Ep. #273: “Chill in theory, activated in reality”: Hot and Unbothered with Yana Tallon-Hicks

Yana Tallon-Hicks, LMFT, (she/her) is a sex therapist specializing in LGBTQQ+, kinky, and non-monogamous relationships. She is also a consent, sex, and sexuality columnist and educator. Her work centers around the belief that pleasure-positive and consent-based sex education can positively impact our lives and the world.

In this episode, Eryn and Yana talk about:

• Yana’s journey with pleasure, queerness, kink, polyamory
• Integrating sex education facts with making our dreams about sex and sexuality feel real and settled
• Working with shame and other barriers from moving towards the sex lives and relationships with sexuality we want
• Talking about sex with your sexual partners
• Shame monsters!
• Attachment & sex
• Getting comfortable with our desires
• Shattering myths about good sex!
• Meeting and not meeting our own personal ideals of sex
• Dealing with our own personal baggage around sex in our bodies
• How to set big and small sexual goals that are aligned with your values
• Integrating sex into your daily life (if you want to)

Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/yana-tallon-hicks 

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Check out Yana's book, Hot and Unbothered. Follow her work on Instagram @the_vspot and connect with her on her website.