The Pleasure Temple

Kortni, Tess and D are back with a hilarious take on older women dating younger men, stamina and indulgence. Enjoy the ride.

Kortni, Tess and D return with a heavy hitting episode about personal joys, losing our cool, and emotional gold diggers. Come with us down the rabbit hole, enjoy!

Kortni, Tess and D return to talk about Tess's adventures in the dating world, what not to do on a date and the creation of The Pleasure Temple Charm School. Join us as we dodge low hanging fruit and the audacity of others. Enjoy

Welcome back to the Temple after a temporary hiatus we are back with more heavy conversations about life, love, grief and relationships. Kortni, Tess and Dee give Amanda her flowers and discuss the Hollywood Elite, Racism, Slavery and more. Enjoy.

Kortni, Tess and D return to the Temple to discuss what Soft Girl living means to each of us. What is Soft Girl living to you? How do you cultivate rest, gentleness and a life of ease for yourself? Journey with us through this delicate conversation, enjoy!

Kortni, Tess and D return with Fantasies in the Temple. A little dive into what our fantasies look like and how not to stifle the dreams of others. Enjoy.

Kortni, Theresa & D. return to the Temple to discuss the concept of manifesting. Creating the life you want through envisioning, walking the walk and talking the talk and saying yes when the life you want shows up at your door. Growth, change, expansion through active engagement in your own life. Leaving the plantation.

Welcome back to The Pleasure Temple. WE have had a long hiatus, but we are back with more commentary about life, love, and of course PLEASURE. Catch up with us in the new year and gear up for a fun season of exploration with KoKo Strokes, Madam Tess and Madame Adventure. Y'all know what time it is. Enjoy.

Kortni, Theresa & D are diving into the world of burlesque with our very special guest Miss Conduct of Zircus Erotique, Santa Fe's premier and longest running burlesque troupe. This week we are embracing the Art of the Tease, dropping into our bodies, womanhood and experiencing pleasure with zero apologies. Enjoy!

I Am Enough. This week Kortni, Theresa & D. chat with therapist, Marilyn Julia. Another powerful episode in which we are reclaiming our humanity and wellness as black womxn and creating space to hold one another in our exhaustion.

This week, Kortni, Theresa & D. are back with another heavy hitting conversation about interracial dating & marriage. Buckle up for this ride, no feelings will be spared. Remember to catch up on old episodes on Spotify or wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts. *links in bio*

Kortni, Theresa and D. are back this week with another powerful episode about our ever changing bodies & body positivity. Theresa opens up about elective surgery, Kortni opens up about dieting and weight loss, and D shares how dealing with anxiety, depression and grief affects our bodies. Enjoy!

Kortni, Theresa & D. are back this week with another powerful episode about dating for pleasure. Diving deep into the conversation about why women are choosing to be single, advocacy, skid marks, laundry piles and marriage being a liability. Please enjoy!

Welcome back and Happy Anniversary to The Pleasure Temple! We are so grateful for a year together. This week Kortni, Theresa & D dive into "ride or die" friendships, kinships & relationships, with a little Game of Thrones on the side. It's time to embody the dragon. Enjoy.

We're back from our summer vacation! Kortni, Theresa & D sit down with Somatic Sex Educator, Jenny Gal, to unravel the patriarchal narratives about women's sexuality and pleasure. Get your pearls and your beverage, we're on a mission to cultivate lasting pleasure.

Welcome to the new and improved Temple! Authoress Kortni Renea joins the Temple as a permanent host. We are so excited to enter into this new phase, we have treats coming your way, please stay tuned!

This week we sit down with our beautiful friend, Authoress Kortni Renea to discuss writing for pleasure, romance, and relationships in modern times. Take a little trip with us into Kortni's world and be inspired to create your own fantasies through the written word. Enjoy.

Join us and our guest host Lamont for an in-depth conversation about Relationships, Buss Downs, Traditionalists and Trauma Responses that are embedded in out sub-programming. The Aunties were interrupting every five minutes but boy howdy did we get an earful about modern situationships and thought processes of the young folk out here in these streets. In this episode we will remind you why it is important to actually communicate with your partner about their wants, wishes and desire in a relationship. Enjoy.

Elaborating on what PROTECTION means to us, beyond societal parameters and ideals. There's a lot of talk on the internet about "Men" protecting "Women" but what does that really mean to you? Join us for this quick recap of What We Needed From Our Fathers.

And we're back with a doozy of course! Join us as we discuss the sins of our fathers, what we needed, what we didn't need and what we wish we had. We're Dispelling the idea of Daddy Issues and other odds and ends. Hang on as we discover the truth behind our pain of being the daughters of men who were emotionally absent.

We are returning from a short hiatus here in the Temple. Our first full episode of course begins with a tough conversation about our mothers and the damage that has been done. Clearing out old wounding and working through generational trauma is on everyone's minds right now and we are no strangers to the scene when it comes to being raised by wounded black womxn. Join us as we figure out how to undo what has been done.

Welcome Back to the Pleasure Temple and Happy New Year from us to you. D and Theresa return with New Year's wishes and desires. Sliding in with commentary about the human experience, seeking pleasure without love and going to your roots. 

This week in the Temple we are diving in and learning about what it means to plan for your life and also for your death. Chioma shares with us how important it is to take care of your life, making life commitments and creating other avenues for love. Journey with us into the legal aspects of estate planning and building in your pleasure. enjoy. 

Welcome to December, as we move into winter it's nice to cozy up and talk with other beautiful beings. This week Kay, RN and founder of Healing Our Daughters, joins us in the temple to talk about life, running away, finding a place for love. This episode if heavy, please be mindful of your own needs. CW *Sexual Assault, Suicide*. 

welcome back to part two. When you are in the temple you will be fed. Ayanna Grady- Hunt continues the feast with knowledge about womxn misbehaving in the bible, self-gratitude, honoring and understanding it is your divine right to commune with your ancestors and your spirituality. no middleman needed. Let us feast. 

When you are in the temple, you will be fed. Ayanna Grady-Hunt sits down with us to talk spirituality, hair, womxn in the bible, Hoodoo & more. Clean your feet & dine with us. 

We're back with Liz Gilliam, celebrating black women, more inclusion and diversity in film & television. Reimaging love for the future, remembering Al "Grits" Green and healing one another through honest commentary about love and living in a capitalistic society. Journey with us for part two of Hollywood & Relationships. 

This week, Liz Gilliam joins the Temple for a peek into the ways Hollywood influences how we show up in relationships. "If you kiss a hundred frogs, one of them will be a Prince".  Let's dive right into Hollywood portrayals of unrealistic, idealized love stories. We are still mad at Charles for blowin' those bubbles and having big fun with the Wretched. We are learning to stop working so hard for ain't shit folks, and ain't nobody fixin' your plate. 

We're back with part 2: Thoughts of being adult children of alcoholics, working through trust issues unrelated to romantic relationship trauma (childhood), and finding a safe space within our own vulnerability. we are reaffirming existence, acknowledging grief in the in between places and looking deeply at how our early life experiences show up in our romantic relationships. 

This week we settle in and discuss the rowdy retrograde, emotional expansion, gentle resolutions, friendship break ups, lifelines and more. Sit with us as we discover the ways we have over romatisized reality and remember that we are worthy. 

Welcome back for Part 2 of Cheating & Humiliation. Theresa & D glide right back into the groove with commentary about gold diggers (they don't exist), passport boys & paying for pussy. This episode is laden with thoughts about emotional expansion, community care fulfilment of emotional needs and grieving everything you thought to be true. 

This week in the Temple, we share stories about past relationships, Nia Long, Adam Levine & beloved Princess Diana. We are digging in deep, rejecting the framework and societal pressures placed up womxn to accept substandard care in the name of "keeping a family together". 

Picking up where we left off. Tip toeing into the swinger's club & Real Sex on HBO. We are calling out the conditioning and shame surrounding pleasure, the effects of colonialism and the entitlement to "the black body" & encouraging curiosity through exploration. 

Step lightly into this episode as we process our religious past into our spiritual future.  Theresa and D dig in deep about sex, womxn loving porn, Sheboo across the street, the Pastor, sex toys and more. 

Theresa & D slip into deep dialogue about emotional intelligence, before care and accountability. Holding space for long distance lovers, solitude, and leading with positive feedback to sex. Wandering through the dynamics of cohabitation and creating a sanctuary at home and love lessons about respecting other people's time. Enjoy. 

Introductions & sliding into deep conversation about the ways we show up in our lives and relationships. Multifaceted beings in a multidimensional world, doing the best we can to learn and grow despite the boxes we've been shoved into as womxn seeking pleasure outside the societal norms. Life lessons about not allowing others to shit in your dinner, and finding out if you're a selfish lover. This one is a cliffhanger. enjoy. 

A brief introduction to the newest adventure from Adventures of Grief Girl. Join D (Madam Adventure), Theresa and special guests as we embark on an incredible healing journey. The Temple is You. The pleasure is yours. Dive in with us and discover a world abundant with love and creativity.