Catherine Hale is a pioneer in creating workshop and event spaces with care and safety at the core. She calls this ‘a culture of care’.

The sexuality workshop scene is evolving with ongoing revelations of unethical, unprofessional and often dangerous practice. Shining a light on bad practice is essential, and so is defining and promoting best practice.

We had this conversation to explore how the sexuality workshop scene has changed over the years, the risks of intense, cathartic processes, why safety in the nervous system allows you to go deeper, the importance of integration and how to choose the right facilitator for you and much more.

Catherine shares:

• How the sexuality workshop scene has changed
• The difference between the gentle and the intense, cathartic approaches to sexual healing in sexuality workshops
• The importance of safety within sexuality workshops
• How workshop spaces can re traumatise people
• The difference between hyper and hypo sexuality and how this plays out in workshop settings
• Why the most sparkly shiny looking workshops may not offer the deepest healing and transformation
• How high intensity workshops match our societal conditioning around sexuality
• What a culture of care is and what that looks like in a workshop setting
• The importance of integration
• How creating safety in the nervous system creates a base for deeper erotic exploration and lasting transformation
• How to establish if a facilitator or a training is right for you
• How a regulated nervous system supports you to be with uncertainty

Catherine is a qualified trauma coach, sexological bodyworker, and postmenopausal woman who understands what it takes to heal and grow from the inside out. Her trauma-informed perspective focuses on reducing the harm of internalised capitalism in our bodies and businesses, recognising the need for radical rest in business, and unlocking the power of post-traumatic growth.

RESOURCES FROM CATHERINE

Website

Facebook

Anchored in Regulation

Field Facilitation where Catherine will be teaching Culture of Care trauma informed certified Training

Emergent Eros

Culture of Care consulting

Red Flags in Workshops is an additional resource developed by Wilrieke Sophia. Their website contains free materials to understand power dynamics that may be at play, and how to reach out for support if you experience harm.

RESOURCES FROM SARAH

For a FREE e-book, How Relaxed Love Making Can Transform Your Sex Life, visit Sarah’s website to sign up her newsletter

Book a complimentary consultation with Sarah

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Facebook

I love this conversation with the wonderful Tanmayo Lawson who shares her deep wisdom with sprinkles of humour, from her 40 year journey of self enquiry and study and her 20 years with the Gene Keys.

We explored love and intimacy, how your conditioning affects you, the places people get stuck in relating, how to relate with vulnerability, why love and truth are paths of courage, the journey of getting to know who you truly are and so much more!

Tanmayo shares:

• What the Gene Keys are
• What the Venus Sequence is
• How you develop your belief systems and conditioning
• How your conditioning affects your relating
• Why love is a path of courage
• Why personal growth can be unsettling for those around us
• The difference between pro-peace and anti-war
• How your breath can be your best friend
• Her definition of what truth is
• The difference between analysis and contemplation
• How to shift from being stuck in the story to feeling sensation in the body
• Why it’s important to talk from ‘I’
• How we have no control over the outcome
• The power of the gentle approach to sexual healing
• How sex can permeate the day
• How increasing sensitivity opens you up to the ecstatic and subtle realms
• How getting to know your self is the path to intimacy

Tanmayo Lawson is an international speaker & presenter with over 30 years experience in the field of wellness, self inquiry and transpersonal study.

As the creator/founder of “Facial Harmony” Tanmayo has travelled the planet promoting and sharing this gentle and powerfully transformative treatment.

Tanmayo has also been deeply involved with Gene Keys and Human Design since 2004 and share her wisdom and understanding of this potent body of work

In 1998 Tanmayo attended Satori in Pune India, fell in love with the process and now facilitates Satori & the 3 day Awareness Intensive around the world.

RESOURCES FROM TANMAYO

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THE GENE KEYS:

Get your free Gene Keys profile

New to the Gene Keys - a free, short introductory course

The Activation sequence (the 1st Gene Keys sequence, discovering your genius)

The Venus sequence (the 2nd Gene Keys sequence, opening your heart)

The Pearl sequence (the 3rd Gene Keys sequence, unlocking prosperity)

RESOURCES FROM SARAH

For a FREE e-book, How Relaxed Love Making Can Transform Your Sex Life, visit Sarah’s website to sign up her newsletter

Book a complimentary consultation with Sarah

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I am super excited to share this interview with Diana Richardson who is considered one of today’s leading authorities on human sexuality. Diana is known as the pioneer of Slow Sex and has been running ‘making love’ retreats for couples since 1993. She has also written 8 books on how in practical ways a person can experience a more fulfilling sex and love life.

I have every one of Diana’s books and her work has hugely influenced both my personal and professional life so to chat with her is always a treat.

My partner and I are very honoured and excited that we are now authorised teachers of Diana and Michael Richardson’s retreats - The Making Love Retreat® and we will be bringing this to the UK in Autumn 2025. You can find out more via the link below.

This episode is full of really practical info for couples. Diana shares how past emotions affect sex and relationships, how to recognise when you are being emotional, what to do about it and how to bring more harmony and love into intimate relationships.

Diana shares…

• Relationship patterns and dynamics that she has observed over 30+ years of running retreats for couples
• The difference between feelings and emotions
• How emotions are created
• How to know if you are emotional
• How to transform emotions - the 5 steps
• Golden rules for when you are emotional
• What low grade emotionality is
• How to learn to allow feelings
• How emotions affect sex
• Her definition of love
• How emotions are different than love
• Qualities to cultivate to reduce emotions and nourish love

Diana Richardson is considered one of today’s leading authorities on human sexuality, and she is known as the pioneer of Slow Sex. She has written 8 books on how in practical ways a person can experience a more fulfilling sex and love life. Born in South Africa in 1954, she first qualified as a lawyer (B.A.LLB), and then trained as a massage therapist (ITEC) in the UK. Her interest in the body and healing prompted an intense personal exploration into the union of sex and meditation - the essence of Tantra. Since 1993, together with her partner, Michael, she has been sharing her insights and experiences with couples who travel from many different parts of the world to participate in their informative and life changing ‘making love’ workshops in Switzerland.

RESOURCES FROM DIANA

Website: www.livinglove.com and https://www.loveforcouples.com/

MAKING LOVE RETREATS IN THE UK WITH SARAH ROSE BRIGHT AND GRAEME WATERFIELD

TO GO ON THE WAITING LIST FOR THE UK RETREATS - SIGN UP VIA THIS LINK

BOOKS

Tantric Love: Feeling vs Emotion - Golden Rules to Make Love Easy ‘O’ Books UK. with Michael Richardson (Raja)

The Heart of Tantric Sex - ‘O’ Books UK. (first published as The Love Keys )

Tantric Orgasm for Women - Destiny Books USA

Tantric Sex for Men - Making Love a Meditation. Destiny Books USA. with Michael Richardson (Raja)

Slow Sex - Destiny Books USA.

Tantric Love Letters - ‘O’ Books UK.

Tantric Sex & Menopause (with Janet McGeever) Destiny Books USA.

Cool Sex - for young adults - a next generation guide to loving fulfilling sex. (with Wendy Doeleman) UK O-Books 2020

RESOURCES FROM SARAH

For a

Today I’m delighted to be joined by Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh, author of "Love by Design: 6 Ingredients to Build a Lifetime of Love.”

Based on two decades of research and work with couples globally, her book offers a fresh perspective on cultivating lasting love, focusing on six core relational ingredients essential for a thriving partnership. If you are looking to deepen your understanding of healthy relationships, "Love by Design" is a great read.

In this conversation, Dr Sara introduces the emergent love model, the 6 key ingredients of emergent love, what she observes about romantic love today, how to look for compatibility in a partner, cultivating sexual harmony, navigating conflict and more.

Dr Sara shares:

• Dr. Sara's journey to creating emergent love
• The emergent love model
• What she observes about romantic love today
• How to look for compatibility in a partner
• The 6 key ingredients of emergent love
• What ‘over relating’ is
• The importance of the golden and the platinum rule
• What sexual harmony is
• The difference between love attraction and sexual chemistry
• How to restart your sex life
• How to navigate conflict
• Why it is important to understand your conflict style
• Reframing conflict from me versus you to us versus the problem

Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh is an Author, Speaker and Thinking Partner with a PhD in Social Psychology and specialization in the fields of human sexuality and relationships. She has over two decades of experience working with thousands of couples across the globe. Widely respected by her peers for her research, powerful keynote speeches, educational platforms and award-winning publications, her groundbreaking work has garnered global attention, with media outlets such as NPR, BBC, ABC, CNN and USA Today.

RESOURCES FROM DR SARA

Dr Sara is in London on 7th June 2024 with Emily Nagoski. I am sure this will be a brilliant conversation!

Dr Sara’s Instagram

Love by Design website. You can order the book and if you check a box, you will get a signed copy from Dr Sara.

Free resources and exercises mentioned by Dr Sara.

Join Dr Sara’s newsletter and community.

The Relationship Panoramic Inventory for couples. This is an evidence-informed inventory that will highlight your strengths as a couple and areas that need further attention. Use the coupon code pleasure for a 10% discount (coupon is valid until June15, 2024).

Dr Sara is generously sharing the Love by Design journal prompters and conversation starters which support the book.

RESOURCES FROM SARAH

For a FREE e-book, How Relaxed Love Making Can Transform Your Sex Life, visit Sarah’s website to sign up her newsletter

Book a complimentary consultation with

Today I’m so so happy to be sharing my 50th podcast episode!!!!!! Join me for this conversation with my partner and co-teacher Graeme Waterfield as we explore what it means to put the intimacy back into sex.

At the end of the episode we share about our couples course INTIMACY which starts March 5th 2024 and there is a special offer available for listeners of the Love, Sex & Intimacy Podcast.

We explore:

• Why the title ‘Putting the intimacy back into sex’
• Our definitions of intimacy
• What is full spectrum intimacy and what does it look like in relationship?
• How sex changes when you let go of goals and drop into intimacy with yourself and each other
• The problem with dogmas about sex
• All about INTIMACY, our course for couples, starting March 5th 2024 with a special offer for podcast listeners (available until 14th February 2024).

Graeme Waterfield helps men become all they are capable of being, through understanding and mastering their own sexual energy. He does this primarily through Taoist and yogic meditation and guided energy practices.

With his partner, Intimacy and Sex Coach, Sarah Rose Bright, he also assists couples in exploring practices for deeper intimacy, connection, and pleasure through group programmes and retreats.

With 20 years of experience as a teacher and coach and having been on his own 30 year journey, Graeme offers grounded practical guidance, and has come to see what helps men evolve and heal physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually.

Being a qualified Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gung & Meditation teacher with a background in counselling, Graeme offers unique packages of somatic, psychological and energetic tools to help men transform themselves and their lives to become everything they want to be.

OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH GRAEME AND SARAH

INTIMACY - a 16 week group online programme for couples, starts 5th March 2024. You can read all about it via the link below and contact sarahrosebright@icloud.com with the code HAPPY50th for £200 off the full price of INTIMACY

https://www.sarahrosebright.co.uk/intimacy/

Valentines Love Temple - an evening retreat for couples, 17th February 2024

https://www.sarahrosebright.co.uk/valentines-love-temple/

RESOURCES FROM GRAEME

www.graemewaterfield.co.uk

https://www.graemewaterfield.co.uk/energy-work-for-men

https://www.facebook.com/graeme.waterfield

RESOURCES FROM SARAH

Sign up to Sarah’s newsletter so you can find out about the latest podcast episode and get pleasure mapping, a guided audio practice

https://www.sarahrosebright.co.uk/guided-pleasure-mapping/

Book a complimentary consultation with Sarah https://calendly.com/sarahrosebright

Find Sarah online

Website www.sarahrosebright.com

Instagram

Davina MacKail is one of my favourite astrologers so I invited her to share her take on what's coming in 2024. Davina talks us through the key themes for 2024, a wood dragon year in Chinese Astrology. She shares about the qualities of a wood dragon year, why now is a good time to pause, her wisdom on how you can ride the waves of 2024 and why it’s time to dream big.

Check out Davina’s previous appearance on this podcast, where she talked about Feng Shui for the bedroom (episode 32).

Hay House author of Feng Shui Made Easy and The Dream Whisperer, feng shui maestra, shamanic seer and mentor, Davina has inspired miracles of positive transformation in people’s lives for more than 25 years. A popular workshop leader and speaker, she offers her Wisdom that Works consultations to thousands of clients all over the world.

Her love of adventure has seen her leading retreats among the Q'ero communities of the high mountains of Peru for the last 20 years. She recently returned to the UK after two years caretaking 47 hectares of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon.

A sought-after mentor and guide, Davina is known for her compassionate straight talking and masterful good spirits. A gifted seer, she embodies the wisdom of the mountains in her shamanic practice and teaching.

RESOURCES FROM TODAY’S EPISODE

Davina’s website: https://www.naturalwisdom.co/

Details about Davina’s course which starts in Feb 2024: https://www.naturalwisdom.co/mesa-of-alchemy

Triple Flame App to set pauses throughout your day: https://genekeys.com/resource/the-triple-flame/

Dream Quest with Sarah Rose Bright and Steph Magenta - all information including how to book tickets - https://www.sarahrosebright.co.uk/dream-quest-2024/

RESOURCES FROM SARAH

Sign up to Sarah’s newsletter so you can find out about the latest podcast episode and get pleasure mapping, a guided audio practice:

https://www.sarahrosebright.co.uk/guided-pleasure-mapping/

Book a complimentary consultation with Sarah https://calendly.com/sarahrosebright

Find Sarah online

Website www.sarahrosebright.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sarahrosebright/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sarahrosebrightsexcoach

Spotify for playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/dog9xui4wwpjatvbnpb2t7l3y?si=jnc_V6wxSCqaqr3UhNgD6Q

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Your podcast host is Sarah Rose Bright. Sarah is an Intimacy and Sex Coach who helps women & couples to truly enjoy sex and pleasure and create/deepen intimate relationships that are passionate, happy and healthy so that they can feel good about who they are.

Welcome to this wonderful conversation with Joseph Kramer, PhD, about erotic massage. Joseph is a true pioneer in the field of sexology, founder of the Body Electric School of Massage, creator of the practice of erotic massage and the professional field of Sexological Bodywork.

Joseph shares the incredible story of how he created erotic massage, what erotic massage is, how you can get started with erotic massage even if you don’t feel confident in giving massage, the most profound practice Joseph has discovered in his 40 years of exploring massage, what he sees as biggest challenge to sex today, the importance of touch between partners and more. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Joseph shares:

• How Joseph discovered erotic massage
• The importance of touch between partners
• What erotic massage is
• The different levels of arousal you can explore
• How to get started practicing erotic massage even if you don’t feel confident in giving massage
• What erotic massage dancing is
• The most profound practice Joseph has discovered in his 40 years of exploring massage
• What the biggest challenge is to sex today
• What altered states are and why erotic massage can help you access those

Joseph Kramer, PhD, is an American sexologist, filmmaker and teacher of somatic sex education. He is the founder of the Body Electric School of Massage and the professional field of Sexological Bodywork. He has created more than 100 films that artfully teach erotic touch.

RESOURCES FROM JOSEPH

Various links from Joseph including his websites:

https://www.sexologicalbodywork.com/links/

All about the 5 minute practice and erotic massage dancing:

www.sexologicalbodywork.com/erotic-massage-dancing-improving-sexual-arousal-management/

RESOURCES FROM SARAH

Sign up to Sarah’s newsletter so you can find out about the latest podcast episode and get pleasure mapping, a guided audio practice

https://www.sarahrosebright.co.uk/guided-pleasure-mapping/

Book a complimentary consultation with Sarah https://calendly.com/sarahrosebright

Find Sarah online

Website www.sarahrosebright.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sarahrosebright/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sarahrosebrightsexcoach

Spotify for playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/dog9xui4wwpjatvbnpb2t7l3y?si=jnc_V6wxSCqaqr3UhNgD6Q

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Your podcast host is Sarah Rose Bright. Sarah is an Intimacy and Sex Coach who helps women & couples to truly enjoy sex and pleasure and create/deepen intimate relationships that are passionate, happy and healthy so that they can feel good about who they are.

What a powerful conversation with Anabel Vizcarra, Embodiment Mentor and Womb Shaman. She teaches women how to awaken and embody their own wise and prosperous wisdom through self awareness & mastery.

We explored what ‘full spectrum’ feminine embodiment is, why the journey to your power is a descent into the body, what womb intelligence is, how to cultivate a relationship with your womb, ancestral healing, sexuality as ‘presence not presentation’, your soul’s journey, allowing the question to take you on a quest, the transmission of The Gene Keys and more!

Anabel shares:

• What ‘full spectrum’ feminine embodiment is
• Why the journey to your power is a descent into the body
• What womb intelligence is
• How to cultivate a relationship with your womb
• The power of connecting to your stories and ancestral healing
• The difference between sexuality and sensuality
• Sexuality as ‘presence not presentation’
• Your soul’s journey
• Allowing the question to take you on a quest
• Nature as a teacher
• What The Gene Keys are

Anabel Vizcarra is an Embodiment Mentor and Womb Shaman. She teaches how to awaken and embody your own wise and prosperous wisdom through self awareness & mastery. Through her cultivated gnosis, she guides women into trusting their own healing process & reconnecting to their inner core source of wisdom.

She believes that when we are working with our own body wisdom, we are able to transform our lives; birth fulfilling projects to serve others and express our Full Spectrum genius. Anabel’s work is a synthesis of Womb Shamanism, Gene Keys Transmission, Ayurvedic medicine, Quantum Physics & Epigenetics.

RESOURCES FROM ANABEL

www.anabelvizcarra.com

IG @anabel.vizcarra

In person grief events

Revival - Feminine Ministry of Power

Mentioned in the podcast

The Language of the Goddess: Unearthing the Hidden Symbols of Western Civilization by Marija Gimbutas

Philip Shepherd, who has a range of books about presence, wholeness and embodiment.

The Gene Keys https://genekeys.com/ref/1912/

RESOURCES FROM SARAH

Sign up to Sarah’s newsletter so you can find out about the latest podcast episode and get pleasure mapping, a guided audio practice

https://www.sarahrosebright.co.uk/guided-pleasure-mapping/

Book a complimentary consultation with Sarah https://calendly.com/sarahrosebright

Find Sarah online

Website www.sarahrosebright.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sarahrosebright/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sarahrosebrightsexcoach

Spotify for playlists https://open.spotify.com/user/dog9xui4wwpjatvbnpb2t7l3y?si=jnc_V6wxSCqaqr3UhNgD6Q

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Your podcast host is Sarah Rose Bright. Sarah is an Intimacy and Sex Coach...