The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 7, with host Karen Yates Fifty years since it began, surrogate partner work is being embraced again as a cutting-edge somatic therapeutic modality, one more people are choosing as a career. Recurring guest Brandon Hunter-Haydon talks about his own journey and what it takes to do the work successfully. Episode Links Guest Links: […]
Coming out as queer — or anything else! [Rebroadcast]
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 4, with host Karen Yates Has your identity shifted? Do you want to tell others about it – and if so, how? Panelists answer a listener question on the value and meaning of coming out as queer (or as anything!). Episode Links Guest Links Matthew Amador – Psychotherapist for love, sex, & gender […]
Religion and Sex Guilt
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 18, with host Karen Yates Can you get beyond religious guilt in your sex life? Can you be a religious person and also kinky, queer, polyamorous? This deep conversation explores themes of faith, the damage restrictive religions can do to our erotic spirit, and how to work toward getting free. Episode Links Jera Brown […]
Should We Open Up Our Relationship?
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 3, Episode 14, with host Karen Yates When is the right time to start a polyamory convo with a long-term partner? Panelists respond to a listener who’s on the fence about opening up a monogamous relationship. Episode Links Tazima Parris – Sex coach and pleasure mentor Matthew Amador – Psychotherapist for love, sex, & gender […]
Eavesdropping: Is Suffering Optional?
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 49, with host Karen Yates Do you avoid difficult conversations with partners, or leap right into the sticky stuff? In the second episode in our Eavesdropping series — unplanned, no-holds-barred conversations, beginning with a guest’s question for Karen — Brandon Hunter-Haydon asks, “What does it mean to choose pain over suffering?” Episode Links […]
Coming Out As Queer
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 45, with host Karen Yates Has your identity shifted? Do you want to… tell anyone about it? Panelists answer a listener question on the value and meaning of coming out as queer (or as anything!). Episode Links Matthew Amador – Psychotherapist for love, sex, & gender rebels Elmo Painter-Edington, LPC, SEP, ASDI – Neurodiversity-affirming therapist […]
“Help! My Partner Wants Me to Dom Her”
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 42, with host Karen Yates Panelists respond to a nervous listener whose partner wants to be dominated in bed. Episode Links Goddess Erica – Tantric doula and empowerment coach Ren Grabert – Sex educator Brandon Hunter-Haydon – Surrogate Partner and Intimacy Coach A worksheet to talk to partners about sex – Autostraddle Make Love […]
Easy Sex with Friends + “Topless”
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 41, with host Karen Yates “Do I enjoy sex with friends, and risk losing the friendship? Or do I find strangers, and keep my friends separate?” Panelists weigh in on mixing sex into established platonic relationships, and a storyteller recounts the terror and thrill of going topless onstage. Episode Chapters PANEL: Sex With Friends […]
“Everything’s Changed”: Dating & Relationships in the Time of COVID
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 38, with host Karen Yates Many people are radically re-examining their relationship values — both in dating and with long-term partners — after a year and a half of pandemic living. Panelists discuss newfound pickiness on dating apps, being honest with yourself, and finding your center in a time of crisis. Episode Links Tazima Parris […]
“How Do You Move a Fantasy Into Real Life?”
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 33, with host Karen Yates We tackle a listener question about how to make a sex fantasy reality. Our sexpert panel give you important things to consider and how to overcome shame in order to have the sex you want. Episode Links Matthew Amador – Psychotherapist for love, sex, & gender rebels Elmo […]
“My Partner Stopped Wanting Sex…”
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 23, with host Karen Yates “My long-term partner stopped wanting sex a few years ago. I bring it up from time to time, but nothing happens… Suggestions?” Our panel of sexperts tackles this tough question from a supporter as part of our exclusive monthly Q&A for Patreon members. Plus, Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound® […]
How to Get Good at Sex
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 2, Episode 14, with host Karen Yates Afraid of putting a kinky desire out there? A newbie kinkster question leads to a surprising answer from our sexpert panel with sex and intimacy coach Tazima Parris, therapist and founder of Best Therapies Jason Best and psychotherapist and intimacy coach Brandon Hunter-Haydon. Plus Karen Yates’ Sermon on the Pubic […]
