Wellness Chronicles 7 — Navigating Love, Lust, and Liberation: The Journey to Sex Positivity
This episode explores sex-positivity through the lens of love, lust, and liberation—highlighting self-acceptance, open communication, and the freedom to embrace desire without shame.
It also centers HIV prevention as essential to empowered intimacy, including tools like PrEP and routine testing.
Learning Objectives
- Define sex-positivity and explain how it promotes self-acceptance and healthy communication around desire and relationships.
- Identify at least two ways that HIV prevention tools like PrEP and routine testing support a sex-positive lifestyle.
- Describe strategies for reducing stigma and promoting open dialogue about sexual health and HIV status within intimate relationships.
Faculty
Ashley Elliott, Psy.D. (also affectionately known as Dr. Vivid) is a Doctor of Clinical Psychology. In 2014, she started her consulting company Vivid Innovations Consulting, LLC. A native Washingtonian who takes pride in serving her community, Dr. Vivid has been providing wellness services in the DC Metropolitan area for over 10 years. Her mission is to empower, encourage, and enlighten the masses by spreading a message that emphasizes the importance of mental health and wellness.
