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Intimacy Resources in Seattle by NWiOI, Northwest Institute of Intimacy

for the public & professionals

Below you will find all kinds of helpful resources (books, film, articles, learning platforms, organizations, etc) on sexual health just for you. Check out the category filter to help you organize your search. Enjoy!

Intimacy Resources

S.E.X. The All-You-Need-to-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties

S.E.X. The All-You-Need-to-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties

The go-to sex ed guide for teens and young adults, tackling everything you want to know about sex, from consent, safe sex, emotional health and more, from the founder of scarleteen.com.

Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity

Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity

Dianna Anderson offers a fresh approach to the purity conversation, one that opens a new dialogue with the most influential Christian authors of her generation.

Why Religion Needs to Stop Shaming Sex and Start Celebrating It

Why Religion Needs to Stop Shaming Sex and Start Celebrating It

Tina has a lively interview with sex therapist and author Dr. David Ley about the effect of sexual shame on our lives and ability to attach to our partners. 

God's Gift of Sexuality - After Kids

God's Gift of Sexuality - After Kids

Dr. TIna talks about sexuality in a totally new way, explaining how it can be a source of nourishment when your life is crazy and you are exhausted.

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life? Author and editor adrienne maree brown finds the answer in something she calls “pleasure activism,” a politics of healing and happiness that explodes the dour myth that changing the world is just another form of work.

The Consent Primer: Foundations for Every Day Life

The Consent Primer: Foundations for Every Day Life

Consent is part of your life. Every day you interact with dozens, if not hundreds of people and consent plays a role every time. A role you’re probably unaware of, at least until something goes wrong.This foundational book explores consent in a new way and will show you the fundamentals of Consent, how to use Consent in your relationships and sex life, and what to do when Consent goes wrong.This highly anticipated and comprehensive guide delves deep to explore the ins and outs of consent in our everyday lives. Regardless of whether you’re brand new, or skilled at living a consensual life, this how-to guide is a beacon to set your course for better consent.

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights

In Revolting Prostitutes, sex workers Juno Mac and Molly Smith bring a fresh perspective to questions that have long been contentious. Speaking from a growing global sex worker rights movement, and situating their argument firmly within wider questions of migration, work, feminism, and resistance to white supremacy, they make clear that anyone committed to working towards justice and freedom should be in support of the sex worker rights movement.

Building Open Relationships: Your hands on guide to swinging, polyamory, and beyond

Building Open Relationships: Your hands on guide to swinging, polyamory, and beyond

Have you read "that book" on non-monogamy and still wondered "But how do you actually DO this?"Are you totally great on the theory of open relationships, but feel like you don't know how it works in practice?Join Dr. Liz Powell, psychologist, speaker, and coach, as she draws from her education, research, and life experience to bring you Building Open Relationships. 

Organization, PFLAG Seattle

Organization, PFLAG Seattle

PFLAG envisions a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued, and affirmed inclusive of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.

The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina--Separating the Myth from the Medicine

The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina--Separating the Myth from the Medicine

OB-GYN Jen Gunter, an expert on women’s health—and the internet’s most popular go-to doc—comes to the rescue with a book that debunks the myths and educates and empowers women. From reproductive health to the impact of antibiotics and probiotics, and the latest trends, including vaginal steaming, vaginal marijuana products, and jade eggs, Gunter takes us on a factual, fun-filled journey.

Sex Made Simple: Clinical Strategies for Sexual Issues in Therapy

Sex Made Simple: Clinical Strategies for Sexual Issues in Therapy

Sex Made Simple is a comprehensive guide to healing sexual issues and dysfunction, with dozens of strategies, techniques and methods to promote healthy sexuality for couples and individuals.

Sunny in Seattle Podcast

Sunny in Seattle Podcast

Dr. Tina discusses the negative impact abstinence sex education, how that is different from comprehensive sex education, the profound impact of sexual shame, the sex positive mystic stories that were hidden from religion and culture and much more.

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