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For too long, sexuality education has been delivered in ways that ignore cultural context, reinforce stigma, and leave entire communities out of the conversation. Here's why that has to change.
For too long, sexuality education has been delivered in ways that ignore cultural context, reinforce stigma, and leave entire communities out of the conversation. Here's why that has to change.
Trauma doesn't stay in the past — it lives in the body and shapes how we experience intimacy, pleasure, and connection. Understanding this link is the first step toward healing.
Pleasure is not a luxury — it is a part of whole-person wellness. This guide offers language, frameworks, and starting points for exploring your own relationship with pleasure.
Counselors and Social workers are uniquely positioned to address sexual health with clients — but many feel underprepared. This piece explores how to build competency with confidence.
A practical guide for parents, caregivers, and educators on how to approach conversations about bodies, consent, and sexuality with children at every developmental stage.
Healing your relationship with desire is possible — and it doesn't require you to have everything figured out first. A reflection on the slow, nonlinear work of reclamation.
Books Nikki returns to again and again — for clients, practitioners, and anyone on the path.
Emily Nagoski
A science-based guide to understanding female sexuality — pleasure, desire, and the role of stress and context.
Bessel van der Kolk
A foundational text on trauma, the body, and the path toward healing. Essential reading for practitioners and survivors alike.
Audre Lorde
Essays and speeches by Audre Lorde on race, gender, sexuality, and the radical act of self-definition. Timeless and transformative.
adrienne maree brown
A collection exploring how pleasure — in all its forms — is a site of political and personal liberation.
Resmaa Menakem
A somatic approach to healing racialized trauma in the body — for individuals, families, and communities.
Michelle Alexander
A critical examination of mass incarceration and its impact on Black communities — essential context for community wellness work.
A research-backed framework for understanding sexual response — the accelerator and brake system that shapes desire and arousal.
The six core principles of trauma-informed care: safety, trustworthiness, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural humility.
A lifelong process of self-reflection and learning that centers the experiences and expertise of the communities we serve.
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