FREE: Ask the Sexpert

Name: FREE: Ask the Sexpert
Start: 2025-11-12T02:30:00.000Z
End: 2025-11-12T03:30:00.000Z
Location: Zoom

Zoom
Wednesday, Nov 12th
2:30 AM - 3:30 AM
Organized by TurnON.love

Have some burning questions about sexual and emotional intimacy?

Join intimacy coach and educator Dr. Alison Ash of TurnON.love for Ask a Sexpert, where you can get the answers you need to having hot sex and thriving relationships!

I n this hour-long free event, Dr. Aly will answer questions related to how to cultivate and sustain nourishing sexual and emotional intimacy. Possible topics can include, but are not limited to:

The Nuances of Consent and Boundaries
Embodiment and Nervous System Care
Skills for Emotional Depth and Safety
Flirting, Seduction, and Expressing Desire
Skills for Maximizing Pleasure
Erotica, Fantasies, and Unpacking Shame
Conflict and Repairing Relationships
Picking Partners and Ending Relationships

This free offering is an introductory event for Dr. Aly's upcoming Sexual and Emotional Intimacy Skills Mastercourse, an 8 week live virtual course starting January 21st. This Mastercourse weaves together science-based data, embodied exploration, and skills development and combines lecture with optional breakout room discussions and experiential exercises, plus extra time for Q&A after. Classes are recorded for those who can't attend live. Check out the detailed curriculum and reviews!

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Instructor Bio

Dr. Alison Ash, aka Dr. Aly, is a trauma-informed intimacy coach and educator, Stanford University Lecturer, author, and founder of TurnON.love. As a sociologist with a PhD from Stanford, she has a comprehensive understanding of the complex societal challenges that often lead to unsatisfying and disempowering intimate experiences. She has helped pioneer research into the orgasm gap and has written on topics ranging from pleasure in heterosexual dynamics to queer and trans identities and experiences. She also draws on her extensive training in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy, Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approach, and Somatica Method of sex and intimacy coaching to support her clients to radically explore and courageously express themselves. Dr. Aly designs workshops, courses, and retreats and offers individuals and couples coaching to give others the tools to be able to cultivate and sustain nourishing emotional and sexual intimacy. Dr. Aly invites you to TurnON pleasure, intimacy and love at www.TurnON.love

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Reviews from Dr. Aly's Workshop Participants

“If you want an accessible, inspiring, fascinating and safe space to explore intimacy, bodies and connection, I highly recommend these workshops. Dr. Aly has a unique ability to bring knowledge, humor, and support. I've attended 3 and each one has been a game changer in amazing and surprising ways.” J.G.

“I have found myself using many of the tools I learned not only with my partner, but also with friends, family members, and even colleagues at work. The workshop allowed me to practice new skills and helped me feel a lot less alone. I frequently find myself referring to the course handouts when I am experiencing something challenging in my life.” – D.A.

“Dr. Aly’s compassion and confidence puts rooms of strangers at ease, even while her workshops take you boldly to the most intimate of places. With her expert knowledge, personal skills and creative approaches, she is a gifted facilitator and guide.” J.W.

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Important Info

* This is a free event, but each participant must register for a ticket to receive info for how to attend.

* I welcome folks of all genders, sexual orientations, relationship structures, ages, body types, abilities, races and ethnicities.

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Upcoming Workshops and Courses

How to Eat Pussy like a Champ (also available as an on-demand rental)

October 19th in Oakland

Discover the 5 central tenets to champ-quality pussy eating and receiving. You’ll learn about nerve pathways and the different kinds of orgasms possible, plus science-based techniques for exploring them. Gain tools to get out of your head, overcome awkwardness, explore preferences, give and elicit feedback, and maximize pleasure from giving and receiving. Explore a wide range of ways to mix it up, including different hand and oral techniques, positions, and toys. Participants will receive a Guide to My Pussy instruction manual to share with lover(s). Plus, there's a thorough live demo so you can see all the skills put into action. Both individuals and couples are welcome!

Neurodiverse Relating & Executive Function (recording also available)

October 29th on Zoom

Many neurodivergent individuals and mixed neurotype couples struggle with executive function differences, including how to plan, prioritize, and manage the never-ending to-do list. These difficulties can create stress, leading to miscommunication and conflict, challenges with initiation and completion, and friction around different ways of doing things. We reframe these challenges as predictable patterns rather than personal shortcomings, offering practical strategies to work with neurological differences instead of against them. This workshop is designed for autistic and ADHD adults, single or partnered, and their loved ones.

Neurodiverse Love & Emotional Intimacy (recording also available)

November 5th on Zoom

Do you ever get stuck in cycles of miscommunication, overwhelm, or shutdown when trying to connect? These challenges are common in neurodivergent relationships, and often exacerbated by catastrophizing, shame spirals, or rejection sensitivity. Learn how core neurodivergent experiences, including alexithymia, decision fatigue, sensory overload, burnout, and masking impact intimacy and trust. You’ll learn strategies to interrupt reactive patterns, feel emotions without overanalyzing, communicate through conflict, and support regulation while staying authentic. Leave with tools to reduce conflict and deepen trust. Ideal for autistic and ADHD individuals and their partners.

Neurodiverse Pleasure & Sexual Intimacy (recording also available)

November 12th on Zoom

Do you ever feel anxious about intimacy because it might lead to frustration, disappointment, or overwhelm? Many neurodivergent people struggle with attention, arousal, and sensory regulation during dating and sex, which can make moments meant to feel pleasurable feel stressful instead. Get practical tools to navigate intimacy with more confidence, compassion, and collaboration. You’ll explore how to communicate sensory needs, manage distraction, regulate arousal, and create novelty while maintaining connection. Leave with a personalized intimacy user manual, plus communication and regulation strategies to feel grounded, connected, and empowered.

Get Out of Your Head in Bed (also available as an on-demand rental)

December 9th in Oakland

Do you get stuck in your head worrying about your appearance, performance, orgasm, or just your overwhelming to-do list? Do you find yourself performing sex instead of experiencing it? Learning how to get out of your head and into your body is essential for reducing anxiety and maximizing pleasure in both solo and shared sexual experiences! Discover how to immerse in the sensations in your body and reconnect with your body as an instrument of pleasure. You'll receive actionable tips and skills that will help you get out of your head and become a more skilled lover while increasing your own capacity for pleasure!

Sleaze-Free Seduction Skills (also available as an on-demand rental)

January 13th, Oakland

Has flirting always felt awkward and anxiety-provoking? Tired of letting opportunities pass you by because you’re afraid to make a move? Whether you want to learn how to create new romantic connections or improve your ability to seduce your current lover(s), this workshop will help you figure out how get freaky without being creepy! Gain verbal and non-verbal skills for flirting and seduction and feel more confident initiating. Discover how to effectively escalate flirting and how to read body language to know if they’re receptive to your advances. Learn how to recover from failed flirting attempts and how to recalibrate so you can stay in connection.

Sexual and Emotional Intimacy Skills Mastercourse (recordings also available)

Tuesdays, January 27th-March 17th on Zoom

There are many reasons it can be hard to create a pleasure-filled sex life and emotionally-secure relationships. We all receive messages about who we are supposed to be, how we ought to feel, and how we should express ourselves, often enforced through shame, silence, and disconnection. This course features 8 live, virtual classes with a woven balance of science-based data, embodied exploration, and skills development designed to support you in creating, deepening, and sustaining sexual and emotional intimacy in your relationship(s). All classes feature a combo of lecture with optional breakout room discussions and experiential exercises plus extra time for questions and individualized support after. Supplemental materials include handouts, readings, and demo videos. Recordings available for those who can't attend live or want extra review. Check out the detailed curriculum, reviews, and more. Super early bird tickets available now for $200-$400 off