The Heart of Jacks Podcast

Episode #14 - A Tantra Primer with Rick Laska

Guest: Rick Laska

Released March 15, 2021

Sponsored by Woodhull Freedom Foundation at https://woodhullfoundation.org

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Barking dogs and garage doors

Pursuing the bate-life balance

And a mindful talk about tantra with Rick Laska

Segment 1: Paul wants to talk to you about your "Bate/Life Balance," how adults who masturbate frequently balance this part of their lives with everything else being a grownup requires of us. It may sound strange, but the extension of our cultural reticence with regard to masturbation can leave people in a "denial/release" cycle of cutting out self-pleasure followed by periods of sacrificing everything else. Paul is looking for guest suggestions to chew on this topic of making healthy self-pleasuring a balanced part of our adult lives.

Segment 2: Rick Laska is a clinical social worker and certified sex therapist in the Twin Cities Metro Area in Minnesota. He has been involved in the field of sexual health and wellness for over 2 decades. He is passionate about pleasure, intimacy, and connection as well as overcoming the oppressive forces trying to stifle those things. Paul and Rick talk about his path to social work and sex therapy, and dive into the fundamentals of sexual mindfulness and tantra.

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Rick Laska (AASECT profile) 

Rick Laska (Director of Clinical Services, JustUs Health, St. Paul Minnesota) 

Mentioned in this podcast:

Inspiration:

Diana Fosha, PhD

About Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) 

Esther Perel

"Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel" (podcast) 

"How’s Work?" (podcast) 

"Rethinking infidelity… a talk for anyone who has ever loved" Esther Perel at TED2015 

Recommendations:

"Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century" by Barbara Carrellas 

"Tantra for Gay Men" by Bruce Anderson 

"It's Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self" by Hilary Jacobs Hendel 

Sex Education on Netflix 

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