The Love Drive with Shaun Galanos

Meghan Tonjes is (self-proclaimed)Fat, Blessed, and Thriving. She's a musician, podcaster, and YouTuber, but she's also a hilarious, witty, badass, charming, and hard-working woman that has a lot of wisdom to share when it comes to loving one's own body.  She's been producing YouTube videos for as long as YouTube has been around and knows a few things about the mean things people can say about your body, and how to rise above it.  She's sassy as hell, and as big a flirt as I am. I loved recording this episode with her, and I think you'll love it too.  What you'll learn (or why you should care): • Learning to love your body and how to do it • How being fat has been the best thing to happen to Meghan (and why) • How to deal with internet trolls and haters (online and offline) • Using The Brunch Standard to figure out if you should have sex with someone Notes and Resources Find Meghan Tonjes on her website, Instagram, and YouTube.  Meghan just released an exceptional video about her grandmother. Do yourself a favor, watch it.  Meghan was invited to go on Ellen. I'm uber jealous and super happy for her (being a guest on Ellen is a dream of mine).  Meghan has so many podcasts! Here are two of them! Adventures in Roommating What The Sweet Fuck Curious about The Brunch Standard? Read about it here.  This show is produced by Shaun Galanos with help from Gilford Street Studios. 

I spoke with a woman that has been seeing both men for over a year without either of them knowing anything about the other. She wanted help figuring out who she should choose. No pressure.  Then I spoke with a man trying to forgive his ex for cheating on him, and then another conversation with a young woman who is stuck in an abusive relationship.  All of this on my birthday. Thank you, everyone! Show Notes: Find detailed show notes about this episode here. Esther Perel's book, The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity is a must-read if you're dealing with infidelity in your life. ​ This show has been produced by Shaun Galanos with help from Gilford Street Studios.   

It can be hard to find out about play parties (sex parties) if you're not 'in the know'. Good thing for you, Lila Donnolo is very much 'in the know'. She lives in a sex-positive intentional community in Brooklyn called Hacienda House. We discuss the ins and outs of living in such a community, how to get invited to play parties, some of the etiquette required to fully enjoy yourself, and more. Lila is also the host Horizontal With Lila, a podcast on intimacy that is recorded lying down. Lila is warm, generous, and her voice sounds like honey. It's the most soothing thing I hear every week. You’re going to love this episode. What you'll learn (or why you should care): • How to get invited to sex parties • What it's like living in a clothing-optional, sex-positive, intentional community in NY • How to be a responsible hedonist by checking in on your partner's desires, fears, boundaries, and intentions Notes and Resources Find detailed show notes about this episode here. Find her on her website and on Instagram. To find out more about Hacienda House and to get invited to their public sexy events, go here.  Learn more about Kenneth Play, co-founder of Hacienda, sex hacker, and founder of the Husband Camp course here. This show is produced by Shaun Galanos.

Sarrah Rose is a sexual empowerment coach living in Austin, Texas. We discuss what it means to be sexually empowered, how we can best go about finding our ideal partner, and what it means to communicate honestly.  Show notes: Find out more about The Love Drive and find detailed show notes for this episode here: www.thelovedrive.com/ep27 Find Sarrah Rose on her website and on Instagram. Check out Sarrah's course list here.  This show has been produced by Shaun Galanos with help from Gilford Street Studios. 

Yana Tallon-Hicks is a therapist, consent educator, and columnist living in Western Massachusets. She hosts regular consent workshop and shares with us her recent findings of what it takes to be a more ethical hookup.  You'll learn how to share your STI status, how to consider others' feelings, how to respect your and your partner's boundaries, and more. Don't miss this one, this is the sex ed we should have gotten in school.  Show notes Get detailed show notes, videos, and a transcript of the episode here. Find out more about The Love Drive on the website, Facebook, and Instagram. Yana Tallon-Hicks is a couples & relationships therapist and a consent, sex & sexuality writer and educator living in Western Massachusetts. Her work centers around the belief that pleasure-positive & consent-based sex education can positively impact our lives and the world. Find her on her website and on Instagram. Watch her Ted Talk: Is the Porn Brain our new Sex Educator? Find all the great Oh Joy Sex Toy comics and toy reviews on the web here.   

Four stories of people needing free love advice in Washington Square Park. One, a 67-year-old man has been celibate for 15 years and would like some companionship. Two, a pair of high school sweethearts get ready to go off to different universities and wondering how to navigate being apart for the first time in two years. Three, a man has a heart-bursting crush on someone and doesn’t know how to let them know. Four, a young man wants a long-term partnership with his girlfriend but doesn’t trust her or know how to bring it up. Show Notes Find out more about The Love Drive on the website, Facebook, and Instagram.

Sarah Beall is one of the curators at Makelovenotporn.tv, a user-generated collection of videos of real people having real sex. This is not pornography and the videos are not performances. Make Love Not Porn believes that the sex we have in our everyday life is the hottest sex there is, and I completely agree. We discuss what makes great sex great, how you can dip your toe into making your own real sex videos, and the beauty and freedom of releasing your sex videos online for all to see.  Show Notes Find out more about The Love Drive on the website, Facebook, and Instagram. Sarah Beall can be found on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MadamCuratorXO Make Love Not Porn can be found online: https://makelovenotporn.tv/ on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/makelovenotporntv/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/makelovenotporn Watch real amateur porn at Dan Savage's Hump Fest: https://humpfilmfest.com/ Who is Cindy Gallop, the founder of Make Love Not Porn? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Gallop

Charlie Glickman, Ph.D. is a sex educator, relationship coach, and co-author of The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure. He shares with us his invitation template for creating a situation for people to say yes rather than cases where they have to say no. Whether you're asking for a date, sex, or a business meeting, you can use this invitation template just about anywhere.  We also discuss why some people have a hard time saying no, what it means to be sexually empowered, and take a quick peek at what it means to pleasure your prostate. Show Notes: You can find out more about Shaun Galanos and The Love Drive at www.thelovedrive.com Charlie Glickman Ph.D. is a sex & relationship coach, a sexuality educator, a sexological bodyworker, and an internationally-acclaimed speaker. Charlie Glickman's website is http://www.makesexeasy.com/ You can get his book The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure: Erotic Exploration for Men and Their Partners here: https://amzn.to/2mJB9Cn The site for the book which includes free resources on prostate pleasure can be found here: http://pspotbook.com/ The blog post How to Get Freaky Without Being Creepy can be found here: http://www.makesexeasy.com/how-to-get-freaky-without-being-creepy/ The blog post Consent Accidents and Consent Violations can be found here: http://www.makesexeasy.com/consent-accidents-consent-violations/ Charlie Glickman is on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/charlie.glickman Betty Martin has some fantastic free resources and videos on her website. You can watch a video series on The Wheel of Consent here: https://bettymartin.org/videos/ Carey French teaches workshops and writes blog posts on Embodied Consent on here site here: https://www.embodiedconsent.com/ Lynne Forrest wrote the article The Three Faces of Victim – An Overview of the Drama Triangle here: https://www.lynneforrest.com/articles/2008/06/the-faces-of-victim/ This show is produced by Shaun Galanos with help from Gilford Street Studios.   

On this episode of Free Love Advice, two shorts conversations with men about how to get over your ex when you're still in love and how to tell your parents that you love them.  Show Notes: To find out more about The Love Drive, find me at www.thelovedrive.com  

Sam Lamott is an artist, writer, and the founder of Hello Humans, a platform for storytellers who capture the truth of what it means to be human. Sam also happens to be heartbroken and shares with us exactly what he did to get out of the hole and start living his life again.  What do you do when the love of your life tells you it's over and walks out the door? You spend a week wallowing in self-pity, eating cheesecake, and crying your heart out. Then you slowly pick yourself back up, one piece at a time. Show Notes: Find show notes for the episode here.  Check out Hellow Humans, it's a fantastic project and definitely worth your time.  Check out Sam's podcast, How To Human on Apple Podcast. Past guests include Brené Brown, Aparna Nancherla, and Giorgia Lupi.  This show is produced by Shaun Galanos with help from Gilford Street Studios.