Reader my fierce little nugget,

In case you didn't know: The Great Pleasure Challenge serves as a process to honor your capacities and your limits.

At its core the Challenge is a way to bring active consent into your life. Far more than just an exploration of just what's fun and feels good; it's a deep dive into how we can honor ourselves by recognizing when to say yes, and more importantly, when to say no.

In the Challenge we arrest the mechanism that has us chronically saying yes before checking in and seeing if our yes is possible or (better yet) even mutually enriching.
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For people who have never experienced a personal crisis, it’s easy to imagine that everyone has infinite capacity.

In such a worldview limitations are just a matter of mindset, rather than a reflection of being totally depleted by life. You cannot muscle your way to better living without seeing all the ways that the world requires you to function beyond your capacity.

This perspective ignores all the systems in place that exist to consume our life force, to take, to spend, to use and to not fill back up. It is fundamentally extractive. Exploitative.

This perspective also ignores the toll of mental illness, the toll of oppressive power structures that benefit the few, the toll of neurodivergence. It is fundamentally ableist. White Supremacist. Capitalist.

Let me unequivocally say in this regard:

Fuck mindset work.

Fuck: “if you wanted to, you would.”

Fuck victim-blaming.​
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The Great Pleasure Challenge is your invitation and your opportunity to shrug off the unexamined and unacknowledged obligations, and the extractive and oppressive systems at work in your life.

It is the fastest and safest way out of being ground to dust by a life that was never meant to let you live.

It is radical. And generative.

And it opens the door to a new way of navigating both your own life as well as offering a new way for society to function.

Respectfully.

Consensually.

If you have a growing sense of unease at the injustice in the world, if you recognize yourself in any of the following, know that you're not alone, and this challenge speaks directly to you:

• You feel overwhelmed by the relentless demand to 'do more' in a society that equates worth with productivity.
• You're frustrated by the superficial 'positivity' that ignores the complexities of real human emotions and experiences.
• You're tired of systems that privilege a select few while marginalizing many, perpetuating inequality and exploitation.
• You're disillusioned by the narrative that 'hard work' is the sole path to success, which disregards systemic barriers and personal circumstances.
• You're seeking authentic connections in a world that often prioritizes superficial interactions over deep, meaningful relationships.
• You're yearning for a way of living that honors your truths, your boundaries, and your desires, rather than conforming to external expectations.
• You're angry about the environmental crisis and know that living in alignment with the planet is necessary for our future
• You're depleted by the narrative of judgment and stigma regarding the mental health epidemic

The Great Pleasure Challenge is an act of defiance against these injustices, a step toward creating a world where your choices stem from a place of deep, consensual engagement with life. It's about finding joy and fulfillment not just in spite of these challenges, but by actively choosing paths that challenge and change them.

Join us as we navigate this journey together, where actively prioritizing pleasure and consent becomes a powerful act of resistance against injustice.

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I am here for your transformation, and your liberation as well as your delight.

xoxo

Amelia

p.s. There is a new structure for the Challenge in order to increase accessibility. If you don't understand the two options feel free to reach out.