We bring together curious, open-minded people to explore the intersections of pleasure, identity, and healing so that we can:
Expand our understanding of our needs and desires
Challenge and replace unhelpful belief systems about love and relationships
Provide practical tools for developing a practice that fosters a more empowered, non-judgmental, and expansive relationship to our sensual selves
— and do it 100% on our own terms.
Our Co-founders & Co-guides:
Sarah Tomchesson
Sarah Tomchesson (she/her) has spent much of her career shaping legendary sex toy brands, including Pleasure Chest, Babeland, and Lovehoney. Currently she holds the position of Director of Marketing for the iconic Magic Wand brand. Sarah firmly believes in the power of pleasure as a healing tool. Her favorite role is as a sexuality educator and advocate for sexual liberation. Sarah has been developing, programming, and presenting pleasure-based sex education nationwide since 2007. Sarah co-hosts a weekly podcast, F*ck Yeah, which aims to disrupt harmful ideas about sexuality, intimate relationships, identity, parenthood, and more. Sarah is a proud mama to a vivacious 8-year-old and honored to sit on the Board of Directors of SIECUS – Sex Ed for Social Change (siecus.org), the nation’s leading sex education policy non-profit.
Anne Hodder-Shipp
Anne Hodder-Shipp, CSE, (she/they) is an AASECT-award-winning certified sex and relationships educator with professional training in breathwork and holistic dreamwork. Anne has been working with, writing about, and teaching others about sex and relationships since 2007, and in addition to her private practice and public workshops, Anne also leads treatment groups for teens and adults recovering from substance use disorder, eating disorders, compulsive sexual behavior and other stigmatized illnesses. While co-leading SEX+ pleasure courses, Anne also is the lead educator at Everyone Deserves Sex Education (EDSE), manages sex-positive PR firm Hodder Media Inc, and is the author of Speaking from the Heart: 18 Language for Modern Love.
What People Are Saying:
“What makes Anne special is that she’s the kind of person people actually WANT to talk to about their sex questions. She's 'real' and meets people where they are.”
— Katie H.
“[This] has changed everything for me, personally and professionally. I am so appreciative and will be forever grateful.”
— J.
“It’s a joy to know that this kind of space exists, that we can build up our erotic knowledge and meet kindred kinky spirits!”
— Jade
“Sarah is inspirational. Her years of experience teaching shows in her composure and clarity. I teared up taking her class and have definitely noticed a renewed confidence since.”
— Robin J.
“Thank you so so so SO incredibly much for this Summit and for bringing these people into my life.”
— Jordan
“To me, participating in SEX+ isn’t about any certifications or titles I may have, it’s about showing up as myself, exactly as I am, and creating the space so that everyone else can show up as themselves, too.”
— Arielle
“SEX+ gave me a safe space to explore the intersections of my sexual and spiritual self, while at the same time helping me unlearn the harmful messages about sex I had grown up with. It’s a wonderful place to be your full, unapologetic self.”
— Alice