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American Sex - Kink Education Freestyle Reddit Edition - Sunny Megatron 211

Kink Education Freestyle Reddit Edition - Sunny Megatron 211

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10/13/23 • 75 min

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American Sex

Host, Clinical Sexologist & Kink Educator Sunny Megatron Is back for a third installment of free-style BDSM education. This time she weighs in on BDSM reddit. Topics discussed:

  • Am I a bad sub for not liking pain or degradation?
  • What’s a praise kink?
  • When Is humiliation play healthy and when is it detrimental?
  • Where & how to find 1-on-1 BDSM instruction and “exploratory sessions” for kink newbies?
  • How can I safely do breath play to the point of passing out?
  • New partner advice: Is this how TPE and CNC works? Or is this a red flag?

Guest Bio – Sunny Megatron

Sunny Megatron is an award-winning Clinical Sexologist, BDSM & Certified Sexuality Educator, and media personality. She’s the host & executive producer of the Showtime original series, Sex with Sunny Megatron, co-hosts AASECT Award-winning American Sex Podcast and Open Deeply Podcast, and was 2021's XBIZ Sexpert of the Year. Currently, she’s the Editor-in-Chief of kink-focused Zipper Magazine.

Known for her one-of-a-kind, build-your-own-adventure approach to sex, kink & relationships, Sunny coined the BDSM community catch-phrase, Kink is CustomizableTM. In her sell-out workshops, her unique brand of “edutainment” seamlessly combines her humorous teaching style, interactive exercises, and the latest sexuality research. Sunny’s passion is helping others overcome shame and find their power through play and pleasure. She’s also working on her first book, “Customizable Kink: A Strategic Guide to Adult Play.”

Episode 211 Helpful Links & Resources

Episode 211 Sponsors & Discount Codes

*by using our links & codes you can help support our work while saving a few bucks too—win/win!

–To support American Sex Podcast/Sunny Megatron & help offset the cost of providing no-charge education: http://patreon.com/americansex

--More at AmericanSexPodcast.com

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Host, Clinical Sexologist & Kink Educator Sunny Megatron Is back for a third installment of free-style BDSM education. This time she weighs in on BDSM reddit. Topics discussed:

  • Am I a bad sub for not liking pain or degradation?
  • What’s a praise kink?
  • When Is humiliation play healthy and when is it detrimental?
  • Where & how to find 1-on-1 BDSM instruction and “exploratory sessions” for kink newbies?
  • How can I safely do breath play to the point of passing out?
  • New partner advice: Is this how TPE and CNC works? Or is this a red flag?

Guest Bio – Sunny Megatron

Sunny Megatron is an award-winning Clinical Sexologist, BDSM & Certified Sexuality Educator, and media personality. She’s the host & executive producer of the Showtime original series, Sex with Sunny Megatron, co-hosts AASECT Award-winning American Sex Podcast and Open Deeply Podcast, and was 2021's XBIZ Sexpert of the Year. Currently, she’s the Editor-in-Chief of kink-focused Zipper Magazine.

Known for her one-of-a-kind, build-your-own-adventure approach to sex, kink & relationships, Sunny coined the BDSM community catch-phrase, Kink is CustomizableTM. In her sell-out workshops, her unique brand of “edutainment” seamlessly combines her humorous teaching style, interactive exercises, and the latest sexuality research. Sunny’s passion is helping others overcome shame and find their power through play and pleasure. She’s also working on her first book, “Customizable Kink: A Strategic Guide to Adult Play.”

Episode 211 Helpful Links & Resources

Episode 211 Sponsors & Discount Codes

*by using our links & codes you can help support our work while saving a few bucks too—win/win!

–To support American Sex Podcast/Sunny Megatron & help offset the cost of providing no-charge education: http://patreon.com/americansex

--More at AmericanSexPodcast.com

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undefined - Emotional Dysregulation in Relationships with Megan Bhatia - Ep 210

Emotional Dysregulation in Relationships with Megan Bhatia - Ep 210

Relationships, at their core, are about relating – with other people, our surroundings, our past, our future. But the truth is, most of us kinda suck at it! Enter the spiral of emotional dysregulation...

In this episode, Megan Bhatia gets right to the juicy center of relating and its role in safety, power dynamics, and agreements in our relationships. Some of what we cover:

  • Recognizing & managing emotional dysregulation
  • Head knowledge vs. embodied knowledge
  • Jealousy in non-monogamy
  • Creating safety in our relationships for "No"
  • Navigating feelings of rejection
  • The dom and sub within ourselves
  • When one partner's trigger sets off another's & more

From monogamy to polyamory, kinky to vanilla, and even in our non-romantic relationships, understanding the nature of relating can change *everything!*

Guest Bio – Megan Bhatia

Megan Bhatia is the host of Amory podcast, where she and her two partners share vulnerably about their experience navigating polyamory. Viewing life through the lens of relating, Megan believes that there are endless ways to deepen our awareness when we see and understand the patterns of relating. She now works with people one-on-one and in groups to develop healthy, loving relationships starting with themselves. After traveling with her twins and two partners to over 14 countries in the last 5 years, she now happily calls Costa Rica her home.

Episode 210 Helpful Links & Resources

Episode 210 Sponsors & Discount Codes

*by using our links & codes you can help support our work while saving a few bucks too—win/win!

–To support American Sex Podcast/Sunny Megatron & help offset the cost of providing no-charge education: http://patreon.com/americansex

--More at AmericanSexPodcast.com

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undefined - Fluid Relationships vs. Polyamory with Kate Loree - 212

Fluid Relationships vs. Polyamory with Kate Loree - 212

Ever felt confined by the choice of monogamy or polyamory? What options lie between those two ends of the spectrum? And what happens if what’s right for you changes over time? Sex-

positive psychotherapist Kate Loree joins Sunny to talk about navigating and customizing fluid relationship dynamics. Some of what’s covered:

  • The significance of intention in customizable relationships
  • Anxiety & Jealousy in non-monogamy
  • Parenthood & fluid relationships
  • Honesty in relationship dynamics
  • Mindfulness & communication
  • Couple’s privilege
  • Fluid relationships vs relationship anarchy & more

Guest Bio – Kate Loree, LMFT

Kate Loree, LMFT, is a sex-positive licensed marriage and family therapist with a specialty in non-monogamous, kink, LGBTQ, and sex worker communities. She is also the author of Open Deeply: A Guide to Building Conscious, Compassionate Open Relationships.

In addition to her master’s in marriage and family therapy, she also has an MBA and is a registered art therapist (ATR). She is an EDSE-certified sex educator and an EMDR-certified therapist with additional training in the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) for the treatment of trauma. She has been practicing psychotherapy since 2003.

Kate is the author of Open Deeply: A Guide to Building Conscious, Compassionate Open Relationships and cohosts the sex-positive podcast of the same name, Open Deeply, with Sunny Megatron. She’s been featured in Buzzfeed videos and has guested on Playboy Radio and many podcasts, including American Sex, Sluts and Scholars, and Sex Nerd Sandra. She’s written for Good Vibrations, Hollywood Magazine, and is a frequent public speaker.

Episode 212 Helpful Links & Resources

Episode 212 Sponsors & Discount Codes

*by using our links & codes you can help support our work while saving a few bucks too—win/win!

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