Today's episode features the effervescent Cherish Amber! Cherish is a queer sex, love, and relationship coach who teaches we must know ourselves in order to have good sex and solid relationships. We talk about topics as diverse as prerequisites to good sex, stigmatizing sex to maintain control, and Virgin Condoms.

REFERENCES:

Cherish Amber’s website: https://www.cherishamber.com/

Follow Cherish on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cherishambercoaching

Follow Cherish on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecherishamber/

Follow Cherish on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cherishambercoaching
Gender Identity Today: https://genderidentitytoday.com

• (00:00) - Opening credits
• (00:37) - Show opening
• (01:27) - Introducing Cherish Amber
• (02:43) - Learning from every person
• (07:16) - Know your own pleasure
• (09:49) - Being gentle with yourself
• (14:01) - Good sex means meeting yourself where you are
• (16:24) - Can we meet ourselves and not have it relate to sex?
• (21:42) - The stigma of sex is all for control
• (27:42) - Masculinization of sex, love, and relationships
• (34:07) - Rejecting social expectations means being more aware of trauma
• (39:38) - Tools to address trauma
• (46:00) - No such thing as little bits of trauma
• (51:32) - Language as a contributor to misunderstanding
• (01:01:01) - How to find Cherish Amber
• (01:02:43) - Show closing
• (01:03:01) - Closing credits