The Lectures
Our talks are as varied as the speakers who offer them. Ranging across the realms of sex coaches, researchers, performers, therapists and artists, sharing professional wisdom, lived experience & sexual intelligence in 12-minute talks.
The vibe of The Sex Lectures is kind, creative and educational. In these talks below, you have a sweet taste and sense of what you may experience in the audience. We invite you to join us in person to enjoy the warmth, community and intimacy of a sex-positive gathering. Come and join us if you’re willing to listen to what can be both inspirational and challenging topics.
Our Sex Lectures YouTube channel has over 100 talks, so slide on over when you have a spare 12 mins. We’ll update this page with different talks to give you a feel of the range and depth of the topics, love and insight. We invite you to subscribe to our newsletter (at the bottom of this page) to be updated when new talks are published here.
On Men, Dating & Desire
On Men, Dating & Desire
Bear Phillips
Arriving at the conclusion that Feminism Will Make a Man Out of You! Bear tells the story of his journey to personal healing and liberation; the experiences that led him to work with sexuality and trauma, and of his learnings for men in how we might better find connection with others in dating, love and sex.
Bear Phillips: The (Feminist) Love Coach, is a trauma-informed bodyworker, and an intimacy, dating & relationship coach. In his coaching he works primarily with men around questions of masculinity, and how patriarchy impacts our ability to have meaningful and authentic relationships. His first book; Feminism Will Make a Man Out of You! is due for release Autumn 2024.
The Search for Our Inner-Power
The Search for Our Inner-Power
Carla Crivaro
How many of us fall into the delights of becoming the victim in our lives? Gleefully repeating patterns keeping us stuck in various areas of our human experience? In this talk Carla Crivaro explores from her personal journey tapping into the parts of herself that empower her path of self-discovery and radical responsibility. The fears around power and where we may be handing it to someone else.
Carla Crivaro is a certified Sex, Love & Relationship Coach. She works with individuals and couples in their sexual and relational transformation. She works with cis-women and has also trained in Sacred Sexuality for men to support cis-men.
Unicorn Horns and Antlers: Exploring Energy Genitals
Unicorn Horns and Antlers: Exploring Energy Genitals
Daniel Morrison
Have you ever wondered what sex would be like with different genitals? Or maybe you know exactly what it would be like and experience it often? Bodies and genitals exist beyond the physical flesh and beyond binaries. In Unicorn Horns and Antlers, Daniel explores the richness and expansion which becomes available to us when we welcome our energy bodies in fantasy, shared and solo intimacy, when we use toys, prosthetics, imagination and creativity to go beyond what's visible into the realms of deeper connection to ourselves and to each other.
Daniel Morrison is a psychotherapist, facilitator and writer. He offers EMDR trauma therapy as well as talking therapy and specialises in working with gender, sexuality and relationship diversity. Coming Home is his regular workshop exploring the autonomic nervous system to support self awareness and choice in emotional regulation. He's passionate about creating spaces to facilitate connection for the LGBTQ+ community exploring movement, intimacy, consent and boundaries.
The Merits of Boring Sex
The Merits of Boring Sex
Nicola Foster
In this talk, Nicola celebrates the joys of what might be perceived as ‘vanilla’ or ordinary sex. In a world of boundless choices and novelty, can we find the simplicity and joy in ‘less is more’?
Nicola is a relationship therapist who helps people navigate intimacy issues in their personal relationships. At the heart of her work is a commitment to building trust and safety, combined with passion for growth, expansion and sensory pleasure. There’s a power to intimacy — both in the bedroom and out - they’re connected.
Shame: The Speaking Wallpaper of our Existence
Shame: The Speaking Wallpaper of our Existence
Sian Johnson
Sian talks about how our, mostly unconscious, patterns of shame define us in our sex lives, in our relationships and how we show up for ourselves and for others. She covers some of the behaviours that are triggered by shame and the differences between shame and guilt, how healthy shame helps us, and toxic shame keeps us stuck in the same old same old. If shame is hardwired into our nervous system, can we ever be free from its influence?
Sian Johnson is a Sex Coach for Men and Wheel of Consent Facilitator. With nearly a decade of training, exploring and playing in the fields of Tantra, Consent, Sexological Bodywork, Tantric Massage, Coaching, Kink, Consent and Psychotherapy, Sian is an experienced, holistic Sex Coach for single men and with men and their partners.