Sexpisode, Part 1
Are you comfortable talking with your doctor about sex? That's great. But not everyone is and not every woman gets the answers they need. We're here for you.

Episode 7 - The Sexpisode!

The Vagicians continue their conversation about SEX.

- The Proliferation of the species

- Safe Sex & Precautions
   -- Prevention from STIs, barrier protection
   -- Consensual Sex
   -- Contraception, pregnancy prevention

- HPV, Genital Warts, & Herpes
- Gardisil Vaccine 
- Condoms
- Unsafe Sex
- Unintended Pregnancies
- STDs -> STIs [sexually transmitted infections]
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Sex during menstruation 
- Sex post childbirth or surgery
- Sex Toys

*And our rumor hit list

Episode 8 - Sexpisode, part 2

The Vagicians Panel of OBGYN Experts talk about Breasts. 
Listen in to this very interesting conversation important to both men and women. 
Everything you didn't think you needed to know about boobs.

Episode 9 - Breasts!

The Vagicians talk plainly about SEX - there is so much to say. 
- When do women peak
- Erogenous zones
- "Don't yuck somebody's yum"
- The "G" spot - point of maximum sensation
- Masterbation
- Oral Sex Dangers
- Anal Sex Dangers
- "Digital" (Fingers!) Sex Dangers 
 
PLUS Rumor Hit List

Episode 10 - Sexpisode, part 3

Listener Questions

- Mother-Daughter Conversation

- Disability and Sexual Dysfunction
  * "Vaginal Valium"
  * Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
  *Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy with intense biofeedback
  *Does Masturbation Help?
 
- Rape
  *What should a woman do first?
  *Date Rape / Date Rape Drugs
 
-Physical Sexual Trauma
  *Who do you talk with about it?
  *How do you recover?
  *Building Trust
  *Actual repair from sexual trauma 

-Most Rapes are unreported

Episode 11 - Listener Questions: Sexual Trauma

What is Vaginismus?
- Painful Intercourse - causes
- How to talk about these symptoms
- Foreplay and Lubrication
- The Benefit of Sex Toys
- Sexual Positions
- The Use of Botox

Episode 12 - Vaginismus

Michael Skinner shares his story with Rayanne about coming to a place where he realized that he is Pansexual, where attraction is not bound by gender or what society determines to be right or good.

• Societal Norms make is easy to make incorrect assumptions
• "Just because someone looks one way doesn't mean you know their story."
• The changes that happen when one comes out. 
• Being Empowered by the Truth
• The personal change: "I do not feel like a pretender."
• People are more than their labels.
• "We only notice the labels different than our own"
• Being a resource for those in their own personal journeys
• This is who I am

RESOURCES: 
READ / LISTEN to Dan Savage, "He always comes from a place of understanding and acceptance." 
< https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/1040550752/dan-savage-on-celebrating-30-years-of-savage-love-with-a-new-book >

WATCH: "Everything Everywhere All at Once" 
< https://a24films.com/films/everything-everywhere-all-at-once >

You can message Michael on LinkedIn: 
< https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-skinner-66a985174/ >

GUEST: Michael Skinner, "People are more than a label."

REAL Words Poetry 

SALT by m. burns

Martin Burns - insta: @writermoe_poetry is REAL Words' Featured Poet for April 2024
...
close enough to merge,
distant enough to yearn
...



REAL Words features poetry by REAL humans

S1 E19  Poetry: "SALT"  by m. burns

Thinking by Walter D. Wintle 


If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you like to win, but think you can't,
It's almost a cinch you won't. 

If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out in the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of mind.

Full many a race is lost
E'er even a step is run
And many a coward fails 
E'er even the work is begun. 

Think big and your deeds will grow.
Think small and you'll fall behind, 
Think that you can and you will,
It's all in the state of mind. 

If you think you're outclassed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise. 
You've got to be sure of yourself
Before you can win the prize. 

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later, the man who wins 
Is the man who thinks he can. 

by Walter D. Wintle

__________________________

This was one of my father's favorite poems, It hung in a frame on the wall in the home I grew up in. Over the years, I memorized it and it became my go-to mantra, driving me toward success on many occasions. When I read the words, I hear my father's voice. 

The two middle stanzas are left out whenever you see this poem digitally or in print. I'm not sure why and I cannot even find these two stanzas referenced or listed anywhere online. But they were in that framed copy, so I have included them here. 

Thanks, Walter for your words of encouragement. 

_________________________
**read man as human, if it bothers you. I choose not to get hung up on the word, man

S1 E21 Poetry: "Thinking"  It's All In The State Of Mind

Best Selling Author, Media Personality, and Speaker Laura Gassner Otting joins Rayanne for a discussion about Big Ideas, AI, and what's next for her.

Laura’s secret superpower is seeing your greatness and reflecting it back on you, so that you can get “unstuck” — and achieve extraordinary results.

A frequent contributor to Good Morning America, the TODAY Show, Harvard Business Review, and Oprah Daily, Laura is the Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of three books, Wonderhell, Limitless, and Mission-Driven. Laura’s 30-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected national search firm to expand a tech start-up; and founded, ran, and sold her own global search firm, partnering with the full gamut of mission driven corporate and nonprofit executives.

Laura is turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can’t seem to shake. She’s an instigator, motivator, and provocateur, and she’s never met a revolution she didn’t like. Just ask her enduringly patient husband, two almost-grown sons, and two troublesome pups with whom she lives outside of Boston, MA.

S1 E22 Guest: Author & Speaker Laura Gassner Otting

Laura Gassner Otting shares some "real words" with Rayanne Thorn Krueger about why she writes the way she does. Check out the full interview here: https://soundcloud.com/realwords-180357934/s1-e22-guest-author-speaker-laura-gassner-otting

Quick Clip with Laura Gassner Otting

Real Conversations about Diversity in Life and in the Workplace. 
Plus how to care about employees you work so hard to hire & train.  

One conversation at at time.

#Diversity #DEIB #DEI #Belonging #HR #Hiring #Recruiting #EmployerBranding #EmployeeEngagement #EmployeeRetention

GUEST: Michael Skinner, "People are more than a label."

"On the Edge!"

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