Mindful Sex and Creating a Pleasure Practice with Portia Brown
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Portia Brown from Froetic Sexology, who is a sex educator and sex coach. Portia discusses why she became a sex educator and also all things pleasure from porn to solo sex. Portia also talks about what it means to have mindful sex and how finding a pleasure practice is different from self-care. Finally, Hannah and Portia chat about how to bring up sex toys with a partner and their feelings on the sexual wellbeing industry in general.
Read the episode transcript here!
SHOW NOTES
What we chat about…
What does Froetic Sexology mean?
What was Portia's journey to becoming a sex educator and sex coach like?
Self work as a sex educator
What is mindful sex?
Ways to start a mindfulness practice
Using mindfulness in sex
Staying playful during sex
Avoiding getting bored doing the same thing during sex every time
Getting out of a solo sex rut
Experimenting with different stimulus during solo sex
What's going on with the "sexual wellness" industry? Why should we be critical of it?
Can we be part of the sexual wellness industry and still critique it?
What is a pleasure practice?
How a pleasure practice is different from self care
Examples of pleasure practices and why they're important
The phrase "guilty pleasure"
Capitalism being anti-pleasure
How can we all enjoy sex for ourselves, not the other person? (41:28)
Sex not only being about the orgasms
How to start reprioritizing your own pleasure
What if your partner has an issue with your sex toys? How do I explain it to him? (49:25)
The way sex toys are presented in media, especially sitcoms and comedies
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MORE ABOUT PORTIA BROWN (FROETICSEXOLOGY)
Portia Brown is the founder of FroeticSexology.com , a blog and social media platform that helps women and femmes identify who they are as sexual beings. She primarily works as a sex educator and sex coach. Portia believes we are all divine + deserving of pleasure, and spends her days exposing her own truths and troubles as a means to help others. When she is not talking about sex, she is indulging in her own pleasure practices, cooking or watching Survivor with her boyfriend. She can be found most easily through her instagram account @FroeticSexology
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