The other day my friend Sarah shared a social media post I created announcing my upcoming program titled “Pathways to Pleasure: 5 Days of Sensual Exploration.” In her post, Sarah said this:

“I'm super proud of Jennifer Kling Brennan and excited to see her joining the leadership of Pleasure Activism as a Sensuality Coach. "

Y’all, seeing MY name linked with the words “pleasure activism” called up ALL my gremlins. For a hot minute, my head was filled with trash talk like…

• “Pleasure activist? You’re not enough to call yourself an activist.”
• “Activist??? You’re no adrienne maree brown or Ibram X. Kendi or Glennon Doyle.”

After listening to the negative thoughts, I took a really full breath and a flood of memories entered my mind: the 365 consecutive days I spent in 2018 posting a photo on social media of one of my life‘s simple pleasures; the work I’ve done as a healer for almost 3 decades, all intended to guide people out of pain and toward more comfort. Hot damn, I AM a pleasure activist!

Telling ourselves we are not enough is one of the chief blocks to receiving pleasure (and really anything we desire in life). Exploring what gets in the way of us prioritizing pleasure will be something we take a closer look at next week.

Moving outside of our comfort zone is scary business, but it is truly the way forward if one wants to grow. While she didn’t know it when she wrote her post, Sarah helped me grow by describing me as a pleasure activist. Yes it initially felt incredibly scary, but I let her words seep into my cells and decided to giant step forward and embrace this new-to-me title.

I believe that every human being has a birthright to experience joy, peace, and fulfillment. We have a right to be our most beautiful and messy sensual selves, slipping down out of the brain and reconnecting with every part of us below the neck. We have a right to receive pleasure.

Because I believe so wholeheartedly in rooting our lives in what makes us happy and helps us feel full, I invite you to register for next week's free program. Each day you'll get an email nugget of wisdom and a suggested action step to help you embrace your sensual self and invite more pleasurable moments into your life.

There are no meeting dates for this program. It's just an email a day for 5 days to get your juices flowing. For those who enjoy connection and community, I have created a private Facebook group for sharing and support.

Sign up on my website. From the home page’s “Upcoming Events” section, click on May 10, Pathways to Pleasure. You’ll be taken to the registration screen to add your name to the roster. {Again, don't fret when you see the 7 a.m. start time; I had to name a time in order to create the offering.}

Please share this email with anyone you know who might be interested.

If the pandemic has taught me anything, it's this: life is way too short to sit around mulling about things; taking action is where the magic happens.

Will you take a step forward with me?

Love,
Jennifer