E26 | Kalah Hill | Reclaiming Pleasure: Liberation, Love, & the Vitality of Eros
“Pleasure is an impeccable power source.”
Here is an audio version.
A video version can be found below.
In this evocative and transformative conversation, Kalah invites us to explore the vital force of pleasure—its power to heal, liberate, and connect. We speak of freedom, love, and erotic healing as Kalah shares some of her journey of reclaiming agency, choice, and responsibility in the realms of intimacy and desire.
Kalah illuminates how pleasure—woven into the very fabric of our being—can serve as both a healing modality and an act of resistance. She reflects on the courage required to tend the heart, the resilience found in joy, and the interplay of pain and pleasure in shaping a life of authenticity and connection.
We discuss the ecological and revolutionary nature of pleasure as a remedy for life's immense challenges, a wild and untamed power source, and a balm for the colonized heart-mind. With deep wisdom and vulnerability, Kalah reminds us that love is liberation, and liberation is love, offering a call to reclaim our pleasure and reconnect with Eros, the vitality of life.
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Thematic Show Notes
Freedom and Pleasure as Medicine:
“Freedom . . . is the great medicine of love.”
Pleasure as an inherent and impeccable power source, woven into our very gene code.
Liberation and pleasure as transformative modalities for healing and connection.
Reclaiming Agency and Responsibility in Pleasure:
The reclamation of agency, choice, and accountability in intimacy and desire.
Kalah’s personal journey of navigating addictive patterns and claiming her pleasure.
Child-like curiosity as a guide to remembering the inherent joy of being alive.
The Ecological and Revolutionary Power of Pleasure:
“Pleasure is a remedy; it’s a healing balm.”
Pleasure as resilient, offering sustenance and connection amidst life’s challenges.
Wild and undomesticated pleasure as an act of resistance to the colonized heart-mind.
The profound empowerment found in embracing one’s satiated states.
The Interplay of Pain, Pleasure, and Eros:
“Heartbreak is a medicine.”
The courageous act of heart tending as a pathway to deeper intimacy.
The healing potential of Eros and erotic nature in trauma, intimacy, and leadership.
Exploring the wild interplay between pain and pleasure in cultivating connection and authenticity.
Closing Reflection:
“Pleasure is an invitation to liberation, a resilient thread that binds us to life’s beauty. Through Eros, through love, and through joy, we remember our inherent power to heal and thrive.”