Dear friends,
What if I told you that the same algorithms feeding you violent movies and sensational news are also programming your understanding of human sexuality? Dr. Lauren Rosewarne's research into how media shapes our sexual behavior reveals a pattern that extends far beyond the bedroom.
Rosewarne has spent her career studying topics most academics avoid: perversion, masturbation, pornography, and how pop culture becomes our informal sex educator. Her research exposes an uncomfortable truth when formal education fails to address fundamental human experiences, we turn to entertainment for answers. The result is a culture where shame drives curiosity underground and algorithms profit from our sexual confusion.
As someone who wrote "Freeing Sexuality" to challenge the very suppression of Rosewarne’s documents, I found our conversation both validating and deeply troubling. We're not just dealing with individual hang-ups about sex, we're confronting a systematic miseducation that keeps people ignorant about their own bodies and desires.
Most disturbing of all? The same forces that profit from sexual shame are shaping what we see, click on, and eventually believe across all areas of life.
Golden light,
Dr. Richard L. Miller
Links & Resources
Part-Time Perverts: Sex, Pop Culture, and Kink Management" by Lauren Rosewarne
Cheating on the Sisterhood: Infidelity and Feminism" by Lauren Rosewarne
New Book Coming Soon
After over 60 years of work as a clinical psychologist, I've finally written the book I've always wanted to share.
This July, I'll be launching Master Your Mind: Practical Tools to Calm Anxiety, Silence Your Inner Critic, and Stop Overthinking.
It's a collection of the very tools I've taught in therapy rooms, used in hospitals, and practiced myself through some of life's most difficult moments. They're simple. They're powerful. And they're needed now more than ever.
More details coming soon!
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After six decades as a practicing psychotherapist, I'm offering limited opportunities to work directly with me. I bring extensive experience addressing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, addiction, and psychedelic integration.
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Dr. Richard Miller's Mind Body Health & Politics podcast features weekly conversations with researchers, authors, and pioneers working at the frontiers of human consciousness and healing. All episodes from the past 20 years are available free in the archives.
Now Available: Psychedelic Medicine at the End of Life
You can now order my latest book, Psychedelic Medicine at the End of Life: Dying Without Fear. This work represents a culmination of my decades-long journey as a clinical psychologist, exploring how psychedelics can transform our approach to death and dying.
The book examines how substances like LSD, MDMA, and psilocybin can be powerful tools in confronting our fears of mortality, ultimately leading to richer, more fulfilling lives. I'm honored to include insights from renowned experts in the field, as well as my own experiences.
Here's what some esteemed colleagues are saying:
James Fadiman, Ph.D., calls it "a deeply uplifting, clear, and compassionate guide to dying and how psychedelics, used correctly, diminish our fears about approaching the door that opens at the end of our life."
Charles S. Grob, M.D., describes it as "a masterful overview of an area of vital importance to our modern world... a valuable resource and contribution to the growing field of psychedelic medicine."
Julie Holland, M.D., notes that "Psychedelics may offer a mini-death rehearsal, offering a glimpse of spiritual oneness, enabling us to be less afraid at the end of our lives."
I hope this book will inspire meaningful conversations and new perspectives on how we approach the end of life.
My Books:
Psychedelic Medicine at the End of Life: Dying Without Fear (release date: November 5)
Freeing Sexuality: Psychologists, Consent Teachers, Polyamory Experts, and Sex Workers Speak Out
Psychedelic Wisdom: The Astonishing Rewards of Mind-Altering Substances
Psychedelic Medicine: The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca
Integral Psychedelic Therapy (co-edited with Jason A. Butler & Genesee Herzberg)
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