A Note to My Clients and Anyone Who Knows Me Personally
Some episodes of Intimacy Lab contain explicit sexual content, detailed personal disclosure, and candid conversations about my own intimate life, relationships, desires, and experiences.
My podcast is a space where I get to be a full, unfiltered human being. That version of me is not always the same as the version that shows up in our work together, and that distinction matters.
If you are a current or former client, I want you to know a few things before you press play:
- Knowing this much about me is not required. It may even complicate things. If hearing detailed personal information about your practitioner feels anything other than useful or interesting to you, please trust that. You are not missing anything you need for our work together.
- It is completely okay to not listen. It is okay to listen to some episodes and skip others. It is okay to start an episode and turn it off. You do not need a reason, and it will never affect our relationship or my care for you.
If you aren't sure if you should listen, don't. If you want to expand your world and can listen with curiosity, maybe even bringing your questions and comments into a session, please do. Just be sure to take care of yourself first and always.
With care, Michelle Renee
The Intimacy Lab Podcast
Honest conversations about consent, touch, desire, and connection, hosted by a therapeutic intimacy specialist who does this work for a living.
Michelle Renee (she/her) is a therapeutic intimacy specialist, trained as both a Cuddle Therapist and Surrogate Partner, and a co-owner at Cuddlist.com. She practices a trauma-informed, consent-based approach that helps people of all genders rebuild trust with touch, set clear boundaries, and access authentic pleasure at their own pace. Each episode of the podcast pulls from that same work: the Wheel of Consent, non-monogamy, somatic healing, professional touch, and the parts of desire most conversations skip past.
Michelle serves clients nationwide as a holistic intimacy coach and partners with therapists to integrate somatic, consent-based healing into their practice.
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New episodes drop regularly. Catch up on the full catalog right here, or follow along on your favorite app.
What we explore
Recurring threads across the catalog, useful whether you're here for the framework or just found this after a very specific 2am search.
The Wheel of Consent
A framework for understanding giving, receiving, taking, and allowing, and why a real "no" builds more trust than an automatic "yes."
Somatic & surrogate partner work
What body-based healing actually looks like in practice, from professional touch to trauma-informed intimacy work.
Non-monogamy & relationship structure
Autonomy, negotiated agreements, and building partnerships that don't require overlapping on everything.
Desire, midlife & menopause
Responsive desire, perimenopause, HRT, and what pleasure looks like when it's not tied to a script.
Professional cuddling
Inside the world of platonic touch work: training, boundaries, and why touch is its own form of literacy.
Consent education
Practical language and frameworks for asking, listening, and checking in, on and off the mat.
A genuine, considered “no” builds more trust and intimacy than an automatic “yes” ever could.Michelle Renee, The Intimacy Lab Podcast
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