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Pole Cliques Suck Red Scrunchies!
I’ve spent the last 6 months in a partial Pole coma. I pulled back from the glittering visions of pole performance after pole performance. I stopped going to conferences and competitions. I stopped watching hours of pole dancing on youtube. I stopped paying attention to who was opening up which studio where. I also almost stopped teaching completely, although a couple of my die hard students refused to let me go. (Thanks ladies, you know who you are) All because I didn’t want to deal with the intense drama anymore. I have felt so blessed to see the awesome art of pole dance grow and blossom from a fire…
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How to Give a Lapdance without Beheading Your Partner PT1
Okay, it’s time for me to make a confession. I LOVE giving a lapdance to a deserving guy. But, I used to have a terrible time finding anyone who was willing to volunteer for the role of lap. Seriously, I couldn’t get a man to smile at me, let alone ask me out for coffee. I would wander around looking at all the happy couples cooing and cuddling with each other and feel isolated, rejected, and confused. I constantly questioned why I was always alone. And usually ended up blaming some random body part. ‘Oh my butt is too big’ (it’s not). Oh my hips are too wide’ (they aren’t).…
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Embracing Feminine Power
Penis Envy, Pshaw! This week has been a series of lessons about learning to respond to life as a woman, instead of a woman trying to keep up with the men in her life. After over 25 years in the “corporate” world, I’ve finally discovered that I don’t have to prove to my boss that my… ahem… member…. is bigger than his. I always thought that the only way to communicate with the difficult men in my life was to speak to them from their own level. I spent many years perfecting my ability to erase my femininity at work and replace it with a masculine facade that would give…
