Trigger Warning: This article contains references about sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. I was 25 when I finally got into therapy for sexual assault. By then, I had been molested by my father, raped by a college classmate and then raped yet again by a coworker. For years I had tried …
It’s no secret that I am on a mission to heal shame. I feel deep in my bones that shame is the cause of so much that hurts and harms all of us. The irony for me is that if we could openly talk about ourselves and our lives without feeling ashamed, we would be …
Hey, I don’t want to overwhelm you with too much sex talk, but if you think you can handle it, you seriously want to listen to the super fun conversation I recently shared with Jennifer Wallace! We covered just about everything about sex that could be covered in one hour and 12 minutes. For instance, …
Your sensual/sexual self holds the key! To what? Just about everything. Your personal power, your professional competence, your spiritual passions and your creativity all originate from your sexual core. When you are connected to your sexuality without fear or shame, you are empowered to accomplish your goals and manifest the life of your dreams. Unfortunately, many …
That’s me pretending to talk on the phone in a hotel room. This was a staged photo for an interview in the New York Times. Jeff Goodell, who now writes for Rolling Stone, interviewed me for the Times in 2001 and this photo was taken by Gail Albert Halaban, a professional photographer hired by the …
Pleasure is our birthright. Yet the beliefs and attitudes communicated to us by our family, friends and other influential people, can present us with many obstacles to sensuality. Shame is a huge obstacle to pleasure. Many of us have been shamed about our bodies in one way or another. That shaming can target many aspects …
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