Do you ever hear a conversation that is so good, you have to hear more? We got you babe. In our first Encore series, 5 fan favorite guests are coming back. On today's chat, Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers is back to talk about how we can talk to our kids (or even re-parent ourselves) to enjoy shame free sex. We discuss where shame comes from, how it can look differently in both purity and hookup culture, how to talk to our kids about sex in age appropriate ways, and why other countries have more positive sexual relationships.
Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers is a sex and gender feminist psychotherapist, professor emerita, and author of the acclaimed book, Sex, God and the Conservative Church – Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy. She is a preeminent voice on the impact of sexual shame on sexual health and attachment. In her latest book, Shameless Parenting – Everything You Need to Raise Shame-free, Confident Kids, and Heal Your Shame Too!, Dr. Sellers highlights the trickiest parts of each stage of parenting (birth to 18) that tend to trigger shame-based reactivity. It is the hardest part of parenting. It is from our own places of shame that we over-react, repeating patterns from our parent’s that we might otherwise have resisted.This is the 21st century book parents have been waiting for.
Dr. Tina is also the founder and medical director of the Northwest Institute on Intimacy which provides training and supervision for therapists, medical providers and clergy in sexual health and confronting sexual bias.
Dr. Tina is frequently featured on podcasts, TV, documentaries, articles and radio. Pre-COVID Tina travelled across the country as a keynote speaker for organizations, parents and professionals helping them become competent teaching shame-free relational and sexual health.
As the world begins to open back up, hopefully she will get to travel and speak again soon! In the meantime,she has enjoyed shifting these conversations online and connects with people across the world through instagram/facebook/youtube lives, Clubhouse conversations & will be launching a new online community for parents along with her new book release! Stay tuned:)