Explore More Summit Schedule
Below you'll find the full summit schedule, along with highlights from each talk.
Don't forget: a link to each day's talks will be emailed to you, so be sure you're signed up and receiving emails from Explore More Summit.
Though many of the talks touch on many themes, each talk has been tagged with the primary (and when appropriate, secondary) theme.
(R) - Relationship, (X) - Sexuality & sex, (S) - Sensuality, (B) - Body love, self-care
Day 1: Thursday, January 28th
Reid Mihalko (R, X)
Interview highlights:
- Let's talk sex. How to talk about it, how to set boundaries, and why some people start resenting their partner because of the expectation behind every touch.
- What is energetic sex? What about for the skeptics?
- Overcoming fear and shame is an important part of becoming a relationship black belt, playing at a varsity level. What does that look like and how do we get there?
- Learn the difficult conversation formula (Reid asks Dawn to dress up like a superhero in the example!).
Erin Lee Kaufmann (B)
Interview highlights:
- How can we learn to trust our bodies? What kind of wisdom can be found in our bodies?
- Learn ways to use sensation in our body to process emotions in a healthy way and release pain.
- What does it mean to hold space for tough emotions, our own and a partner's?
Gina Senarighi (R)
Interview highlights:
- Basic day to day skills and tiny things you can do to nurture the strengths in a relationship.
- What does vulnerability look like to you? What does it look like to your partner? Gina talks about navigating those differences and what support looks like.
- In some ways it's easier to end things or cut someone off after a mistake. What does turning towards each other and navigating conflict really look like?
- Newbies to non-monogamy get some practical tips on how to get started.
Day 2: Friday, January 29th
Meg John Barker (R)
Interview highlights:
- The way we define love is so rigid. How can we find new ways to love and be in relationship?
- The romanticism and idea of The One sets us up for a ton of distress. There are more expansive ways to approach happiness and love in our lives.
- Self-criticism and intense emotions can take up so much space. How can we begin healing and learning ways to navigate those?
Virgie Tovar (B)
Interview highlights:
- Fat phobia is rampant. That's why self-love is such a radical act.
- Concrete steps for releasing body shame and finding self-compassion.
- How does diet culture impact all of us? How can we start breaking free to live happy and feel sexy in the bodies we have?
Nadine Thornhill (X)
Interview highlights:
- Talking about sex with kids sets them up for success in relationships as adults.
- How can adults listen to kids and what kinds of questions help kids figure out their emotions?
- Kids are much more sophisticated about their bodies and sexuality than adults realize. Nadine shares how to navigate that landscape openly.
Day 3: Saturday, January 30th
Victoria Rosa (R)
Interview highlights:
- Jealousy can build intimacy and vulnerability if you navigate it openly. Here is how to accept it, dig in to it, and find out what's really going on - in a healthy way.
- The number one mistake people make when approaching a partner about wanting to change something or try something new.
- Most common pitfalls for exploring non-monogamy.
Lauren Marie Fleming (B)
Interview highlights:
- Body love and what it means to take the guilty out of pleasure to live your best life.
- Why you should eliminate the word "healthy" from your vocabulary and what you should say instead.
- What if you don't feel like you deserve love or sex or pleasure? How can you find your voice when you feel unworthy or undesirable?
Allison Moon (X)
Interview highlights:
- Labels - they can set us free and help us find community, but they can also hold us back and keep us trapped.
- Sexual energy can fuel creativity, art, family, community, all without actual intercourse. So much juicy stuff here.
- Regrettable sexual experiences. Oy! We've all had them. What do they mean and how can we use them to grow rather than live in regret?
- What should you do if the moment is ruined in bed?
Day 4: Sunday, January 31st
Cyndi Darnell (R, S)
Interview highlights:
- Sensuality and feelings aren't as valued as our thoughts. This causes disembodied relationships and disconnection. What can be done to heal and soften that?
- How to practice sensual touch and erotic experiences.
- All the sexy fun you can have with your clothes on! Oh yes!
- Scheduling sex and intimacy can be very liberating when you approach it this way...
Elena Lipson (B)
Interview highlights:
- Too many of us wear "busy" as a badge, exhausted and stressed. What is radical self-care and how can slowing down actually free us?
- Self-care is more than bubble baths and candles. We dive deep into what it really means to put ourselves first so that we can truly serve others.
- Most of us have made a habit of breaking promise after promise to ourselves, to the point that we beat ourselves up and distrust our own voice. We talk about breaking that cycle and how it strengthens our relationship with ourselves and with our partners.
Charlie Glickman (R, X)
Interview highlights:
- Tough feelings - our own and a partner's - are scary. We tend to jump to problem solving. But there's a better way.
- We are taught to endure unpleasant touch, but that breeds resentment. What's the alternative?
- Disappointment avoidance - what is it and how does it show up? How can we hold space for someone else's disappointment?
- Sex tips for men, including a bold way to ask someone for sex or out on a date.
Day 5: Monday, February 1st
JoEllen Notte (X)
Interview highlights:
- Depression - how it impacts sex and ways to find support.
- The power of sexting. Yes, it's real sex!
- Sex toy super heroes and how to find something that works for your body.
- When we disclose diabetes to a potential partner, they don't bat an eye. But disclosing depression or other invisible disabilities can evoke a very different reaction. Here's how to work with that paradigm so you feel supported.
Mark Michaels & Patricia Johnson (R)
Interview highlights:
- Instead of relationship agreements, what about starting with a statement of purpose on your shared vision?
- Instead of waiting for your relationship to be in crisis, take a different approach to relationship health.
- Reverence in relationship can create a resilient container for surviving conflict. What is reverence and how can we come back to it when emotions are high?
Dirty Lola (X)
Interview highlights:
- The most common concerns people bring to a sex toy shop and how to navigate them.
- Fun toys and aids for every body - fat, disabled, older, pain-filled, and more. Plus, how to use them in a way that doesn't feel shameful.
- Did you know some toys are super toxic? We talk about safe materials, cleaning methods, and how to have fun while keeping your soft bits healthy.
- Getting into kink- Lola's amazing first experience and her not-so-great second experience.
Day 6: Tuesday, February 2nd
Feminista Jones (X, B)
Interview highlights:
- We never owe anyone sex, and yet culturally this has become an acceptable way of treating sexual partners. We break it down and flip it around.
- If virgin doesn't actually exist, then neither can whore. Feminista talks about sexuality myths that hold us back and how sex can be the ultimate liberation, especially for women of color.
- Finding your voice in bed is critical to tapping into your pleasure. How can we find the words to say what we want, especially if we've struggled in the past?
- Kink. Oh so much kink. From Dominance and submission to ass play and beyond, we go there and we roll around in it.
Ashley Manta (X, B)
Interview highlights:
- Dirty talk 101 - how do we get past the awkward? And, tips for keeping it interesting.
- A scarcity mentality creates tremendous pain and unhealthy relationships. What happens when we shift to an abundance mentality? Believing we deserve love and pleasure?
- STIs happen to lovely, clean, smart people every day. Ashley shares her story and how we can begin destigmatizing STIs.
- Sex and cannabis? Yep. We go there.
Barbara Carrellas (X, S)
Interview highlights:
- Ecstatic experiences aren't always pleasurable, but they have a real cathartic edge that can be bliss inducing.
- What is urban tantra and how can it enrich your sense of the spiritual and erotic?
- Not sure what you want? Flip the script. Barbara tells us how to use the things you dislike or hate about your current situation or experiences to get clarity on what you actually want.
Day 7: Wednesday, February 3rd
Karen BK Chan (X, R)
Interview highlights:
- Play and humor in sex are so important. What does it mean to stay flexible and playful, even when the stakes are high?
- Emotional intelligence - what is it and how do we cultivate it? The more you know, the stronger your relationships become.
- A man who orgasms in his thumb inspires a chat about innovation and creativity in defining and experiencing pleasure. There's so much more than our genitals.
- Trauma can have a deep impact on someone's life. We talk about what it looks like to embrace our scars and to forgive ourselves for mistakes before they happen.
Stacey Herrera (S, B)
Interview highlights:
- Self acceptance is liberating. Body shame is a jail. What happens when we start releasing ourselves from the prison?
- We struggle to sit in discomfort, but we also struggle to sit in pleasure. Why do we rush towards the end if it feels so good?
- Life can be orgasmic all the time. What does it take to live that way? And why do some people think that if they resist change things will stay the same?
Dr. Eve (Marlene Wasserman) (R)
Interview highlights:
- Cyber infidelity - we're all at risk, so what do we need to be aware of?
- Rich and deep versus wide and narrow conversations can make or break a relationship. Often, online conversations offer a safe space that our partners never have a chance to share.
- What does trauma do to us and our emotional experiences? How do we set ourselves up for healthier relationships by focusing on our own stuff?
Day 8: Thursday, February 4th
Sunny Megatron & Ken Melvoin-Berg (X)
Interview highlights:
- Not for the faint of heart, this talk gets real kinky, REAL fast - humiliation play, piss play, and more.
- Need to learn a lover's body? Try optometrist sex. No, it's not at all what you think.
- Sex toys for folks with a penis often get overlooked, but there are SO many toys and ways to use them with a partner. We investigate.
- World class blow jobs? Yeah, we go there, too.
Sophie Delancey (B, X)
Interview highlights:
- Sophie recently suffered a series of strokes. She shares her story, and then we explore sex and disability. Disability can and will happen to everyone, if they're around long enough, so we dive deep.
- Porn as a relationship building activity? Oh yes. Find out all the ways you can use porn to connect and enjoy new kinds of sex.
- Body acceptance and naming our desires are so important if we want to explore our more. Find out safe ways to explore both on your own terms.
- Pegging. Curious about what it is and why it's so hot? We talk strap-on sex for everyone.
Amy Jo Goddard (S, X)
Interview highlights:
- What does it mean to be sexually empowered? Amy Jo shares her own journey towards empowerment.
- We are constantly abandoning ourselves in little ways. How can we begin to come home to ourselves? Why is coming home so important to our sexual self?
- Amy Jo loves saying, "Sex is always a negotiation." Find out why treating sex as a negotiation rather than a given leads to sex that's more enjoyable, more connected, and better for everyone involved.
- Expectations around sex and relationships are toxic. Letting go and getting curious is the key to transformation. We discuss.
Day 9: Friday, February 5th
Devi Ward (S)
Interview highlights:
- Pleasure as medicine. Learn how to use pleasure to heal old wounds and connect with your body now.
- The separation of spirituality and sexuality has caused so much distress in our world. Tantra can be a path to realignment.
- Masturbation for sacred sex? Oh yes. We dive into sacred solo sex and the power of touching yourself.
- Devi and Dawn demonstrate ocean breath for getting in your body and turning off your mind.
Tobi Hill-Meyer (X)
Interview highlights:
- Most porn performers share their best-case story, but Tobi shares her worst and how there was still something validating in that experience.
- Seeing bodies like ours is incredibly important in porn - trans bodies, fat bodies, older bodies, disabled bodies. How can we use porn to heal ourselves and explore new things in relationship?
- Gender play - what is it, what does it mean, and how can someone explore it?
- Transphobia affects us all. What are some ways it shows up in our lives?
Conner Habib (X)
Interview highlights:
- Our culture believes in sexual morality - where some sexual experiences are deemed good and others deemed bad. How does this fundamentalism hold us back? What does a radical approach to sex look like?
- Conner sets the record straight on the myth of "great sex". If sex is like a conversation, imagine all the different types of conversations we have. This chat leads us interesting places.
- What would the world look like if we were all sexually liberated? Loony tunes to deep personal awareness, you may find yourself ready to reframe everything you think you know about sex.
Day 10: Saturday, February 6th
Dan Savage (R)
Interview highlights:
- For years, Dan has been offering the same advice to folks who are trapped in a sexless marriage or who have mismatched libidos. Why does the question keep coming up? Why are people resisting what he's telling them?
- Have we started de-stigmatizing non-monogamy in our culture? In his 20+ years as a sex expert, what kinds of shifts has he already seen in the culture?
- Dan says we should rush towards rejection instead of shying away from it. Find out why and how loving rejection can lead to better relationships in the long run.
- I ask Dan a question he's never been asked before...so listen in and find out what question you can send him that would absolutely delight him.
Tristan Taormino (X)
Interview highlights:
- Tristan shares a few stories she's never shared before including how she injured herself trying to get off and how shame shows up for her, even after 20+ years as a sex expert.
- Feminist porn - what is it and why is it so damn critical?
- The term "single" is vilified in our society, as if being in relationship is the only valid way to be happy. We break this down and why it's so completely untrue.
Bianca Laureano (B, X)
Interview highlights:
- Learning and appreciating your body is an important part of everyone's sexuality. How can we begin to shift the dialog with have with ourselves about our bodies?
- Safer sex talks have such a stigma - that they're not sexy or mood-killing. But, when you don't apologize for what you need and when you find ways to sexualize the barriers themselves (we LOVE gloves), safer sex can become really hot.
- Bianca's documentary, Black Pervert, is a beautiful look at the intersections of Black and kink. We roll around in what it means to be a person of color and kinky in a world that marginalizes both communities.
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“There is so much depth and richness [in Karen BK Chan's interview]. She is such a masterful communicator and there is so much on offer here. It's like a five course meal. No one will watch this and leave thinking they could have spent their time better doing something else. I've been a therapist for 20 years and Karen teaches me something every time.”
“Both [the Tobi Hill-Meyer and the Feminista Jones talks] hit on something I see as vital in exploring relationships, and that is permission. Permission to find your pleasure, permission to define yourself and your needs!”
“I watched [the Meg John Barker talk] the first time with a colleague. It took us four hours to finish as we kept stopping to discuss and expand on the ideas you and MJ talk about. I watched it a second time at home to see if I'd missed anything. It is a great addition to your series. Now I want to see what some of the others said!”
