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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

Documentary "Give Me Sex Jesus"

Documentary "Give Me Sex Jesus"

What happens when a generation of Christian youth pledge sexual abstinence until marriage? Since the 1990s, the Purity Movement has been at the center of the national sexual conversation extending past the pew and all the way into the Oval Office. Including some of the leading experts on Evangelicalism today, Give Me Sex Jesus invites you into the guilt, pleasure, shame, and humor of sorting out faith and sex in America.

Breathe Like a Bear: 30 Mindful Moments for Kids to Feel Calm and Focused Anytime, Anywhere

Breathe Like a Bear: 30 Mindful Moments for Kids to Feel Calm and Focused Anytime, Anywhere

Breathe Like a Bear is a beautifully illustrated collection of mindfulness exercises designed to teach kids techniques for managing their bodies, breath, and emotions. Best of all, these 30 simple, short breathing practices and movements can be performed anytime, anywhere: in the car to the grocery store, during heavy homework nights at home, or even at a child’s desk at school.

Our Bodies, Ourselves

Our Bodies, Ourselves

Hailed by The New York Times as a “feminist classic,” and “America’s bestselling book on women’s health,” the comprehensive guide to all aspects of women’s health and sexuality, including menopause, birth control, childbirth, sexual health, sexual orientation, gender identity, mental health and general well-being.

Untamed

Untamed

There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn’t it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful, hiding our discontent—even from ourselves.

I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids

I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids

What we tell ourselves matters! This is just as true for kids as it is for adults. Help your child tap into their inner strength and find the encouragement they need to navigate their daily environments. Mindful affirmations can help your child tune out the streams of messages they get about how they should be in the world. 

When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn to Cope with Loss and Change

When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn to Cope with Loss and Change

An excellent resource for helping children learn the basic concepts of illness and various age-appropriate ways of coping with it. 

Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion

Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion

Kindness matters! Especially to ourselves. We talk to kids a lot about how to be friends to others, but not much about how to be friends to themselves. Yet self-acceptance and positive self-talk help them build emotional resilience, happiness and well-being.Listening with my heart reminds us of the importance of being friends to ourselves. It also touches on the universal themes of friendship, empathy and kindness. Includes mindfulness and self-compassion activities.

Who Are You? The Kids Guide to Gender Identity

Who Are You? The Kids Guide to Gender Identity

This brightly illustrated children's book provides a straightforward introduction to gender for anyone aged 5-8. It presents clear and direct language for understanding and talking about how we experience gender: our bodies, our expression and our identity. An interactive three-layered wheel included in the book is a simple, yet powerful, tool to clearly demonstrate the difference between our body, how we express ourselves through our clothes and hobbies, and our gender identity. Ideal for use in the classroom or at home, a short page-by-page guide for adults at the back of the book further explains the key concepts and identifies useful discussion points.

This is a one-of-a-kind resource for understanding and celebrating the gender diversity that surrounds us.

The Come As You Are Workbook

The Come As You Are Workbook

A new, practical workbook from the New York Times bestselling author of Come As You Are that allows you to apply the book’s groundbreaking research and understanding of why and how women’s sexuality works to everyday life.

The Principles of Pleasure: Working With The Good Stuff As Sex Therapists and Educators

The Principles of Pleasure: Working With The Good Stuff As Sex Therapists and Educators

There are tremendous benefits to discussing the subject of sexual and emotional pleasure with clients, and this book addresses the challenges and misconceptions of doing just that. Laura Rademacher and Lindsey Hoskins teach the skills necessary for mental health professionals and sex educators to build competence in this work with their clients. Readers get techniques to implement in therapeutic, clinical, and educational settings, and learn how to examine pleasure in ways that are currently lacking from academic work on sexual health.

A Little SPOT of Kindness

A Little SPOT of Kindness

 A fun story about the power to choose kindness!  From saying please to sharing toys, your child will learn how to spread kindness in everyday situations at school and at home!  Join a little SPOT on a journey as he SPOTS kindness and shows children a fun way to remember to be kind too!

3 Sexperts on the Art of Queer Masturbation

3 Sexperts on the Art of Queer Masturbation

We asked sex educators and porn performers how masturbation can be a route to explore your queer identity, and how to subvert society's expectations around how to do it.

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