Episode 6

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24th Sep 2025

When Sex Feels Like a Chore

Is sex a chore? You’re not alone.

In this mini-episode of the Connected Pleasure Podcast, I share one of the most common struggles women bring into my work: sex feels like another item on the to-do list. Instead of being regenerative and connective, it feels draining — another way of giving without receiving.

I open up about my own experience of this during grad school, and how stress and disconnection can make intimacy feel impossible. I also walk you through how my 1:1 coaching container helps women shift from obligation to liberation — reclaiming sex as a source of pleasure, power, and deep connection.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

✨ Why sex often feels like a chore for women

✨ How stress and body disconnection play a role

✨ Why prioritizing your own pleasure changes everything

✨ How my 8-week coaching container creates space to heal and reclaim intimacy

If you’ve ever thought “I should want sex, but it just feels like work” — this episode is for you.

🌹 Apply for 1:1 Coaching: Schedule your FREE 45-min consultation

🌹 Get your Sacred Body Workbook: Sign up for my newsletter and receive your free guide to begin your healing journey

Because your body is sacred. Your pleasure is yours. And you are not broken.

Transcript
Speaker A:

Welcome back, my loves, to another mini episode of the Connected Pleasure Podcast.

I'm Kaela, your host, and today I wanted to touch on the fact that most all of the women that I have talked to around sex being something that is hard for them to access is that sex feels like a chore. It feels like it's something that's at the end of your to do list that is just another thing that you have to do and perform with.

It feels like another thing that I have to give a part of myself in my day to someone else and is not something that is actually regenerative for myself. So that is probably one of the number one complaints or number one symptoms that I hear from women that I have worked with.

And I have also felt that myself. When I was in grad school, my stress level was through the roof. It's a hard time to be learning and doing your internship and all the things.

And I have also felt like sex is a chore before in my life. I think, as women, it's hard to feel again, like sex is for you, and it's something that you can also get pleasure out of.

And therefore, it makes it hard to put on your priority list and ends up being something that is more draining than, again, replenishing and regenerative. So in my program, I talk to you about what does that look like for sex to feel like a chore?

Are there times where it doesn't feel like a chore, or is it always kind of at the bottom of your to do list and never feels like something that you want to get to because you run about. You run out of energy by the time you get to that. And it just keeps being like, let's just keep putting it off. Let's just keep putting it off.

But then the anxiety builds. The longer you put it off, the more you feel like, oh, I need to do that thing.

But it becomes more and more of a thing that you just don't want to do.

And so in the different sessions that we would go through in my container, we would definitely address that as a barrier and figuring out, again, are there times where it's not a barrier?

And if that's always a barrier for you, how do we work to make it more of a feeling of, like, this is something that I actually want because it's something that I can get pleasure from. And there's a lot of different steps that goes into that that we will talk more about.

But I really just want you to know if you are somebody that is feeling like, like Sex is a chore. This container is for you. This container is going to help you again reclaim that pleasure for yourself.

Make it something that feels like you can access in your own body. And that is something that can connect you to yourself and can connect you to your partner.

And then we're gonna remember the power that we have, remember why we are here, Remember as a woman how really powerful your body is in helping you connect to the divine, connecting to your partner, connecting to a part of you that maybe you haven't even accessed yet.

And then also again, coming home to your body, feeling safe in your body, feeling like your body is a place that you can go for pleasure and not somewhere that feels uncomfortable or unsafe or even gives you a disgust feeling. So if that is something that is piquing your interest, go down into the show notes and get your free Sacred body workbook.

It left off on the body part.

So that's a great segue into if the body is something that you feel disgusted by, feel anxiety around, feel like is a barrier for you in this scenario, go get that free workbook again. All you have to do is sign up for my newsletter. It's not a big commitment.

I will be sending a good amount of emails just through this launch process, but normally I only send them out twice a month on the new and full moon. So it's not a big commitment.

You can unsubscribe at any time, but it's a great way for you to follow the different things that I'm telling you about pleasure all the time, as well as anything new that's coming up for me. I put all the new podcast episodes in there and then any events or things that are coming up for me. So it's a great place to be.

But if you sign up for that, then you'll get your free Sacred Body workbook and I want you to have that. If this is really something that you're like, okay, I think this is for me.

I think I would want to have a 45 minute consultation to really talk about what I'm going through and see if I really could make the jump into being part of this container and purchasing a coaching package. Go down in the show notes and also schedule your free 45 minute consultation.

Those consultations are only available for the open cart week, so the, I believe the seventh, eighth and the ninth, that's when those are available.

So we will have your free 45 minute consultation and then we will see if you're a good fit and try to get you a spot in my six spots that I'm opening up. If you really feel like this is something for you. All right. Take care, and I'll talk to you tomorrow.

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About the Podcast

Connected Pleasure Podcast
A sacred space to explore how pleasure can root, restore, and reshape our lives.
Hosted by Kayla Moore, Certified Sex Therapist, Coach, and sovereign guide for the women warriors rising, this podcast explores what it means to lead with soft power in a world built on burnout, domination, and disconnection.

Through intimate solo reflections and soul stirring conversations with healers, visionaries, and creators, we are weaving a new paradigm rooted in embodiment, love, and connection.

Because pleasure is not separate from life. It is what connects us. To ourselves. To each other. To the rhythms of nature and the truth of who we are.

If you have ever felt disconnected from your desires, unsure of your worth, or hungry for a softer way of being in the world, this podcast is for you.

Pleasure is not frivolous. It is foundational.
And it is time to come home.
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Kayla Moore

I am a Certified Sex Therapist, Coach, Musician, Sacred Disruptor of the Patriarchy, and the founder of Connected Pleasure Coaching. I am also a healer, weaver, sacred space holder, and a sovereign mother for the women warriors rising.

I help women reclaim their pleasure, remember their power, and come home to their bodies. With over 8 years of experience as a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, my work centers around the radical truth that pleasure is our birthright.

Through sacred containers like 1:1 coaching, the Not Broken Course, the Shed Retreat, and Sacred Feminine Singing Circle, I guide women back to their inherent power, wholeness, and connection to love.