Have you ever wanted to know more about sexological bodywork? Together, Naomi and Stella Topaz from Abundant Body talk through the wheel of consent and the somatic therapy approach of sexological bodywork and how it varies from other types of therapy and sexology. Stella reveals the inside of a sexological bodywork session and walks us through how she works with compassion and gratitude.

This episode was recorded in March 2024

CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma

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Comfortable in my skin & More than a body

References

Institute of Somatic Sexology

Wheel of Consent by School of Consent

Urban Tantra Professional Training Progam

Barbara Carellas

Dossie Easton

BDSM

Scar Tissue Remediation

Ellen Heed

Abundant Body

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

Credits

Host: Naomi Viret

Guest: Stella Topaz

Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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Spend some time and listen to an honest and open conversation about medical consent, consent culture, TransHealth, queer and disability healthcare with Axel Nathaniel Rose. Axel shares with Naomi his lived experience as a queer, transgender, and disabled man, reflecting on the life-long impacts of when medical consent is not given. An empowering episode challenging necessary system change and inspiring individual advocacy.

This episode was recorded in February 2024.

CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references medical abuse, explicit transphobia, sexual violence, and transphobic and misogynistic public policy.

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Recommendations

The Pronoun Lowdown & Ask: Building Consent Culture

References

University of New South Wales

The C-Word (Learning Consent Blog)

Learning Consent

Liz Kelly (Continuum of Sexual Violence)

Kitty Stryker

Ask: Building Consent Culture

Carol Queen

Laurie Penny

Nevo Zisin

Quinn Eades

They Thought It Was An Obsession Article

Trans Broken Arm Syndrome

UNSW Interview (Accessible Healthcare for the Trans and Gender Diverse Community)

TransHub

ACON

Disability Discrimination Act 1992

Sex Discrimination Act 1984

International Transgender Day of Visibility

The Gender Centre

The Albion Centre

On The Couch Caddyshack Project discussions

Sage @sagescrittore (Ursula Le Guin Quote)

Credits

Host: Naomi Viret

Guest: Axel-Nathaniel Rose

Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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How can we include pleasure in the consent conversation? Listen as founder of Learning Consent Dr Joy Townsend goes beyond the traditional definition of consent and discusses effective role modelling and consent culture in todays society. Learning Consent delivers comprehensive relationships, sexuality and consent education programs for educational institutions and organisations. Joy shares with Naomi her passion for helping young people to catch a vision for how great communicative, connected and pleasurable sex can be.

This episode was recorded in March 2023

CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual assault and sexual violence 

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Recommendations

Welcome to Consent , Teaching Consent & 1800Respect

References

Learning Consent

Joy’s PHD “Her sexual self: A narrative investigation of young women’s sexual subjectives”

Marie-Pierre Cleret

UNESCO International technical guidance on sexuality education

Comprehensive Consent Sarah Casper

French Philosopher – communicative approach to consent

Bad sex vs sexual violence blog

Laurie Penny

Secondary School Survey 

Liz Kelly’s Continuum of sexual violence

Professor Michael Flood

Porn literacy curriculum

Betty Dodson

National Student Safety Survey

Credits

Host: Naomi Viret

Guest: Joy Townsend

Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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Join Maddy as she sits down with Ruiqi Fan, a clinical nurse specialist working at the Sydney Sexual Health Clinic. Ruiqi talks about being an international student to now working with international students in a clinical setting, providing insight into the experience. Listen as we better understand why having multilingual nurses and interpreters is important in delivering sexual health services for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in Australia.

This episode was recorded in June 2023

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Recommendations

The International Students Health Hub & Sydney Sexual Health Centre

References

Sydney Sexual Health Centre

International Student Health Hub

RMB – Chinese Yuan currency

The Guardian

The Daily Telegraph

CPR training

Vaginal douching

Sexual Health Infolink

Australian Healthcare System

Provincial – China health/hospital cover

Medicare

ACON

Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service

Translating and Interpreting services

PrEP campaign – ending HIV

Caddyshack Project Instagram

Caddyshack Project Facebook

Credits

Host: Maddy Stratten

Guest: Ruiqi Fan

Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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How can we treat ourselves with kindness when unexpected emotions arise? Naomi sits down with psychologist Chris Cheers and reflects on the mental health impacts of lockdown on the queer and creative community. His book, The New Rulebook is a practical game changing guide to embracing uncertainty offering radical, evidence-based solutions to improve wellbeing. Providing individual psychology services and workshops to artists and creatives, and the LGBTQIA+ community, Chris is passionate about creating accessible, accepting and safe spaces.

This episode was recorded in May 2023

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Recommendations   

The New Rulebook & QLife

References  

Emotional Agility Susan David

Acceptance commitment therapy

Viktor Frankl Man’s search for meaning

Friends by Robin Dunbar

Credits

Host: Naomi Viret  

Guest: Chris Cheers

Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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