Service is complicated Shame is powerful It might once have been complicated The results to me feel very simple Worth is hard to foster Coping with worthlessness is hard Self care isn’t obvious to many people My journey of understanding self care began with what’s called Compassionate Communication or Nonviolent Communication, NVC for short Thi ...…

A kinky, nonmonogamous reserve forces veteran and former MRA discusses different cultures of masculinity and what healing has looked like for him on the road to healthier relationships with himself and his intimate partners.

Yana, a criminology student, discusses addiction, shame, abuse, and intimacy from her own experience and research.

An educator and former MRA discusses SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity), GSA (gender and sexuality alliance), and the importance of curriculum. We discuss accomplishing learning objectives using content from queer and indigenous sources.

Yana, a criminology student, discusses the intersection of prison, gender, and addiction with me. We haven't seen each other in more than a decade, so we spend some time catching up first.

In Emma’s first two years being kinky, she’s learned a lot. We’ll talk about what she gets out of exploring submission, how service serves her, how she’s learned about this lifestyle, and what she’s currently still learning about. We also talk briefly about rape culture so that’s your content warning.…

Relationships of all shapes and sizes require skills. While monogamy and nonmonogamy sometimes require different skills, sometimes they suffer from the same pitfalls. Emma talks about some toxic relationship ideas and monogamous ideals that don’t serve us in nonmonogamy. My Relationship Primer is available at https://victorsalmon.com/relationships…

I chat with Selena, a sex worker for an escort service downtown about the stigma and dangers of sex work. We discuss sex work types, legalities, and resources. Resources are posted on posted about testosterone in older men and how women can promote testosterone secretion in men. We also discuss STI stigma.…

Emma, a woman in a monogamous partnership is currently in discussions surrounding opening up her relationship. Today we’ll talk about why Emma wants to practice nonmonogamy, what she’s interested in practicing, and the preparation / pre-work she’s been doing to try to make the transition as easy as possible. We talk about Emma’s primary partner ...…

Culture includes a collection of values and a lens through which we see the world. That means Relationship Anarchy and Hierarchy are going to look different if you have a different cultural lens. Meet Starship Jones, a Jewish, Mexican man who practices Relationship Anarchy.

Shame expert Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti discusses her experience of shame and then offers some strategies (and a worksheet linked in the description) on transcending shame.

What’s your relationship like with your own body? Is it intimate? Do you love your body? Do you love yourself? These are foundational questions in body positivity and improving your self relationship. Professor Meow #notarealprofessor discusses body positivity with respect to her experiences in life drawing, dominance and submission relationshi ...…

Anxiety, emotional management, introversion, and trauma. I explain the window of tolerance and some somatic exercises that I learned in counselling to get out of my head and back into my body. Cathy Vartuli discusses the professional work she does in and around anxiety awareness and healing. (Episode 12)…

In this episode, I interview Piper, a former partner and current relationship anarchist. We focus on what works for each of us and how we make what it work. We also acknowledge what didn’t work. This is by far one of my favourite episodes and I'm very excited to share this content with you! (Episode 10)…

This is a fifteen minute preview of Intimate Interactions premium episode 14 released on patreon yesterday. The intro and outro are from season 3.

In this episode, Mark Hughes, a friend of mine talks about the impacts of socialization and scripts he learned while poor, homeless, or in prison. Content warning for those of you who just can’t: this podcast includes Mark discussing trauma he has experienced as well as the consequences and how he copes as a survivor. We talk about triggers and ...…

My focus in relationship interviews is helping flesh out the experiences that inform where a person is today: who they are and what relationship values they hold. In this podcast, my guest excels at ruthless honesty, being self critical of her struggles, learning experiences, and failings along the way. She certainly doesn’t make herself out to ...…

If you’re a masculine person as I frequently am, anger is sometimes frightening to others, especially if they’ve seen masculine violence which is likely. In today’s session we’ll ask guiding questions like “where is it safe to express and process anger” or is your anger productive, useful, directed appropriately, and from your immediate situati ...…

Want to better your relationships? Get confident asking for what you really want? Have more satisfying sex? Welcome to Intimate Interactions Podcast with Victor Salmon. Today's guest is Oz Riley, a gender non conforming relationship anarchist.

My anonymous guest, X, a director from Vancouver helps dissect the very basics of non monogamy and discrimination. This is the first in an Introduction to Scripts series which is part of Intimate Interactions, a podcast about relationships, sex, and intimacy. Support me at http://patreon.com/victorsalmon or get the latest news at http://victors ...…