50 years ago, Audre Lorde proclaimed "the erotic can not be felt secondhand ... "

Damn STRAIGHT !!! If she were alive today, I am curious re: her impressions of the reclamation of the erotic in our culture, writing, protests, art forms [currently underway] and the dark, shadowy response to all of this vehement uprising ... 🤔

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In this podcast episode, Nikki Coffelt PhD explores just a few of the ways that the sustainable seeds of intention we plant NOW and the regenerative tribes we create and invest in ... can ensure that we THRIVE ... during and after the impending death and destruction inherent in evolving beyond late stage capitalism .

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Our next pop up [community] event, " Worshipping the Goddess within and without " will be popping OFF on Friday September 5th ... we will jaunt off to the wild jungles of Los Angeles for an intimate rooftop dinner followed by a field trip to one of the hottest strip clubs in Southern California 🔥 and ending with brunch, luxury pool side floating and a closing ritual the following morning to seal and integrate all of the inspiration and love we have cultivated together ... this event will be equal parts debauchery and intentional, authentic and nourishing connection ... you do NOT want to miss it !!! xox

MORE INFO HERE ❤️‍🔥 https://www.lust4lyfebynikkicoffeltphd.com/popupevents

And for those not local to California but whom are hella ready to find their TRIBE in 2026 ... enrollment for LUST4LYFE begins in August and its gonna be LIT, y'all ↓

MORE INFO HERE ❤️‍🔥 https://www.lust4lyfebynikkicoffeltphd.com/temple

In this episode, Nikki Coffelt PhD explores the tension between duality and nonduality . She differentiates between mind and matter … soul and spirit … eg. as transmitted to her by a wise teacher and elder ... and finally, she shares a spoken word poem she wrote a number of years ago re: the paradox of social identity and "belonging ... " She advocates for integrating somatic / emotional / erotic energy on any and all spiritual paths .

“We must invent, or reinvent, a sustainable human culture by a descent into our pre-rational — our instinctive — resources . Our cultural resources have lost their integrity . They cannot be trusted . What is needed is not transcendence but inscendence — not the brain but the gene … Thomas Berry, The Dream of the Earth

Nikki concludes this episode by sharing a bit about her newest project, LUST4LYFE - an intentional space she is creating to allow erotic energy to E X P A N D ... along with our own capacity to hold and share it beyond the bedroom [ and even the personal ... ]

The vision is clear :

lets co-create a new reality ... together ♡

In episode, Nikki Coffelt PhD opens up about her life and experiences as an international artist, e.g., creating a body of work in Oaxaca, México during the pandemic entitled, "Eros and Psyche"

She relates this (and other stories) to her ultimate triumph transmuting a life-endangering addiction ... and discusses her newest creative project - aimed at creating spaces for erotic energy to expand ... along with our own capacity to hold and share it ... beyond the bedroom [and even the personal] ...

The vision is clear :

let's co-create a new reality where emotional and spiritual intimacy join the party !