Sensuality, Pain & Pleasure - Get Into Your Body with Aisha Paris Smith

What happens when you stop seeing your body as a burden—and start experiencing it as a source of power, pleasure, and healing?

I’m Fine in collaboration with The House of KoKo: Life in Motion PRESENTS:

In this electric live recording at KOKO Camden, Jean sits down with somatic sexologist, speaker, and sexological bodyworker Aisha Paris Smith for a deeply moving and radically honest conversation about what it really means to come home to your body. Together, they explore the intersection of sensuality, trauma, chronic pain, and the often-forgotten truth that pleasure isn’t just a luxury—it’s a tool for repair.

Topics We Cover
[00:02:00] Welcome, Introductions & Why This Conversation Matters
[00:07:00] Guided Grounding: How Does It Feel to Be in Your Body Today?
[00:14:00] Why We Disconnect: Culture, Shame & the Stories We Hold
[00:17:00] The Impact of Porn & Overstimulation on Sensual Connection
[00:21:00] What Desensitizes Us—And What Helps Us Feel Again
[00:24:00] Productivity Culture, Disembodiment & Reclaiming Rest
[00:25:30] Body Image, Media Messages & the Pleasure Triangle
[00:28:00] Is Pleasure a Luxury or a Necessity?
[00:31:00] What Sensuality Actually Looks Like in Everyday Life
[00:33:00] The Fear of Pleasure & Why We Resist Slowing Down
[00:35:00] Internal ‘No’s: Shame, Safety, and the Cost of Disconnection
[00:39:00] Emotions as Messengers & How to Let Them Move Through
[00:42:00] Embodied Yes vs. Disembodied Decisions
[00:43:00] Vulnerability & Why It’s the Root of Real Pleasure
[00:45:00] Let’s Talk About Genitals: Normalizing What’s Always There
[00:48:00] Practical Tools for Reconnecting With Your Body
[00:51:00] Chronic Pain & Trusting a Body That’s Hurt You
[00:56:00] Birth Control & Hormones: What Happens When Chemistry Conflicts with Desire

This episode is for you if...
•⁠  ⁠You feel disconnected from your body or pleasure
•⁠  ⁠You're curious about somatics, sensuality, or sex coaching
•⁠  ⁠You live with pain and want to reconnect with your body gently
•⁠  ⁠You want to bring more aliveness into your everyday life—on your terms

About Aisha Paris Smith
Aisha is a certified somatic sex and life coach, speaker, and sexological bodyworker. She works with individuals and couples to unlock intimacy, rewire narratives of shame, and build trust in their own bodies. Her work has been featured in The Times, The Evening Standard, and FT How To Spend It.

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Brought to you by: LIFE IN MOTION in collaboration with The House of KOKO 

Host: Jean Campbell

Guest: Aisha Paris Smith 

Executive Producer: Jean Campbell

Producer: 

Julien Plante 

KOKO Productions 

Wicked Child Studio, Hailey Rovner Malach

Composer: Eduoardo Vella