Our Better Half

Happy Pride Month! Our guest today is the wonderful Tim Johnston, Senior Director of National Projects at SAGE, a terrific national organization dedicated to our elders in LGBTQ communities. Tim just published his second book, Welcoming LGBT Residents: A Practical Guide for Senior Living Staff, which is the first comprehensive book on how to create a positive and safer experience for LGBT older adults in senior living settings.

We are delighted to welcome Tim back to our show and we think you'll really enjoy his perspectives on aging, sexuality, and senior living communities. You can reach SAGE here, you can access the SAGE Care site here, and you can order Tim's book right from the publisher here or you can order it from your favorite local independent bookseller here.

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Today we are bringing back Dr. Sabitha Pillai-Friedman, a well-respected clinician, researcher, and professor. She'll be explaining her groundbreaking model on sexual loss. And her hopes for the future. She has so much to offer older adults and we adore her. Please join us!

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Our guest this week, Ignacio Rivera, is an individual truly committed to sexual healing. ​Ignacio is a Queer, Trans, Two-Spirit, Black, Boricua, Taíno who prefers the gender-neutral pronoun "they." Ignacio's work focuses specifically on queer, trans, kink, and sexual liberation. Along with Aredvi Azad, Ignacio is a co-manager of The Heal Project, which has incredible resources on sex and sexuality. You can find them at The HEAL Project – heal to end CSA, from birth to crossing over.

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Our guest today is Dr. Melanie Davis, from the Unitarian Universalist Association. Most recently, she authored Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education for Older Adults. Join us for a spirited conversation!

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Our guest today is Dr. Joe Kort, a social worker and certified sex therapist who specializes in queer affirmative therapy, Out-of-Control Sexual Behaviors, relationship problems, marital conflict, and sexual identity concerns. Join us for our conversation and if you like his work, you can also find him on his own podcast, Smart Sex Smart Love. If you like our show or if you have questions, write to us at this address. You can subscribe to our podcast by sending us your email (or whatever way you subscribe to podcasts). We love our listeners and welcome your feedback. Please like us and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for listening!

This week's guest is Dr. Joli Hamilton, talking about jealousy, compersion, and polyamory. Give a listen! You can find Joli online here.

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​On today's show, we welcome back Dr. Phil Rutter. You may remember that he's been on our show before. We couldn't wait to get him back on! On this show, we talk more informally with Phil about some of the trends he's seeing in his practice with older adults. You can reach him on Facebook or his website or you can email him at [email protected].

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This Valentine's Day, Rosara takes Jane on a sensory mindfulness adventure with chocolate. Rosara and Jane offer tips to make this Valentine's day a lot more fun.

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Show Notes:

Intersectionality and Sexuality

Our guest this week is the award-winning Dalychia Saah, Co-founder and creator of Afrosexology. She is a sexuality writer, educator, and speaker who facilitates space for people (especially people of color) to connect more deeply with their desires for their body, life, relationships, and the world. She is passionate about helping people unlearn oppressive norms that keep them from moving towards a more liberated way of being. Dalychia teaches courses in social theory, social justice, and sexuality education. She is also a sought-after facilitator and keynote speaker, having written for Huffpost, Teen Vogue, Allure Magazine, Vibe Magazine, Glamour Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Playboy, and many others.

You can find their website here

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Our guest today is Dr. Robert Heasley. In addition to being a psychotherapist in private practice, he is an adjunct professor at Widener University's Center for Human Sexuality Studies and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is the co-director and board president of the Men's Center for Growth and Change in Philadelphia and an internationally recognized masculinities scholar. Robert's work with men over the years has focused on concerns about intimacy, sexuality, sexual identity, commitment, and communication. Robert's research and publications focus on men and relationships, issues of intimacy, raising boys, fathering, healing from sexual abuse and other sexual challenges. Continue the episode by learning about or attending the next Men and the #MeToo Movement Conference.