Keep Them Coming with Open the Doors Coaching
Your regular dose of relationship and sex talk. Hosted by Kristen Thomas, a Certified Sex Coach living in the Midwest, who takes a look at love, lust, and everything in between. You’ll hear personal stories from her and her guests about steamy sex, broken hearts, BDSM, community activism, finding love, and so much more. Listener discretion is advised (18+). Original theme song and production by MKoussa.
Episodes
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Ep. 110 - I survived...now what? with Michaela Martinez
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Michaela Martinez joined me on this episode of Keep Them Coming to talk about sex, disability and chronic illness. Michaela was an open book about some of her experiences that she's had with the medical field and dating as someone who's had two open-heart surgeries. She's experienced a lot of shaming and stigma from doctors and received little to no information when it came to sex and pleasure. Couple that with the complex world of dating, and we had a lot to discuss.
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Ep. 109 - Godly...But Gay with Joel Barrett
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Back for another interview on Keep Them Coming is my friend and my business mentor Joel Barrett. Joel is an LGBTQ writer, speaker and gatherer who has his own company called Joel Speaks Out. He published his memoir recently, so I wanted to have him back on to tell me all about Godly...But Gay. He was a Baptist minister, was married and has four children. We discussed cruising, figuring your shit out, how a pattern of shame and then compulsive behavior can develop when we are repressing ourselves. He also discussed some of his experience with Exodus international, which you may know from the Netflix special Pray Away.Really what I hope we highlighted on this episode was when we're not being authentic, it is easy to fall into a pattern of behavior that feels outside of ourselves. Find Joel JoelSpeaksOut.com and @joelspeaksout on all social channels. Find Godly...But Gay on his website.
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Ep. 108 - TDOR, Transformations, and Sipping Tea with Merrique Jenson
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Artist, activist, and educator Merrique Jenson and I had a lively conversation about Trans Day of Remembrance, race, equity, social justice work, gatekeeping, and making changes in our community. Merrique is the Program Director for Transformations, a youth organization for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming teens and adolescents. Merrique has led the organization to refocus it's efforts specifically on youth that are brown and black that have faced systemic racism and poverty much more than their white counterparts, who often have family support and access to resources. Merrique was also diligent in ensuring our conversation was not just about the trauma of the trans experience, as TDOR often is centered around, but that we talked about how the dolls are thriving! We discussed sex work, paying for surgeries, living authentically, and the challenges of dating and relationships as a trans woman.
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Ep. 107 - From ABC to STD with Dr Allie Melendez
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
If you are uneducated about sex, it's not your fault! I'm joined by my friend Dr Allie Melendez who wrote an entire book about all the things adults missed. As a sex educator at a Montessori school in LA, she found that in order to best help the student, she had to teach the parents as well. It's great to talk to someone who is sex positive! You can support her kickstarter for From ABC to STD: What you didn't learn in school until December 2nd, 2021.
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Ep. 106 - Policing our bodies with Lucy Rowett
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
My conversation with Lucy Rowett, CSC and Clinical Sexologist was all about about diet culture, body image, and the overlap that they have with purity culture. A lot of it has to do with this idea of self control or self-loathing, punishing yourself and policing bodies. We also talked about how so many healers who've gotten pulled into conspiracy theories. You know who you are.Lucy's focus in her practice is removing shame for women. She's even got a really cool program that she calls the Shameless Woman. Visit her website at LucyRowett.com.
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Ep. 105 - Pleasure and pain: CBT
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Ever wonder why some people love to have their balls beaten? In this solo show, Kristen breaks down the basics of cock and ball torture, one of the most extreme and misunderstood kinks.
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Ep. 104 - Leather Me Up with Jaybee Aviance
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Kink practitioner Jaybee Aviance dished on all the kink groups they are a part of - Consent KC, KC Pioneers, Black Kink KC, and The Meatlocker. It can be hard to find kink spaces that are welcoming if you're not white and cishet, so we had an honest conversation about entering those spaces when you're not those things. Find Jaybee and the Kansas City Alternative Podcast Collective at kcapc.com. Find any of the groups we mentioned on FetLife.
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Ep. 103 - Erotic art for all bodies with Katerina Guillermo
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Katerina Guillermo is an artist and printmaker, and I adore their kinky and erotic art!Not only does she showcase a wide variety of kinks, but also a wide variety of bodies. She is passionate about learning to draw diversity that reflects our world. We discussed representation of all bodies in art, sex work for people with disabilities, And some of the work they've been doing since quarantine began. You can actually reach out to Kat if you'd like a peace commissioned. Kat also explained the role of NFT, which is a form of basically a digital asset it's data that's used to represent a file, like a photo or a video or a piece of art, and how she's exploring it's used to sell her art. Kat is also on the board of No Divide KC, which I'm a big fan of as well. You can find Kat on Instagram @Katarina.Guillermo.
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Ep. 102 - Yes, your kink is normal with The Kink Therapist Sara Rosen
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Sara Rosen, LMSW and MEd joins Kristen on Keep Them Coming to kick of Kinktober because she's also known as The Kink Therapist! We discussed the differences between a therapist and coach and what roles we play in people's journeys. She shared some of the most common and obscure kinks people share with her. She also gave some of her recommendations for favorite sex toys! Find Sara @thekinktherapist on every social platform.
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Ep. 101 - Happy Sexual Health Month
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
WELCOME TO SEASON 2! In this solo show, I reviewed my top 5 most listened to episodes of Keep Them Coming as well as my top 5 favorite online resources that will help you with sexual health. Please rate and review KTC on your favorite podcast platform.
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