From Erotic Exploration to Kink: A Candid Talk with Lyvonne Briggs

Parts of this session deal with sensitive subject matter that may disturb some listeners. Protect your healing and honor your journey.

In this episode of the Black Writer Therapy Podcast, host Ella Shawn converses with Lyvonne Briggs, a body- and sex-positive womanist preacher and podcast host. They discuss the importance of listening to intuition, healing trauma, and integrating spirituality with sensuality and eroticism. Lyvonne shares her journey, including her work on the Sensual Faith podcast and her TEDx talk on childhood sexual abuse. The dialogue underscores the importance of authenticity, self-awareness, and decolonizing perceptions of the Erotic.

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Introduction to Black Writer Therapy Podcast
• 01:38 Meet Lavonne Briggs: A Multi-Talented Visionary
• 03:31 The Journey of Sensual Faith Podcast
• 07:37 Healing Through Radical Truth-Telling
• 20:54 The Importance of Intuition and Self-Expression
• 29:45 Deciding on Marriage
• 30:21 Challenging Traditional Beliefs
• 31:38 Embracing Pleasure and Self-Love
• 34:32 Redefining Identity and Roles
• 35:45 The Importance of Knowing Your Body
• 38:00 The Power of Masturbation
• 39:36 Marriage and Personal Growth
• 43:36 Living Through the Erotic
• 48:57 Concluding Thoughts and Farewell

Connect with our guest:

Lyvonne Briggs, MDiv, ThM, an Emmy Award winner, is a pleasure-centered womanist author, speaker, and creator. She is the host of Sensual Faith Podcast and the author of Sensual Faith: The Art of Coming Home to Your Body. She was the co-host of Sanctified, a faith-based, Spotify-exclusive podcast on Jemele Hills Unbothered Network. An embodiment coach and TEDx speaker, she has been featured in Essence, Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone, and The Washington Post, and Sojourners named her one of "11 Women Shaping the Church. Briggs is a graduate of The Lawrenceville School, Seton Hall University, Yale Divinity School, and Columbia Theological Seminary. A New York City native, she is currently based in Washington, DC and you can follow her across platforms: @LyvonneBriggs Lyvonne's Facebook page @LyvonneBriggs on Instagram @LyvonneBriggs on Twitter Lyvonne's Website Lyvonne on YouTube

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