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Vicarious Trauma from Witnessing Assault (Billie) Mar 05, 2022

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cw: mob violence, violence against women, witnessing disturbing images as a child

Today we were going to talk about fires but ran into a trauma landmine so I figured we'd run the episode anyways and instead try to talk more about landmines. Unfortunately this episode does contain violence against an 18 year old woman and ongoing trauma from seeing disturbing images at 13. Props to Billie's friend who was dating two army guys at the same time - don't worry, they're not the culprits of the story - and please do take care of yourselves.

Coparenting (Robin Beatch) Feb 26, 2022

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What does a village look like when you’re raising a child? Does it need to be only two parents? What about uncles or aunts? What about the parents across the street?

Today we chat with sex educator and host of the radio show Sex With Robin on BFM 109.6 every Monday at 10AM PST. You can learn more about my friend Robin at sexwithrobin.com

Sexual Self Discovery after Trauma (Lauren) Feb 19, 2022

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Lauren shares with us openly today about working through trauma to find her sexual self. We talk about relationship to self, trauma, panic attacks, sexual abuse, and the light at the end of the tunnel. Content warning for all the things I just described. Still, if you’re resourced for it, please join Lauren and myself as we tackle these hard subjects with care and kindness.

Society Denies Pleasure for Pleasure’s Sake (Court Vox) Feb 12, 2022

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Permission to exist sexually is something I’ve craved since I was a teenager. Whether you’re queer or not, sometimes it’s really hard to learn how to exist with kindness and compassion for yourself, and without that it can be hard to give it to others. Today we’re talking with Court Vox about how we as a society give or deny permission for sexual exploration. Interestingly, this often hinges around trauma because of our cultural narratives around sexual pleasure.

If you want to follow Court Vox on Instagram, he’s @courtvox, or you can reach out on thebodyvox.com. Similarly I’m @intimatevictor and you can reach out to victor at victor salmon dot com.

Now, Court explores how we permit sexual pleasure to those recovering from trauma but deny it if it’s just pleasure for pleasure’s sake. As always, enjoy.

Intimate Needles (Robin Beatch) Feb 05, 2022

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cw: graphic depictions of needles at the end

A former psych nurse and dominatrix talks about the pleasure, pain, risk, and intimacy of needle play. Don’t you love it when moms open up?

The mom in question today is sex educator and host of the radio show Sex With Robin on BFM 109.6 every monday at 10AM PST. You can learn more about my friend Robin at sexwithrobin.com

Where There's Smoke There's Anxiety (Billie) Jan 29, 2022

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Have you ever received an evacuation notice for a forest fire? This episode we talk about air tankers, helicopters, fire breaks, smoke, air quality, and anxiety. We also discuss what an anxiety attack looks like and what a panic attack looks like. Note that we talk about indigenous rights and climate change briefly. If you'd like to learn more about Indigenous peoples to the land we call Canada, there is a great introductory book called Indigenous Writes that's available everywhere books or audiobooks are sold. Hope you're all staying resourced this fire season.

Intrusive Thoughts and Burnout (Lauren) Jan 22, 2022

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Lauren is back to talk to us about pandemic ennui and burnout. We chat about intrusive thoughts and content warning for descriptions of suicide and graphic suicidal ideation - we’ve both been suicidally depressed and want to make sure you’re safe and cared for while we take our space to have the conversations we feel we need to have about it. Please take care of yourself however that looks for you. May you find a grounded, resourced place for this conversation, or if it feels like a cruel joke at this point in the pandemic, this might still be for you. If it feels right, come commiserate!

Gender and Accessibility in COVID-19 Jan 15, 2022

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Cw: covid-19, transphobia, gender reassignment surgery

My friend Sapphire and I chat about gender and accessibility during COVID-19. We touch on their gender advocacy at school, accessibility for immunocompromised people, and we briefly touch on the law in alabama that recently changed. The term transmasc is a shortening of transmasculine which usually refers to masculine appearing trans non-binary people but also includes transmen. I originally was going to say also includes men as transmen are men just as transwomen are women, but realized since trans is in the transmasc term, it does technically only apply to transmen. There, that’s straight now. Well, not necessarily straight. Some trans folks are straight but others prefer to give traffic directions by saying “go gayly forward” so… not necessarily straight. Okay - let’s get to the episode with Sapphire!

Near Relapse (Lauren) Jan 08, 2022

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Lauren, a recovered alcoholic talks about her first year sober, hospital opiates, and a near miss she has with relapse very recently.

Universal Basic Income (Sapphire) Jan 01, 2022

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Sapphire and I have a conversation about poverty and universal basic income. We talk about BC housing, accessibility, minimum wage in Vancouver, and more. Ultimately the middle class and wealthy folks who can afford it might say: move out of the city, but until there’s a grant that pays for moving costs to get out of the city, some can’t afford the disruption to income of having to find a new job, or just can’t afford to move which locks them into a cycle of poverty. Keep in mind that UBI could also provide one program to replace most of the social net bureaucratic costs associated with all of the various different programs like persons with disabilities, welfare, employment insurance, and many more. Instead of thinking of UBI being funded exclusively from public money, keep in mind that we pay an enormous amount into employment insurance. If current funding for welfare, PWD, and EI were to funnel into a joint UBI system, it wouldn’t be as expensive as it sounds at first. Anyways, neither of us is a financial expert, and if you’re interested in learning more, there is tons available on the benefits of UBI from google. Enjoy!

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