From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
This is Modern Love.
Today on the show, I'm talking to Joan Price.
Joan is 82 years old, and I got to tell you, she is the sexiest 82-year-old I have ever met.
When she sat down to talk to me, she had bottles of lube lined up in the background.
This is Joan's whole thing.
She's a senior sex educator.
She teaches people how to stay in touch with their desire as they get older.
But a while back, Joan lost touch with her own sexuality.
When her husband died, she felt alienated from her body.
She was numb.
She couldn't have orgasms.
She couldn't feel the things she wanted to feel.
And she knew she had to do something.
She ended up writing a book about sex and grief, and that's why I wanted to talk to her
to learn more about this connection between two things that feel so opposite.
But as we talked, I realized what Joan has to say can apply to anybody,
even if you haven't lost someone.
Because most of us have had moments where we've lost touch with our desire, and according to Joan,
we can find our way back.