Episode 142 - Do we need to have an argument? - Conflict Resolution with Aidan and Charlie

Content Warning: Please be advised that this episode contains discussions of trauma, trauma-informed kink practices, emotional regulation, dissociation, triggers, and healing processes that may be sensitive or potentially distressing for some listeners. 

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Episode Description: In this episode, Mx Dizzy and Marquis Pup Rekkr sit down with Aidan, a passionate researcher, educator, and advocate at the intersection of kink, BDSM, and trauma awareness and his partner Charlie. Aidan and Charlie share their personal journeys into understanding and managing conflict, and how their various neurodiversity affect the conflict and resolution thereof. 

The conversation explores how different aspects of upbringing and neurodiversity affect the way conflict happens and gets resolved in their dynamic. We also explore how the characteristics and traits of various neurotypes can affect how conflict occurs and different ways to approach conflict resolution.

Guest Links and Episode Resources (not an endorsement/review by TKT):

• Aidan’s Website - https://aidansunassee.com/

• Aidan’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dominantdiscourse 

• Dominant Discourse - Aidan’s blog with his partner - https://dominantdiscourse.com/ 

• Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75739729-sexuality-beyond-consent 

• Pillion movie box hill book

• Box Hill https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49214539-box-hill

• Dominant support group through dominant discourse - DM DominantDiscourse on instagram

• Kofi early release articles before it is posted

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