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Erica Smith, Sexuality Education and Consulting

This is fine...but are you? (I'm offering some help)

Published 2 months ago • 2 min read

I'll be honest, doing regular every day stuff including running a sexuality education business in 2025 sometimes feels just like this meme.

I'm paying attention to the US and international news, doom spiraling in my own brain, thinking will anyone still want to talk to me about sex and relationships when all this is happening?

Oh, duh...

Then I had a breakthrough while running one of my Purity Culture Dropout™ private community support groups ...despite everything happening around us, we humans are wired to seek connection. We want to be seen, loved, and heard. Many people desire sexual and romantic love, and what's happening in the world doesn't change that. Things may be burning around us, but we need each other. That's basically the point of everything. I was reminded that people still need my help.

The world is still spinning, and I'm here with you.

This summer my books are open to take a few Purity Culture Dropout™ Program intensive clients. The PCD Program involves working with me individually, and it's the highest level of support I offer.

Alumni have described working with me like this:

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Working with Erica through Purity Culture Dropout™ was one of the greatest gifts I gave myself in my adult life. While I had already done some decent work on deconstructing purity culture on my own terms, there was still so much for me to learn and unlearn (anatomy! sexual health! sex worker advocacy! homophobic-based fears and/or sexual attitudes!). I think anyone raised in Purity Culture has so much to benefit from in working with Erica, but so does any other individual. She provides a safe and shame-free environment where no question or thought is unwelcome to better understanding. She has so much empathy and knowledge to offer. I was empowered, supported, affirmed, and challenged by Erica in every session we had. She enabled so much growth in my sexual and personal well-being, I sincerely cannot say enough good things. I highly recommend you work with Erica the first chance you get.
Working with Erica through PCD has been one of the greatest investments of my life, and I don't say that lightly.
When I first heard of the Purity Culture Dropout program, I knew it was for me. But, like purity culture reminds us, I felt very unworthy of help, and very selfish for craving it. Through working with Erica, I have felt truly validated, seen, known and liberated. She is wholeheartedly genuine. She wants you to be the most you that you can be, not anyone else. She is wise, gentle, hilarious, gritty and passionate. She has helped me deconstruct ideas and mindsets that do not serve me, and has encouraged me in building up ones that do. Saying "Yes" to PCD was saying a powerful "No" to being held hostage by a system that has already stolen too much from me and others hurt by purity culture. Saying "Yes" to PCD was saying yes to myself, all of me. I thought I could handle wading through the rubble Purity Culture left me all by myself. Really though, I needed a lifeline. I needed a hand to guide me out to the other side. That lifeline, that guide, was Erica. I'd say yes to that a million times over again. Let yourself be loved, cared for, championed, supported and seen by Erica through this massive dismantling. You deserve it.

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​Are you ready to do this for yourself?

​You can apply formally through my website here or just reply to this email letting me know:

What are your personal goals in doing the Purity Culture Dropout program? What other questions do you have?

I hope to hear from you soon.

xoxox

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Erica Smith, Sexuality Education and Consulting

The Purity Culture Dropout™ Program

I developed the Purity Culture Dropout™️ Program to help people learn all of the sex education that they missed growing up in purity culture- sex ed that is accurate, queer inclusive, trauma informed, compassionate, and comprehensive. I have worked with hundreds of people to help them learn about healthy sexuality after high control religion. Subscribe if you're curious about / invested in shame free sexuality education that's specifically tailored to the needs of people coming out of high control religions and purity culture. Expect information not just about healthy sexuality and upcoming programming, but also cultural commentary on sexual politics in the US. I'm a sex educator with 25 years of experience and I'm excited to share that with you.

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