Podcasts and Interviews

• Intimacy in Non-Monogamy with the School of Sacred Embodiment with Elizabeth DiAlto – when it comes to the philosophy of non-monogamy, there can be a lot of questions: Is it polyamory or an open relationship? Do we have to tell each other about other partners? Is it a relationship or just sex?
• RECLAIM with Thais Sky – a talk about the complexities and nuance of consent culture, which is really about deepening pleasure and increasing connection.
• 100% Guilt-Free Self-Care with Tami Hackbarth – Creating Consent Culture
• The Heart Centre on Building a More Loving World – Zach Beach and I discuss ways to set internal boundaries, space and time boundaries, and interpersonal boundaries, how to make space when kids are pulling for your attention, addressing feelings of guilt when setting boundaries, managing changing boundaries in relationships, and so much more
• Needy with Mara Glatzel – a more conversation about honoring your wants and needs
• Human Awareness Institute on Asking for What You Want – There’s a special kind of bravery associated with knowing what you want – and then daring to ask for it. In this episode, Haje interviews Marcia, about the wants and needs of humans, and how to dig deeper into the likes and wants lurking inside us.
• Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto – a conversation on changing your mind. We also talked about:
  • Navigating boundaries, consent, preferences, and assumptions in sex
  • Gender, heterosexual, and non-heterosexual dynamics in love and sex
  • Power dynamics and why people may or may not feel obligated to say yes to things they are really not ok with sexually.
  • Great concepts like desire smuggling and the difference between consent and permission
• Wild and Sublime with Karen Yates – Karen interviews both Erica Scott and myself, authors of “Creating Consent Culture: A Handbook for Educators” about the expansive possibilities of collaborative consent.
• Thrive with Morella on Stop Being a “Good Girl” and Get What You Want – a conversation on perfectionism, people-pleasing, and how a lack of boundaries affects your relationship. We discuss the Good Girl archetype and the problems it creates for women. I share strategies for beginning to implement boundaries, eliminate tolerations, and learning to ask for what you want.
• Man Alive Podcast with Shana James on How to Ask For What You Want So You Get It – asking for what you want can range from slightly uncomfortable to terrifying! Whether it’s asking for help with a task around the house, support at work, more affection or to try a new sexual position… You can ask for any of it in a way that brings people closer to you or pushes them away!
• On the Wet Coast and Get Your Flirt On – figuring out how to express our interest in someone can be one of the most challenging things in dating, especially if we find them really attractive, fun, or interesting. What do we say? What if they’re not into it? Why is it so hard to express ourselves in a fun, clear, non-creepy way? If what everyone we know reports about themselves is true, no one is good at flirting. How the hell are any of us hooking up if this is a skill no one has?
• Sexual Alchemy with Rebecca Lowrie – sexual freedom is a rock in the shoe of the most controlling and prohibitive side of the political spectrum. In this conversation, I explain how my work with consent and boundaries, and the effects of certain laws and legislations on minorities’ sex life and their freedom in general.
• Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino on Communicating Desire, Asking For What You Want, and Successful Non-monogamy – recorded live at Catalyst Con in 2013, I talk with Tristan about my journey to becoming a relationship coach and sex educator, including specializing in helping people articulate their desires in relationships and ask for what they want.
• Conversation with Betty Martin on Facilitating Groups – a recorded conversation between myself and Betty Martin and covers four steps to facilitating awesome, powerful, transformative groups and workshops. (75 minutes, with some great questions at the end, June 2011)
• Life On The Swingset and How to Make Hot Kinky Play Actually Happen – Midori and Marcia Baczynski join Cooper Beckett, Dylan Thomas, Dr Liz Powell, and Dirty Lola to talk about making hot kinky play actually happen.
• RECLAIM with Thais Sky on Redefining our Understanding of Sex – we explore sex and female anatomy, consent, boundaries and the limitations of permission-based consent, and navigating neediness.
• Ignite Intimacy with Laura Aiisha and Let’s Talk About Sex – “Curious about terms like ‘gender queer?’ Ever wonder when is the ‘right’ time to make a move when you’re feeling attracted to someone?! Want to know when is the best time to have that oh-so-convenient but oh-so-necessary conversation about STDs with a potential lover or partner?

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