13/09/2026
There’s a reason I bang on about pleasure so much.
And it isn’t simply because I want everybody wandering around having a lovely time.
Pleasure has a way of bringing us face-to-face with our self-worth.
When people begin exploring their capacity for pleasure with me, they often think they already have plenty of it in their lives.
And then we start to lean into receiving.
Really receiving.
And that’s where things can get interesting.
Shame can appear.
Fear.
Contraction.
The feeling that perhaps you need to have done something first.
That you need to deserve it.
Earn it.
Give something back.
Because being given something, pleasure, touch, attention, care simply because you’re worthy of receiving it can feel incredibly uncomfortable.
So this work isn’t about chasing more and more pleasure.
It’s about expanding our capacity to receive it.
And in doing that, exploring the beliefs we hold about how worthy we are of receiving in the first place.
I’ve watched those two things move alongside each other again and again.
As somebody’s capacity for pleasure expands, something begins shifting in the way they value themselves too.
Can I receive this without earning it?
Can I receive this without giving something back?
Can I believe I’m worthy of this simply because I am?
That’s why pleasure is such a big part of my work.
🖤
How comfortable are you with receiving something you haven’t had to earn?
**ra