EP41: Rachael Maddox interviews Magamama on the Reparative Power of Connection in Birth and Sex

What Kimberly Shares

• Her work with sexuality, birth, and the postpartum time
• How these often misunderstood parts of our lives can lead to our healing and our soul work
• Practical tools to start exploring these topics in your own life today

What You'll Hear:

• Kimberly's perspective on what helps heal us the most
• The importance of reestablishing connection and trust
• The fears that can come up around healing and living a life without feeling your trauma
• Kimberly describes her unique, multifaceted approach to helping women
• How often the pelvis and genitals go unattended while the rest of our body is cared for
• How Kimberly models how a great interaction can happen – slowly, narrated, explicitly consensual, and much more
• Kimberly's three rules for intimacy
• How sharing your sexual "code" can build trust
• What are your absolute no's and your absolute yes's?
• "If meeting someone is A, kissing them is B and D, and penetration is R…what happens between D and R?"
• Most people are looking for "great sex" but don't realize that this typical lack in creative, internally generated sexual inquiry is keeping them in their routines
• Rachael shares a few of her own yes's and no's
• "The reason we come to connection is to heal, that's the repair."
• What Kimberly wished the world knew about the postpartum window
• The "42 days for 42 years" rule that exists in many cultures and the important standards it sets for postpartum care
• How Kimberly's rules for intimacy relate to the postpartum time
• How the window of time after birth is an entry point into our soul work, and every birth story has wisdom to offer
• Kimberly's definition of a physiological birth
• "If we reclaim birth, as women, the world will change."
• The body that comes with you into birth affects the way you give birth – your physical injury history, sexual history, family history, etc
• How practicing exploratory sex can prepare your body for birth
• How and why Kimberly and Rachael are cultivating the "108 women" in the world
• Kimberly shares some of the events, mentors, and teachers in her life that shaped her road toward full sexual expression
• "It takes the smallest step." Start simple, start small.
• How do you know what to ask for? How do you explore your own interoception?
• Think of a simple checklist of things you like and want to feel
• Even when it's heavy, bring some light and joy into your healing process!