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Day 11 of the 30 Day Libido & Vitality Reset! 🔥
2 delish recipes (my FAVE choc mousse!!), TCM interview, self-pleasure guide, podcast eps and more.
"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." — Buddha
Hello, Honeys!
Happy Monday! As promised I’m here today to share some more inspiration for you on your libido & vitality reset journey this month ❤️
Before we begin though, a bit of housework. I’ve had some DM’s asking how this reset works, so I’m going to keep it simple:
Every Monday throughout September I will publish a Substack post with resources and a personal share. If you have the Substack app, you’ll be notified. You’ll also receive the post in an email.
If you’ve just joined us, you can find all archived posts here.
The entire reset is free. To be notified about new posts, make sure you subscribe to my Substack community below. I also recommending downloading the Substack app so you can take part in the Q&A’s on the chat feature!
Okay enough housekeeping, let’s get into the juicy stuff.
Here’s a little personal update from me via voice note this week …






HOW ARE YOU? How are you feeling? Challenges? Wins? Please share in the comments section, I’d love to hear from you and all is welcome ❤️
🎧 Audio Interview with Chinese Medicine Doctor, Tabitha Fennell.
Learn about how to increase vitality and libido the TCM way. This interview explores why our libido may be low, and explains how to build energy and increase vitality in a gentle way. Tabitha also speaks about her relationship with her husband and shares how they keep the intimacy and excitement alive after 30 + years together.
RAW CHOCOLATE MOUSSE
This is one of my favourite healthy treats. Sometimes I add coconut cream, too. And sprinkle cacao nibs on top for crunch. It’s SOOOOOO delicious!
Ingredients
½ ripe avocado
1 ripe banana
2 heaped tablespoons raw cacao powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Maple syrup (optional extra)
Pinch of sea salt (optional extra)
Double or triple ingredients if you want a decent batch (lol it won’t last long!)
Instructions
It's super easy.... blend until creamy smooth with a hand blender.
And enjoy every bit!
Don't turn your back on it for a second 'though, otherwise, it might disappear!
SHREDDED BEEF BRISKET
This is also a family fave in our household - it’s easy ( I just throw it all in our slow cooker) and so delicious!
Serves 6-8
Ingredients
1.3-1.5kg of beef brisket
1 red onion roughly sliced
3 cloves garlic sliced
1 tin (400g diced tomatoes)
100g tomato paste
1 cup orange juice (250ml)
1 cup bone broth (250ml)
2 TBSP organic maple syrup
2 TBSP Worcestershire sauce (preservative and GF!)
Spice crust: Use whatever you like! I sprinkle generously with garlic powder, onion powder, sprinkle of cinnamon, sumac, smoked paprika - whatever your heart desires!
Instructions
Preheat oven to 130c
In an oven proof casserole dish (about 4L), over a medium heat brown off your brisket on both sides, then allow to rest in a bowl to the side.
To the hot pan, add the garlic and onion and allow to caramelise and soften
Add the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, orange juice, bone broth, maple syrup and Worcestershire sauce. Then add your meat back in (the liquid should go about 2/3 of the way up the meat, allowing some of the meat to remain out of the liquid!)
Top the meat with your spices of choice
Place the lid on, and pop in the oven for around 6ish hours - until the meat is soft to touch and shreds easily!
Once soft, shred with two forks through the sauce
Totally optional, but if you have a lot of sauce I’d prefer it a bit thicker, turn the oven up to 180c and place the brisket back into the oven (lid off!) for about an hour until caramelised and delicious!!
Serve with beautiful mashed vegetables, in tacos, in a wrap, with rice, through pasta - the choices are endless!
Freezes well
I found this recipe over at Boob to Food. If you're looking for more awesome recipes, check out their website and IG @boobtofood.
PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS:
Podcast 046: Self-Pleasure as a Sacred Ritual
Masturbation offers so many physical benefits, from easing menstrual cramps to reducing stress and anxiety and even promoting better sleep. These all contribute to improved overall health and vitality, boosting your daily libido! Creating a sacred space for self-pleasure enhances this ritual even further. In this podcast episode, I talk about setting up this sacred space and offer some practical tips to help you transform your self-pleasure practice into the loving connection you desire.
Listen on Apple Podcast | Listen on Spotify | Listen on my Website
Listen directly below:
Podcast 138: Top Tips for Juicy Long Term Relationships, Plus Sex Dreams Unpacked! w/Tabitha Fennell
If you found Tabitha's wisdom in the above interview enjoyable, you'll love this fun podcast episode too! We explore so many interesting things like interpreting sex dreams about people other than your current partner, sustaining long-term relationships, navigating intimacy with young children, the benefits of regular therapy, how to avoid arguments, the concept of soulmates, handling jealousy towards your partner's friends, mismatched libidos, and much more!
Listen on Apple Podcast | Listen on Spotify | Listen on my Website
Listen directly below:
GUIDE TO SELF-PLEASURE:
Here’s a great resource I created to support your self-pleasure exploration, expand your orgasmic energy, and deepen your connection to yourself. It's accessible to paid subscribers, and if you're currently a free subscriber, you can unlock it with a 7-day FREE trial. Enjoy!
If you're seeking extra inspiration to make this part of the month all about self-pleasure – whether that looks like enjoying your favourite activities, practising self-care and relaxation, or showing yourself some good loving, here's a special tool to help you out 😉. I like to keep my beautiful Rose Quartz Pleasure Wand on an altar in my bedroom, as a reminder of my sexual essence and erotic nature, something I carry with me in everything I do!
You can shop for the Juliet Pleasure Wand and enjoy a 15% discount by using the code 'LIBIDORESET' at checkout.
Lots and lots of love always,
Juliet xo
P.S. This reset content is free, if you know of a friend of family member who’d love to join, share below :)
Day 11 of the 30 Day Libido & Vitality Reset! 🔥
I am really feeling this boost in self-esteem since establishing a morning routine, evening routine, and all the other great things about this reset. My body is fully detoxing just from eating super healthy and taking detoxifying supplements. So that's been a bit tough physically but empowering mentally. My sleep is slowly but surely improving, but still hit and miss I guess. I feel empowered to have tools and resources to help with that now though. My boundary-setting is getting clearer and more certain, which I know will protect me from so much going forward. And I feel more optimistic, which comes with the self-esteem I guess. The challenges for me have been my gut and sleep issues getting in the way by creating fatigue and low mood/energy. But the wins are that I haven't allowed it to stop my routines, including exercise - I just exercise lighter if I'm tired. And mostly the exercise makes me feel less tired! Lesson learned there! I can't actually imagine going back to not having these tools in place. I think this new way of existing is here to stay (or evolve). I also introduced alkaline breathwork to my morning routine...and WOW. It's honestly like my chronic fatigue is 80-90% gone. I don't wanna jinx it but it's pretty incredible how powerful just 15-20 minutes of breathing a certain way can be! Thanks so much for the inspiration Juliet and everyone else in this community! <3
I absolutely love your voice notes! And you’re so right that they are easier…and more connected. That’s why I fell in love with your podcast all those years ago!
I’m constantly sending them. This would be a voice note reply if I could. lol 😆
So things have been a little wonky still (and will be for quite awhile I feel). My partner has been amazing about supporting me through this rough patch.
Sleep has been tough, some nights I’m at the hospital with mom, I’m not sleeping much at all. But on nights I’m home I’ve been taking a magnesium supplement and sleeping really well. My consistent morning routine has been doing a super short stretch routine, taking my mushroom supplements (either a blend of cordyceps, reishi, lionsmane and turkey tail- or and MD of our home grown batch) which has really been supporting my energy and positivity. Exercise has consisted mostly of a commitment to take the stairs at the hospital whenever possible 😜 I’m also fortunate that my work is physical. Food has been okay. my teenager makes us breakfast most mornings 🙌🏻 and we have easy healthy things on hand for that. I make my work salads in bulk for the week so that’s been good. Dinners at home are always healthy. But when I’ve been in hospital it’s been less than healthy, take out or cafeteria choices.
Mostly my libido has been super low, due to all the things. However! My sister was in town and with my parents for the weekend. Our kiddos were all with their other parents for the weekend. My man made me dinner Friday night, tucked me into bed for 12 hours of sleep… I woke up that morning so hungry for him! We made love like five times on Saturday. While folding laundry, tidying the kitchen, painting some furniture for our upcoming wedding, while walking our dog through the secluded part of the park… and then finally while in bed for the night. 😍🥰
It’s back to the busy life again now, but we’ve been texting and sneaking in little remarks about the weekend- keeping that love and connection flowing. 💗