In part two of Sex After Infertility and Grief, we pick up where we left off with Mina talking about blocking trolls on social media. From there, we explore how trauma resides in the body and the body and brain connection. We discuss the importance of health and fitness and how working out is key to our mental state. We chat about the different love languages and attachment styles, and how communication is key. We talk about sex before and after having kids, how sex changes with our different...

Mina Starsiak Hawk is the star of HGTV’s Good Bones which wrapped its eight-season run this October 2023. Mina has also been seen on HGTV’s Rock the Block and A Very Brady Renovation. She is the co-founder and owner of Two Chicks and a Hammer and hosts the podcast Mina AF.  Stephen Hawk is a certified nutrition and fitness expert and the owner and founder of Hawkfit. In this episode, Mina and Steve open up about their struggles with infertility. We talk about listening to our gut and...

Rory Uphold is an actress, producer, writer, and comedienne. She is the host of Crimes of the Heart, a love and dating podcast with a true crime twist. Part storytelling and part advice column, Crimes of the Heart helps you navigate dating in the digital age and make you feel less alone in the process. Rory has over 14M+ views on digital shows she’s created and starred in. She has written songs that have played everywhere from Superbowl commercials to critically acclaimed shows like Girls....

Sam Mack is a retired porn and adult film star (Samantha Mack) and was the creator of Porn Boot Camp. She hosted The Badass Film Festival, the Adult Entertainment Award Show, and has directed, written, and produced. She is currently hosting the new late-night talk show ASN Underground with Sam Mack. In this episode, we talk about her origin story – what got her into porn and what life is like now since retiring three years ago. We talk about her going from working in a strip club to fetish...

Erin Bagwell is a documentary filmmaker and maternal mental health advocate. In 2014 Erin raised over 100k on Kickstarter to fund and produce her first feature-length film Dream, Girl about women entrepreneurs. Dream, Girl premiered at Obama's White House and caught the eye of Oprah. Erin was one of Oprah's Super Soul 100. In 2018 Erin became a mother and started filming “Year One” a documentary that takes an intimate look at the everyday extraordinary moments of being a mom, while also...

Erin Keating is an Innovative creative leader with a track record of Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original programming for TV and mobile. She has had Senior creative roles at Snapchat, Big Beach TV, IFC TV, and Magna Global Entertainment and was the Supervising Producer of the iconic sketch series Portlandia. She is the founder of media and lifestyle brand Hotter Than Ever and host of the Hotter Than Ever podcast, inspiring women over 40 to break the unconscious rules that have shaped our...

At 6 years old, Alexandra Capellini was diagnosed with bone cancer which led to many months of chemotherapy and ultimately an above-knee amputation of her right leg. We reached out to Alexandra after reading her Modern Love Article “His Comfort Is Not My Responsibility" in The New York Times. In this episode, we talk about navigating all the dating apps, when you tell a guy you have a prosthetic leg, and not only accepting our bodies but celebrating them. She is a skier, rock climber, and an...

Blythe and Kesley Howard are sisters and founders of The Chemo Queens. The Chemo Queens is dedicated to empowering and supporting those with cancer by providing the tools, resources, and community you need to navigate this journey with grit & glamour. In 2021, at the age of 37 Kesley received a diagnosis of Triple Negative Breast Cancer. On Jan 12th, 2022, after 20 rounds of chemo, Kesley rang the bell to celebrate her last and final treatment. Throughout the nine months of her cancer...

Nikea Gamby-Turner is an actress living in Los Angeles, California. She can currently be seen on Abbott Elementary and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. By the age of 13, Nikea was a 34DD. Developing so young and quickly caused her emotional issues. In college, she was finally able to fall in love with her breasts and find her sexual prowess. Then at 30 years old Nikea was diagnosed with breast cancer. She first had a lumpectomy and then 6 months later had a double mastectomy. In total, she...

Stephanie Germino’s Grandmother Aunt, uncle, and mother all tested positive for the BRCA gene for breast cancer. Her mother and grandmother chose to have preventive Double mastectomies with reconstruction. At 27, Stephanie made the decision to get genetic testing. She tested positive for the BRCA 1 genetic mutation which gave her an 87 percent chance of developing Breast cancer in her lifetime. At 28 she made the choice to get a prophylactic Double Mastectomy without reconstruction, opting...

Holly Tarkon is an actress and writer living in Los Angeles. She was a G cup pushing an H, had a 13-inch difference between her bust and her waist, and struggled with terrible back issues. Holly grew up in a conservative town in Alaska where there was a tremendous amount of shame built around young women’s bodies. As a young girl with very large breasts, she would get called out by leaders in her community for wearing the exact same thing a smaller-chested girl was wearing. The attention she...

We are so excited to be launching our first episode of Sex After on my 14-year anniversary of being cancer-free and for Breast Cancer Awareness month. I thought it was important for listeners to get to know me and understand why I chose to create and host this podcast. I sat down with my producer Chris DeRosa for an unfiltered and spontaneous conversation. I had absolutely no idea what he was going to ask me, and nothing was off the table. We chat a lot about sex and dating before and after...

In Sex After, we are getting raw and honest about the most challenging aspects of sex, intimacy, and relationships after seismic change. We’re having intimate and unfiltered conversations with people who’ve been through life-altering experiences, and I’m finding out what sex and intimacy are like for them in the "After." We’re getting naked physically, and getting naked emotionally. This is Sex After. Subscribe now and be ready for the show's premiere very soon! You can find Amy at...