509: Jennifer Litner: Building Ease Talking About The Birds And The Bees

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Jennifer Litner has over a decade of experience working, studying and teaching in the field of sexual health, with a specialization in sex therapy, sexuality education, and helping people thrive in their intimate relationships. Ms. Litner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and sexuality educator whose passion is helping couples, individuals and families navigate sexual concerns. Ms. Litner is a Clinical Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), a Certified Member of the American Association for Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT), and a member of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR). In addition to her clinical practice, Ms. Litner earned a Master’s of education and is currently pursuing a doctorate degree in human sexuality studies at Widener University with emphasis in human sexuality education. Ms. Litner is also an adjunct professor at Adler University in the Departments of Counseling and Couple and Family Therapy where she teaches masters and doctoral students. Ms. Litner empowers individuals to make healthy choices about sexuality by providing them with accurate sexual health information. Listen in to hear Jennifer share: Where caregivers can begin when they want to talk to their children about sexuality How to talk to your kids about touch and hugs at an early age Research based myths and truths about having “the talk” with your kids How to talk to your kids about sex in a developmentally appropriate way (in grades 1-3 vs grades 3-5) What it means to be sex positive and how you can be a sex positive caregiver How to talk to your kids about gender identity and gender expression Examples of shaming, sex negative messaging and the harm perpetuated in shameful messaging The intersection of conversations around pleasure and privacy How to be warm and neutral in conversations around sexuality with your kids How to create a sex positive home for your kids - even if you had a sex negative upbringing Links mentioned: Join my 2021 Plan & Prep Pajama Party Connect with Jennifer Get Jennifer’s course and use promo code SHAMELESSMOM to save 20% - GOOD THRU 1/31 Jennifer on Facebook and Instagram: @embracesexualwellness Jennifer on Twitter: @ESW_LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Being a marketer is no sweat. You just have to manage dozens of channels, launch hundreds of campaigns, score thousands of leads and, okay, fine, it's a lot of sweat.
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0:12.3	Get started at HubSpot.com slash marketers.
0:15.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 509 with Jennifer Littner.
0:20.4	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned
0:22.7	in this episode, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 509.
0:32.7	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other passionate,
0:39.0	driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead more
0:44.7	positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about the
0:49.8	Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to join us in our free private Facebook group
0:54.5	to connect with other shameless moms just like you. You can find us over at shamelessmom.com
1:00.2	forward slash Facebook. All right. Let's dive into today's episode.
1:07.8	Mamas, before we dive in today, just a heads up, that we are talking about sex, sexuality,
1:13.0	sex education, all the goodies around that today.
1:16.2	And I wanted to give you a heads up in case you wanted to listen to this privately or, you know,
1:21.8	make decisions around whose ears you wanted to have around this conversation.
1:25.4	So there you go.
1:26.2	There's your warning.
1:27.4	And now let me
1:28.3	tell you about our fabulous guest, Jennifer Littner. So Jennifer Littner has over a decade of experience
1:34.5	working, studying, and teaching in the field of sexual health with a specialization in sex
1:39.3	therapy, sexuality education, and helping people thrive in their intimate relationships. Jennifer is a licensed marriage and family therapist and sexuality educator whose passion is helping couples,
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