Breakups & Makeups in Sex Positive Community Spaces

This workshop explores the messy, tender, awkward realities within interconnected communities, and how to navigate them with care. In consensually non monogamous and kinky communities, and other sex positive spaces, relationships rarely exist in isolation. Sometimes the community feels huge, and other times, especially in smaller cities, it can feel like everyone shares the same parties, play spaces, partners, and group chats. So what happens when a relationship, dynamic, or play partnership ends? This workshop explores the messy, tender, awkward realities of breakups within interconnected communities, and how to navigate them with care for yourself and the people around you. Together, we will discuss and go over frameworks for breakups, de escalation, repair work, emotional regulation, and reintegration into community spaces. FAQ This is a live workshop and will not be recorded to protect the privacy of participants. Refunds are issued up to 24 hours in advance of the workshop, but cannot be issued same day. Missed workshops will not be refunded. ABOUT COME AS YOU ARE Founded as a worker-owned co-operative in 1997, Come As You Are has a fundamentally anti-capitalist and feminist approach to sexual pleasure, health, and education. We don't profit from your pleasure and we only stock products that we truly love and believe in. We offer a hassle-free, in-house warranty on every item we stock and our shipping and billing is extraordinarily discreet. We've been voted "best sex shop" in Toronto since 1997 ABOUT RAE SZERESZEWSKI Rae Szereszewski delivers realistic sex and relationship education to adults who want to explore confidently. She is a certified sex educator and Options for Sexual Health SHEC graduate, and has a Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Apparel Design from Toronto Metropolitan University. She wants to help people struggle less when it comes to navigating their sexual health, interpersonal relationships, and physical bodies. Her goal is to help you make empowered, authentic, and informed choices. In addition to her experience as a latex designer, she spent 8 years creating sex positive events at Oasis Aqualounge, a lifestyle club, and has worked in a variety of roles in event planning, community building, mentorship, and project coordination. Learn more about Rae at www.ShareWithRae.com