The Power of Pleasure

We might think of pleasure as an “extra.”

For many of us who are working on healing sexual shame, our shame-based backgrounds (i.e. religious households, conservative upbringings, judgmental communities, etc.) likely taught us that pleasure wasn’t necessary.

Thus, when we start to give ourselves permission to experience pleasure, we can feel guilt, often like we are doing something wrong, doing something that’s going against our inner beliefs and our childhood hard-wiring.

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Check out this quick video for a reframe on why pleasure is not only powerful but why it is a necessary part of healing — and connection to ourselves and others.

Comment below how you are going to be practicing and prioritizing pleasure today — I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Sending you much love,Kevin

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