THE JOURNAL

A safe and brave space for intersectional conversations around sex, love, relationships, parenting, and life.

HEALTH + WELLNESS Jo Portia HEALTH + WELLNESS Jo Portia

WTF is sexual wellness?

A loaded, layered and multidimensional question that can mean something different to each one of us. If you are not 100% sure what that means to you, we are in the same boat, because I am still in the process of trying to define what that means in my life and the role it plays in my overall well being. What I have come to understand though, is that sexual wellness to me isn’t just about the sex I am having or simply about pleasure. For me, it has to do with how I see myself as a human being, my ability to embrace and be empowered in enjoying my sexuality, accepting my body, the skin I live in, and the sense of truly owning my sexual actions. 

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JUST ASK JO Jo Portia JUST ASK JO Jo Portia

I’m a sexual trauma survivor, and I’m learning to love myself day by day

Strong women fall down, but they also get back up. Our experiences in life don't need to define who we are and what we are going to become. They are there to mold us, but they do not dictate our outcomes. We can still choose how we want to write our stories and our happy endings despite the hardships in our own lives. We must choose to find the opportunity in our struggle rather than allowing the struggle to suffocate our light.

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