Desire Redefined | Re-Ignite Your Fire
About Desire Redefined | Re-Ignite Your Fire
Do you want to want but don't know how? Feeling like you're not in the mood as much as you used to be, or at all?
Between careers, caregiving, changing bodies, long-term relationships, endless to-do lists, and all the demands of adult womanhood, it’s easy to lose your spark.
Re-Ignite Your Fire, the next event in the Desire Redefined series, is about getting curious about what desire, pleasure and intimacy look like in the body, relationships, and season you’re living in now.
Our panel of medical professionals and industry experts will unpack what can quiet desire, and how ritual, play, and novelty can help us reconnect with our flame. Attendees will awaken their senses, get reacquainted with their own bodies, and leave with simple, playful practices for feeling present, alive, and connected to themselves.
Come hungry. Leave a little hungrier.
Expect indulgent bites, wine + other surprise goodies!
Featuring:
Susannah Haarmann, PT, WCS, CLT is an Asheville-based physical therapist and the owner of Your Core PT, specializing in pelvic health, lymphedema, and breast cancer rehabilitation. She is a board-certified Women’s Clinical Specialist through the American Physical Therapy Association and a Certified Lymphedema Therapist, and she completed a women’s health residency at Duke University & Medical Center. Susannah has served on the faculty of the Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute, teaching continuing education in pelvic health, and created a comprehensive breast cancer rehabilitation course that has been taught in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Her work focuses on helping patients better understand and address pelvic dysfunction and the physical effects of breast cancer treatment through rehabilitation, education, and practical, evidence-informed care.
Whitni Miller is the founder and CEO of BDE Moves and a queer couples intimacy and relationship coach and sex educator. Grounded in radical self-acceptance and relational communication, Whitni helps individuals and couples deepen connection, navigate conflict, communicate their desires, and pursue pleasure with greater confidence. Trained through the Sexual Health Alliance, she brings an evidence-based, kink-educated, and trauma-informed approach to her work. Whitni’s work has been endorsed and recommended by leaders in sexual health and psychology, including Lori Brotto, PhD, and Dr. Lynda Spann; Dr. Brotto has specifically recognized her ability to make sexual-health research accessible and useful to a broad audience.
Wendy Eliot, LCMHC is an Asheville-area psychotherapist with Out of the Woods Therapy specializing in sex-positive and relationship therapy. She works with individuals, couples, and partners across a range of relationship structures, helping clients navigate sexual shame, rebuild erotic and emotional intimacy, explore identity and desire, and strengthen communication within relationships. Her approach is collaborative, trauma-informed, and grounded in values-based and communication-focused therapy, with an emphasis on helping clients better understand their needs, desires, boundaries, and identities. She also works with clients navigating burnout, compassion fatigue, and the process of reconnecting with themselves.
FAQ
What is this event? Reignite Your Fire is a sexual health and lifestyle panel about reconnecting with the parts of yourself that ignite passion and vitality. We’ll explore how desire, confidence, curiosity, and intimacy evolve, and how to rediscover them in a way that is playful, personal, and true to who you are now.
Who is this event for? This event is for people who want more fire in their lives. If desire has become harder to access or duller lately, this event is for you.
What will I learn? You’ll learn why desire can go quiet, how hormones, stress, your nervous system, relationships, and life transitions can all play a role, and why intimacy doesn’t have to look the way it used to. We’ll share practical, trauma-informed ways to reconnect with your senses, curiosity, confidence and capacity for pleasure - without forcing it or treating desire like another thing on the to-do list.
Will there be time for questions? We’ll have limited time for audience Q&A. We encourage you to submit a question when you register to ensure our experts cover it, or email the event host in advance at liz@thecatnip.co
Will questions be anonymous? Questions submitted in advance may be referenced anonymously during the panel. We want this to feel like a safe, honest space to ask about the things many people are thinking about but rarely get to discuss openly.
Is this an event for partners? This event is intended for women of all kinds, as well as nonbinary and gender-diverse people. If your partners fit that description, bring them along!
What should I wear? Something fun that makes you feel beautiful - like you're going on a date with someone you really like (hint: it's you!).
Will there be food & drinks? Yes - we’ll have light bites and drinks available.
Is there a sliding scale? Absolutely! The utmost priority is that those that want to attend can do so. If there are financial barriers to participation, please email host directly at liz@thecatnip.co to access a discount code.
Past Events
Movies, Margs & Menopause | September 28th
Desire Redefined: Good Energy | August 20th
Lady Coworking Day | June 30th
Tantrum: A Toddler Parent Support Group | June 18th
Desire Redefined: Perinatal & Perimenopausal Sexuality | May 21st