Sex Ed for This Century: Bodies, Pleasure, and Being Askable Humans with Julia Feldman

In this episode, Darshana is joined by Julia Feldman, founder of Giving the Talk, for a deeply grounded conversation about sex education, pleasure, consent, and what it really means to support people in having a healthy relationship with their bodies across the lifespan.Julia brings decades of experience teaching compassionate, empowering, and scientifically accurate sex education to people of all ages, from young children and teens to parents, caregivers, and older adults. Together, Darshana and Julia explore how shame, silence, and fear around bodies are learned, and how different things might be if curiosity, consent, and pleasure were centered instead.This conversation weaves together trauma awareness, sexuality, parenting and embodied agency, offering insights that are just as relevant for adults without children as they are for caregivers and educators.In this episode, we explore:What “sex ed for this century” actually looks like in practiceHow Julia’s own chronic health journey shaped her work as an educatorWhy learning to talk about bodies without shame is a foundational life skillHow parents’ unresolved body stories often shape how they talk to their childrenThe importance of becoming an “askable adult” rather than a controlling oneWhy puberty is not a single event, but part of a lifelong body-change continuumHow curiosity can replace fear when bodies changeThe role of pleasure in sex education at all agesWhy pleasure is not inherently sexual and does not need to be moralizedHow early consent practices support embodied agency later in lifeWhy empowering people to feel into yes and no is more protective than shameAbout the JuliaJulia Feldman, founder of Giving The Talk, is a teacher who supports people of all ages with the compassionate, empowering, and scientifically accurate sex education we all deserve. She is passionate about creating educational experiences that center the needs of her students and encourages them to move through the world informed, confident, equipped to care for themselves and others, and free of shame.Connect with JuliaWebsite: https://givingthetalk.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/givingthetalkConnect with Darshana:Darshana has supported thousands of people across the world to claim their Erotic Wholeness. Whether you begin with a self paced journey taken from the comfort of your own home or work with her directly for the transformational experience of a lifetime, your path to the pleasure, power and purpose you're truly made for is just a step away!Learn more:DarshanaAvila.com/offerings for courses and details about her private practiceDarshanaAvila.com/community to enter the Galgasm community hub full of free resourcesYouTube.com/@darshana_avila for tons of inspired lessons, interviews and more