Reclaiming Pleasure After 50: My Conversation With Suzanne Noble
A real girl conversation about desire, aging, and finally owning our bodies!
Consider this a quick post-Thanksgiving break for your brain after the carbs took over!
I recently sat down with Suzanne Noble, writer (aka Suzanne Portnoy), podcaster, and outspoken advocate for sexual pleasure in later life through Sex Advice for Seniors and Advantages of Age, for a conversation that felt like two midlife women finally saying out loud what most of us were never taught, encouraged to ask, or given permission to explore.
Suzanne and I first connected right here on Substack, and our conversation goes straight to the heart of what fuels my work here and my upcoming book, Real Girls Guide to Midlife. We talked about rediscovering desire in midlife, learning your own body after years of ignoring it, and why pleasure absolutely does not have an expiration date.
I shared parts of my own story—finding that old red folder of book notes from age 35, understanding self-pleasure for the first time in my 40s, and choosing a partner who made desire feel safe instead of shameful.
What we both agreed on is simple: midlife isn’t the end... it’s the beginning of finally claiming what’s yours.
For anyone who’s ever wondered whether they’re “late to the party,” curious about changing libido, or just tired of acting like pleasure is a young woman’s game, this episode will land.
And if anything we said sparks something in you... a memory, a question, an “oh wow, that’s me” moment, come tell me. These are the conversations we should’ve been having decades ago. No shame. No apologies. Just real women finally talking about real things.
Listen to the episode: Reclaiming Pleasure: Angela Burk on Midlife, Sex & Self-Discovery here.
Find Suzanne’s Substack: Sex Advice for Seniors here:
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We’ve earned every wrinkle. Might as well make more laugh lines together.
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