Without Sexism & Misogyny, Homophobia Would Not Exist
For those of us who have deep beliefs about the importance of equality, this week’s Supreme Court decision stating that people cannot be discriminated against in employment related to their sexual orientation or transgender status is a no brainer. It should have been...
What is Embodied Sexuality?
I developed a playful new workshop for an event where I taught years ago. I was really inspired about "Embodied Sexuality," and am finding myself asking the question, what does it mean to fully embody my sexuality? For me, it means a lot of things. My embodied...
Willful Ignorance & Creating Change
I just attended a small business town hall: Reimagining Small Business about how to create an equitable, antiracist, inclusive organization. It was wildly inspiring and aspirational. I have been engaged in many conversations about systemic racism and I’m seeing both a...
This is the Moment of Revolution
This has been a very important and heavy week here in the U.S. What is happening right now is critical to our future and becoming a true democracy that serves the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness of its people. I want to call us all to action. What...
Freedom in the Not-So United States
It's been a heavy week in the not-so-United States. In Minneapolis, George Floyd was brutally murdered by an on-duty police officer in broad daylight as he plead for his life, saying "I can't breathe." This is only the latest in so many killings of unarmed Black...
Your Human Taproot
I am blessed and blissed out from Fire Woman Retreat last weekend. I can believe what we accomplished in our four days of magic and I am still absolutely mesmerized and delighted by what I learned. I learned that so much more is possible. I learned that when the right...
Rosie the Riveter on Quarantine Moments
During WWII, as American men were needed for war with the Axis powers, who took up the slack at home? The same people who always do: women. Women not only managed their households, they also began to work in defense factories and production, took on roles formerly...
What Does Sexual Power Actually Mean?
When there is a shared power that feels healthy and good for both partners in a relationship, you can then have more freedom to play with power sexually. Power is always part of sex.
Rebirthing Yourself Out of Loss
Many people are feeling lost right now. Sexually, most people are either in shut down or overdrive and little in between. Feeling a little smothered in small spaces with others, or feeling lonely and disconnected. The truth is that we are...
But Sex Means Something Different to Me: A Hierarchy of Sexual Needs [Part 1]
Sex means different things to different people. In this post, we'll apply Maslow's popular and well-known psychological theory and come up with a hierarchy of sexual needs. It serves different purposes and needs for each person and those needs can shift as our life...
This is an Initiation
This week I called together the many women from many different intensive programs I have taught over the years because I wanted to see them. I wanted to look into their eyes. I wanted to be with them. And we dropped in deep because that's what we do. Right now, many...
The Undeniable Connection Between Fear & Sexuality
Most of us learn about sexuality in the context of fear and were taught to be afraid of sexuality on some level: you might get hurt. You might get an STI. You might get pregnant. He might treat you badly. She might trap you. You might get raped. Most of American sex...
13 Things You Can Do Right NOW
Dear Mother Earth, I want to say I am sorry. I wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to just chew us up and spit us out. We’ve not been very good to you. We are the biggest squatters—we don’t pay our rent or do our part for the health of you. We take all your resources and...
Why We Get Disconnected from Sex and Personal Power
“My sexuality has never been about me…it was always a performance for someone else.” “I didn’t know I had a sexuality to DO anything with!” “I did what he wanted to do sexually and pretended to like it so he would stay with me.” “I’ve never enjoyed sex.” Those are...
Love’s In Need of Love Today
Happy Day of Love! Dia de Amor! Valentines! I hope you are filling yourself up with self-love and feeling deep presence to the relationships you have. Take a moment today to honor the role that love plays in your life. Whether you have a lover or...
Let’s Get Loud About Superbowl Slut Shaming
J. Lo and Shakira did a fantastic, stylized, powerful, s£xy Puerto-Rican pride-filled halftime show that showcased girls of color, asked them to raise their voices and gave them the spotlight. And all we can do is complain about their skimpy clothes, pole dancing and...
How To Tame Your Scorpion
It's hard for many people unfamiliar with the idea of developing a sexuality intentionally to imagine how one works in the inner sexual life. How do you uncover the shadows that keep you stuck in sexual ruts, dissatisfaction, disconnection, frustration and...
From Sexual Abuse to a Sexual Homecoming, Excerpt from Woman On Fire
When Patsy contacted me, she was the youngest private client I had ever had. At 23, she was ready to heal from the sexual abuse history that had impacted her life in more ways than she could see. She wanted to become sexually empowered and to improve her relationship...
Get more from A’magine (Amy Jo)
Join over 6,000 subscribers who receive articles with my best advice on sex and relationships, how to have more pleasure and desire in your life, tips on how to live a sexually empowered life and more…