EXPLORE MORE 2020

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

PLANNING YOUR EXPERIENCE

The full line-up for the 10 days is below. Be sure to download a copy for yourself, too!

 

You won't be able to fit it all in (just like a live conference, there will be things you miss and part of the fun is learning from other attendees!), so use the schedule to plan your experience in a way that feels yummy for you. 

 

We will be in the Explore More Facebook group talking about ALL the things, so if you'd like to socialize with other folks who are watching, ask questions, and share your thoughts, join us there.

CHECK OUT THE LINE-UP!

SUMMIT SCHEDULE

Remember - talks are available for 24 hours beginning at 9am Eastern each day. 

DAY 1: MONDAY, APRIL 20

PRENTIS HEMPHILL

We discuss what it means to come home to ourselves, embodiment for disenfranchised people, the power of pleasure to heal, & moving away from innocence and guilt so that we might all get free.
 
Pronouns: they/them

AMBER RICE

We discuss Amber's fun way of connecting with the parts of ourselves we've abandoned or ignored, how to work with our inner board room, and tools for finding self-compassion.

Pronouns: she/her

KAI CHENG THOM

We discuss the performance of virtue in our communities, validating our humanity in our relationships, somatic sex education, pleasure, and the complexities of consent

Pronouns: she/her

DAY 2: TUESDAY, APRIL 21

DR. JENNIFER MULLAN

We discuss decolonizing therapy, the harm and oppressive legacy of modern mental health, ancestral healing & alternative healing for POC, what it means to take up space, and why group/community healing is so important.
 
Pronouns: she/her

CLEMENTINE MORRIGAN

We discuss what happened when Clementine started writing about their pain and shame, trauma-informed polyamory and how most polyamory resources focus on jealousy & owning your feelings without naming power & systemic oppression or trauma, forgiving ourselves for our shame, the importance and complications of safe love, finding magic and possibility in our trauma (and  how disability justice informs that), and boundaries for folks with trauma.

Pronouns: they/she

GRAEME SEABROOK

We discuss why mothers need more support, the harm that men/fathers do in heterosexual relationships and what it means to actually be an equitable partner, why motherhood itself is broken, the importance of community, and raising resilient kids.

Pronouns: she/her

DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

MARIA PAREDES

We talk about Maria's work in eating disorder recovery, all the ways your body is waiting to make peace with you, how difficult body trust is after infertility/ miscarriage, plus Maria's very personal story & the harm of gatekeeping information by professionals.
 
Pronouns: she/her

VANESSA ROCHELLE LEWIS

We explore ugliness and uglification, desirability politics and beauty, what it means to worship our own pleasure, embracing our lush fat bodies, and moving through our fear of our own ugliness.

Pronouns: she/her

SPRING UP

We dive into how binaries of good/bad get in the way of accountability, what it means to honor both the trauma AND our healing, finding pleasure in our activism, breaking up immediacy, & self-accountability.

Pronouns: they/them for both Stas & Lea

DAY 4: THURSDAY, APRIL 23

BE NOURISHED

We discuss what Body Trust means, sneaky ways diet culture & fatphobia show up in our lives, what body liberation means, why it's important to LIKE what we eat, and why boundary work isn't only about our boundaries but respecting the boundaries of others. 
 
Pronouns: Dana & Hilary both use she/her

AIDA MANDULEY

We explore the fictions we tell ourselves, how relationships & sex are impacted by systemic issues, what it looks like to have deep ambition for pleasure & connection (vs. money & career), community accountability and justice, and how to improve at repair work in our relationships.

Pronouns: they/them

JOELLEN NOTTE

We discuss myths about depression & sex, why it's not depression that kills relationships and what actually does, ways to support people struggling with depression, breaking the shame spiral around libido, & medical gaslighting and what to do about it.

Pronouns: she/her

DAY 5: FRIDAY, APRIL 24

RACHEL COLE

We dive into what it means to be well-fed around all of our hungers, ways we are indoctrinated into body submission & what body sovereignty can offer us, intuitive eating, the wisdom of emotional eating, & the power of pleasure to heal.
 
Pronouns: she/her

DR. ROBYN

We dive into the role pleasure plays in our activism, why we need to break up with authority and certainty in service to not knowing and liminal spaces, how microdosing T has helped Dr. Robyn be more embodied, & how we can build bridges across difference.

Pronouns: they/them

ILYA PARKER

We discuss how Ilya came to this work, the ways we punish ourselves with exercise and what joyful, healing movement can look like, the questions Ilya is asking about gender and toxic masculinity, and the barriers many trans people face around access and support.

Pronouns: he/they

DAY 6: SATURDAY, APRIL 25

HEATHER PLETT

We discuss what it means to hold space and what becomes possible when we hold space for others, the power of ceremony and ritual, becoming more resourced to allow messiness and ugliness in our relationships, & being in right relationship with ourselves. 

Pronouns: she/her

RACHELLE BENSOUSSAN

We discuss how Rachelle got into grief literacy and what grief literacy means, why we're so grief-averse in Western dominant culture, the difference between grief and mourning, how grief can offer us deeper connection & intimacy, and the importance of pleasure for people who are grieving.

Pronouns: she/her

     

DAY 7: SUNDAY, APRIL 26

SEXOLOGIST SHAMYRA

We explore what intimacy means to Shamyra, how people can break up with 'should' and create their own relationships, entitlement around sex in dating & relationships, and how we can better weather the discomfort of conflict.
 
Pronouns: she/her/Orisha

GWYNN RAIMONDI

We discuss what cultural-relational trauma is, Gwynn's feelings around the word healing, how we can begin moving trauma through our bodies, simple methods to explore embodiment, soothing our nervous systems, and how we can all be better stewards around our healing work.

Pronouns: she/her

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DAY 8: MONDAY, APRIL 27

LAMA ROD OWENS

We discuss the impact of intergenerational trauma & the power of coming home to ourselves, the importance of connecting with our anger & rage, masculinity & patriarchy, saying no as an act of love, and how Lama Rod's life began when he stopped running from the pain.
 
Pronouns: he/him

ANDREA GLIK

We discuss restoring connection to all parts of the self - especially those we had to reject in order to survive, consensual non-consent and healing trauma through BDSM & kink, attunement in our relationships, and attachment theory,
 

Pronouns: she/her

DARCEY STEINKE

We unpack the ways menopause is represented in media, Darcey's exploration of menopause on her own terms and how it led her to killer whales, the de-gendering or third gender she experienced in menopause and how trans folks served as mentors for her journey, and how menopause invites us to reconnect with our wildness.

Pronouns: she/her

DAY 9: TUESDAY, APRIL 28

McKENSIE MACK

We talk about the ways we've been culturally groomed to be boundaryless, how boundary work is worthiness work, what it means to choose vulnerability, why imperfect boundaries are crucial, & dismantling white womanhood.
 
Pronouns: they/them

GINA SENARIGHI

We discuss why curiosity is one of the most important tools in our relational toolkit, cultivating shared meaning in love, why quick fixes are not the way forward in our relationships, and rebuilding trust after betrayal or infidelity. 

Pronouns: she/her

CAFFYN JESSE

We discuss somatic sex education, what becomes possible when we are met around our vulnerability and our monsters, the power of erotic touch, how to relate to each other outside of our trauma, loving skillful touch and why our nervous systems are ALWAYS co-regulating with the world around us.

Pronouns: they/she

DAY 10: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29

TURTLE TANK

We dive into what it means to operate FROM desire rather than moving towards it, how to build our lives around our desire & soul purpose, what it means to die into desire and pleasure, developing self trust, and the importance of play in connecting with our aliveness.
 
Pronouns: Samia uses they/them & Ije uses she/her

NORA SAMARAN & ARAVINDA ANANDA

We discuss relational responsibility & moving away from hyper-individualism in our relationships, what it means to belong as our whole selves, why worthiness work has to come before accountability, and how we can orient towards a culture of nurturance. 

Pronouns: Nora uses she/her & Aravinda uses she/her or they/them

PLEASURE MECHANICS

We talk about enduring and tolerating touch and ways to move towards pleasure, how Chris and Charlotte cultivated a relationship that is bigger than romance, dealing with chronic pain in a relationship & how it changes things so deeply, and what it means to develop the skills of personal & collective pleasure.

Pronouns: Charlotte uses she/her & Chris uses they/them

SEE THE ENTIRE SUMMIT FOR YOURSELF!

AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO SEE 28 RICH CONVERSATIONS

We do not know what the world will look like in the coming weeks and months, but we do know that having more tools, bigger questions to ask, and new language for what it means to be alive and in community will be an important part of how we thrive, even in dire times.

Being able to revisit the conversations, questions, and community bonuses that offer you a sense of relief, peace, hope, and meaning matters.

 

With an extended access package, not only do you get more time and loads of goodies, but your financial support means we can pay our speakers for their time and continue to make this event as accessible as possible.

If you require transcripts for accessibility reasons, contact us at mariah (at) dawnserra (dot) com. ​

BASIC

ACCESS

$47

VALUED AT $235

This package includes:

AUDIO FILES

for all 28 talks 

FREE CONFERENCE WORKBOOKS
10 in all - one for each day of the conference

READING LIST & RESOURCE GUIDE

books, podcasts, and resources to help you continue your exploration after the summit

Click the button and choose from the list on the purchase page which access package you'd like.

EXPLORER

ACCESS

$87

VALUED AT $2200

This package includes:

VIDEO ACCESS

for all 28 talks

AUDIO FILES
for all 28 talks

EXPANDED WORKBOOKS
more than double the questions & prompts for each talk

TRANSCRIPTS
printable versions of every talk

PLUS...A BONUS 20-MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH TURTLE TANK

- we chatted for over 2 hours, and due to time we had to clip an entire section of the talk, so we're including it here for you!

PLUS...FOUR WEEKS OF COMMUNITY CALLS
after the summit is over, an intimate group of us will dive deep into your questions together (always a favorite!) for 90 minutes each week

PLUS...25% OFF POWER IN PLEASURE ONLINE COURSE
- save 25% when you join the next cohort


NEW BONUS! MOVING TOWARDS BODY TRUST
- free access to host Dawn Serra's 2.5 hour online workshop all about body trust

 

BONUS! PELVIC PAIN CLINIC
- a PDF eBook by Caffyn Jesse on anatomy, touch, & practices for addressing pelvic pain

 

BONUS! MINDFUL SEX ECOURSE
- Pleasure Mechanics are offering you FREE access to their $147 Mindful Sex online ecourse.

 

BONUS! SEX MAP GAME
- a simple, playful approach to practicing sexual communication in a fun & approachable way!


READING LIST & RESOURCE GUIDE

books, podcasts, and resources to help you continue your exploration after the summit

Click the button and choose from the list on the purchase page which access package you'd like.

PREMIERE

ACCESS

$157

VALUED AT $3975

This package includes:

EVERYTHING IN EXPLORER

Video Access

Audio Files

Expanded Workbooks
Transcripts

Bonus 20-minute Turtle Tank
Four Community Calls

Moving Towards Body Trust Pelvic Pain Clinic eBook

Mindful Sex eCourse

Sex Map Game
Reading & Resource List


PLUS...50% OFF POWER IN PLEASURE ONLINE COURSE

when you join the next cohort

PLUS...A ONE-ON-ONE COACHING SESSION WITH HOST DAWN SERRA

one hour of personalized support around personal or professional goals & desires

AND...ACCESS TO THE NEW EXPLORE MORE SUMMIT ARCHIVE

get 9 months of unlimited access to the archive which contains every single talk from 2019, 2019, Bodies Edition, 2017, & 2016. That's over 130 interviews you cannot access anywhere else. Plus, workbooks, bonuses, & more from all prior summits. Membership is good until December 31, 2020. See the topics & speakers from all prior summits here. IT'S SO MUCH!!!!!

Click the button and choose from the list on the purchase page which access package you'd like.

We awarded over $6,300 in scholarships and support funds to people in need at Explore More Summit 2020. 

Explore More has a beautiful history of creating a community fund to help offer those in need with sliding scale pricing. If you choose to donate $3 to the fund, it will be added to the Explore More Summit 2021 fund!

 

A note about accessibility: 

Every year, we do our best to improve accessibility - it is always a work-in-progress. All of the talks have closed captions. The video speed can be slowed down or sped up, if that helps with comprehension. We are also adding written descriptions to all Facebook images in the Facebook group for those folks who use screen readers. Finally, transcripts are available for purchase in the Explorer & Premiere extended access packages, but if a transcript is needed for accessibility reasons, just let us know by emailing mariah (at) dawnserra (dot) com!

Please Note:

Explore More Summit is intended for individual use. Group use and sharing is prohibited. If you are interested in group access, please contact us by replying to the daily email.

 

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