Loud, Black and Pleasure Focused with Lauren French
“Community is the integral piece to healing that we have lost in Western spaces.”
Join Winnie as she yarns with Lauren French about shame-free and pleasure-focused approaches to relationships and sexuality education and how Indigenous knowledge offers a pathway to healing communities impacted by sexual violence.
As a proud Karajarri woman and sexologist, Lauren draws on her work across prevention, education and clinical practice, to explore the importance of moving beyond deficit-based narratives. By reframing sexual health as more than the absence of harm, Lauren invites us to challenge our biases and embrace curiosity, connection and pleasure as foundations for wellbeing.
Listen as Lauren shares insights from her Churchill Fellowship on Indigenous Elder-Guided Relationship and Community Repair After Youth Sexual Violence, highlighting the critical role of community, accountability and cultural strengths in healing.
This episode was recorded in July 2026
References:
On The Couch episodes mentioned:
More:
What We’re Reading: an online library of book recommendations
Play Safe: an online safe sex, STI testing and condom education resource for young people in NSW
Play Safe Pro: an online sexual health education resource for professionals who are working with young people in NSW
Sexual Health InfoLink: a sexual health nurse-led NSW Health Service including a free telephone line for health professionals and the general public
Credits
Host: Winnie Adamson
Guest: Lauren French
Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson
Editing: Winnie Adamson
Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)