Dr. Laura McGuire

Dr. Laura McGuire (they/them or she/her) is an internationally recognized consultant, survivor, researcher, seminarian, and author of the book Creating Cultures of Consent (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021). Dr. McGuire is a certified full-spectrum doula, professional teacher, a certified sexual health educator, and a vinyasa yoga instructor. Their experience includes both public and private sectors, middle schools, high schools, and university settings. They currently are earning their Masters of Divinity at Earlham Seminary where they are studying the intersections of Judaism, trauma-informed care, and restorative-justice in faith settings. Dr. McGuire lives in the United States, where they work as an adjunct professor at Widener University and consultant at The National Center for Equity and Agency.

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Articles by Dr. Laura McGuire
Queering Valentine’s Day: 3 Ways to Make the Day Your Own
Queering Valentine’s Day: 3 Ways to Make the Day Your Own

Valentine's isn't just for the straights! Queer Valentine's Day with these suggestions and then go forth and find your own ways to celebrate love!

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Finding Healthy Attachment After Trauma
Finding Healthy Attachment After Trauma

Trauma can affect you in more ways than you realize. Take a moment to reflect on these ideas about how you can start to find healthy attachment after trauma.

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Healing from Purity Culture
Healing from Purity Culture

If you grew up in the 1990s or early 2000s in the United States then you grew up with at minimum a passing relationship with Purity Culture. Purity Culture was the massive wave of social, political, and religious energy that focused on convincing teens and young adults that the ultimate danger and sin in the world was sex.

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How Meditation Can Help You Have Better Sex
How Meditation Can Help You Have Better Sex

The benefits of meditation are pretty well known. But can meditation help you have better sex? Yes. Yes it can. 

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Monetizing a Movement: Pride and Rainbow Capitalism
Monetizing a Movement: Pride and Rainbow Capitalism

Queer visibility and allyship with the LGBTQ community are good things! Profit driven rainbow capitalism? Less so.

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