Podcast Season 3 Episode 16Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 43:28 min Do you talk to your therapist about your sex life? How can you find a sex-positive provider who works for you? Three professionals discuss what to look for and how to start the conversation. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Blake Mackie, Hannah […]
#S3E12 | Making sex accessible for all with Shauna Farabaugh
Podcast Season 3 Episode 12Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 45:24 min What happens in the world if we accept that all of us are a little bit different? Karen interviews Shauna Farabaugh, a somatic sex educator working with people who have temporary and permanent disabilities, and with organizations that serve people with disabilities. Episodes Topics RSS […]
#S3E11 | Men, Trauma and Sex with JoJo Bear
Podcast Season 3 Episode 11Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 45:32 min What do male-identified people hold in their bodies that keeps them from greater pleasure? Karen interviews JoJo Bear, a somatic sex and intimacy guide, about what he’s learned from years of working with men. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links JoJo Bear Betty […]
#S3E1 | Sexual Healing with Caffyn Jesse
Podcast Season 3 Episode 1 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 48:15 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 […]
#S2E51 | Working through pre-sex anxiety
Podcast Season 2 Episode 51 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 20:55 min 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. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Erica Washington – Sex-positive holistic mental […]
#S2E48 | Do you need a surrogate partner?
Podcast Season 2 Episode 48 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 50:52 min 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. Episodes Topics RSS […]
#S2E20 | From Pro Domme to Psychotherapist
Podcast Season 2 Episode 20 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 48:51 min What can kink teach us about community, energy work, and trauma? In this erotic biography episode, somatic psychotherapist Elmo Painter talks about her history as a professional dominatrix, and how working with the body and energy then directly informs her therapeutic practice today. Karen Yates […]
#S2E8 | Get Into Your Body
Podcast Season 2 Episode 8 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 27:47 min If you’re not in your body, where are you? In a sneak peek of a recent Q&A from The Afterglow, somatic educator, body worker, and empowerment self-defense teacher Diane Long; kinkster and relationship coach MksThingsHappin; and psychotherapist Matthew Amador respond to a listener who asks […]
