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Episode 95 | This Part: Intimacy & MS (Realm 1) — feat. Keyonna Renea

Intimacy. We’re taking you on a journey. Join us for Realm 1 — today we’re joined by Keyonna Renea. We chat about access intimacy, vulnerability, agency, and more.

We first discovered the term “access intimacy” on a 2011 post on Mia Mingus’ (check her out on Instagram @mia.mingus) blog “Leaving Evidence” — https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/access-intimacy-the-missing-link/

We dig right in and chat about what that concept means to us.

Keyonna is a portrait and boudoir photographer, coach, and wellness advocate “empowering women to live their one delicious life and thrive.” She’s also a fellow MSer.

Keyonna opened up our first intimacy series “That Part: Intimacy & MS” — check out Episode 63 to hear her MS story.

You can find Keyonna on IG @keyonnarenea or @diagnosed.determined. You can also find her at www.keyonnarenea.com

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Peace!

TRAILER | This Part: Intimacy & MS — A Series

On September 5, 2020, our series “This Part: Intimacy & MS” starts. We’re taking you on a journey. Our first intimacy series “That Part: Intimacy & MS” peeled back the layers — helping us reflect on all of the elements that help one frame intimacy (especially as it relates to MS). In this series — we’re going deeper.

Kink, bondage, pleasure, surrender, communication, connection, liberation, trust, disability, empowerment, CONSENT, control — all the things.

What you’re listening to today is part of a longer conversation we had with Mistress Magenta — a dominatrix and fellow MSer. Don’t miss this engaging discussion.

And get ready for an exciting ride.

You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

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Peace!

Episode 93 | “Surrender’s My Jam”: Agency, Energy and Intimacy — feat. Kianga Ford

Today we are joined by thought leader and life coach Kianga Ford. We chat about energy, agency, and surrender — topics that are the perfect precursors to our upcoming series, “This Part: Intimacy and MS”.

Kianga Ford is a thought leader, coach, facilitator, and speaker. She is the founder of Love & Freedom Education, where she works with curious adults on understanding contemporary masculinity and why it’s essential to the full realization of the feminine rising and to the expression of our deepest human potential. She is also the co-founder of Becoming Free Humans, a project that explores emergent paradigms for living and working and provides visionary support to the individuals and organizations giving them form.

She holds an MA/Ph.D. (ABD) and an MFA from the foremost programs in her fields. She is also a certified Orgasmic Meditation trainer and life coach.

She brings the full range of her training in critical inquiry and transformational experience to her live events, online courses, coaching, and consulting. She is currently a digital nomad, hosting regular online programs and working with individual and organizational clients around the world.

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You can find us on the web at myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

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Peace!

Episode 76 | Intimacy & MS: Dating, Fear, and Cringe-Worthy Reflections — feat. Tanya-Marie Paul

Join us as we continue the intimacy conversation with YouTuber and fellow MSer, Tanya-Marie Paul. We discuss dating, cringe-worthy reflections, and the fear that accompanies all of it.

Find Tanya-Marie on Instagram and Twitter @tanyamarie_p. Check her YouTube channel — just search “Tanya-Marie P”.

You can find us on the web at https://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle.

If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Episode 74 | Intimacy & MS: Radical Self Love — feat. Sonya Renee Taylor & Anna Sweeney, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S

We’re keeping the intimacy conversation going. Join us for a conversation with poet, spoken word artist & author Sonya Renee Taylor (The Body Is Not An Apology) and Registered Dietitian and fellow MS Warrior Anna Sweeney about intimacy, disability, and the body. How does radical self-love fit into the equation?

Find Sonya on Instagram @sonyareneetaylor and on her website http://sonyareneetaylor.com

You can find Anna on Instagram and Twitter @dietitiananna as well as her website: http://wholelifeRD.com

You can find us on the web at https://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle.

If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Sex & Intimacy Series Reflection

Join us for a great conversation with Damian Washington, Tanya-Marie Paul (& two of our favorite “Temps” — Daana’s sister Courtney and her BFF Jessica G.) with special appearances by Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams, MD and Dr. Gretchen Hawley, DPT. We reflect on our 10-part series “That Part: Intimacy & MS”!

Episode 73 | That Part: Intimacy & MS (Layer 10) — feat. Dr. Aaron Boster, MD

It’s World MS Day. It’s also the series finale of our 10-part series “That Part: Intimacy & MS”. We are joined, today by one of our favorite people — neurologist and MS specialist Dr. Aaron Boster, MD. Don’t miss this frank, funny, and important episode.

Find Dr. Boster on Twitter @aaronbostermd and YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkQopiiFbAo0zS_9BmRF3Bg

You can find us on the web at https://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle.

If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Episode 72 | That Part: Intimacy & MS (Layer 9) — feat. Ardra Shephard, Bethy Bright and Dark, Damian Washington & Carlos Kareem Windham

Our series on sex, intimacy & MS continues. Join us for our second ever Myelin & Melanin Party Line featuring veteran partiers Ardra Shephard (http://trippingonair.com), Damian Washington (http://youtube.com/nostressms), Carlos Kareem Windham (https://www.facebook.com/Smoke-Mirrors-103308618043063) & our newest guest Beth (http://bethybrightanddark.com). Stay tuned for an after-hours, unfiltered conversation about sex, and more. You won’t want to miss it.

You can find us on the web at https://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle.

If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Peace!

Episode 71 | That Part: Intimacy & MS (Layer 8) — feat. Audra Indermuehle, OT & Dr. Gretchen Hawley, PT, DPT, MSCS

Our Intimacy series continues. We are diving deeper! Join us as we talk with Occupational Therapist, Audra Indermuehle, and Physical Therapist, Dr. Gretchen Hawley, about — you guessed it — SEX. Yep, THAT part. You don’t want to miss these engaging conversations.

You can find Dr. Hawley on IG @doctor.gretchen, on YouTube and on her website http://doctorgretchenhawley.com.

You can find us on the web at https://myelinandmelanin.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @myelinmelanin. You can also subscribe to us on YouTube.

Consider supporting us through our Patreon — http://patreon.com/myelinmelanin. Patrons can gain access to exclusive content, Myelin & Melanin swag & more.

Your support helps us offset the cost of maintaining our website, paying for our remote recording technology, music, podcast & merchandise production, and more.

As we do not get paid to produce the podcast, these are costs that come out of our pockets. This can often be a struggle.

If you enjoy the podcast, please take a minute to leave us a 5-Star rating on Apple Podcasts.

Stream the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Dr. Ducharme’s Slides

Here it is folks. The infamous “slides” to which we refer throughout our series — “That Part: Intimacy and MS”.

Enjoy!