I remember when I first qualified as a Sexological Bodyworker thinking: “Well, obviously this kind of work should be available to clients alongside other more conventional therapies.” I reached out to local wellbeing centres at the time to see whether they’d be interested in me offering sessions there. A couple got back to me showing some curiosity, but it never led to anything. And so, I set up a workspace at home and steadily built my practice in my own way. There were many

This blog post was written by Susan Lucas to accompany our podcast discussion on the same topic. It's a deeper dive than my own posts - I'd expect no less from a philosopher(!) - and definitely one for my fellow pleasure geeks and sapiosexuals! Introduction Experience suggests that many people, and particularly many women - including many who would generally align themselves with feminist ideals and principles - derive pleasure and satisfaction from the experience of being se

Just how universal is love? And what role, if any, does privilege play in our access to and experience of it? This piece aims to answer these questions and more, and to figure out what we might do with the answers!

I've wanted to share this story with you for some time about two seemingly very different roles - one of which involves emotional tyranny, misery-making, and the disempowerment and manipulation of others. The other can make you a very interesting person to speak to at parties! Hi, I’m Lex, and I’m a recovering people pleaser. Allow me to take you back to a time in my life over a decade ago. I was living a pretty idyllic life. I was growing my own vegetables in the garden of

You've heard me speak a lot about “tearing up the rulebook” when it comes to taking a critical look at the stories we have been told...