The relationship between pain and pleasure is quite complicated. Too much of one or the other isn’t necessarily a good thing. But before any pleasure can happen, there has to be safety, which is the first step of my framework of authentic human expression. Feeling unsafe leads to the inability to feel pleasure.

If you’ve ever been stuck between pain and pleasure, keep listening.

Today I’m chatting with Cadell Last, the founder and creator of Philosophy Portal and author of Global Brain Singularity. Cadell and I catch up again after 4 years and we discuss sexuality and the human condition, the safety vs. adventure drive as it relates to pleasure, and how the relationship between pain and pleasure is very complicated.

Remember that there’s a duality in everything - life and death, pain and pleasure, safety and adventure, mundanity and ecstasy. It’s the true human condition to experience all sides to life and sexuality.

What’s in this episode:

• Is the ground of the human condition really sexuality? And how death and unity play into it all

• Choosing simplicity and the positives of absence and lack

• My framework of authentic human expression and how it relates to the safety vs. adventure drive

• In order to create a sustainable community, you have to self-regulate first before co-regulation can happen

• Our culture as a whole thinks of sex as a way to escape discomfort, but we should actually sit with the discomfort instead

• The relationship between pain and pleasure is complicated
  

How to Connect:

Visit the Philosophy Portal Website

Email Cadell at cadell.last@gmail.com

Get Genevieve’s Book: The Orgasmic Arc

Connect with Genevieve on Instagram @0rgasmicarc!

Join the 0rgasmic Arc community on Facebook!

Resources Mentioned:

Book: Sex, Masculinity, God: The Trialogues by Cadell Last, Daniel Dick, and Kevin Orosz

Book: What IS Sex? by Alenka Zupančič

Book: Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

Book: After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield

In the last few years, our society has seen the rise of cancel culture. And while that’s not news to anyone, both Ori and I have found ourselves on the receiving end of a “canceling,” leading to experiences that were both painful and traumatizing.

But this harmful effect extends much farther just Ori and I, so today on the podcast, we’re digging into this whole phenomenon and how it ends up damaging everyone in its wake. We’re talking about the power dynamics at play for people with a public profile, the wide range of human experience and how cancel culture oversimplifies that experience, and how cancel culture ultimately drives us all apart.

We’ll also touch on the pervasive fear that cancel culture perpetuates – and how we can overcome these fears, reconnect, and move toward more mature, effective relationships.

This episode is so juicy! Let’s dive in!

What’s in this episode:

[00:00] Intro

[04:02] The relationship dynamics of being in a power position, and how that role is often of of service

[08:03] The crux of the problem with cancel culture

[15:20] The many multitudes contained in humanity and how only singular aspects are often expressed publicly

[18:45] The trauma that comes with the experience of being canceled

[24:10] How cancel culture is often counterproductive and causes us to close off from each other

[27:15] How others project their own fears and insecurities on those in power positions

[32:48] The fear that accompanies cancel culture and how we can move away from this harmful framework of relating to each other

Links

Visit the Life Awake Website

Get Genevieve’s Book: The Orgasmic Arc

Join my Unconditional Masterclass!

Connect with Genevieve on Instagram @0rgasmicarc!

Join the 0rgasmic Arc community on Facebook!

There are a lot of misconceptions around what pleasure actually is. Our society leads us to believe that pleasure can only be sexual in nature and that it is very transactional in terms of giving and receiving pleasure. But pleasure is so much more free and mysterious and life-giving than that. 

If you’ve ever felt frustrated in your pursuit of pleasure, this is the conversation for you.

Today I’m chatting with Ori Zimmels from Life Awake. Ori offers spiritual guidance and mentoring to help his clients get out of their heads and into their bodies to experience connection and authenticity. We discuss what pleasure is, why the societal definition is so limiting, why we have to surrender in order to experience true pleasure, and why we should let go of our preconceived notions of what pleasure is and how to achieve it.

Let your mind and body be open to pleasure. Experience the mystery of pleasure. Let it blossom in your life and be surprised by it. Reframing your mindset around pleasure will change your life.

What’s in this episode:

• Pleasure is something we share from ourselves, not something we give or receive to others, and it’s more than just sexual pleasure

• The objectification and narrowing of pleasure is a big problem in our society

• Real, embodied pleasure is nourishing and life-giving and also a mystery

• When we have a preconceived notion of pleasure, we miss out on the journey of joy and life itself

• Surrender plays a big role in pleasure and it’s important to learn to let go

• True pleasure mimics the order of nature
  

Connect with Ori:

Visit the Life Awake Website

Get Genevieve’s Book: The Orgasmic Arc

Join my Unconditional Masterclass! 

Connect with Genevieve on Instagram @0rgasmicarc!

Join the 0rgasmic Arc community on Facebook!

Sex workers are largely to thank for the fact that society is becoming more sex positive. Sex workers affirm that you can be a good person and a sexual being; the two are not mutually exclusive. I’m so excited to share this episode with y’all, and to get the conversation moving forward on how and why it’s important to remove the shame and stigma from sex work, as well as from our inherent existence as sexual beings.

What’s in this episode:

How sex work has opened doors for Sinnamon

The lack of protection for sex workeres

Why sex workers deserve to be treated as entrepreneurs

The difficulty that sex workers face with lack of access to financial services

Why sex work needs to be decriminilazied and sex workers should be a protected class

How sex work and sex workers are healing for society

Debunking misinformation around sex in a society that makes it seem shameful

The importance of community and trained professionals to having a healthy relationship with sex

How COVID affected sex workers and shed more light on inequalities

For full show notes, resources and links: https://genevievepleasure.com/podcast/sex-work-with-sinnamon-love

Now is your opportunity to really dive DEEP into your pleasure and see what’s possible! Connect with me on my website at https://www.genevievepleasure.com/, on Instagram @essentialreclamation or join us in my free Facebook community, The Pleasure Circle (https://www.facebook.com/groups/pleasecircle) to get in on the conversation. Want even more tantalizing insights to embody and harness the power of your erotic energy? Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and so you can get on the path to living a life of wealth, ease, and hot juicy sex!

Words are a powerful form of expression. How do we let creativity flow in a way that is authentic and truthful? It’s not about the words themselves, but rather where they’re pointing. In this episode, I’m talking to Max S., poet, filmmaker, and speaker, who understands how to make words flow in a way that moves people. I found such power and desire and truth in his poem about porn, titled A Wild Vessel, and knew I had to have him on the show. Max shares his creative process, his journey with sexuality and eroticism through the influence of porn in his youth, and how he learned to reclaim his sexuality and physical intimacy in adulthood. 

What’s in this episode:

How poetry (both what it is and is not) influenced Max’s work

The importance of removing the ego from creativity

His porn poem, A Wild Vessel

How going with the flow can take your original idea to new and unexpected heights

How to not limit your creativity to what you think it wants to be

The energetic synchronicities between love, art, and god

Why community is important to championing one’s truth

Advice on how to fully accept yourself (hint: live your truth!)

For full show notes, resources and links: https://genevievepleasure.com/podcast/https://genevievepleasure.com/podcast/words-that-move-with-max-s

Now is your opportunity to really dive DEEP into your pleasure and see what’s possible! Connect with me on my website at https://www.genevievepleasure.com/, on Instagram @essentialreclamation or join us in my free Facebook community, The Pleasure Circle (https://www.facebook.com/groups/pleasecircle) to get in on the conversation. Want even more tantalizing insights to embody and harness the power of your erotic energy? Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and so you can get on the path to living a life of wealth, ease, and hot juicy sex! 

I think we can all agree that we want better sex. No matter how great you and your partner’s sex is, there’s always room for improvement in the bedroom. That’s why I am bringing you this conversation with sex and relationship coach, Caitlin V. Caitlin supports men in becoming more confident and skilled lovers. 

What’s in this episode:

Caitlin’s sexual awakening and how she got into this line of work

How to support a partner with premature ejaculation (PE)

Why self-pleasure is critical

What happens when you step into your full self

Tips for moving self-pleasure out of routine

Why women are more audible during sex

What you need to know about her sex school

How bringing her work to people will change the world 

For full show notes, resources and links: https://genevievepleasure.com/podcast/have-better-sex-with-caitlin-v

Now is your opportunity to really dive DEEP into your pleasure and see what’s possible! Connect with me on my website at https://www.genevievepleasure.com/, on Instagram @essentialreclamation or join us in my free Facebook community, The Pleasure Circle (https://www.facebook.com/groups/pleasecircle) to get in on the conversation. Want even more tantalizing insights to embody and harness the power of your erotic energy? Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and so you can get on the path to living a life of wealth, ease and hot juicy sex!

Feeling stuck in your body? Wanting to release your emotions through movement? Ready to get raw and wild? 

Join Genevieve and Tasha Blank, Minister of sound, movement magician, international DJ, speaker, teacher and founder of NYC’s wildest dance experience The Get Down. Tasha is a master of holding space for cathartic transformation and an experience with her will leave you raw and alive.

Tasha will also dive deep into:

• What's real and true in movement of emotion and energy
• What transformation really means
• The wisdom in the body

And we'll hear deeply about her personal experience with life, feelings, artistry, and creation.

Check out more of Tasha here {http://www.tashablank.com/}

This is going to be a delectably raw, honest, open conversation about reality, expression, and full, wild aliveness.

Big love,

Team Pleasure

What’s in this episode:

Freeform dance vs. structured dance and how this changed her life forever

How stepping into her true self created pushback internally and externally

Why you have to give yourself space to drop into your feelings

Why you need community and connection

For full show notes, resources, links and to download the transcript: https://genevievepleasure.com/podcast/

Now is your opportunity to really dive DEEP into your pleasure and see what’s possible! Connect with me on my website at https://www.genevievepleasure.com/, on Instagram @essentialreclamation or join us in my free Facebook community, The Pleasure Circle (https://www.facebook.com/groups/pleasecircle) to get in on the conversation. Want even more tantalizing insights to embody and harness the power of your erotic energy? Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and so you can get on the path to living a life of wealth, ease and hot juicy sex! 

Madelyn Moon is the creator of the Sisu Society, a community for women that is opening up powerful doors. In this episode, Madelyn and I talk about how a traumatic childhood affected her upbringing and how she saw the world even into adulthood. She shares what the catalyst was that slowly began to transform her into the woman she is today and how she’s learned to speak up about her sensual needs and handle rejection without shame. 

What’s in this episode:

When she got into teaching intimacy

How her childhood trauma impacted her into adulthood

The long slow drip that transformed her into who she is now

How a workshop changed her life 

How she’s learned to ask for what she wants sensually

The part of the initiation of being rejected that she’s navigated through

For full show notes, resources, links and to download the transcript: https://genevievepleasure.com/podcast/

Now is your opportunity to really dive DEEP into your pleasure and see what’s possible! Connect with me on my website at https://www.genevievepleasure.com/, on Instagram @essentialreclamation or join us in my free Facebook community, The Pleasure Circle (https://www.facebook.com/groups/pleasecircle) to get in on the conversation. Want even more tantalizing insights to embody and harness the power of your erotic energy? Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode and so you can get on the path to living a life of wealth, ease and hot juicy sex!