What happens when you reach the top and it still doesn't feel like enough?

In this episode of GUTS, host Topaz Adizes sits down with Shan Boodram, board-certified sexologist, bestselling author, and one of the most recognized voices in modern intimacy. After more than a decade of building a career around human connection, Shan hit a wall, a moment of hyper-isolation that forced her to question everything she had been running toward, and whether she had actually been running away from something deeper.

Through stories from her upbringing, her marriage, her creative work, and her relationship with social media, Shan opens up about the tension between needing validation and finding genuine purpose, and what it looks like to finally explore the different types of love that were missing from her life.

In this episode, we explore:

- Growing up with immigrant parents and professional caregivers

- The sediments that shape a life

- Intimacy, desire, and building a body of work

- Social media, discardability, and the fear of being forgotten

- Finding meaning beyond performance

- What it looks like to stop running and start living

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