Sex in the Seminary Podcast:Integrating Spirituality Into Real Human Life

Are you still watching your ex on social media?Is it love… or are you just emotionally and spiritually hooked?In this episode of Sex in the Seminary, we break down limerence—the intense, all-consuming attraction that feels divine but can quietly disrupt your peace.Limerence isn’t just a crush. It’s obsession, fantasy, and emotional dependency wrapped in chemistry. It thrives on inconsistency and keeps you stuck in a cycle of highs, lows, and constant overthinking.Real love is steady, mutual, and grounded.Limerence? It’s intoxicating, intrusive, and often one-sided.If you’ve ever confused intensity for intimacy—this episode is your wake-up call.

Coach Joy sits down with Ira Calixto of Casa Mama Yemi in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, for a conversation about ancestry, healing, spiritual connection, and returning to what matters most.Due to a technical issue, a portion of this interview was lost during recording. What remains is still filled with wisdom, insight, and heart. Part Two is already in the works and will be released soon.Part of the Back to the Root series on Sex in the Seminary.To view the video interview, please visit the link below: Part 1 of 3: Back To The Root with Ira Calixto of Casa Mama Yemi in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico https://youtu.be/OVhPn48Eqtk

What if the relationships you experience are not random… but reflective?In this powerful episode of Sex in the Seminary, Coach Joy—also known as Amelia Strang—invites you into a deeper level of self-reflection. Instead of asking, “Why do I keep attracting emotionally unavailable partners?”—this conversation shifts the question to something more transformative:“What is this experience revealing about me?”Through honest storytelling and spiritual insight, Coach Joy explores how patterns in dating—especially with emotionally unavailable partners—can mirror areas of self-disconnection, avoidance, and self-abandonment.This is not about judgment.It’s about awareness.Because when you begin to reflect honestly…You stop blaming.You start understanding.And you begin to choose differently.If you’re ready to see yourself clearly—and grow from what you see—this episode is for you.

Seminary: A place of spiritual study and formation.Podcast connection: Sex in the Seminary explores how spiritual teachings are tested, challenged, and integrated into real human life—relationships, love, identity, healing, and personal transformation.

In this powerful episode of Sex in the Seminary Podcast, host Coach Joy welcomes Ira Calixto for a soul-stirring conversation about healing, heritage, and returning to the wisdom of our roots. Ira shares her journey of honoring ancestral traditions, creating sacred spaces for women, and the transformative power of cacao as a heart-opening plant medicine. Together, they explore what it means to reconnect with identity, embrace feminine power, and heal from the inside out. This episode is a reminder that sometimes the path forward begins by remembering where you come from.If you’ve been feeling called back to yourself, this conversation is for you.

Welcome to Sex in the Seminary: Integrating Spirituality Into Real Human Life.In this introduction episode, Coach Joy shares the vision and purpose behind the podcast and why honest conversations about spirituality, healing, relationships, identity, and authentic human growth matter now more than ever.This podcast was created for spiritual seekers, spiritual leaders, healers, and everyday people learning how to navigate real life while growing spiritually.If you’ve ever struggled to balance spirituality with relationships, heartbreak, self-discovery, emotional healing, or simply being human—you are not alone.Welcome to the conversation.

In this episode, we’re joined by Minister Tuyeni Akanke—Minister of Spiritual Consciousness, founder of the nonprofit HomeGirl Huddle, entrepreneur, and spoken word artist—for a powerful conversation on Resurrection and Recreation.This isn’t just theology—it’s real life. We explore what it means to experience resurrection as a daily practice: releasing old identities, healing from past versions of ourselves, and choosing transformation in real time. Minister Tuyeni also breaks down recreation as a divine partnership—how we actively rebuild our lives, relationships, and sense of purpose while navigating our spiritual journey.If you’re evolving, questioning, healing, and redefining your relationship with God, self, and walking out the tomb of the past—this episode meets you there. Press play for an honest, grounded, and transformative conversation.To contact Minister Tuyeni Akanke, visit the website www.hghuddlehouse.com or follow her on Instagram @thehomegirlhuddle

As we close the chapter on 2025 and prepare to step into 2026, Coach Joy sits down with Master Astrologer and Musician Lorenzo Sanford for a powerful, grounding conversation on cosmic timing, energetic integration, and conscious preparation for what’s next.In this episode of Sex in the Seminary Podcast, we explore:- The astrological and energetic themes of 2025 and what this year has been asking us to release, reckon with, and learn energetic signature of 2026 and what it is calling us to build, embody, and commit to.This episode is an invitation to slow down, listen closely, and come back into rhythm with your life, your truth, and the greater cosmic order.

In this deeply honest and soul-stirring episode of Sex in the Seminary, we sit down with Ebony Curtis for a powerful edition of Pew Pillow Talk: Not at 50!A devoted Christian, mother of seven, and entrepreneur, Ebony opens up about the realities of motherhood, the transformation of her body through childbirth, and the often unspoken journey of reclaiming self-worth after 50. With grace, humor, and unapologetic truth, she shares what it means to navigate faith, femininity, and identity in a season many women are told is the “end”—but she reveals is actually a powerful new beginning.This conversation dives into body image, the sacredness of creation through childbirth, and the spiritual concept of “recreating” one’s life—mind, body, and spirit—no matter your age. Ebony’s story challenges societal expectations and invites listeners to embrace their evolving selves with compassion, confidence, and courage.If you’ve ever questioned your worth, your beauty, or your purpose in a new season of life, this episode is your reminder: it’s never too late to become who you were always meant to be.

In this episode, we’re diving into Save Yourself: A Practical Guide for Understanding Energy, Emotions, and Health by Dr. Ebun Adelona—a powerful guide to understanding what’s really happening beneath your upset and how it’s impacting your emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.Dr. Adelona breaks down a practical, no-fluff framework for identifying the root causes of internal distress—whether it shows up as anger, or that quiet, persistent self-doubt—and how to begin reclaiming your power in your everyday life.We explore real tools you can actually use: breathwork that meets you in the moment, developing awareness of your own judgment and what it looks like to commit to consistent, intentional growth.