The Intimacy Dojo Blog

How Do I Discuss To My Kids About STD’s And STI’s? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pdI1cGpcyU Cathy: How do you talk to your kids about STD’s and STI's? I'm here with J.D aka Jen Devine from http://superstarhealtheducation.com/ and I’m Cathy Vartuli from https://theintimacydojo.com/ and it's a big thing now like when I was growing up nobody talked about STD’s or STI’s. They assumed they weren't having sex even though some of them were. My [...]

Cathy And Jen Are Having Fun Answering Student’s Questions From Anonymous Question Box! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUcUtdP1o_E Jen: Okay. It's Jen Devine or J.D from http://superstarhealtheducation.com/ and today I have a bunch of random questions from my anonymous question box that Cathy: Questions came out from the box Jen: came from different kids. Cathy: that’s very cool. Jen: This is actually not the box but I….this is my box that it says “Save [...]

Can I Acquire Sexually Transmitted Diseases If I Sleep With Multiple People? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNo8TE9ssRQ Cathy: Alright. Ready? Kevin: Yes. Cathy: Okay. So a number of people have written into my channel my YouTube channel and they…..they aren't generally familiar with poly but they’re may be curious or want to know more about it and they are very concerned that if they do start being poly sleeping with multiple people they might [...]

My Kid Asked Me, “Where Do Babies Come From?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxsQdYxVHA8 Cathy: What do you do when your kid comes to you and says, “Where do babies come from?” I'm here with J.D aka Jen Devine from superstar…I don’t want to get wrong. http://superstarhealtheducation.com/ and I’m Cathy Vartuli from https://theintimacydojo.com/ and Jen: Oh, you're really good at letting that one roll right off your tongue Cathy: ‘coz I’m always saying Jen: [...]

What Is Poly Role Models And How Could It Help Poly People? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN_TuElWQCs Cathy: Make sure this is going good. Okay. So alright what is Poly Role Models and how could it help you? I'm here with Kevin A. Patterson from http://polyrolemodels.tumblr.com/ and I'm Cathy Vartuli from https://theintimacydojo.com/ and Kevin thanks so much for being here. Kevin: Yeah. Thanks for….thanks for taking the time for having me on. Cathy: Oh, [...]

How Do I Talk To My Kids About Consent? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfgtnADbAYM Cathy: So how do you talk to your child about consent? I'm here with J.D aka Jen Devine from http://superstarhealtheducation.com/ and I’m Cathy Vartuli from https://theintimacydojo.com/ and J.D talks to children all the time about these kinds of topics and I love that you go out there and in especially in the Bay Area you're able to talk about these [...]

Should I Talk To My Kids About Sex Even If They Don't Want To? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dJtRggmeUQ Cathy: What if you want to be that cool sex-positive parent that talks to their kids about stuff and then your kid does not want to talk to you about sex, what do you do? I'm here with J.D aka Jen Devine from http://superstarhealtheducation.com/and I’m Cathy Vartuli https://theintimacydojo.com/ and I think that's a great like [...]

Books On Race And Polyamory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfxlGYD_OG8 Cathy: Are there any books good books out there on race and polyamory? I'm here with Kevin A. Patterson from http://polyrolemodels.tumblr.com/ I don't want to mess that up http://polyrolemodels.tumblr.com/ and I'm Cathy Vartuli from https://theintimacydojo.com/ and I hear that you were writing a book on race and poly and I'm really excited. Can you tell us about it? Kevin: Yeah, yeah. Definitely. So, last…..a [...]

Barriers For People of Different Races To Enter Poly Relationships Cathy: So what are the barriers to entry for people of different racist coming into poly. I'm here with Kevin A. Patterson from http://polyrolemodels.tumblr.com/. I'm Kathy virtually from https://theintimacydojo.com/. And I hear that you have an amazing book coming out called “Love’s not color blind” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QFUXV_0oa0 Cathy: So what are the barriers to entry for people of different racist coming [...]

What To Do If Someone Drinks My Beer Aside From My Partner? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt7l6yq_uCE Reid: Alright. We're broadcasting from the beach with our windsock on our mic. Hopefully the sound is great. Cathy: Yes, hopefully. So, someone wrote in and said that they're in a poly relationship and one of the things they’d love to do is they love to share with….they share beers with their partner all the time. Reid: [...]