Episode #1: Welcome To Between The Sheets With Dr. Lurve
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Hey! Hi, and welcome to my first episode of Between the Sheets with Dr. Lurve. It's taken some time, but I'm here, and I can't wait to share this journey with you. I'm actually really excited. Before we get started, let me tell you a little bit about myself and who I am and I guess what I'm trying to achieve. I get a lot of questions either through inbox or on Instagram asking, "What is it that you do? We've heard of you, we see you on social media, we've read your blogs, we look at your articles, we've listened to you on radio, but what exactly is it that you do?" So, I guess, let me introduce myself.
My name's Dr. Lurve, and I'm Australia's leading love and relationship expert. It's quite a catchy name. It took me a little while to understand where that came from, but I'll tell you a bit about my background. I've got a background in psychology and education and with lots of post study in relationships and coaching, and not to mention my own degree in life and relationships, which is probably where I would say I have a PhD in messed up-ness, if there's such a word, but messed up-ness is my journey through relationships, and that was probably the most significant learning curve I have ever had, not only in love for myself, but also in my professional development but I think we'll get into that on another episode, or maybe it might take about 10 episodes to get through my journey, but I'm here just to let you know what I'm doing.
So I guess the way that I help people through my coaching programs. I do live events, I do retreats, I contribute to several media outlets most weeks. You've probably noticed that I'm in and out and all about and I'm featured in magazines, like Body and Soul, and Women's Day will be out soon and Girlfriend Magazine and I'll be a guest speaker at certain events, and, obviously there's my favorite, which is radio, but that's the cherry on top. That's the fluffy stuff and it makes my job look all really pretty, to be honest, but the real stuff is what happens behind the scenes and this is where I make a real difference for someone and for the people that come across me and my clients, and that's where I get to cut all that fluffy stuff away and deliver raw, real content and material and I literally get to see people transform in front of me. They get to change their lives and there's no TV or media or event that I can go to that gives me that feeling that I get when I've touched someone's life and I've made a difference.
So after much request and after those people that follow me and with friends and family, they've always said, "You're great on radio, you're knowledgeable, you've got a lot of stuff that we'd like to share. You're real. You're straight to the point. Why aren't you doing a podcast?" I, to be honest, avoided it and didn't want to show up and do a podcast because I thought it would be all way too hard, and what was I going to talk about, to be honest. It's actually a bit difficult because you're talking to yourself, but you're not. There's nobody here. I'm talking into this microphone on my own in the studio, but there's thousands of people listening, and I guess it's very similar to radio, but at least with radio, you're bouncing off the people in the studio, and it makes it a little bit more real, but I actually quite like the idea of podcasts now and I understand and I get the contribution I can make to you guys by jumping on here because you guys can listen to this as much as you want and wherever you want.
So I'm finally here, and you get to spend some time with me Between the Sheets. Don't you just love that name? I don't even know how I came up with it, but I guess I was sitting down, I thought, "If I was going to have a podcast, what is it going to be called?" We thought about all these things around intimacy and sex and love and rock and roll and you name it, but I thought, "You know what? We never really want to air out our dirty laundry, and it's usually what happens between the sheets stays between the sheets, but I thought, "You know what? Not here with Dr. Lurve."
I want to talk about everything and anything. So the sheets in this podcast are going to be for shaking, baby. I want to cover whatever we can. I want to get as many experts in here as possible to help you guys. I'm a really curious person. So if I don't know something, I'm going to find out for you. My mind's always ticking around, what is it? What else do we need to know about us as humans and our interactions in our relationships and just in life in general? Who knows?
One day, we might be talking about sex and the next minute we might be talking about the boardroom. Really, they're not that different. We'll talk about that on an episode, as well, but on a serious note, you will hear really great content here, really raw and real stuff, stuff that you really need to hear, stuff that you're not going to read or your GP is not going to tell you and stuff that's going to push you to be the best that you can in all situations and not just intimate relationships. It can be family, it could be in business, it could be the relationship with yourself, but I do want you to remember that, in life, the quality of relationships you have really does reflect the quality of life you have. I'm all for let's have great relationships so we can just experience an extraordinary life while we're here. We're given one shot at it, and I reckon let's make the most of it.
I'm going to be delivering this podcast. I'm going to release a podcast at least once a week. If I've got guests, you might see another one pop up through the week. So it might be a couple of times or something like that, but don't stress because the episodes will range in length so that you can get through them. Some might be 20 minutes, some might be 40, and others might be about 60, so you'll have a range of times to get through, but there'll be enough information in them to help you and your friends and family go on your journey of love or self discovery or self development, whatever it is we're covering.
I guess that brings me to my next point is, what is it that we're going to cover? It's whatever you want pretty much, but let's start with the basics. We're going to cover things like sex, love, intimacy, being single, dating. What else do people ask about? Oh, dating apps, infidelity is one that comes up, and trust. Vulnerability is massive at the moment, and I'm reading Brene Brown's book in regards to vulnerability.
What else? Marriage, divorce, anything, parenting, anything like that. There's going to be so much more. Obviously, we'll discuss some of the articles that I've got coming out throughout the week. We are fortunate enough to write some juicy stuff. Some of the ones that we've written recently have been around your favorite position for the bedroom according to your star sign, which was interesting, and we did some research around that. That was great to write about. It's a bit of fun and just a good Sunday morning read, but there's so much stuff out there and sometimes we just don't know where to go or what message to listen to but this will be your one-stop shop.
I'm not saying what is on here is going to be gospel but we are definitely going to make sure that we get whoever we need to get in here for you. There is so much stuff out there and sometimes we just don't know where it is that we need to go or what message to listen to. So this will really be the one-stop shop for you guys. Now, I'm not saying that this is going to be gospel and everything we say here is going to be the way you should do things. It's an alternative, and it gives you some choices to think about, but we are going to make sure that we are going to get the experts in here to give us a hand when we need them, because if we don't know them, we're going to go find out and get really curious, and that's just how I work, in general, but it's going to be so convenient for you to be able to just jump on here, get on the train to go to work or get a bus to work and listen to an episode that resonates with you. It's almost like having your very own coach whispering in your ear everywhere you go.
Actually, you know what it reminds me of? I don't know if you've ever watched that movie Hitch. It's the one with Will Smith in it, and he sends the guy out to go dating, and he's got that little microphone in his ear, and he's telling him everything to do along the way to get the girl. So think of me a little bit like that. I'm in your ear, and I'm giving you suggestions on how it is that you need to interact in life and in love, but you have a choice around this. It doesn't matter what I'm delivering and what message I'm trying to give to you. All it is, it's an alternative. So I want you to be very mindful about what we're sharing here, which brings me to another serious note.
I do want you to understand that nothing on here that we deliver in the podcast is considered a replacement for therapy or medical advice. So if you feel like you're struggling with anything around your mental health and low mood and you're feeling like you're not okay, I would suggest you go and see your local GP and get a referral to see a medical practitioner. We all have dramas in our lives and we all have challenges that come up for us but if your symptoms are to the point where you're needing some attention and you don't feel like yourself, your health is really important, so I want you all to be healthy inside and out, and I can help you with the inside stuff, but the other stuff, you need to go and see the person, a specialist in that space. But on this podcast, we're going to do lots of interviews with some experts around lots of fields of relationships, and we'll get some psychologists in and maybe some dating specialists and whoever you ask for, I'm going to go and try and find.
We are going to maybe rock your socks off or maybe rock your sheets off I'm not sure. But we will really add some more value to your love lives by listening to this, and not only your love lives, your lives and your relationships and your interactions with people.
That's the introduction for the first episode and, well, I guess then we're done for episode one. I know it was short and sweet, but now we enter the world of podcasting together. I will say remember to hit subscribe so you get notified of any new episodes that come up and are released so you don't really miss out. Please don't forget to leave a review for me on iTunes. It may not be for this one but it may be the next one, but I say that because the more reviews I get, the more people will see my podcast. That means we get to grow our lovers community and I get to be that modern day, real life love Cupid, spreading my wings everywhere and sprinkling this fairy dust so that everyone has an opportunity to do life differently. With that in mind, I am going to catch you on the next episode but until then, this is Dr. Lurve, and I'll see you soon, lovers.
Love,
Dr. Lurve