115: Creating Your Own Sexual Story with Mattie Jo

This episode, Julianne interviews Mattie Jo, an actor, writer, and unintentional fitspo living mostly on instagram, but also in New York City.

In her blog God, Sex, and Rich People, Mattie Jo shares true stories from her life to entertain New Yorkers and Midwesterners alike by highlighting the nuanced details of navigating adulthood as a New York City actor from an Evangelical Midwestern background. “From purity rings to sex with pop stars, and learning how to not hate myself, I share the honest, raw, comedic realities of figuring out faith, fucking, and how to be famous already.”

You can find her comedic storytelling at mattiejocowsert.com/blog (PS be sure to subscribe!) as well as on Instagram @mattiejocowsert. Feel free to DM with any questions regarding Faith, Film, Fitness, And Fucking. 

In this episode, Julianne and Maddie Jo talk about

• Growing up in a more rigid belief structure
• Faith and sexuality
• The outside influences that unconsciously shape our inner selves and relationship to our sexuality
• Releasing the stories not meant for you
• Building your own sexual story

“You are literally told that your personal desires are sinful, so you learn to treat yourself as the villain, and so you’re always looking to outsource your decision making.”
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