EP41: Rachael Maddox interviews Magamama on the Reparative Power of Connection in Birth and Sex
What Kimberly Shares Her work with sexuality, birth, and the postpartum time How these often misunderstood parts of our lives can lead to our healing and our soul work Practical tools to start exploring these topics in your own life today What You’ll Hear: Kimberly’s perspective on what helps heal us the most The importance of reestablishing connection and trust The fears that can come up around healing and living a life without feeling your trauma Kimberly describes her unique, multifaceted approach to helping women How often the pelvis and genitals go unattended while the rest of our body is cared for How Kimberly models how a great interaction can happen – slowly, narrated, explicitly consensual, and much more Kimberly’s three rules for intimacy How sharing your sexual “code” can build trust What are your absolute no’s and your absolute yes’s? “If meeting someone is A, kissing them is B and D, and penetration is R…what happens between D and R?” Most people are looking for “great sex” but don’t realize that this typical lack in creative, internally generated sexual inquiry is keeping them in their routines Rachael shares a few of her own yes’s and no’s “The reason we come to connection is to heal, that’s the repair.” What Kimberly wished the world knew about the postpartum window The “42 days for 42 years” rule that exists in many cultures and the important standards it sets for postpartum care How Kimberly’s rules for intimacy relate to the postpartum time How the window of time after birth is an entry point into our soul work, and every birth story has wisdom to offer Kimberly’s definition of a physiological birth “If we reclaim birth, as women, the world will change.” The body that comes with you into birth affects the way you give birth – your physical injury history, sexual history, family history, etc How practicing exploratory sex can prepare your body for birth How and why Kimberly and Rachael are cultivating the “108 women” in the world Kimberly shares some of the events, mentors, and teachers in her life that shaped her road toward full sexual expression “It takes the smallest step.” Start simple, start small. How do you know what to ask for? How do you explore your own interoception? Think of a simple checklist of things you like and want to feel Even when it’s heavy, bring some light and joy into your healing process!