Breaking Free Authentically: The Sex Positive Relationship Podcast

Episode13: Journey Away From Shame Part 2 Explicit Today we finish the conversation with special guest and co-host Xavier Kain. We continue to talk about our journeys away from shame to authenticity. Our discussion starts with our connection with others and the beauty of finding your tribe. We laugh, tell stories, and go on tangents. Some of this weeks tangents take us to places like addiction, ST...

Episode12: Journey Away From Shame Part 1 Explicit Today I have a special guest co-host Xavier Kain. We talk about our journeys away from shame to authenticity. We discuss how religion played a part in the shame we felt in our lives. We laugh, tell stories, and go on tangents. However, we try to maintain the thread of shame and it's effects throughout the conversation. See if we managed to keep th...

Episode 11: Freedom & Red Flags Part 2 Explicit Today's episode features my lovely friend Connie Pretula . Connie Pretula, The Menopause Navigator and Holistic Wellness Strategist, creates bespoke and impactful health and wellness experiences to empower women to put themselves first so they can live their most vibrant and vivacious life after 50. At age 44 Connie was 30 pounds overweight, depresse...

Episode 10: Freedom & Red Flags Part 1 Explicit Today's episode features my lovely friend . Here are the ways you can get in contact with Connie and learn more about what she does. Today she shares her experience with polyamory. She talks about the wonderful Freedom and joy she experienced as she discovered this world. She is vulnerable about all the aspects of the experience including the negativ...

Episode 9: Powerlessness to Passion in Relationships Explicit Welcome back to Breaking Free Authentically! Today I have a special guest on the show. His name is Moritz Kerkmann Hood and he and his wife Sasha founded Kerkmann Hood Coaching. They are both experts on Human Sexuality. We talk about how to move from that feeling of powerlessness to rekindling passion once again in a relationship. We ta...

Episode8: Renegotiating and Redesigning Your Relationship Explicit Today I have a special guest on the show. We talk about renegotiating and redesigning our relationships. We change as we grow and so do our partners. It's important to realize that we are allowed to renegotiate a relationship. It should always be growing along with us. We are allowed to explore new things and have desires that don'...

Episode7: Monogamy, Non-Monogamy, and Misconceptions Explicit Have you ever wondered what the differences are between Monogamy and Non-Monogamy? Well, today you find out and we also take a look at 8 common misconceptions associated with Ethical or Consensual Non-Monogamy. We also take a look at the History of Monogamy and how it came to be. Are we meant to be monogamous? Is it more natural? Tune i...

Episode6: Relationship Myths and How They Affect Us Explicit Today we explore the relationship myths that keep us in unhealthy relationship patterns. We take a look at how it impacts the music we listen to about love and phrases we use regularly to convey love. We learn how to unpack some of these ideas to increase awareness about the effects of our programming on our relationships. [00:00] Intro...

Episode5: My Manifesto: Sharing My Mission, Vision, and Passion Explicit In this episode, I share with you My Manifesto! I explain to you my mission to normalize Ethical Non-Monogamy and my vision of how I plan on doing that. I want you to understand the passion I have for this work and why I think it's so transformative and life-changing. There is nothing quite like getting to be authentically me...

Episode4: Let's Talk About Sexual Shame Explicit What is Sexual Shame? “Sexual shame refers to the feeling of profound responsibility and deep remorse associated with participation in and/or thoughts and fantasies about sexual activity.”  - Dr. Kelifern Pomeranz, Psy. D., CST (Clinical Psychologist, Certified Sex Therapist, Coach, and Relationship Expert) "A high level of sexual shame can pla...

Episode3: The Secret to Having an Empowered Relationship Explicit What makes a good relationship? Everybody says that communication is the key to having a good relationship I disagree I believe that you must establish other things before you can have good communication Safety and Connection No communication without Safety No safety without Connection Novelty keeps things fresh and exciting Safety...

Episode 2: Sex Positivity and Why It's Important Explicit What is Sex Positivity? Taking a look at an article written by Morgan Mandriota called “All About Sex Positivity” https://psychcentral.com/health/sex-positivity-meaning It's well written and has some great explanations and resources “My personal working definition of ‘sex positivity’ is operating around the topics of human sexuality, health...

Episode 1: Bible School Graduate Turned Playboy Enthusiast Welcome to the very first podcast of Breaking Free Authentically.  I’m so excited to finally be sharing with you all these things going on in my head. I thought it would be good to start at the beginning of this whole journey for me as the past ten years have been so life-changing.  I want you to understand why the title Breaking...

Welcome to Breaking Free Authentically, The Sex Positive Relationship Podcast.  I’m your host Karine Bedard, and as an Elite Relationship Designer and Empowerment and Sex Positive Relationship Coach, I am passionate about helping my clients Break Free from the religious and societal programming they have been given about Sexuality and Relationships.  We are taught that there is a right w...