The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 8, with host Karen Yates Learn essential intimacy and communication skills when dating transgender and gender nonconforming people in this lively interview with sex and gender therapist Rae McDaniel. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Click on guest name(s) for all podcast appearances Browse episodes by guests Episode Subjects Click on topics for […]
S4E7 | Becoming a Surrogate Partner
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. Episodes Topics RSS Episode […]
S4E5 | Intimacy Help, Pegging How-Tos, and More: Feb Live Show
The Wild & Sublime PodcastSeason 4, Episode 5, with host Karen Yates The live Valentine’s Spectacular serves up a panel chat on increasing intimacy, an interview with The Pegging Book authors, Karen’s Sermon about the gifts of an unexpected health event, and more. Recorded at Constellation in Chicago. Live show sponsor: Rowan Tree Counseling Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode […]
S4E4 | 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!). Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Matthew Amador – Psychotherapist […]
#S3E22 | Sexy Social Audio with MŌN
Podcast Season 3 Episode 22Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 41:49 min Karen interviews Cale Jones, founder of The MŌN App, a new social audio app that promotes live sex conversation, exploration, and education. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links The MŌN App Let’s Talk Sex Summit – Oct 10-13 I’m looking for… Episodes […]
#S3E17 | “Sex When You Don’t Feel Like It” with Cyndi Darnell
Podcast Season 3 Episode 17Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 44:49 min Karen interviews sexologist Cyndi Darnell about her new book that helps you connect to your authentic desires and work with mismatched libidos within partnership. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Cyndi Darnell – Sex & relationship therapist, clinical & somatic sexologist Buy […]
#S3E16 | How to Talk to a Therapist About Sex
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 […]
#S3E14 | Should We Open Up Our Relationship?
Podcast Season 3 Episode 14Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 24:16 min 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. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Tazima Parris – Sex Coach Matthew Amador […]
#S3E9 | Bonus Episode: Humor in bed — yes or no?
Podcast Season 3 Episode 9Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 13:56 min Do you laugh during sex? Or are you very serious when things get steamy? Panelists respond to a listener question about different attitudes toward humor in the bedroom. Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Cassie Porter – Somatic sex educator, sexological bodyworker and body-centered […]
#S2E49 | Eavesdropping: Is suffering optional?
Podcast Season 2 Episode 49 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 51:14 min 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 […]
#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 […]
#S2E45 | Coming Out as Queer
Podcast Season 2 Episode 45 Host: Karen Yates Running Time: 8:40 min 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!). Episodes Topics RSS Episode Guests Episode Subjects Episode Links Matthew Amador – Psychotherapist for love, […]