All Posts by Dawn

Sex Gets Real 269: Sinclair Sexsmith and rife on 24/7 power exchange relationships

Sinclair Sexsmith and rife are here to talk 24/7 power exchange First up, you can hear me on two podcasts this week talking all about pleasure, bodies, and sex. I chatted with Chris Maxwell Rose of The Pleasure Mechanics all about pleasure, hunger, and the relationship between sex and food. I was also on Rebecca […]

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  • July 14, 2019

Sex Gets Real 268: Redefining love, healing from relationship wounds, & self criticism

Welcome to this week’s episode, it’s a very special treat! So, for this week’s episode, in the spirit of treating myself to a vacation and working as little as possible (thank you to the person who emailed me and said I deserve a break – it felt so great to receive that support), this week’s […]

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  • Dawn
  • June 30, 2019

Sex Gets Real 267: A boyfriend who won’t initiate, missing out on sex, & becoming a sex educator

Welcome to this week’s episode, full of your questions and some thoughts and questions I have in response. First up, a few years ago, Jasmine Kyon wrote an essay about why coming out is not the best option as the child of an immigrant family and how often the coming out narrative is white-centric and […]

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  • June 24, 2019

Sex Gets Real 266: Threesomes, men having boundaries, & becoming a sex educator

Your pleasure matters. Join the July cohort of  my 5-week online Power in Pleasure course. Check out details and enroll at dawnserra.com/pleasurecourse. My chat with Sinclair Sexsmith and rife got postposed, so this week’s episode is just me and you. First up, I share about three new articles/resources that came across my feed this week. […]

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  • Dawn
  • June 16, 2019

Sex Gets Real 265: “Straight pride”, breaking relationship agreements, and sexual fantasies

Your pleasure matters. Join the July cohort of  my 5-week online Power in Pleasure course. Check out details and enroll at dawnserra.com/pleasurecourse. This week’s episode is just me and you. First, I get on a soapbox about the bullshit that is “straight pride” and how it’s really just like white pride and men’s rights activists. […]

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  • June 9, 2019

Sex Gets Real 264: Getting a partner to dirty talk, crossdressing, and accountability updates

Your pleasure matters. Join the July cohort of  my 5-week online Power in Pleasure course. Check out details and enroll at dawnserra.com/pleasurecourse. This week’s episode is just me and you. First up, some updates from the survivor pod around Franklin Veaux and hearing from more of the women. Definitely check out polyamory-metoo.com and Aida Manduley’s […]

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  • Dawn
  • June 2, 2019

Sex Gets Real 263: Aida Manduley on accountability and transformative justice

In a Sex Gets Real first, this episode is Part Three of a THREE part series featuring Eve Rickert, Samantha Manewitz, and Aida Manduley. This episode is my conversation with therapist Aida Manduley. In it, we are building on the previous two episodes which included a conversation with Eve Rickert and Samantha Manewitz as we […]

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  • May 26, 2019

Sex Gets Real 262: Samantha Manewitz on emotional abuse and gaslighting

Want to work with me? Join the July cohort of the Power in Pleasure course. Check out details and pre-enroll at dawnserra.com/pleasurecourse. My coaching practice has a few new spots available. If you could use support around the places where you feel most stuck, I’d love to support you. Details about my coaching practice are […]

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  • Dawn
  • May 19, 2019

Sex Gets Real 260: Play party etiquette, bra and panty fetish, and cutting of family after abuse

More of your questions have poured in, so that’s what we’re doing today. But first, if you’d like to join the July cohort of the Power in Pleasure course, check out details and pre-enroll at dawnserra.com/pleasurecourse. You can also check out coaching at dawnserra.com/work-with-me – I have a few new spots opened up for new […]

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  • May 5, 2019

Sex Gets Real 259: Accountability, women and older partners, & only wanting solo sex even when you’re married

Let’s dive into this week’s episode. First up, I have some openings in my coaching practice. If you’d like to work with me around your body, your relationship to sex and desire, or get some couples support, head to dawnserra.com or fill out my intake questionnaire and we can have a quick chat to see […]

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  • Dawn
  • April 29, 2019

Sex Gets Real 258: Healing from emotional abuse, a partner who doesn’t want intercourse, & swinging

It’s time to deepen your relationship with pleasure. Check out my new pleasure course which is enrolling now through April 29, 2019 (we’ll enroll again in June!). It’s called Power in Pleasure: Reconnecting with Your Hunger, Desire, and Joy and runs for five weeks online. I’d love to see you there. First, I apologize that this […]

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  • April 24, 2019

Sex Gets Real 257: Bratty submissives, being cheated on, & creative sex

Is your relationship with pleasure complicated? Check out my new pleasure course which is enrolling now through April 29, 2019 (we’ll enroll again in June!). It’s called Power in Pleasure: Reconnecting with Your Hunger, Desire, and Joy and runs for five weeks online. I’d love to see you there. On with the show! Anonymous shares how […]

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  • April 14, 2019

Sex Gets Real 256: M’kali-Hashiki on the erotic, safety, and healing

Is your relationship with pleasure complicated? Check out my new pleasure course which is enrolling now through April 22, 2019 (we’ll enroll again in June!). It’s called Power in Pleasure: Reconnecting with Your Hunger, Desire, and Joy and runs for five weeks online. I’d love to see you there. M’kali-Hashiki is here! Let’s talk about erotic […]

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  • April 8, 2019

Sex Gets Real 255: Can you ask your partner to not watch porn and when a cheater gets cheated on

Is your relationship with pleasure complicated? Check out my new pleasure course which is enrolling now through April 22, 2019 (we’ll enroll again in June!). It’s called Power in Pleasure: Reconnecting with Your Hunger, Desire, and Joy and runs for five weeks online. I’d love to see you there. On with the show! I received a […]

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  • Dawn
  • March 31, 2019

Sex Gets Real 254: Taking responsibility in relationship, living with an ex, and healthy relationship behaviors

On with the show! First up, Graeme Seabrook’s latest blog post popped up in my feed a few times this week and caught my eye. It’s titled, “Stop Grading Your Husband On A Curve” and spoke so deeply to so many of the questions I receive and the coaching that I do. Check it out, […]

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  • Dawn
  • March 24, 2019