On today's episode, we have podcaster and somatic sex educator Karen Yates join us for a conversation about her journey from the difficult change of divorce into the liberation of consensual non-monogamy. Together we talk about being almost-sex positive, the mind-fuck of polyamory, and how to play outside the box of cultural expectations around sex.

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The Wheel of Consent

The short instructional manifesto for relationship anarchy

Coverture: The Word You Probably Don't Know But Should

What Is Deep Ecology? Philosophy, Principles, and Criticism

Healing Trauma and Spiritual Growth: Peter Levine & Thomas Huebl

The Body Keeps the Score

Dr. Stephen Porges: What is the Polyvagal Theory

Can Shaking Your Body Help Heal Stress and Trauma? Some Experts Say Yes

The Secrets of EMDR Therapy and How It Can Help You

Sexological Bodywork - Interview (EN) with Joseph Kramer & Didi Liebold

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

On today's episode, we have Drew discuss his meaningful decision to have a vasectomy and what the procedure actually entails. Together we talk about being another brick in the wall, the ethical considerations of having children with our current climate change trajectory, and how you'll never be ready to have a vasectomy.

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When Life Seems Pointless

What to Do When Work Feels Meaningless

‘I’d rather bet on myself’: Workers are quitting their jobs to put themselves first

7 Lessons I Have Learned from Divorced People

A Brief History of Bullying Women to Have Babies

Relationship Success: Balancing Togetherness and Individuality

What is a vasectomy?

The Relentlessness of Modern Parenting

Study Proves Moms Spend Too Much Time With Their Kids, Liberates Working Moms Everywhere

Robots could take over 20 million jobs by 2030, study claims

Existentialism: Crash Course Philosophy #16

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

The All-or-Nothing Marriage

How TikTok changed the world in 2020

On today's episode, we have the first openly lesbian bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Brenda Bos, join us for a conversation about how her sexual identity shaped her unique faith journey and prepared her for leadership within the queer community. Together we talk about the nature of God, the internalization of homophobia and the gender binary, and how to rachet up your self-assessment. 

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Meet Rev. Bos, first out lesbian Evangelical Lutheran bishop

Millennials are leaving organized religion. Here’s where some are finding community

STRANGER AT THE GATE

10 Reasons God Loves Gay Christians

Queerfully & Wonderfully Made

When Religion Leads to Trauma

Study finds that queer Christians quit the church twice as much as others

American churches must reject literalism and admit we got it wrong on gay people

On today's episode we have the artist and film-maker Anna Epstein join us for a conversation about the monopolization of the legal cannabis industry. Together we talk about the red-tape bureaucracy of licensing, the greed of rich-white men, and how to stay positive while combating large systemic forms of oppression.

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Illinois’ pot shop lotteries are finally over, but licenses remain in limbo

Illinois to hold an extra license lottery for applicants unfairly kept out of chances for marijuana retail shops

THE DRUG WAR IS THE NEW JIM CROW

Race, Mass Incarceration, and the Disastrous War on Drugs

Equity vs. Equality: What’s the Difference?

Arizona Department of Health Services issues recall for marijuana products due to possible salmonella, mold contamination

Medical marijuana brownie bites recalled due to report of mold

California’s Limit on Big Growers Just Vanished. Here’s Why

Demi Lovato Is California Sober: What Does It Mean and Is It Safe?

Drug Use for Grown-Ups

This Heroin-Using Professor Wants to Change How We Think About Drugs

On today's episode, we have artist and activist Noah Scalin join us for a conversation about the generational divide with the rise of the internet age. Together we talk about the internet-self vs. the physical self (or a lack thereof), the danger of curation, and the possibility that political beliefs may be taking over the role of religion.

If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! This helps us grow in the charts and reach other listeners. Or, support me by buying a coffee to fuel the making of this podcast. Supporting my work would mean the world to me. It is just me running all aspects of this show and your support allows me to keep the mics on. I can't express to you how much this community and finding others on this collective journey means to me. Thank you all.  (Buy Me a Coffee)

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America Without God

Generational Differences At Work Are Small. Thinking They’re Big Affects Our Behavior

Revisiting the Origins: The Internet and its Early Governance

How the Internet was born: from the ARPANET to the Internet

Why Are My Boomer Parents on Their Phones Literally All the Time?

The Social Dilemma

Millennials stand out for their technology use, but older generations also embrace digital life

Demographics of Key Social Networking Platforms

The negative effects of social media on the social identity of adolescents from the perspective of social work

Identity in the Age of Social Media

The Artist Way

Trigger Warning: Mention of Suidical Thoughts 

On today's episode, Rayna shares the details of her personal story with spiritual abuse from the Mormon Church and how she was able to rediscover her sense of self. Together we talk about Mormon culture, dissociation from our past religious identities, and the difficulty of letting go of a pervasive ideological structure.

If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! This helps us grow in the charts and reach other listeners. Or, support me by buying a coffee to fuel the making of this podcast. Supporting my work would mean the world to me. It is just me running all aspects of this show and your support allows me to keep the mics on. I can't express to you how much this community and finding others on this collective journey means to me. Thank you all.  (Buy Me a Coffee)

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Losing Religion, Gaining a Friend

Why I Left The Mormon Church

What Is Dissociation?

Healing Religious Trauma and Spiritual Wounds

Cognitive Dissonance

How Did You Know You Were Gay?

Sexual Orientation Identity Formation

Cass's Homosexual Identity Formation Model

About Coming Out

What's Hell Like for Mormons?

U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for First Time

Leaving the Fold - A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving their Religion

Millennials are leaving organized religion. Here’s where some are finding community

On today's episode, we have the tender brutalist and professional dom, Empress Wu join us for a philosophical and vulnerable conversation about liberation through kink. Together we talk about why bad bitches date emotionally immature people, the sublime nature of sadism, and the need to examine your own internalization of social norms. 

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Resources

Esther Perel 

Louise Bourgeois - The Couple 

Deleuze and Guattari

Desire, the Big Other, & the Wall of Language | Psychoanalysis of Jacques Lacan

Mel Chen - Toxic Animacies, Inanimate Affections

Atlanta Shooting and the Legacy of Misogyny and Racism Against Asian Women

What EXACTLY Is A 'Service Top' In The BDSM Kink Community?

Sublime Borders: Schiller’s Will and Nietzsche’s Will-to-Power

The Art of Cruelty

BDSM 101: Praise Kink / Affirmation Play

Red Canary Song

Kink Out Events

Veil Machine

On today's episode, we have psychedelic scientist and researcher Manesh Girn join us for a conversation about how psychedelics affect our brain and their effectiveness in therapy. Together we talk about some of the mythology around psychedelics, your serotonin receptors, and the importance of mindfulness and meditation in creating a positive mental state.

If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! This helps us grow in the charts and reach other listeners. Or, support me by buying a coffee to fuel the making of this podcast. Supporting my work would mean the world to me. It is just me running all aspects of this show and your support allows me to keep the lights on and have the coffee energy to do this. I can't express to you how much this community and finding others on this collective journey means to me. (Buy Me a Coffee)

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The Challenges of Psychedelic Research

The Neuroscience of Psychedelic Drugs: Ending Psychedelic Myths With Professor David Nutt

The History of Psychedelics and Psychotherapy

Alcohol is a Drug

Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Plasticity

Dr. Stanislav Grof

Reframing Bummer Trips: Scientific and Cultural Explanations to Adverse Reactions to Psychedelic Drug Use

2 Claims About Psychedelics and the Default Mode Network DEBUNKED

Temporal Dynamics of the Default Mode Network Characterize Meditation-Induced Alterations in Consciousness

Characterization and prediction of acute and sustained response to psychedelic psilocybin in a mindfulness group retreat

From Sacred Plants to Psychotherapy: The History and Re-Emergence of Psychedelics in Medicine

Coffee is a Drug Not a Beverage, Drink Up! Just Not Too Much

How to Change Your Mind

5 Psychedelic Stocks to Watch

Trial of Psilocybin versus Escitalopram for Depression

Synthesis: Legal Psilocybin Center

What Happens in the Brain When We Feel Fear

Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault 

On today's episode, Kellie joins us for a raw and honest conversation about her experience with HPV and navigating this world with anxiety. Together we explore the paradox of our fear of perception and our need to be seen during this time of social media.

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HPV Passed through Childbirth 

HPV and Men STD Facts

"data from the CDC indicate that at least 75 percent of the reproductive-age population has been exposed to the sexually transmitted HPV"

HPV Vaccine Against Cancer

STI vs STD: Do They Mean the Same Thing? Here's How Experts Explain It

The Midnight Gospel

We All Have “Main-Character Energy” Now

How to stop ruminating thoughts

7 Ways to Deal With Negative Thoughts

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

What Is Self-Awareness and Why Is It Important? [+5 Ways to Increase It]

"Once we accept the absurdity of our situation, embrace that comparisons are odious, we're liberated to use them anyhow."

Too Much Social Media Time Could Raise Risk of Depression

The Social Dilemma

On today's episode, we have somatic social justice practitioner, trauma-informed, resilience-oriented licensed psychotherapist, Nat Vikitsreth. Together we talk about the effects of generational trauma and internalized oppression within our relationships and how it all relates to Nat's personal story and dreams for our future. 

If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! This helps us grow in the charts and reach other listeners. Or, support me by buying a coffee to fuel the making of this podcast. Supporting my work would mean the world to me. It is just me running all aspects of this show and your support allows me to keep the lights on and have the coffee energy to do this. I can't express to you how much this community and finding others on this collective journey means to me. (Buy Me a Coffee)

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Come Back to Care - Newsletter

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In-Out-N-Through Program

Resources to Learn More

The Legacy of Trauma

Internalised Oppression -Naming and Peeling Away the Layers of Shame

Social Relationships and Health: A Flashpoint for Health Policy

Introduction to Mutual Aid

What is Transformative Justice?

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome 

Parents’ emotional trauma may change their children’s biology. Studies in mice show how

What is Co Regulation?

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor Frankl

Neuroplasticity Explained