Dating Your Species with Reid Mihalko (USA) & Wilrieke Sophia (NL)

DATING YOUR SPECIES: Why Do We Fall In Love With Good People Who End Up Being Horrible Fits For Us?

Are you confused about dating, mating, and relating in the 21st Century? Unsure how to make a relationship last past the latest NETFLIX show? Can’t tell Mr/Ms. Right from Mr/Ms. Trainwreck? Do you fall in love too quickly with the wrong people?!

Dating, marriage, and the reasons we stay in relationships have changed a lot since the days of our great grandparents, and sex and relationship educator Reid Mihalko of ReidAboutSex.com knows what you need to make the current dating and mating scene less screwed-up. His advice: Date your species!

But how do you know who is your species and who isn’t?! And we all know how hard it is —once you fall in love— to break up with a good person who’s still a bad fit for you!

Let’s fix all that, shall we? Join us for this humorous, frank and interactive workshop where Reid boils down more than 150,000 conversations he’s had about sex and relationships and walks us through his best thinking and advice on making sex, dating, relationships and mating work!

In this humorous and edutaining lecture-style workshop presented by Reid Mihalko (hosted by Wilrieke Sophia), participants will learn:

- How to figure out what species YOU are!
- The difference between Reid’s Venn Diagram of Misery and the Venn Diagram of Happiness (and how YOU can step into the latter when it comes to love and life!)
- Why duration is no longer the best way to measure success in a relationship… And what metric we should be using instead!
- Tools to determine if someone is a good or horrible fit for you…
- 4 areas to consider before you fall in love with someone
- Communication Skills to help YOU ask for what you want, find out what they want, and how to avoid past relationship mistakes…
- A few of Reid’s “black belt” relationship tips and tricks!
- Whatever your level of dating experience and curiosity, whatever your gender or orientation, no matter how many times you’ve been burned in love and life, Reid promises an informative evening chocked full of great communication and relationship skills!

ABOUT REID MIHALKO (USA)
As seen on NETFLIX' "Chelsea Does..." alongside Chelsea Handler, Reid Mihalko (he/him) of ReidAboutSex.com is an internationally known sex and relationship educator helping adults become the change they want to see in the bedroom by creating more self-esteem, self-confidence, and greater health and accountability in their relationships and sex lives. Reid uses an inspiring mixture of humor, personal stories, keen insight, and comprehensive sexual health information to change the lives of his audiences and clients.

In early 2018, some very brave people came forward during #MeToo sharing harms that Reid had caused them. Reid stepped down from teaching and initiated a restorative justice-based accountability process to address his misconduct and make amends if and where possible. The formal, year-long process along with Reid’s apology and resources were shared publicly and can be found at TinyURL.com/reidaccountability. Going forward, Reid’s projects and appearances will include pointing people towards resources and experts on restorative and transformative justice-based accountability processes.

Reid’s workshops and college lectures have been attended by over 60,000 people from all over the globe. His Youtube videos have been viewed over 5 million times. He has appeared in media such as Oprah's Our America With Lisa Ling on OWN, NETFLIX, Montel, Dr. Phil's The Doctors on CBS, Bravo's Miss Advised, Fox News, in Newsweek, Seventeen, GQ, The Washington Post, and in thirteen countries and at least seven languages.
Reid is also founder of Sex Geek Summer Camp, Sex Geek Conservatory, and Sex Geek School for Gifted Sex Geeks, which help sex educators learn valuable business skills that allow them to reach more people with greater ease, transform more lives, and make a better living as sexperts.

Follow @ReidAboutSex >>>
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YouTube: https://youtube.com/ReidAboutSex

ABOUT WILRIEKE SOPHIA (NL)
Wilrieke Sophia (they/them) is a sex & intimacy educator, (TEDx) speaker, advisor & coach for creative makers and scientists, author, and founder of Exploring Deeper and Cuddle Workshops International.

The main focus of their work is empowerment through self-knowledge and understanding, radical self-inclusion, the embodied experiencing of boundaries and desires, and an extensive practice of consent – all based on a foundation of trauma awareness and neuroscience, embedded in experiential spaces based on interpersonal connective practices. They collaborate with artists and scientists, and are a supervisor and mentor.

With their project Red Flags in Workshops, Wilrieke creates zines and other free materials on e.g. accountability, abuse, and power dynamics in the intimacy and wellness communities.

More about Wilrieke:

www.wilriekesophia.com
www.exploringdeeper.com
www.redflagsinworkshops.com
www.cuddleworkshops.org

IG: @wilriekesophia
FB: Exploring Deeper with Wilrieke Sophia
YT: www.youtube.com/exploringdeeper

Check out Wilrieke's TEDx Talk on Navigating Intimacy: https://tinyurl.com/wilriekeTED

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ACCESSIBILITY
This workshop space is called Awananda. Mind that Play Utrecht also gives workshops in the same building and hallway. Awananda is behind the double doors. The elevators in this building are out of function - the owner won’t fix this to our regret. There are stairs to enter the building. On the ground floor is an all-access bathroom. The workshop is on the first floor. There are two stairs to get there. There are several bathrooms on the first floor (no all-access bathrooms), and a kitchen with lunch facilities, including a fridge and a microwave. There are mattresses in the workshop space. There is no shower.

The event does not include lodging or meals. Utrecht CS is at walking distance. There are free parking spaces at the venue (when you arrive in the allocated timeframe). There are hotels, grocery stores and restaurants at walking distance (want to book a hotel? Search the Kanaalweg/CS area).

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