I used to think bad sex was normal – Jessi
Good Girls Talk About Sex · Leah Carey
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Show Notes
Jessi Kneeland is a 31-year-old cisgender woman who describes herself as white, bisexual, monogamous, and currently single.
Jessi is a coach, speaker, writer, and altogether kickass person who is passionate about helping women to understand their bodies and their sexuality. She is the coach who has stood with me through my sexual exploration and reclaiming my body. You can find her online at www.JessiKneeland.com and on Instagram at @jessikneeland
- The lesson Jessi learned at age 7 about what it meant to desire male attention
- The lessons she learned about body image in her young life
- How confusing it is for people who were assaulted as children and didn't understand that it was assault at the time, and how important it is to give accurate language to those experiences
- The ways Jessi went about healing from childhood assault
- How detrimental it is to compare our trauma with other people's trauma
- Jessi's transition from feeling sexy to feeling sexual pleasure
- Practicing "vagina kung fu"
- When Jessi learned that what she thought was "great sex" … wasn't
- The male body worker who helped Jessi recognize how her physical injuries were reflecting the emotional trauma she had been through
- Jessi offers an easy anatomy lesson on the muscles of the vagina
- The cultural narrative around women's role in sex
- Jessi's recommendations for great reading
In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
- Book – Becoming Cliterate
- Book – Come As You Are
- Video – Jessi's TEDx Talk
- Sex toy – The Womanizer
Update: Since this episode was released, the podcast has concluded. Here's how you can find me now:
- Book a FREE no-pressure intro consultation
- Keep up to date and get your FREE Three-Minute Game
- All my classes and downloads are at my store
- Any audio extras for this episode on the Good Girls Talk About Sex website
- Here's everything I'm up to today
- I no longer use Patreon — you can now support my work on Substack
EPISODE CREDITS:
Host / Producer – Leah Carey (email) Audio Editor – Gretchen Kilby Administrative Support - Lara O'Connor, Maria Franco
Transcript creation – Jan Acielo Music – Nazar Rybak