Podcast Season 3 Episode 1 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 48:38 min We’re back with a new season! Karen talks with somatic sex educator and prolific author Caffyn Jesse about somatic sex therapy as a way to heal from trauma and expand your pleasure capacity in all parts of life. They also discuss the somatic sex educator […]
#S2E53 | Eavesdropping: Masturbation Ruts
Podcast Season 2, Episode 53, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 40:40 minutes Do you feel stuck in the same pattern whenever you masturbate? How can you reset and start to form a healthy masturbation practice? In this latest Eavesdropping ep, sex writer Jera Brown sparks an impromtu convo with Karen on understanding and getting unstuck from masturbation habits that aren’t […]
#S2E51 | Working through pre-sex anxiety
Podcast Season 2, Episode 51, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 20:55 minutes A listener asks what to do about feeling anxious before sex with a new partner. Panelists offer techniques to get present, reframe spinning thoughts, and set the scene for pleasure. Transcript Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Elmo Painter Tazima Parris Erica Washington Episode Subjects Anxiety Body Awareness Embodiment Expectations […]
#S2E50 | Receiving and Giving More Pleasure with Betty Martin
Podcast Season 2, Episode 50, with Host Karen Yates [Rebroadcast] Running time: 55:45min Several recent episodes have touched on Betty Martin’s critical work with intimate communication and consent, so we’re revisiting our interview with Martin herself. Sex coach, former sex worker, and Wheel of Consent creator Betty Martin talks to Karen about her book, 40 years of touching people, and how […]
#S2E48 | Do you need a surrogate partner?
Podcast Season 2, Episode 48, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 50:52 minutes What exactly does a surrogate partner do? In a continuing exploration of sex work today, we hear from two professional surrogates about the intimate work of redressing trauma, dismantling unhealthy assumptions about sex, and helping clients move toward the relationships they want. Transcript Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Brian […]
#S2E32 | Erotic biography: sex, energy, and Tantra
Podcast Season 2, Episode 32, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 39:23min One woman’s story of moving from a “don’t talk about sex” childhood to a sexually disconnected adulthood, then finally discovering Tantra, energy work, and her own sexual desire and power. Transcript Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Sondra Vallery Episode Subjects Body Awareness Consent Embodiment Energy Work Erotic Biography Masturbation […]
#S2E25 | Receiving and Giving More Pleasure with Betty Martin
Podcast Season 2, Episode 25, with Host Karen Yates Running time: 54:58min “How would you like me to touch you?” Has anyone ever asked you that? Sex coach, former sex worker, and Wheel of Consent creator Betty Martin talks to Karen Yates about her new book, 40 years of touching people, and how to practice giving and receiving pleasure. Transcript Episodes Topics RSS […]
#S2E5 | Body Confidence in the Bedroom
Podcast / Season 2, Episode 5 / with Host Karen Yates What would you do if you had complete body confidence in sexual situations? Our audience responds to the prompt: “If I had total body confidence, I’d…”. Panelists Niquie Dworkin, psychotherapist, Pat Cochran, sex-positive psychologist, and Matthew Amador, psychotherapist for love, sex, and gender rebels, offer strategies for getting out of your […]
