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Erica Smith, Sexuality Education and Consulting

When divorce makes a beautiful life possible

Published 6 days ago • 2 min read

Hello!

I hope your week has been pleasant, or at the very least, less stressful than it could have been! While I've been enrolling for the Divorce Support Group, I've also been road tripping across Michigan to visit friends and family.

One of my best friends that I visited has the most absolutely beautiful family. I felt lucky to be plugged into her life for a short time. And you know one thing that helped make this beautiful life possible for her?

Divorce.

Even if the religious community you grew up in frames divorce as always a failure, I have been around long enough to witness how for so many people, it's the first step to the beginning of a beautiful new life.

If you'd appreciate a fresh perspective on divorce, with a group of people who are also rethinking what life, companionship, love, and community looks like after the end of marriage, the PCD™ Divorce Support Groups are waiting for you.

In the Purity Culture Dropout™ Divorce Support Groups, we’ll navigate identity, sexuality, dating, gender expectations, shame, pleasure, family, community, and so much more- all specially tailored to address the niche experience of people who are divorced after purity culture.

Structure: 8 meetings total, 90 minutes each. Each week has a theme/ topic and will include structured, facilitated conversation and prompts.

Groups Begin: The week of Sunday, November 2nd.

There are FOUR groups to choose from:

  • Sundays at 12pm ET
  • Tuesdays 7pm ET
  • Wednesdays at 9pm ET
  • Sundays at 7:30pm ET

A couple of notes:

This is not a religious or religion-based group. Anyone can join regardless of their current relationship to religion.

This group is open to anyone regardless of gender or sexual orientation. Queer folks (especially those newly discovering their queerness) are very welcome! You decide how to interpret “divorce”- whether you’re just beginning to separate or have been divorced for years, you’re welcome in this group.

Places are limited, with each group capped and 10 participants, and spots are already filling up.

If you're divorced / separated/ divorcing / separating/ or feel you might be headed that way- after purity culture, I'd love to help support you. Please consider joining us, we get started week starting November 2nd.

I'm happy to answer ANY questions you have- just reply to this email!

Erica

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ps: On a totally different note (but not too different), I hear from a lot of people who are curious about how to engage with erotic content in a way that feels ethically right to them. I have partnered with one of my favorite sites, CHEEX, to offer a free trial for anyone who is curious about exploring erotic content in a safe, secure, shame free environment. The content on CHEEX is specifically designed for the female viewer! I mean it when I say that I only partner with companies whose ethics I support, and CHEEX is one of them. As one purity culture dropout client said "It exposed me to a world that I didn't know existed!" If you've always been curious about erotic content but not sure how to engage, check them out!

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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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