Category Archives for "Podcast"

Sex Gets Real 253: Wanting to stop squirting, condom complaints, & finding feminist community

NOW ENROLLING! Check out my new pleasure course which is enrolling now through April 22, 2019 (we’ll enroll again in June!). It’s called Power in Pleasure: Reconnecting with Your Hunger, Desire, and Joy and runs for five weeks online. I’d love to see you there. On to your emails! Adam wrote back after hearing his email […]

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  • March 17, 2019

Sex Gets Real 252: A fiance who expects threesomes, anger management, & later-in-life first-time sex

NOW ENROLLING! Check out my new pleasure course which is enrolling now through April 22, 2019 (we’ll enroll again in June!). It’s called Power in Pleasure: Reconnecting with Your Hunger, Desire, and Joy and runs for five weeks online. I’d love to see you there. On to your emails! Kim wrote in with a sweet note […]

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  • Dawn
  • March 10, 2019

Sex Gets Real 251: Sex positive parenting, hiring escorts in a sexless marriage plus Shine Louise Houston

On to your emails! First up, CuriousMom was raised with a lot of sexual shame and body shame. As a mom of two daughters, she is doing her best to raise them in a sex positive way (and it sounds like she’s doing a GREAT job), but she doesn’t know what she doesn’t know. Where […]

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  • Dawn
  • February 24, 2019

Sex Gets Real 250: Embodiment, pleasure, and safety with Sage Hayes

Before we get started there’s a huge thing you should know about: Explore More Summit 2019 is HAPPENING! The 4th annual free online conference is all about pleasure this year. You do not want to miss these conversations. They are incredible. Check out the line-up and register FOR FREE at exploremoresummit.com. Embodiment as our path […]

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  • Dawn
  • February 18, 2019

Sex Gets Real 249: Tumblr alternatives, struggling with being on top during sex, & emotional outbursts

ONE BIG THING before we get started: Register for Explore More Summit! It starts February 25th, 2019 and the theme this year is PLEASURE. It’s free and online, and you do NOT want to miss it. Check it out here at exploremoresummit.com. On to your emails! First up, where can people go for alternatives to […]

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  • Dawn
  • February 10, 2019

Sex Gets Real 248: Sexual wildness, the erotic, and mythology with Leonore Tjia

How have you been domesticated? One of my favorite things to do is to have deep, wandering conversations with people I love and admire. It feels intimate, expansive, playful, and important. The kinds of conversations that I think about for days or weeks, mulling over new perspectives and confronting new edges. Leonore Tjia is one […]

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  • Dawn
  • February 3, 2019

Sex Gets Real 247: adrienne maree brown on pleasure activism

Explore More Summit 2019 is HAPPENING! The 4th annual free online conference is all about pleasure this year. You do not want to miss these conversations. They are incredible. Check out the line-up and register FOR FREE at exploremoresummit.com. adrienne maree brown is one of my heroes and she makes my heart sing. I am […]

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  • Dawn
  • January 27, 2019

Sex Gets Real 246: Supporting an asexual teen, healing from trauma, & #SurvivingRKelly

Time for your emails! Heidi wrote in with some thanks. I hope it’s clear that what I share on this podcast is an invitation, not a prescription. Take what works and leave the rest. Amanda the Ace Mom wrote in because her son came out to her as asexual on Christmas Day. How can she […]

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  • Dawn
  • January 13, 2019

Sex Gets Real 245: ALOK on body hair, art, friendship, legacy, & the violence of gender

If you’re looking for support around healing your relationship with your body, deepening your relationship with a partner, unpacking your desire, and finding more pleasure, I’d love to work one-on-one with you. Learn more at dawnserra.com. ALOK is here. It’s time to question everything. ALOK is someone I’ve long admired and learned so much from. […]

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  • Dawn
  • January 6, 2019

Sex Gets Real 244: End of year giveaway, crossdressing neighbors, & dating a sister

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! This episode drops New Year’s Eve Eve 2018, so just 2 days until 2019 begins to unfold. I went through all of my emails, social media comments, and shares, and found the five most commented on episodes of 2018. They were: 5. Cavanaugh Quick on Episode 197 4. Ev’Yan Whitney on Episode […]

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  • Dawn
  • December 30, 2018

Sex Gets Real 243: Chronic pain, erotophobia, and community only spaces with Cameron Glover

If you’re looking for support around healing your relationship with your body, deepening your relationship with a partner, unpacking your desire, and finding more pleasure, I’d love to work one-on-one with you. Learn more at dawnserra.com. Chronic pain, erotophobia, non-romantic love, and community-only spaces Andrew Gurza was kind enough to connect Cameron Glover and I […]

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  • Dawn
  • December 23, 2018

Sex Gets Real 242: Rejecting romance, feeling sad about desire, poetry

What a great week of listener questions! I can’t wait to dive into these with you. But first, the episode ends with a beautiful fat acceptance poem by Angela Braxton-Johnson, who I met at the Body Trust Provider retreat a few months ago. Angela generously agreed to read her poem for the show and to […]

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  • Dawn
  • December 16, 2018

Sex Gets Real 241: Andrew Gurza returns to talk disability, toys, & his mom

Welcome back, Andrew Gurza! When Andrew reached out to me asking to come back on the show, I immediately said yes. We always have so much fun chatting, AND I was delighted that it was an excuse to get to see his new documentary, Picture This. You can see it, too, for free here. Andrew […]

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  • Dawn
  • December 10, 2018

Sex Gets Real 240a: EMERGENCY – Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr changes

Sign-up to stay in touch with the show if we get banned from social media and iTunes. Sex Gets Real Book List: http://dawnserra.com/books/ Explore More Summit: http://exploremoresummit.com Enter the holiday giveaway for a hand-written Merry Clitmas card: http://sexgetsreal.com/holiday/ Sweeping bans to social media means no more sex education. A number of sex educators have already had content […]

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  • Dawn
  • December 7, 2018