In this episode of Making Love: A Podcast with Sarah Rose Bright, Sarah sits down with Christiane Pelmas for a rich exploration of power - what it is, how it's misunderstood, and what makes female power distinct.

Here's what we covered:

• Defining power as the neutral capacity to mobilise resources and create impact - and why how we use it is never neutral
• The different "flavours" of power - personal, role, status, systemic, universal, and the power of communication and charisma
• Why most relational damage comes from underestimating our power, not overestimating it
• The biological and evolutionary roots of female power - tending, befriending, and weaving community
• How power shifts (or doesn't) at menopause, and why women's productivity often peaks in their ‘Queen years’
• Erotic and sexual power as forms of power, and how they have been co-opted by dominator culture
• The legacy of Me Too and the recent "Motherless" site controversy - what it reveals about porn, violence, and the erotic
• Female rage as a generative, ecological force, and why it's been pathologised
• Real-world examples from indigenous women-led activism to Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• The role of grandmothers as culture-keepers and agents of social change
• Where to start if you want to reconnect with your own power

Christiane Pelmas is a therapist and mentor, Somatic Sex Educator and Writer working in the intersectional terrain between Belonging, Wellbeing and the Ecology of Ethics.

RESOURCES FROM CHRISTIANE

ChristianePelmas.com

InstituteForEroticIntelligence.com

TheVerdantCollective.com

RESOURCES FROM SARAH

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ABOUT YOUR HOST

Sarah Rose Bright is an Erotic Embodiment and Intimacy Guide, authorised teacher of The Making Love Retreat®, and host of Making Love, a podcast on the evolution of love, sex, and relationships. She guides women and committed couples who feel stuck and unfulfilled in their intimate lives - and know this is the missing piece. Women come home to their bodies, awaken their desire, and reclaim their power. Couples create an erotic life of depth, passion, and love. Find out more: https://sarahrosebright.com/

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