010 | Intimacy: “From the Exam Room to the Bedroom: The Breakthrough Tech Changing Sexual Health for Men and Women” with my friend Dr. Jaren Blake
▶︎▶︎ EPISODE NOTES
Jonathan Sherman introduces Dr. Jaren Blake of Blake Family Medicine, who describes how working in rural Idaho at a self-funded, on-site employee clinic with free meds, included labs, and on-time appointments reshaped his view of healthcare and inspired his direct primary care (DPC) subscription practice in Provo. Blake explains his $80/month adult and $20/month child model offering unlimited primary care access, longer visits, and direct communication without insurance-driven barriers, emphasizing autonomy and relationship-based care. The conversation then shifts to sexual health, where Blake discusses underaddressed intimacy concerns and his clinic’s technologies for erectile dysfunction and women’s issues such as urinary incontinence and menopausal genital-urinary symptoms, using radiofrequency and neuromuscular treatments alongside tailored hormone therapy. He shares how to contact his clinic and points listeners to DPC Frontier to find similar practices.
00:00 Meet Dr Jaron Blake
01:17 Rural Idaho Turning Point
02:00 The Free Onsite Clinic
03:05 Why Free Saves Money
06:29 Community Care Culture
07:37 Launching Direct Primary Care
08:37 How The Subscription Works
11:02 Access Texts And Longer Visits
17:00 Removing Barriers To Care
21:22 Designing Medicine Like Apple
27:04 Trust Time And Better Outcomes
29:42 Pivot To Intimacy And Sex Health
30:04 Candid Sexual Health
30:18 Sponsor Message
31:22 Why Doctors Avoid Intimacy
34:00 Men’s ED Rejuvenation Tech
38:01 Women’s Incontinence And GSM
41:15 Treatment Options For Women
43:43 Why Viagra Stops Working
50:26 Couples Approach And Play
54:41 DPC Time For Real Concerns
56:34 Contact And Wrap Up
Referenced Resources:
Blake Family Medicine
DPC Frontier
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