So, we know where babies come from and we’re ready to learn MORE. 

The good news is that there is so much to explore in the world of sex, sexuality, eroticism, and pleasure. So if you’re like us and hungry to learn more, you’re in luck. Your sex education literally never has to end. The bad news? When you’re an adult with a curiosity about sex, it can be hard to find trusted resources to take your sex education to the next level and take your understanding of your sexuality even deeper.

That’s where we come in. Here are 18 of our favorite resources, books, programs, and platforms for taking your sex ed to the next level.

Podcasts & Blogs

The GETSOME Podcast

The GETSOME podcast is an open conversation with people from all walks of life discussing various topics surrounding sex, sexuality, shame, and pleasure. Click below to listen to our latest season!

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The GETSOME Blog

An endless source of education, conversation, and answering the questions that you’re too nervous to ask out loud, the GETSOME blog is an educational extension of all of the resources that we’ve curated here to help you understand, unpack, and unlearn feelings of shame surrounding sex.

Online Learning Platforms & Programs

Our Relationship

Our Relationship is an inclusive online program with tailored content and activities designed to uncover, understand, and solve the relationship issues that couples face. Click here to check it out!

The Unlearning Sexual Shame Module

GETSOME’s self-paced online learning module that was built to help you understand, identify, and unlearn the feelings of shame and anxiety that you have surrounding sex and sexuality. This four-part module takes you through the exact steps that I follow with my clients who are struggling with sexual shame. Click here to learn more!

Luna Matatas

Luna is a sex and pleasure educator who teaches people to build a better relationship with their bodies, practice empathy with their partner’s insecurities and needs, and get curious about their erotic imagination. Her workshops and courses are super approachable, comprehensive, and fun! Click here to check them out.

Books

There are too many incredible books about specific topics to list out here. If you’re interested in seeing a full list of our favorites, you can click here. But here are just a few to get you started:

• When Someone You Love is Kinky by Dossie Easton
• Halal Sex: The Intimate Lives of Muslim Women in North America by Sheima Benembarek
• Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic by Esther Perel
• The Bump’n Book of Love, Lust, & Disability by Jess Tarpey, Andrew Gurza, Katy Venables, & 50 disabled contributors
• The Myth of Sex Addiction by David Ley
• Without Reservation: Indigenous Erotica by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

That’s just scratching the surface of the books that we love and highly recommend, so click here to see the full list!

TV Shows & Movies

Sex Education

Sex Education follows the son of a sex therapist who sets up a “sex therapy clinic” at school to help his fellow students with their sexual problems. It’s a hilarious and candid look at sex, sexuality, and adolescence. You can check this series out on Netflix!

Sex, Love, & Goop

Another Netflix hit, this reality show follows Gwyneth Paltrow and a team of experts as they help couples discover more pleasurable sex and deeper intimacy with themselves and each other. Full disclosure– we don’t love some of the questionable things that Gwyneth has said about sexual health over the years (looking at you, vaginal steam and jade yoni eggs), but this show is Gwyn-lite, heavily featuring the experts who know what they’re talking about. Plus, with only 6 episodes, this show is worthy of a weekend binge.

Sex With Sue Film

Directed by Lisa Rideout, this documentary follows Sue Johanson’s remarkable career path–from nurse to trailblazing sex educator and television host. Our founder, Michelle, went to a screening of this movie recently and loved it!

The Sessions

The Sessions is a 2012 movie based on the true story of a poet who is paralyzed from the neck down due to polio who hires a sex surrogate to lose his virginity to. 

Apps

Coral

Coral is a tool for couples to use to improve their intimacy, connection, and communication. Built with the intention of helping couples intentionally create their best sex life, the app provides users with activities, exercises, and prompts to help them build self-confidence and spice up their connection. Click here to learn more!

Gottman Card Decks

The Gottman Card Decks app contains thousands of questions, statements, prompts, and ideas for connecting with your partner and improving your relationship. This resource is great for measuring and improving the health of your relationship. Click here to check it out!

Calm

Though it may not be a tool directly related to sex or sex therapy, the Calm app is a great resource for practicing mindfulness, which directly improves our relationship with ourselves, our bodies, and our partners. If you struggle with feeling out of body during sex, stress impacting your sex life, or simply want to be more meditative, we highly recommend this resource. Click here to learn more!

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There is always something new to learn, explore, or discover about sex, sexuality, and pleasure. It’s one of our (many) favorite things about the topic! There’s always some new nuance to explore. So, if you’ve been on the hunt for next-level sex education resources, we hope you love the resources on this list as much as we do!