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Sex After Divorce
Divorce is a developmental stage of adulthood. Every adult who is in partnership will, at some point lose a partner to divorce or death and will have to find their way again. The question is: What will we create out of the rubble? What magic will open up? How will we...
The 9 Steps to Sexual Empowerment
People are often confused by what I mean when I say I work with people to become sexually empowered and that there are steps to sexual empowerment. Sexuality is so vast that when people want to work on their sexual selves they often don't even know where to begin. One...
Sex is a Skill
Most of us experience fumbly, awkward, unsexy early ventures into the forays of sexual pleasuring with a partner without sex skills. I certainly did. In a culture like ours, where we place so little emphasis on teaching sex education, we are all left to stumble about...
The Secret to Talking Openly About Sex
My path as an educator included earning a Masters in Human Sexuality Education, but you don’t have to go get a graduate degree in human sexuality to learn how to really talk openly about sex. Anyone who cares about having a fulfilling, meaningful sexual life, anyone...
Skillful Sexual Communication in Couples
For so many years, I have heard stories from people–both men and women about their lost sexual lives, or about the lack of sexual communication in couples. I hear a lot of pain, sadness and a real loss in these stories. I hear from a lot of people who have been in...
What’s a Sex Coach?
When I tell someone that I’m a sex coach, they generally find it confusing. Often, I will hear, “Oh, so like, you’re a sex therapist?” Well not exactly. “So then, what is it that you actually do?” Sex coaching has made it to the news a few times and I was...
Am I Sexually Broken?
I have been hearing from women over the last several months about this idea that they are sexually broken. And a lot of times they are welling up with tears, and this is the first time they’ve ever voiced this to someone. It’s this idea that there is something about...
The Cultural Set-Up for Bodily Violation & Non-Autonomy
From the very beginning we are taught that we do not have rights or control over our own bodies. We are held by many, passed through hands, consoled while we cry, unable to communicate clearly what we need. Many of us may be born with health issues or disabilities...
The Heteropatriarchy Strikes Again
This week, there was a leaked Supreme Court opinion, written by Justice Alito, that indicates the Supreme Court will overturn Roe vs. Wade, after 50 years of our right to safe abortion being the law of the land. Those of us who have fought for decades for bodily...
amy jo goddard husband
If you have a website you track, like I do, you know that you can look at the search terms by which people find you online. For years, "amy jo goddard husband" has been one of our recurring popular search terms and I find this pretty hilarious. Perhaps there is...
Honoring Bill Goddard: Eulogy for my Father
I learned how to show up from my father. My dad taught me to show up not through words, but through his effort, presence and love. I still don’t know how he managed to do all he did, raising three children as a single parent while he worked a demanding job...
No More Sexless Holidays!
It’s that holiday time again, the time of joy, cheer, holy union, time to be with family, the warmest time of the year, right? Here's what to do avoid a sexless holiday. So many expectations go into the holidays and what will happen. If you are in a new...
The Critical Ingredient the Personal Development World Misses
Over a decade ago when I started my second and current business, as my 9-year relationship was ending and I was setting out to figure out what it would mean to truly stand on my own two feet again, I started a powerful process of my own financial...
Here’s the equation: BE + DO = HAVE
I will not lay down. I will not be resigned that “it’s just gonna be like it always is. Nothing will change.” Someone actually posted a comment to that effect this week on a post about the phone banking I have been doing. How do you think the world...
The importance of an opulent sex life
https://youtu.be/lsgm0m-9T2E Inspired by the beautiful landscape of Malibu, I want to talk about creating beauty in your life. A huge component of sexual empowerment is about not feeling guilty about surrounding yourself with the things that make you happy. There is...
How to Plan the Perfect Sexcation
Sometimes you don’t merely need a vacation where you can have fun and relax, you need a sexcation where you take time out of your busy schedule to not only relax and unplug, but to specifically create lots of time for delicious sexual experiences and adventures....
Two Sexual Abuse Operations Have Just Been Exposed
The Tower is falling. Last week two big organizations ostensibly dedicated to sexual evolution and skills building were brought to their knees. There are a lot of fakes–it’s too easy to hang a shingle and call yourself a sex coach, sex educator, tantra practitioner or...
