Awakening The Body

“Sexual shame causes profound wounding in people’s lives, because it hurts in their ability to do attachment, to give love, and to receive love. They don’t believe they are fundamentally worthy of love, and so they put up a mask. So if somebody loves them, they think that they couldn’t possibly love me if they knew who I was. So that love doesn’t get in. And then, the loving coming out is behind t...

“I applied that touch to myself to attune to my own body. At first it was really hard, I was extremely disconnected from my body. I loathed it. I felt disgusting. I did all the things, ..I set timers, … intentional practise of an hour of this. A lot of boredom. Then eventually my body started telling me the stories of my life through my fingers. I felt the lines in my face and I remembered my time...

This 10th episode is a conversation with Jaclyn Lanthier, around Lichen Sclerosis. We talk about what it is, the importance of diagnosis, hormones and their possible importance as an adjunct therapy, self touch and myofascial release, vibrators, the difficulties of folks with penis’s getting support and a diagnosis, and how much care and love is necessary for all of our genitals. Jaclyn is a vulva...

Episode 9: Tyson Adams: Porn Addiction, Circumcision, and a Pathway Back to Wholeness “There is a study done in 2015 that showed that 85/87% …of the porn that were the top 20/25 videos of that year, contained some form of violence, sexism, and or gender-ism, in the sense of the male was receiving the orgasms and the women were receiving a very small amount of those orgasms. And so, what’s importan...

Pleasure Is An Inside Job "Self pleasuring is a never ending practise and you can keep that because I was my first partner when I was young, and I will be the last at the end of my life maybe. So I should have a good relationship with that person, and that’s me…It’s just healthy relationship with yourself.” Marika Tousignant is an intimacy coach, somatic sex educator, sexological bodyworker, pleas...

“There is nothing more extraordinary than, when you can resource your body enough, get enough support, to embody the people that have harmed you. It’s such a lesson in understanding intergenerational trauma. That  there are no villains or victims. But that, as Gabor Maté says, there’s a lot of hurting people. “ Rita Bozi is a multidisciplinary Somatic Relational trauma-informed Facilitator an...

In this episode, we delve into Jennie Anstey's fascinating journey towards embodiment and explore how it aligns with her work both in the water and on the land. Jennie opens up about the referential experiences that have been instrumental in helping her navigate the complexities of supporting a full practice of clients while still maintaining a fulfilling life encompassing dance, movement, teachin...

This episode focuses on how my own personal and professional growth and learning have enabled me to assist others in their journeys of flourishing. Evelyne's perspective enriches our dialogue and helps in highlighting my journey, learnings and practice so you can have a deeper understanding of how I approach somatic sex education, sex work, and trauma healing. Evelyne Chevry is a multifaceted iden...

A conversation circling around Caffyn’s most recent book, Love and Death in a Queer Universe. Caffyn Jesse is a queer elder, sacred intimate, teacher and writer who revels in the power and pleasures of the erotic. They are a renowned teacher of sex, intimacy and healing trauma with pleasure. Encouraging neuroplastic change to support sexual healing and expanded pleasure, unwinding sexual trauma, e...

“The soul feels unsafe in a frightened body. Let’s prepare your body to be a home for the soul again.” Mehdi - Mehdi  has been a psychotherapist for over 25 years. He specializes in in trauma and sex. Mehdi has graduate degrees in counselling psychology and art therapy, and training in sandplay therapy, sexological bodywork and somatic sex educatio...

Elodie Jouvenot shares some of her life’s journey as a somatic intimacy coach, intimacy facilitator, sacred space holder, and founder of Ecstatic Temple in Montreal. We have conversations  touching on ecosexuality, psychedelics, trauma, purpose, healing and ecstasy. Resources: Elodie’s website Ecstatic Temple — Racheal Charlie: www.rachealcharlie.com If you want to support my podcast, you can...