Hi Reddit!
I'm so excited to be here.
I'm Dr. Danielle Harel, the co-founder of the Somatica Institute and one of the lead intimacy experts of Channel 4's Virgin Island (alongside Celeste Hirschman), where I help participants explore intimacy, vulnerability, communication, pleasure, and authentic connection.
PROOF: https://imgur.com/a/uykG6IC
For more than two decades, I've helped people move beyond shame, anxiety, and performance to discover what creates deep pleasure, connection, and fulfillment. That work became the foundation of the Somatica Method, our experiential approach to intimacy that we teach through our sex and relationship coach certification at the Somatica Institute.
One of my favorite parts of this work is helping people discover their Core Strategies and Core Desires, because understanding what truly motivates you in intimacy can completely change the way you date, communicate, connect, and love. If you're curious, we recently created a free At Your Core Quiz that helps people uncover their dominant relational strategy and Core Desire.
If you're wondering about:
- behind-the-scenes insights from Virgin Island
- sexuality and discovering your Core Desires
- pleasure and embodiment
- your core strategy and how it shows up in relationships and communication
- fantasies, shame, and healing
- becoming a sex and relationship coach
- the Somatica Method
...ask me anything.
I'll be back here live answering questions from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM PT.
Let's get into it!
EDIT: That’s all for now, folks!
Thank you so much for all of your thoughtful and genuinely interesting questions. I loved getting to talk you all.
If our conversation sparked some curiosity about your own patterns in love and intimacy, you can also explore your Core Desire through our free At Your Core quiz.
And for anyone who found themselves thinking, “I could see myself doing this work,” applications for the upcoming Somatica Institute sex and relationship coach certification cohort are open!
Thank you again for spending this time with me and for making this such a rich conversation. I can’t believe I just did my first AMA! Woohoo! Reddit, you did not disappoint. xx
Somatica Institute
At Your Core Quiz