Welcome to our ABCs of BDSM podcast series. As you begin dipping your toes into BDSM Culture it's good to take a self-inventory by asking yourself, "Who am I? Why am I here? What am I looking for?" Today we help you explore those questions.

Welcome to our ABCs of BDSM podcast series. Imagine you are standing outside our culture looking in. Today we discuss what you might hope to find within and the possibilities that exist within BDSM Culture.

Welcome to our ABCs of BDSM podcast series. Today we talk about the difference between Vanilla and Kink.

Welcome to our ABCs of BDSM podcast series. Today we talk about the darker side of BDSM and what people might discover within our culture.

Welcome to our ABCs of BDSM podcast series. Today we talk about motives for becoming involved in BDSM.

Welcome to our ABCs of BDSM podcast series. Today we talk about the importance of having a solid foundational knowledge of our culture.

Vetting a new partner is something we have lost as a society, not just in the BDSM community.  We see all the time a person ends one relationship and within a week, or less, be chest deep in a new relationship and deeply in love again. So, what is vetting and why is it so important? In Part Two we talk about vetting for kink-related things and vetting for a potential power exchange relationship.

Vetting a new partner is something we have lost as a society, not just in the BDSM community.  We see all the time a person ends one relationship and within a week, or less, be chest deep in a new relationship and deeply in love again. So, what is vetting and why is it so important? In Part One we talk about vetting for those things outside of the bedroom.

While it may be a fun roleplay scene to temporarily act like it, in real relationships dominance and submission are not taken by force. Submission isn't given to the one with the most primal urge to take it. Trust is how dominance and submission are earned within BDSM. After vetting, during a period of consideration and while doing negotiations the process of building trust begins. Today we talk about the six building blocks for building trust within BDSM relationships.

Self-collaring is where the s-type will collar themselves. This is usually done to express self-love, taking ownership of their own submission (after a bad relationship) to help heal and ground themselves before getting back into looking for a D-type. This is fairly new, and for the most part only recognized by TNG. Today we talk about collars and give our advice for self-collaring.