The disclosure herein includes an electric submersible pump assembly for pumping fluids from a wellbore, which electric submersible pump assembly may include: a pump; a housing coupled to the pump; a body disposed in the housing, wherein the body may have a central aperture, an outer surface, and a flow path disposed in the outer surface; and a shaft assembly disposed in the central aperture of the body, wherein the shaft assembly may have a central flow path disposed therethrough and a port in fluid communication with the central flow path, the central aperture of the body, and the flow path disposed in the outer surface of the body.