#metoo
#me too
Whatever your opinion or experience on the matter is, I wanted to share my 2 cents around the issue. If you are not familiar with this hashtag and social media trend, it was in response to a tweet Alyssa Milano wrote,
“Me too… If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘Me too’ as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem. Please copy/paste.”
Although I’m not sure social media is the best way to talk about these things, I do value that these conversations are being brought to the forefront more and more.
But why do they have to be? Doesn’t society KNOW by now WTF is going on?
Harassment is not ok. Violence is not ok. It is so sad to see the flood of #metoos in my feed. And I know its not just women who are affected.
This is one of the reasons I’m doing this work around sexuality. I truly feel if people were able to safely express their desires there would be less of this shadow. The harassment, violence, etc.
I too have my share of “me too” experiences.
From the dentist when I was 7, to being flashed walking home from school in middle school, to inappropriate comments being made to me by drunk men driving me home from babysitting their kids, to being raped in college, to having my No being ignored, to being harassed at a job by a coworker every night at closing.
I don’t have the answers, but I do believe that being vulnerable and talking about this can help. I also believe in teaching body safety, proper terms for anatomy, and lessons around consent from day one.
To allowing our boys to be boys in many ways, and not have to constantly fight to prove their masculinity. (on a side note there is a great documentary I recommend “The Mask You Live In” around how our culture harms boys.
In the words of my beautiful friend Caroline Diaco..”Let us allow this to unite us and not divide. To begin to heal. I celebrate a man who posted #idid on his status. For every woman who posts #metoo, there is a man who needs to apologize, to her, to himself, to be forgiven – collectively. We’ve all been deeply negatively conditioned around this beautiful sexual system of ours that is meant to be understood and engaged as holistically as eating, sleeping and exercising. I invite a safe, compassionate, positive conversation for men as well.”
Let’s keep the conversation going. You can also check out my video about this HERE.
What does it mean to Find Your Feminine Fire? Why is Sexuality a missing key in the personal growth and development world?
Thanks Audrey Michel for hosting me on Rewired Life Radio this week!
Tune in as we discuss what it means to Find Your Feminine Fire, and how sexuality is a missing piece in personal growth and development.
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life” – Winston Churchill
Well yesterday one of my of my YouTube videos got a strike. It didn’t violate any of their policies, but someone didn’t like what I was saying so was trying to get it taken down.
Yes, I get hate comments and mean things sent to me because of my work.
Does it hurt? Yes.
But, Haters gonna Hate right?
I believe in what I stand for. Women living in pleasure. Feeling whole. Feeling complete.
Living a life feeling powerful and connected to themselves, vs feeling shut down, miserable, and depressed.
This is nothing we are taught coming along.
When I found myself waking up resentful, and exhausted before the day even began, I realized something had to change.
I’d done the years of personal growth and development. Read the books, gone to the seminars.
But still something was missing.
Connecting to myself, and learning to love and appreciate my sexuality was the missing key to my personal growth.
This was not something I expected to find so transformational, but because of the changes I experienced in my life doing this work, I KNEW other women had to learn about it.
That is why I am so dedicated to teaching this work.
It shouldn’t be so hard to find information around this subject. It shouldn’t be so taboo to talk about sexuality and pleasure.
So yes, I guess I do have enemies. But I stand for what I believe in, and the more empowered, magnificently turned on women in the world, the better the world will be!
Is there a time you’ve been hated on for doing something you believe in? Would love to hear your experiences.
The Grass Is Green Where You Water It.
Looking for some great simple tips to intentionally nourish your relationship? Listen in here for my interview with Wise Health for Women Radio on How to water your own grass to keep it green.
If you want more love, give more love.
What do sexuality and creativity have in common?
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing the lovely Claudia Lucida, founder of the “Orgasmic Genius” movement.
We jam on Orgasmic Genius, Turn on vs. Trying, Genius in the Genitals, and Claudia walks us thru her Talk and Touch Practice!
Click here to watch our interview. Join me every Tuesday morning live at 9:30 AM MST in my Facebook Group, Find Your Feminine Fire Group for more great interviews!
(the group is private as we discuss lots of juicy topics, but I’ll let you right in just click request to join)
Feminine Instinct + Intimacy
Join Rhizome Apothecary and I for an evening of Feminine Instinct + Intimacy.
Start the night sipping on an intentionally curated tea blend. I will open you up into a whole new way of claiming your inner feminine power. Dive into your desires + how you truly feel your instinctual femininity on an intimate level.
You will head home with a renewed spirit, and intentional rituals to integrate into your daily life.
Offered 7.11 and 8.9. 2017.
Tickets $15 online $20 at door.
For tickets and more information, click here.
Enhance your Intimacy
Life is hectic – is it any wonder we lose touch with our bodies, desires, and relationship intimacy?
Listen to my interview with the lovely Linda Kreter and WiseHealth for Women Radio as I share invaluable ways to tap into pleasure, gratitude, how to communicate with love, vulnerability, and no judgment.
Listen here!
Enjoy!
Amanda