Amy Jo Goddard
Master’s degree in Human Sexuality and Health Education, Bachelor’s degree in Literature and Creative Writing
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Amy Jo Goddard Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Sexuality Educator
- Best Sellers
- Lesbian Sex Secrets for Men, All About Sex
- Career Focus
- Sex Relationship Coach
- Affiliation
- Barnard College, Princeton University, Vassar College, NYU, & Gallaudet University.
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Living in the House of Yes
I grew up hearing “NO” a lot. As much as I rebelled against the ideas that I can’t have what I want, that deprivation is somehow noble, and that I certainly can’t have it all, I internalized those ideas and lived them out for years and years. Yet a part of me always knew it wasn’t true. I think our true self wants to do it all, to be free, to explore and expand and its sane voice gets buried under all of these false ideas we learn from our parents and people around us who are in their own story about deprivation.
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Why Men Don’t Get Help For Sex
I was again faced with a typical scenario this past week in my work as a sex coach. I received an inquiry from a man who said he wanted help. I hesitated because I don’t really work with men and they tend to waste my time. I have a number of structures in place to assure me that someone is a good fit for me as a client way before I get on the phone with them. He went through those steps and as much as I was skeptical, and as often as men have wasted my time in the past, I went ahead and set up a get acquainted call with him.
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How Are Sex And Money Connected?
This week I sponsored at an event hosted by one of my coaches and since I am beginning to launch some work that connects sex and money, I was asked over and over again, “How exactly are sex and money connected?” I found myself explaining some of the myriad ways they are connected and decided if they had those questions, you probably do too.
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My Sexual Life Would Be Good, If Only...
How many times do you put off your own growth, self-development work, fun, pleasure or education because of some made-up reason that really just slows you down and keeps you from having what you want, for no good reason?
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Is Your Sexuality Worth More Than Your Car?
The other day I spoke to a woman on the phone who was interested in coaching with me. She was a perfect fit for my work and one of those classic mirrors; she had been through a divorce that had uncanny similarities to my own. I knew I could help her in a big way and she seemed really ready to do this work. Wonderful! I love to hear that kind of readiness and enthusiasm in a prospective client or student. I know that willingness is a critical component to doing the work that needs to be done.
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Opening Up to Possibility With Sex Play
Ever since I first came across that quote by Buber, I have kept it on one of my altars at home, a daily reminder of one of my core values. Play.
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How to Get What You Want
“I’ll never have a sexual life like other women.” “I’m too wounded to have a good sexual life or relationship.” “It’s just not in the cards for me.” “Everyone else is fixable—but me.” “My perfect relationship just doesn’t exist.”
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The Eleven Sexual Rights You Should Know You Have
Given the latest attacks on women’s sexual and reproductive rights and the responses of many critical thinking lawmakers about men’s sexual rights, I thought it was high time I posted the actual Declaration of Sexual Rights.
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What About Desire?
If you’ve read my articles you know I see sexual energy, creative energy and spiritual energy as coming from the same well. We have a desire for sex, for affection, for a lover, to create art and beauty, or to connect to the divine, and if that desire is there, then the energy and material to fulfill that desire must also be there.
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Take Your Sexual Temperature
Sometimes you get so stuck sexually and you are so used to feeling stuck, you have no way to gauge how or why. I see this a lot with new sex coaching clients and prospects. If a woman has gotten far enough in her process to call me, she at least has some sense that her sexuality needs attention. Sometimes that's as much as she knows. Figuring out the way into it or how to break it down feels hard and the whole of her sexual issues becomes a series of symptoms with vague ideas of the root causes.
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An Evolution of Position
Dear President Obama, I just watched your ABC interview where you came out, at last, in support of equal rights for all Americans. I mean, it's a little ironic isn't it? You being our first African-American President and all. I'm guessing you've experienced an obscene amount of discrimination during your life and certainly within your presidency! You, of all people, must know how critical it is to have equal rights. Mr. President, I heard your battle call back in 2008 and I was skeptical, although I did have some hope that you would do well by us.r
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