Your Nervous System Isn't a Buzzkill
Dr. Misty Gibson Dr. Misty Gibson

Your Nervous System Isn't a Buzzkill

This week we explore why your body sometimes disconnects during intimacy even when your mind wants connection. Through the lens of polyvagal theory, we unpack how past experiences create protective patterns in your nervous system during vulnerability. Our podcast episodes, blog post, and worksheets offer practical tools for recognizing these patterns and reclaiming your birthright to embodied pleasure—whether you've navigated trauma, religious conditioning, or cultural shame around sexuality.

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April Week 4: Healing Doesn’t Have to Be Pretty
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April Week 4: Healing Doesn’t Have to Be Pretty

This week inside The Ember Vault, we’re smashing healing perfectionism and dragging spiritual elitism by its ethically sourced ponytail. Explore sacred rage, shutdowns, and rituals that don’t require stillness, silence, or surrender. You don’t need to perform peace—you just need your truth.

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April Week 3: Smash the Binary, Save the Sex Drive
Dr. Misty Gibson Dr. Misty Gibson

April Week 3: Smash the Binary, Save the Sex Drive

Ever feel like you’ve been cast in a sexual role you didn’t audition for? This week, we’re tearing up the binary scripts that told you how to touch, feel, and fuck—and replacing them with something radically truer. Inside The Ember Vault, we’re exploring erotic roles, performance fatigue, and what it means to desire outside the binary. Spoiler: Your sex drive isn’t broken. It’s just sick of being typecast.

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🔥 April Week 2: Pleasure, Shame & Rebellion
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🔥 April Week 2: Pleasure, Shame & Rebellion

This week we’re dragging shame into the daylight and throwing glitter on everything it tried to hide.

From fatphobia and racist beauty myths to ableist sex scripts and neurotypical norms—our bodies have been through it. And it’s time to reclaim our power, our pleasure, and our presence.

You ready? Because this week, we’re not just rewriting the story—we’re lighting the old one on fire.

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