Consent, Boundaries & Safety

Ethical Intimacy, Communication & Care

This category focuses on consent, boundaries, and safety as essential foundations for healthy intimacy, relationships, and erotic exploration. The articles here are designed to support clear communication, informed choice, and emotional and physical wellbeing across a wide range of intimate experiences.

You’ll find educational content on consent practices, boundary-setting, negotiation, and aftercare, alongside discussions of how power dynamics, desire, and vulnerability intersect with safety. The emphasis is on consent as an ongoing, communicative process rather than a one-time agreement.

This section also addresses common challenges such as navigating mismatched boundaries, rebuilding trust after harm, and creating safer spaces for exploration, whether in long-term relationships, new connections, or more exploratory erotic contexts. All content is written to promote respectful, ethical, and self-aware intimacy.

Exploring the Wheel of Consent: A Tool for Understanding Dynamics in Relationships

I have learned a great deal since begining Sensual Bodyworks in 2019 which now seems a lifetime ago. The learning never stops and it's an ongoing process and mistakes have been made along the way, but something I came across early on was the Wheel of Consent. It really helped me frame how I worked and I think it can be of use to many people, especially if exploring with others. The Wheel of Consent was designed as a tool to help individuals understand and navigate the dynamic

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