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Erica Smith, Sexuality Education and Consulting

When divorce makes a beautiful life possible

Published about 12 hours ago • 1 min read

Hello!

I hope your week has been pleasant, or at the very least, less stressful than it could have been!

This time last year, I visited my friend in Michigan who has the most beautiful family. I always feel lucky to be plugged into her life when I get to be around them for a short time. She has kind wife and the coolest tween daughter. 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 first week of November

There are FIVE groups to choose from:

  • Tuesdays 7pm ET
  • Wednesdays at 9pm ET
  • Fridays 12pm noon ET
  • Sundays 11:00am 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, are contemplating but haven't initiated yet, or have been divorced for years, you’re welcome in this group.

Let me know if you have any questions at all, I'd love to hear from you and support you on your post-purity culture divorce path.

Erica

600 1st Ave, Ste 330 PMB 92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2246
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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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