xxTAKES - Our Biweekly Update
Welcome to the second edition of xxTAKES, the official newsletter of xxTALK!
Thank you for following us along our journey and helping us in our mission to build the most inclusive community for womxn all over the world. We are excited for the community we are building and thankful to our partners who are helping us build an amazing pilot program in September. We still have a few spots available so if you are interested in joining our 4-week talkshop program please sign up on our website: xxtalk.co
If you have not completed the survey or payment yet, please do it today to secure your spot!
1) From the xxTALK blog: “Getting the touch you crave”
Dr. Aline Zoldbrod, one of the expert certified sex therapists in our team wrote the below article on erogenous zones and using SexSmartBodyMaps© for sexual communication. Dr. Zoldbrod will be giving a special session for the pilot in September. Complete the sign-up survey if you haven't yet!
Everyone knows what erogenous zones are, but it’s your own special sexy zones that can be the key to really satisfying sex, especially once you get into an established relationship. Making a SexSmartBodyMap© can amp up your sexual communication and help you get the touch you crave.
I consider touch to be the Ground Zero of Sexuality.
Research consistently shows that pleasurable touch is critical to women's sexual enjoyment. When you are in the lust stage of a relationship, when you are beginning to have sex with someone new, sex is easy. You are unbelievably excited to have this special, fascinating, and desirable person interested in you, and having exhilarating sex is a snap. I often say it’s like sledding down a steep snowy hill. “Whee—this is so much fun. Let’s do it again. So thrilling!” It’s literally electric without anyone doing anything in particular. Cool, right?
That’s because you have been dreaming and fantasizing about what’s going to happen when you get together with this person for hours, days, or weeks before sex starts. You’re self-seducing, having what you might consider “mental foreplay”—and you are so charged up mentally, emotionally, and physically that it does not matter what your partner does to you or how you are being touched; the whole sexual interaction is deeply arousing…
Read the full article here
2) Our expert network continues to grow!
We are very fortunate to be working with incredible professionals in the sex therapy and coaching field. We feature Olivia Lee this week. She is a transformational coach and the founder of Power to Thrive, a group coaching to recover from trauma.
Hi! I'm Olivia - a trauma-informed transformational coach and the founder of Power To Thrive. I help women move past trauma, embody fierce self-love and confidence, and uncover their superpowers within to create the life they’ve always wanted.
3) What else we have been obsessed with
While the conversation and debate around WAP by Cardi B continues, and people weigh into police women’s bodies and expression of sexuality - we will keep jamming and supporting these ladies in feeling themselves. Check out their video and let us know what you think!
If you haven’t already, don’t forget to sign up for the pilot at xxtalk.co and complete the questionnaire and payment once you receive the email. We would love to see you in September!
As always, you can write to us at hi@xxtalk.co with any comments, suggestions, or questions on the newsletter or what’s on your mind.
With love,
The xxTALK team