Stefani talks to Dr. Caroline West about the difference between intimate partner violence and consensual kink, and how clinicians can differentiate between the two in order to best support their clients. Listen to the complete episode here:

https://tortoiseshack.ie/on-the-couch-with-kink-and-therapy-ep-54/

""Respecting the child's stop and teaching them that there is no authority on earth who can mandate that they engage physically with someone they do not wish to, is an act of powerful magic that can last a lifetime"

Read the full article here:
http://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_e47bcf475bfe08cdd842068d0bf0dab5

"“Bondage play, such as with ropes or tools like body sacks, can feel like a comforting swaddle — imagine a baby wrapped up tight — to the person being bound,”

Read the full article here:
https://www.mic.com/p/could-bdsm-be-the-antidote-to-our-pandemic-fueled-loss-of-control-47460733

"“We can learn how to recognize our partner’s love language and say ‘oh, she bought me a present. That’s her way of showing me she cares,’ even when gift giving is not the first love language you speak,” says Goerlich." 

Read the full article here:
https://www.mic.com/p/do-love-languages-actually-matter-psychologists-weigh-in-18799908

"You feel as if you're merging together or, rather, that the things that separate you are illusions of the material world," says Stefani Goerlich... "The result of tantric practice is the creation of close bonds with one's partner, greater awareness of one's body, and the development of skills such as mindfulness, restraint, and communication."

Read the full article here: 
https://www.insider.com/what-is-tantric-sex

Listen to Stefani as she helps explore the topic of asexuality with Samuel Boyle of the BBC:

Full Program available her: ​https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08w63q2?fbclid=IwAR2d3uZ0mtGnC9m0m4FCfPF-Po67jwYUcx3bFg1KNOPPiG5IiFKDIA7tdxA

Does the season affect your sex drive? Do politics? Stefani talks it out with Ryan and Shira here:

https://omny.fm/shows/let-s-go-there-with-shira-ryan/can-smells-write-history?

Does your partner want more (or less) sex than you do? Stefani talks about mismatched libidos with Ryan and Shira here:

​https://omny.fm/shows/let-s-go-there-with-shira-ryan/how-to-brag??

“The couple (they need not be heterosexual…or even only two people) would discuss what their intention is for the magick -aka what goal or outcome they want to achieve. This could be directing energy toward someone’s healing from illness, to help one of the participants to find a job, or even simply as an act of devotion to their god or deity,” 

Read the Full Article Here:
https://www.gq.co.za/girls/sex-relationships/what-is-sex-magick-a78c53cf-fd5b-4fda-8d94-f49a985c4fa2