“All people deserve
an integrated life
and the healthy
pursuit of pleasure.”

All people, regardless of background, have a right to the information they need to make decisions about their health and pleasure, and to receive this information in spaces that are safe and accessible for their specific needs.

Our sex lives are not separate from our "real" lives. Finding our healthiest, most pleasurable sex lives is a crucial part of our overall self-discovery and self-actualization. Whether someone wants lots of kinky sex or no sex at all, being able to clearly identify and safely pursue our desires is a fundamental part of living an integrated life that supports mental, emotional, physiological, spiritual, and social well-being.

Comprehensive sexuality education, and health promotion more broadly, has a responsibility to incorporate the healthy pursuit of sexual and non-sexual pleasure, especially in marginalized and/or trauma-impacted populations. Recovery from trauma requires specific and loving interventions for re-learning embodied relationships to pleasure, fear, joy, and pain.

  • I support people in living their healthiest and most pleasurable lives through the development and practice of the following frameworks:

    Somatic Self-Bodywork: Experiential lessons in embodiment, movement, and self-massage for the reduction of physical and emotional pain.

    Social-Emotional Tarot: A secular and trauma-informed approach to safely using the Tarot as a tool for self-intimacy and self-discovery.

    Whole-Self Witchcraft: Non-theistic spirituality-based trauma recovery tools from an eclectic, holistic, and secular perspective.

    BD&DSM: Trauma-informed insights on consensual kink and tabletop roleplaying as complementary tools for psychosocial wellness.

  • I am a psychoeducation provider with expertise in queer-inclusive comprehensive sexual health education and social-emotional development for youth and adults. I am trained in (and train others in) trauma-informed practice in educational, organizational, and clinical settings. My approach is based in the biopsychosocial model of wellness, applying frameworks of intersectionality and neurodiversity, among others.

    Additionally, I use secular witchcraft as a prevention and intervention tool for addressing the spiritual impact of trauma and promoting psychosocial wellness. My work reflects my personal beliefs as a relationship anarchist and abolitionist, as well as my personal, lived experience as a neurodivergent Black woman and second generation Ethiopian American.

  • I am not a trained or licensed clinician, and am therefore not qualified to provide psychotherapy or psychiatric services.

    As an educator and practitioner, my work is informed by and integrated with extensive (non-certification) training in and study of the following modalities: Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Polyvagal Theory.

    I am a certified Ashtanga yoga instructor with additional certification in trauma-informed yoga. I am also certified in Mental Health First Aid. My eclectic spiritual practice is also informed by the work of Thich Nhat Hanh and my time at Blue Cliff Monastery. In 2015, I received a B.A. in Anthropology from Columbia University.

  • Hi! I’m Haylin. I'm a trauma-responsive health educator, sexuality expert, bodyworker, and pleasure witch offering adult psychoeducation from an integrated mind-body-spirit perspective.

    With over a decade of hands-on experience developing award-winning health education programming and providing professional development for clinicians, educators, and activists, I’ve dedicated my life to teaching people of all ages practical skills for healthier, more pleasurable lives.

    My mission is to support everyone—regardless of background—in living their best and healthiest lives. All you have to do is ask.

    In addition to my work as a health promotion professional, I have experience as a writer, a workshop facilitator, a public speaker, a yoga instructor, an independent podcaster, and more. I'm a practicing witch and professional Tarot reader currently living in Baltimore with my cat, Princess Walter.