Dr. Nan will explain why pleasure is not a luxury, but a necessity for overall wellbeing. She will address how imbalances in our seven-core wired-in emotional systems contribute to anhedonia, or the inability to experience pleasure. This pleasure crisis is evidenced by soaring epidemics of anxiety and mood disorders, stress-related illnesses, and a widespread sexual recession.

Dr. Nan Wise is a certified sex therapist, relationship specialist, neuroscience researcher, and author of Why Good Sex Matters: Understanding the Neuroscience of Pleasure for a Smarter, Happier, and More Purpose-Filled Life. Dr. Nan has appeared on The Today Show and contributed her expert opinion to many media outlets and high-profile Podcasts, such as Shameless Sex. She writes regularly for Psychology Today and Glamour.