Mindful Swiping

with Marie Thouin, PhD

a live and recorded online class from Wicked Grounds

9/11 6pm Pacific

Advanced ticketing required, whether you plan to attend live or watch the recording later. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura.

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Mindful Swiping is Dr. Marie Thouin’s transformative framework for using dating apps with intention, authenticity, and self-love.

While dating apps aren’t designed for our well-being—they’re gamified to prey on our attention and self-worth—they’re also a powerful tool for sparking new real-life connections. Let’s outsmart the downsides and learn to use this technology with next-level integrity and skill! 😌

Instead of getting stuck in the swipe-scroll trap, we’ll learn how to use the apps as a practice—to cultivate discernment, inner peace, creativity, and loving-kindness, all while fostering real and meaningful connections with others.

💫 What You’ll Learn:

This is a high-impact, practical workshop exploring Dr. Marie’s Mindful Swiping framework in depth. You’ll learn how to:

🕯️Ritualize your Use of the Apps: Set clear goals, practice digital hygiene, and create meaningful containers around your dating practice.

📸 Build an Authentic Profile: Choose photos and write prompts that reflect who you really are—while turning profile creation into a growth experience.

🧭 Practice Discernment: Strengthen your self-trust when deciding who to match with, how to message, and when to walk away.

💞 Lead with Loving-Kindness: Stay grounded in your values, treat yourself and others with care, and transform dating into a path of connection and growth.

This isn’t another sleazy “get-them-to-like-you” class 🚫.

This is a soulful, actionable strategy for turning online dating into a practice of self-discovery, empowerment, and intimacy 🌱.

🌈 This virtual workshop is geared towards daters of all genders, orientations, ages, and relationship styles!

PRESENTER:

Marie Thouin, PhD is the author of "What is Compersion? Understanding Positive Empathy in Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships," the first-ever comprehensive scholarly book on compersion. She has been featured in several publications and podcasts, including ELLE, the Savage Lovecast, The Times of London, and HuffPost. Marie has also published seminal research studies, the first encyclopedia entry on compersion, and is the creator of www.WhatIsCompersion.com, a popular website that features her research, blogs, and resources on the topic of compersion. She is the Founder of Love InSight, a Mindful Dating & Relationship Coaching practice where she supports and guides people of all backgrounds and relational orientations to create intentional and vibrant love lives.

TICKETING:

https://forbiddentickets.com/events/wicked-grounds/a443d33e4f

We offer a sliding scale, so that cost is not a barrier to attendance.

The regular ticket is $30. This is what most people should pay. Choose the level you can comfortably afford.

Patreon members at the VIP+ level may get discounted tickets for $10. Just see your Patreon membership emails for this month's discount code. Find out more at Patreon.com/WickedGrounds!

If cost is a barrier at any level, please use the "Volunteer List" to request a free scholarship ticket. We will award as many scholarship tickets as we can on a space-available basis.

ACCESS:

This will be a live, online class offered through Zoom. To participate, you may need to download the free, basic version of the Zoom app before the class! This class will be recorded.

Zoom now provides closed captioning which will be available for this event.