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Panelists discuss issues facing LGBTQ+ folx inside their respective groups and across affinities, offering skills and strategies to combat isolation and forge bonds. Plus an interview with drag artist Cindy Nèro about her art and mentorship, and Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound.  From the June 2024 live show.

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In this episode:

• Interview with drag artist, mentor and storyteller  Cindy Nero
• Panel with Channyn Lynn Parker, CEO of Brave Space Alliance; Luke Romesberg, Director of Youth Housing from Center on Halsted, Chicago; Jordan Dunmead from Live Oak
• Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates 

The June 2024 show was sponsored by Rowan Tree Counseling, a therapy practice that is anti-racist | queer-allied | poly-affirming | sex-positive.  Available in Illinois! 

Get Say It Better in Bed, Karen’s free guide to upping your intimacy pleasure. Download here!

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• B and Lee Honey”s storytelling event at GD2
• Storyteller Mistress BlaqueIvory
• Storyteller Alan Colorado
• Host, sex educator, and energy worker Karen Yates 

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Do you want to express yourself better in bed? Sex educator and host Karen Yates explains what might be getting in the way  (a lot!) and offers solutions in this solo episode.

In this episode:

• Betty Martin - Wheel of Consent
• Karen’s interview with Betty Martin
• Buy The Art of Receiving and Giving on Bookshop, our affiliate partner. Need a good read on sexuality or relationships? Check out our recs on Bookshop!
• Get Say It Better in Bed, Karen’s free guide to upping your intimacy pleasure. Download here!

The Afterglow, our Patreon membership group, brings you early alerts and goodies! Our newest $10/mo member benefit: 10% off all W&S merch! Or show your love for Wild & Sublime any time: Leave a tip!

Be Wild & Sublime out in the world!  Check out our new tees and accessories for maximum visibility. Peep our Limited Collection and let your inner relationship anarchist run free… 

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How many meds — from specialized to common — come with sexual side effects? You’d be surprised. Will your doctor tell you this, and if not, how can you ask? A sex educator and a cancer survivor talk through what docs often don’t tell you, or don’t know how to talk about, and what you can do.

In this episode:

• Ren Grabert - sex educator
• Sex, Drugs, & Side Effects - Ren’s May 20 webinar at CSPH
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Work with host Karen Yates in Zoom groups and one-on-one as she uses frequency to reduce stress and help repattern behavior. Learn more about Biofield Tuning.

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Want to cuddle? Platonic touch practitioner and coach Shawn Coleman talks about making safe spaces to practice nonsexual touch, owning your “no,” and learning to ask for the kind of physical contact you want.

In this episode:

• Shawn Coleman - platonic touch practitioner & coach
• October 2018 - our first live show
• October 2019 - our first birthday show
• Shawn’s YouTube channel
• Get more Wild & Sublime on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Work with host Karen Yates in Zoom groups and one-on-one as she uses frequency to reduce stress and help repattern behavior. Learn more about Biofield Tuning.

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Have you been to the Afterglow? Our members club on Patreon supports the show and brings sexy surprises your way. With an Afterglow membership, you receive monthly bonus content, the ability to ask sexperts questions, and more! Join the juicy party! Starts at $5/month.

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What can kink teach us about community, energy work, and trauma? In this erotic biography episode, somatic psychotherapist Elmo Painter talks about her history as a professional dominatrix, and how working with the body and energy then directly informs her therapeutic practice today. Karen shares about her own energy work in sound healing and her background in Tantra.

Work with host Karen Yates in Zoom groups and one-on-one as she uses frequency to reduce stress and help repattern behavior. Go here to learn more about Biofield Tuning.

In this episode:

• Elmo Painter - somatic psychotherapist
• More about Somatic Experiencing
• Cléo Dubois - BDSM/kink educator (NSFW)
• July 2019 live show
• More Elmo on the W&A pod: Anything That Moves, Get Into Your Body, What Turns You On?
• Exit to Eden - movie trailer

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April bonus for Afterglow club members on Patreon! This month, all members (new and established) receive a 25% discount off Corinne Diachuk’s "Yoga for Sexual Happiness" video course, with 16 videos and eight pleasure practices. Experience some of the liberation that can happen when we commit to our pleasure through integrating body, breath, and spirit. Available to all member levels, starting at $5 a month! With an Afterglow membership, you receive monthly bonus content, the ability to ask sexperts questions, and more! Join the juicy party!

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What would happen if you gave yourself permission to celebrate your body, no matter its size or shape? Burlesque artists Carina Shero and Jezebelly of the Femme FATales discuss burlesque performance, being fat and fabulous, the censorship impact of FOSTA-SESTA, and intersectionality through period costumes.

In this episode:

• Carina Shero - Fat community maker, model & performer
• Jezebelly aka Iridessence - Burlesque performer, producer & model
• Bare Necessities live show - Nov 2019

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April bonus for our Afterglow club members on Patreon! This month, all members (new and established) will receive a 25% discount off Corinne Diachuk’s "Yoga for Sexual Happiness" video course. Experience some of the liberation that can happen when we commit to our pleasure through integrating body, breath, and spirit. Available to all member levels, starting at $5 a month! With an Afterglow membership you receive monthly bonus content, the ability to ask sexperts questions, and more! Join the juicy party!

Add to your sexual library -- you never know what you might discover. Find books mentioned on the pod on our affiliate Bookshop page. Help independent booksellers and W&S!

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Do you swipe left so much you give yourself tendonitis as you look for the perfect person? Or do you date a lot, but no one meets your needs? Sexperts discuss relationship expectations and how to get better at dating. Plus a Sermon on the Pubic Mound on resentments.

In this episode:

• Tazima Parris - Sex coach & pleasure mentor 
• Matthew Amador - Psychotherapist for love, sex, and gender rebels
• Peter Navarro - sex-positive therapist specializing in embodiment
• Feb. 2020 live show

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April bonus for our Afterglow club members on Patreon! This month, all members (new and established) will receive a 25% discount off Corinne Diachuk’s "Yoga for Sexual Happiness" video course. Experience some of the liberation that can happen when we commit to our pleasure through integrating body, breath, and spirit. Available to all member levels, starting at $5 a month! With an Afterglow membership you receive monthly bonus content, the ability to ask sexperts questions, and more! Join the juicy party!

Add to your sexual library -- you never know what you might discover. Find books mentioned on the pod on our affiliate Bookshop page. Help independent booksellers and W&S!

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Has your porn use ever felt like a problem? Where’s the line between “often” and “addiction”? Learn to differentiate between the two in this ep as Karen speaks with a sex therapist and a somatic sex educator. They talk about shame, pathologized behaviors, and compassion toward ourselves when we feel out of control. 

In this episode:

• Corinne Diachuk - Yoga therapist & somatic sex educator
• Helen Wyatt - Relationship & sex therapist
• Erotic Creativity podcast episode
• Joseph Kramer's Porn Yoga

Loving the show? Feeling generous? You can always leave a tip!

April bonus for our Afterglow club members on Patreon! This month, all members (new and established) will receive a 25% discount off Corinne Diachuk’s "Yoga for Sexual Happiness" video course. Experience some of the liberation that can happen when we commit to our pleasure through integrating body, breath, and spirit. Available to all member levels, starting at $5 a month! Learn more about the course

Add to your sexual library -- you never know what you might discover. Find books mentioned on the pod, like Jack Morin's book The Erotic Mind, on our affiliate Bookshop page. Help independent booksellers and W&S!

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A listener asks, “It's hard for me to communicate during a kink scene … Suggestions?” Our sexperts discuss kink communication — before, during, and after. Plus, a steamy story from the Pride Parade that’s sure to make you sweat.

In this episode:

• Mksthingshappin - kink and relationship coach 
• Diane Long - self-defense instructor & somatic bodyworker
• Matthew Amador - sex-positive psychotherapist
• Deb R. Lewis - storyteller
• December 2018 live show

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