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Monthly Workshops
Join us in our private community for monthly workshops led by world-class educators for only $8 per month. We cover topics like shame, relationship repair, attachment, jealousy, compersion, and so much more!
Plus! If you miss the live workshop, or just want to refresh your understanding, recordings of all the workshops are available for community members as well!
2025 Workshops
January 9, 2025
Intentional Polyamory: Creating Lives that Support Our Relationships
Chaneé Jackson Kendall
Many people arrive at non-monogamy by accident, or as the end of a pattern of exploration. This workshop provides an overview of the Intentional Polyamory framework—created to support individuals in building polyamorous relationships rooted in self-awareness, communication, and liberation. You’ll learn about the four pillars of Intentional Polyamory and how these core principles guide individuals in creating fulfilling and sustainable non-monogamous relationships. Through this session, we’ll explore why Intentional Polyamory was developed as a transformative and liberatory approach to love, focusing on autonomy, emotional resilience, and decolonizing relationship norms.
Chaneé has been on our podcast before on Episode 306 and you can also learn more about her work on her linktree.
February 12, 2025
Understanding Shame
A.J. Bond
In this workshop, shame coach A.J. Bond will explore what shame is as an emotion, how it functions in our personal development and culture at large, and the causes that propagate toxic forms of shame. A.J. will also touch on some of the possible methods for working with and managing shame for more empowerment and pleasure.
A.J. Bond is a Toronto-based writer, educator, and coach. He is certified as a shame healing practitioner by the Center for Healing Shame in Berkeley and author of the book Discomfortable: What Is Shame and How Can We Break Its Hold? You can learn more about his work at discomfortable.net and you can listen to A.J. on our podcast on Episode 1 and Focus Fridays Season 1, Episode 6!
March 5, 2025
Minimizing STIgma: A Conversation About STIs, Stigma, and Sexual Health
Dr. Evelin Dacker + Courtney Brame
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Join Dr. Evelin Dacker and Courtney Brame for an engaging and interactive workshop focused on minimizing stigma and fostering open, shame-free conversations about STIs. Using the STARS framework (Sexual health, Turn-ons, Avoids, Relationship intentions, and Safety), this workshop provides practical tools for individuals navigating dating, relationships, and sexual exploration, including within kink and BDSM communities. Learn how to shift the narrative around STI disclosure from a confession to a conversation that prioritizes consent, connection, and mutual understanding.
Courtney Brame (he/him) is the founder of Something Positive for Positive People (SPFPP), a nonprofit dedicated to reducing herpes stigma and supporting individuals navigating life after an STI diagnosis. A yoga therapist in training, podcaster, and advocate, Courtney uses his platform to facilitate conversations that reduce shame and isolation. Through SPFPP, he provides peer support, educational resources, and innovative workshops like this one to empower individuals and communities to navigate relationships with confidence and compassion. You can learn more about Courtney on his website and by listening to him on our podcast on episodes 326, 165, and Focus Fridays Season 1, Episode 4!
Dr. Evelin Dacker (she/her) is a Board-Certified Integrative and Holistic Family Physician specializing in sexual health and consent. Her innovative approach to wellness emphasizes the importance of pleasure in healing trauma and illness. Evelin has taught healthcare providers and community members how to destigmatize STIs and foster sex-positive attitudes toward alternative sexual practices and relationship styles. As the former Executive Director of SexPositive Portland, she has dedicated her career to transforming how we discuss sexual health. Evelin also holds workshops on consent and communication to reduce sexual assault and improve sexual safety on college campuses. You can learn more about Dr. Dacker on her website and by listening to her on our podcast on Ep 334 and Focus Fridays Season 1, Episode 3!
April 9, 2025
STARS
Dr. Evelin Dacker
Discover the transformative power of The STARS Talk—a groundbreaking approach to fostering intimacy and communication around sexuality. Dive into the nuances of Safety, Turn-ons, Avoids, Relationship intentions, and Sexual health. Through somatic exploration and interactive exercises, master the art of authentic connection and consent, paving the way for deeper, more fulfilling relationships.
Dr. Evelin Dacker (she/her) is a Board-Certified Integrative and Holistic Family Physician specializing in sexual health and consent. Her innovative approach to wellness emphasizes the importance of pleasure in healing trauma and illness. Evelin has taught healthcare providers and community members how to destigmatize STIs and foster sex-positive attitudes toward alternative sexual practices and relationship styles. As the former Executive Director of SexPositive Portland, she has dedicated her career to transforming how we discuss sexual health. Evelin also holds workshops on consent and communication to reduce sexual assault and improve sexual safety on college campuses. You can learn more about Dr. Dacker on her website and by listening to her on our podcast on Ep 334 and Focus Fridays Season 1, Episode 3!
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May 8, 2025
Befriending Jealousy
Dr. Joli Hamilton
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Does jealousy feel like the enemy? It's totally normal--jealousy brings up a huge set of messy emotions, and it pings all our attachment wounds. Jealousy is not the enemy, though, and it can actually bring you into a closer relationship with yourself and your partners. This workshop is designed to break down jealousy tropes and understand what to do when jealousy shows up in your life. (Hint: it's not just about asking for your needs to be met.) Whether it's yours, your partner's, or a friend's jealousy, you'll leave with more tools for working proactively with this complex emotion.
Dr. Joli Hamilton is the relationship coach for couples who color outside the lines & founder of The Year of Opening. She is a depth psychologist, TEDx speaker, best-selling author, and AASECT certified sex educator. Joli co-hosts the Playing with Fire podcast with her anchor partner, Ken. Joli’s been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, Cosmo, and NPR.
She’s spent the past two decades studying and reimagining what love can be if we open our imaginations to possibility. Joli helps people create non-monogamous partnerships that are custom-built for their authentic selves, no more shrinking, pretending, or hiding required.
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You can learn more about Joli and her work on her website and listen to her on Episode 294 of our podcast!
June 25, 2025
Releasing the Fear of Abandonment: A Somatic Approach
Orit Krug
Do you fear abandonment no matter how much your partner assures you that they won't leave? Do you wish to feel settled and truly enjoy your relationships without worrying that it won't last? Most people try to heal their abandonment wounds with cognitive techniques such as traditional therapy, journaling, and other mind-based strategies. Words and thoughts are often not enough to fully shift abandonment fears. The latest trauma research shows that the most effective way to heal abandonment trauma is through an embodied, somatic approach. In this somatic therapy-style workshop, you'll be gently and safely guided to engage your body in a process to start feeling some of the embodied shifts that are necessary to truly heal abandonment wounds. No previous somatic therapy experience is required.
Orit Krug MS, BC-DMT, LCAT is an award-winning Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist and Licensed Creative Arts Therapist. Orit runs international retreats to help individuals, couples & polycules expand their capacity for self-love and intimacy in relationships by processing past trauma stored in the body. Orit is polyamorous, partnered, and a parent to a toddler.
Learn more about Orit on her website and on our podcast episodes 309 and 378!
July 17, 2025
The Role of Somatic Attachment in Relational Repair
David Cooley
When conflict arises, our nervous systems instinctively search for cues of safety and connection–but too often, unmet attachment needs and nervous system dysregulation get in the way. Without understanding what our bodies are truly longing for in these moments of relational distress, repair attempts can fall flat, leaving us feeling even more disconnected. This presentation dives into four key attachment needs that are essential for creating a somatic sense of safety and security. We’ll explore the practical tools for showing up with warmth, curiosity, and emotional attunement when it matters most and learn how to turn moments of disconnection into opportunities for deeper trust, intimacy, and relational resilience.
David Cooley is a professional Restorative Justice facilitator, diversity and privilege awareness trainer, and bilingual cultural broker. He is the creator of the Restorative Relationship Conversations model, a process that transforms interpersonal conflict into deeper connection, intimacy and repair. In his private practice, David specializes in working with people in intimate relationships, including non-monogamous and LGBTQ partnerships, incorporating a variety of modalities including trauma-informed care, attachment theory, somatic practices, narrative theory, and mindfulness-based techniques.
You can learn more about David and his work on his website and by listening to Episode 312 of our podcast!
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September 10, 2025
Playful Connections: Building Stronger Relationships Through the Joy of Play
Gary Ware
In a world where connection often feels elusive, discover the transformative power of play in fostering deeper, more meaningful relationships. This 90-minute virtual workshop invites you to embrace the joy of playfulness in a supportive and interactive environment. Together, we will explore how play can open minds, inspire authenticity, and strengthen both romantic and platonic bonds without the burden of shame. Join us for a unique experience filled with dynamic games and activities that you can continue to practice beyond the session, bringing renewed energy and connection to all of your relationships.
Gary Ware is a creative yet strategic Play Consultant that was brought here to make your life even better than it already is. By day, Gary helps companies and professionals level up their skills, and by night he is an improv comedian. In between all of Gary’s passions, his most desirous one is helping people become the best versions of themselves through fun and entertainment. You can learn more about all of Gary’s amazing work on his website! He was also on Focus Fridays Season 2, Episode 6!
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2024 Workshop
November 14, 2024
Queering Sex
Bear + Fifi
Queering Sex is about gently welcoming in new beliefs about sex and intimacy, and creating intentional sex-positive containers for open exploration. This 90-minute hands-on workshop will help with embodying queerness as principle by offering ongoing practices that build comfort and safety between partners, and in solo journeys. By the end, you’ll have a solid set of exercises and affirmations to support with letting go of the default standards and narratives for sex and intimacy that block depth and connection. You’ll have go-to’s to somatically drop you into your authentic desires and release expectations around performance and outcomes.
You can learn more about Bear and Fifi and their powerful work by checking out their Linktree and by listening to them on our podcast Episode 354!
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