In the last episode of season 2, Aisling and Andrea discuss the ten things you need to talk about before you get engaged or married (or indeed make any sort of legal long term commitment to another person). We'll see you again in a few weeks! Follow us on Instagram @privateeducationpodcast, @aislingmkeenan and @andreajanedoyle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**TRIGGER WARNING: Domestic violence** This week, we answer a listener query. Her boyfriend has slept with over 100 women and her 'number' is only 3 – is this cause for concern, and why does she feel "icky" about it? We also mark domestic violence awareness month (this October) by giving some helpful numbers out, and talking through some of the statistics around it. Scary listening, but worth mentioning to bring awareness and hopefully help someone in need (if you are in a position to...

This week Aisling and Andrea discuss a new dating term that Aisling maintains she's been talking about for years (of course) which is the concept of 'cushioning'. Overlapping partners, basically, to cushion the emotional blow that moving between relationships can bring. We also give our best advice about how to break up with someone with respect and kindness, as well as detailing some of our own worst break ups. Follow us on Instagram @privateeducationpodcast, @aislingmkeenan and...

This week's episode is packed full of insights thanks to our guest, relationship coach Lisa McFarland. We talk about attachment styles, conflict styles and love languages among many other topics, and hopefully you'll venture online and take a test or two to see what you and your partner's attachment styles are and how you can understand each other better. You can find Lisa McFarland @relationship.coaching.ni on Instagram and at relationshipcoachni.com Follow us on Instagram...

This week on Private Education, we have a really candid and honest chat with Andrew Fitzsimons – Khloe Kardashian's close confidant and hair stylist – about growing up in Ireland as a gay man, trust issues in relationships and healing yourself before you can share your life with someone else. Andrew spoke so beautifully about his client Mariah Carey (!!) and how he "does not accept" that she's labelled a diva because she's professional and knows what she wants. A chat we really enjoyed having...

This week, from LA and Cork, Andrea and Aisling answer a listener query that involves layers of information and involves mismatched sex drives, blood tests and a very real marriage on the line. We also chat about public proposals, and more to the point: why no one should hijack their other half's special days (graduations, marathon completion, that sort of thing...) and use those times to pop the question. Follow us on Instagram @privateeducationpodcast, @aislingmkeenan and...

Andrea joins today's episode all the way from Los Angeles – she was poolside for the recording guys. Not able. We talk about dry spells, whether not having sex or not having sex often is a death knell for a relationship, and we discuss an interaction Aisling had in a lift with a strange man during the week. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram @privateeducationpodcast, @aislingmkeenan and @andreajanedoyle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we're chatting to Dr Maria McEvoy about Vaginismus, a condition that makes penetrative sex (or vaginal penetration of any kind) impossible. Vaginismus is not something we've heard being spoken about a lot, but we've had many great questions in to @privateeducationpodcast about it so we're glad to be covering it with Ireland's leading expert on the condition. Find out more, access research and read more about Dr McEvoy's research at vaginismusresearchireland.com and on Twitter...

This week, our guest Hazel Larkin joins us to discuss relationships with narcissists. We talk about how people who have Narcissistic Personality Disorder – which is something that's challenging to diagnose – can leave those they're romantically involved with with lasting trauma. If anything in this episode resonated with you and you'd like to speak to someone: www.womensaid.ie free phone 1800 341 900 www.safeireland.ie www.hse.ie/wellbeing www.mensaid.ie Follow us on Instagram...

This week the wonderful Kate Demolder joins us this week to talk about Love Island and the Gaeltacht, and why they're basically the same thing, and why your holiday romance *probably* won't work when you're back in reality. Also, we discuss how the person you turn into when on holiday is an idealised version of yourself. Enjoy! And leave us a review, if you feel like it. Follow us on Instagram @privateeducationpodcast, @katedemolder, @aislingmkeenan and @andreajanedoyle Hosted on Acast. See...

We had another episode planned for this week, but couldn't ignore a LIVE listener query, happening as we recorded. We're going to follow up, don't worry! Follow us on Instagram @privateeducationpodcast, @aislingmkeenan and @andreajanedoyle Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode, we welcome everyone back after a six week season break, we have a VERY long preamble (skip to, like, 25 mins in if you hate preambles) and we answer a listener email about going long-distance, and what they've decided to *NOT* count as cheating while they're far away from each other... It's an interesting one! Follow us on Instagram @privateeducationpodcast, @aislingmkeenan and @andreajanedoyle Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for...

This week, in the final episode of the new season of Private Education, we interview Evan, who has attended organised sex parties in clubs in Germany, the Netherlands and more. From witnessing a casual beside-the-bar rim job to seeing someone (NOT his boss, to be clear) being dominated in a cage, we ask him all the questions you might want answered. And we also propose a Private Ed field trip to a sex club – wanna come with? You can follow us @privateeducationpodcast on Instagram, or...

This week Andrea and I discuss arguments, and specifically: what you can and can't say in a fight. We're not the boss of you, so live your life, but if you'd like better, more harmonious arguments that you stand a chance of winning, we've got some 'donts' for you. You can follow us @privateeducationpodcast on Instagram, or @aislingmkeenan and @andreajanedoyle there too! #privateeducation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we answer two listener queries – the first is a partner who point blank refuses to get a vasectomy in spite of them being finished having children and her not wanting to pump hormones into her body for any more years, and the second is a woman who's boyfriend's ex-partner is part of his friend group and so she has to see her all the time and frequently finds herself comparing herself. You can follow us @privateeducationpodcast on Instagram, or @aislingmkeenan and @andreajanedoyle...

The lovely Eimear Varian Barry (@eimearvarianbarry) joins me this week to talk about life, love, breakups, loss, vulnerability and being ready to move on. Andrea and I also discuss how to build a healthy post-sex routine to keep all your bits intact. Join us! You can follow us @privateeducationpodcast on Instagram, or @aislingmkeenan and @andreajanedoyle there too. See you next week! #privateeducation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We go man v woman this week and get some very different perspectives on some sex and relationship topics, as well as discussing what gives us The Ick, where we stand on anal and whether lingerie is necessary, overkill or great for all involved. Join us, won't you? We'd love and adore a review or star rating or a share on social media if you were so inclined! Here are our handles... @privateeducationpodcast @aislingmkeenan @andreajanedoyle Until next week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy...

If you're not on 'the apps' and social life is stop-start (Pandemic, thanks for that), how in god's name are you supposed to meet the love of your life? Thanks to Isabel Bartak Healy @izzy_showbizzy for chatting to us about her Izzy Match Bizzy Instagram dating phenomenon, we're very excited to see who goes on the next iteration. Follow us @privateeducationpodcast and listen anywhere you get your podcasts! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chicago sex top shop owner and sexual wellness speaker Searah Deysach joins us this episode to discuss, among other things, how to communicate your sexual needs with your other half, what sexual wellness entails and means, and is scheduling sex a good or bad thing? Searah's sex toy store can be found at early2bed.com Follow the podcast @privateeducationpodcast Follow Aisling @aislingmkeenan and Andrea @andreajanedoyle We'd love a review or a star rating or a small parade, if you had the...

We're back this week to get into a deep dive on a previous relationship of Dre's that was FULL of amber and red flags, but they went unnoticed and then *dramatic pause* things were revealed that meant the whole thing was basically built on a foundation of untruths. She thought she got closure... She was wrong, and that was worse than not getting it at all. Follow us @privateeducationpodcast @aislingmkeenan @andreajanedoyle See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I'm so buzzed about this – it's not strictly relationships, but it's fun nonetheless. This week, I interview Jason Oppenheim about celebrity clients, about working in such a dramatic environment, being best mates with his ex and more... Enjoy! Amanza's episode is next Friday! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This one genuinely stumped us – a listener DMd Aisling recently saying that her affair is ruining her life. Our guest, Jenny Claffey (@pvssykat) of Red Room Podcast and formerly It Galz, chats the whole thing through with us and we try to give some solid guidance. For anyone affected by anything in this episode, here are some helpful links to domestic violence services, mental health services and low-cost counselling should that be of...

Welcome back! Daisy Buchanan is our guest this episode, and we chat to her about Insatiable, her sauce-filled book that had us gripped from page one. We also discover some startling news about anal and condoms, and we talk about the best sex position for your star sign. You can follow Daisy Buchanan here @thedaisybee, you can find Aisling @aislingmkeenan and Dre @andreajanedoyle. You can order her newest book Careering here and you can order Insatiable here. Follow @privateeducationpodcast...

We've a listener query this time – Her boyfriend used her phone to call someone, but when she got it back her Whatsapp was open and so was her camera roll. It raises the question: Do you trust your partner enough to give them your passwords? Or if your partner goes through your phone, does it indicate a lack of trust? And when does nosiness cross over into control? Dr Dre (@andreajanedoyle) joins me to discuss. Follow @privateeducationpodcast on Instagram You can also follow me...