In 2025 I’ll be starting a program to become certified as a sex educator and coach. In my ideal future I’d like my focus to be on adults with intellectual disabilities for the educator piece and women with chronic illnesses and disabilities for the coaching part.
This has been something that I’ve been considering for over a year, and have gotten really serious about in the last 6 months or so. If this is the first time you’re hearing about this…uh sorry about that but this is one of many times throughout my life that I feel like I am being summoned by the universe to do something. I’ve been keeping it close to my chest though for a lot of reasons:
The program is expensive and I’m not ready to fork over the cash just yet
I’m not interested in other people’s opinions about this major career change
I’ve been enjoying having my secret future plan and day dreaming about it
I really needed to make sure this is what I want to focus my time and energy on before I made a declaration to the world
I’ve been “called” to do a lot of other really important stuff in my life, including the advocacy work that I’ve been doing for almost 20 years. I’ve loved advocacy work because it matters so much, and if I can toot my own horn for a minute, I do really feel like I’ve been a pioneer in that space. But its time to pioneer some other, equally important shit now.
The thing that stood out to me while I was researching programs in the sexual health space was that none of the curriculums I’ve seen so far have mentioned anything about people with disabilities and their sex lives. Well guess what? Disabled people are DTF too. So I’m on a new mission and with this one I’m planning on playing the long game. I’m going to finish this program, start a new business and service this community the way it deserves, and in ten years I’m going to write that damn curriculum myself.
At least that’s the goal. If someone gets there before I do, well that’s a win/win for everyone but in the event that these programs continue to minimize the experience of disabled people, I nominate myself as tribute to take on that mission.
So now that you’re caught up here’s my official declaration:
I, Jackie Zimmerman, am going to be talking non-stop about sex for the next couple years (at least).
I’m going to drown myself in sex related media until my program starts in 2025 and that is why we’re here.
After 2025 I hope to start another, successful, business where I continue to talk about sex non-stop and help a lot of people along the way.
The books and podcasts that I’ve been reading so far are so damn fascinating that I’m tired of keeping these facts to myself. The reading list and podcast list right now include anything that is sex-related but also is fun to read/listen to. There’s plenty of time for science and boring stuff later and I’ll be sharing all that here too. Safe to say, I’m back to (over)sharing my life on the internet again, that way it should be.
I’d love for you to join me on this multi-year journey. You can subscribe to this publication where I will occasionally post some free articles but the best stuff, the most hilarious and absurd stuff, the stuff you can’t even believe…that stuff is going behind a very inexpensive paywall ($5/mo).
Writing is such a labor of love for me, and I’ve missed it so much, but school is also expensive. I’m going to be using any dollaz made through this endeavor to pay for school and the books that I’ll be reading along the way.
So if you’ve liked my writing in the past, you just wanna learn more about the weird, kinky things that our ancestors were doing, or you care about the communities I want to work with, join me.