Hatriots show. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be super-hot Savannah Fyre, a webcam and porn performer with 360 Models Agency, a real-life MILF who looks like she’s still a college girl. In fact, Ms. Fyre is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a major in psychology and a great personal interest in bonobos which she first learned about in one of her (and my) favorite books, Sex at Dawn by Drs. Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethas, and which she has since learned more about in The Bonobo Way.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience or call 626.461.5950. Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, June 25th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will feature sensational transformational transformers. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be  fabulous adult entertainers Isabella Sorrenti, Jacquie Blu and others TBA, plus Dayton Rains—porn star, therapist and associate producer for DrSuzy.Tv.

Click Here to RSVP to attend this show in the “Speakeasy” studio audience or call 626.461.5950. Studio doors open at 9:30 pm. Studio Members FREE. Membership Has Its Pleasures.

This Saturday night, June 18th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will continue its series of DomCon LA 2016 afterparties with the fabulous FemDoms of Sanctuary. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be the Director of Sanctuary and the Headmistress & Founder of DomCon, Mistress Cyan, Her wife and Sanctuary co-owner Goddess Genesis, Dear Serenity Smith, other Sanctuary FemDoms and submissives TBA, plus Dayton Rains—porn star, therapist and associate producer for DrSuzy.Tv.

Call-In During the Live Broadcast: 1.866.289.7068. Tweet comments and questions @RadioSUZY1 and @DrSuzy. Listen Free or Watch the live show at DrSusanBlock.Tv. This week’s live broadcast sponsored by Sybian, Condomania, Glyde America ALL-VEGAN Condoms, Agwa Cocoa Leaf Liqueur, Ron de Jeremy Rum, JuxLeather and Wein-Erotik-Edition.

The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA, founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of HBO specials. The Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based upon Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure. A portion of all proceeds goes to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote the Bonobo Way around the world.

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This Memorial Day Weekend Saturday night, May 28th, The Dr. Susan Block Show will hold a DomCon LA 2016 afterparty fit for a FemDom Queen. Joining international sexologist and Bonobo Way author Dr. Susan Block live in-studio will be one of the leading Dommes of DomCon, Den of Iniquity director and 2016 United States Presidential candidate Mistress Tara Indiana (last seen on DrSuzy.Tv celebrating Den of Iniquity's 20th anniversary and her own 25th year as a Pro-Domme who started out as a "Daddy's Little Girl"), as well as Goddess LeeAnn and Jacquie Blu, plus Dayton Rains—porn star, therapist and associate producer for DrSuzy.Tv.

Call-In During the Live Broadcast: 1.866.289.7068. Tweet comments and questions @RadioSUZY1 and @DrSuzy. Listen Free or Watch the live show at DrSusanBlock.Tv. This week’s live broadcast sponsored by Sybian, Condomania, Glyde America ALL-VEGAN Condoms, Agwa Cocoa Leaf Liqueur, Ron de Jeremy Rum, JuxLeather and Wein-Erotik-Edition.

The Dr. Susan Block Show is produced by The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, an international center for sexual expression, therapy and education, based in LA, founded in 1991 by Susan M. Block, PhD, world-renowned Yale-educated sexologist, best-selling author and host of HBO specials. The Institute’s mission is to help individuals, couples and communities enhance their sexuality and improve their lives based upon Dr. Block’s philosophy of Ethical Hedonism and The Bonobo Way of Peace through Pleasure. A portion of all proceeds goes to help save the highly endangered “make love not war” bonobos from extinction in the Congo and to promote the Bonobo Way around the world.

GIVE THE BONOBO WAY! CLICK HERE TO READ OUR RECENT RAVE REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

Make 2016 your Year of the Bonobo and get your copy of The Bonobo Way: The Evolution of Peace through Pleasure.