Today on Life is a Festival in a talk recorded live at Burning Man, I share my personal kink journey and how I learned to alchemize adolescent sexual shame through the archetype of “Daddy.” I was interviewed by the brilliant Chloe Macintosh, founder of the sexual wellness app, Kama, who will be a guest on a forthcoming episode. On the show we discuss where kinks come from and how accepting, embracing, and embodying them can be healing for you and your lovers. We discuss creating safe containers in specific experiences and overall relationship dynamics. Finally we end with questions and a playful Daddy embodiment practice. Kink, like psychedelics and Burning Man itself, can be a powerful transformational technology, if used wisely. Links Life is a Festival #112 “Sex and Shamanic Shadow Hunting” https://www.eamonarmstrong.com/lifeisafestival/ista Life is a Festival #119 “I Kink, Therefore I Am: The Art of Liberating Desire”: https://www.eamonarmstrong.com/lifeisafestival/cat-meyer The Erotic Blueprint: https://missjaiya.com/ BDSMtest.org “The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion and Fulfillment” by Jack Morin: https://www.amazon.com/Erotic-Mind-Unlocking-Sources-Fulfillment/dp/0060984287 Ask a Sub: https://www.askasub.com/ Timestamps :10 - Where do kinks come from :21 - How expressing and integrating kinks leads to healing :27 - How your kinks can be healing for your lover :35 - How embodying my kinks has influenced my life beyond my sexuality :42 - Safe words and the stoplight system :46 - Audience questions about solving for unconscious material, shame, and creating a safe container 1:00 - Daddy Embodiment practice