This Girl Is STILL on FIRE: Perimenopause and Menopause
This girl is still on Fire:
PERIMENOPAUSE & MENOPAUSE
Join from anywhere IN THE WORLD. ALL ARE welcome. 100% ONLINE CONFERENCE!
Join the Sexual Health Alliance for This Girl is STILL On Fire: Perimenopause & Menopause Online Sexceptional Weekend, a two-day virtual training exploring the physical, psychological, relational, and sexual changes that can occur throughout perimenopause and menopause.
Featuring leading sexuality researcher and educator Dr. Justin Lehmiller, this event will bring research, clinical insight, and practical education together to help professionals better understand the experiences of people navigating midlife hormonal changes.
Perimenopause and menopause can affect far more than the menstrual cycle. Changes in hormones, sleep, mood, body image, sexual desire, arousal, comfort, orgasm, and relationship dynamics can influence a person’s overall well-being and intimate life. Yet many people enter this stage without adequate information or support, while professionals may receive limited training on how to address these concerns confidently and compassionately.
This Online Sexceptional Weekend is designed for therapists, counselors, physicians, nurses, coaches, educators, social workers, students, and other professionals who want to provide informed and affirming support throughout the menopause transition.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
What professionals need to understand about the physical, emotional, relational, and sexual changes associated with perimenopause and menopause
How experiences of perimenopause and menopause can vary significantly from one person to another
The ways hormonal changes may influence desire, arousal, orgasm, comfort, pleasure, and sexual functioning
How body image, aging, identity, stress, and cultural expectations can shape experiences of intimacy during midlife
Common barriers that prevent people from discussing menopause-related sexual concerns with their healthcare providers and partners
How professionals can initiate more informed, inclusive, and shame-free conversations about midlife sexual health
The relationship between menopause symptoms, mental health, relationship satisfaction, and overall well-being
Research-informed approaches for helping clients and patients navigate changes in their intimate lives
Practical strategies for supporting communication, sexual agency, pleasure, connection, and confidence throughout the menopause transition
How therapists, educators, coaches, and healthcare professionals can provide more affirming and culturally responsive support
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH
START TIME: 10:00AM - 6:00pm cst
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH
START TIME: 10:00AM - 6:00pm cst
Use this world clock to find the corresponding time in your time zone!
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PRESENTERS
Justin Lehmiller, phd
Dr. Justin Lehmiller received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Purdue University. He is a Research Fellow at the Kinsey Institute and Director of the Sexual Health Alliance Study Abroad Program.
Dr. Lehmiller is the author of Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life and The Psychology of Human Sexuality. He is an award-winning educator who has been honored three times with the Certificate of Teaching Excellence from Harvard University, where he taught for several years.
A prolific researcher and scholar, Dr. Lehmiller has published more than 50 academic works. His research focuses on sexual fantasy, sexual desire, sexual health, casual relationships, and friends with benefits. His work has appeared in leading academic publications, including The Journal of Sex Research, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Evelin Molina Dacker, MD
Evelin Molina Dacker, MD, is a board-certified family physician, sexual health educator, and integrative medicine practitioner with more than 30 years of clinical experience. Her work brings together family medicine, functional and integrative medicine, sexual health, menopause care, hormone optimization, trauma-informed care, and relational wellbeing.
Dr. Dacker has completed advanced training through the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and the Institute for Functional Medicine, as well as specialized education in sexual medicine and counseling through the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health and the Sexual Health Alliance. She is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner and is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
She is the creator of The STARS Talk, a communication framework designed to support open, compassionate conversations about safety, turn-ons, boundaries, relationships, and sexual health. Her work has been featured in a TEDx Talk and on NPR’s Life Kit and has been incorporated into medical and health education programs.
Dr. Dacker is the founder of Wild Woman Wellness Medicine, where she integrates evidence-based medicine with a holistic, trauma-informed approach to hormone health, sexual wellbeing, healthy aging, and relational care. She is also a speaker, educator, and writer dedicated to advancing more informed, inclusive, and shame-free conversations about sexuality, health, and aging.
Lasara Firefox Allen, MSW
Lasara Firefox Allen, MSW, (they/them) is an accredited menopause educator, coach, author, and sex educator specializing in gender- and sexuality-affirming menopause care. They are the founder and CEO of Genderqueer Futures and creator of the Gender-Affirming Menopause Care Certification Course, which equips providers to better serve gender-diverse patients navigating menopause.
Allen is the bestselling author of Genderqueer Menopause, as well as Jailbreaking the Goddess and Sexy Witch, with their work spanning sexuality, gender, feminism, spirituality, and health and wellness. Their books have been translated into multiple languages, and their writing has appeared across magazines, textbooks, encyclopedias, anthologies, and literary publications.
They earned their Master of Social Work from Cal Poly Humboldt and have completed specialized education in menopause care and human sexuality, including training through The Menopause School and the San Francisco Sex Information Human Sexuality Intensive. Drawing on their background in social work, sexuality education, advocacy, and lived experience, Allen works to expand inclusive, affirming approaches to menopause education and care.
Alicia J. Rose
Alicia J. Rose is an award-winning director, photographer, and filmmaker known for emotionally resonant storytelling and a distinctive visual style. Her career spans film, music, commercial, and editorial work, with more than three dozen music videos for artists including First Aid Kit, Cake, and Bob Mould, as well as portraiture and visual collaborations with The Decemberists and other notable artists.
Her acclaimed web series The Benefits of Gusbandry marked her debut in digital episodic storytelling and received recognition from The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, A/V Club, PASTE, OUT, and other major publications. Her feature directorial debut, A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff, earned the Narrative Audience Award at the 2021 Ashland Independent Film Festival and the Best New Directors Award at the 2021 Port Townsend Film Festival.
Rose currently directs and edits Girls in Trouble TV and is in production on her second feature, Menopunks, a documentary exploring menopause, creativity, and the cultural myths surrounding both. Across photography and film, her work combines emotional intelligence, authenticity, and visual precision to explore complex and often underrepresented human experiences.
Justin Lehmiller, phd
Dr. Cynthia Graham is currently a Senior Scientist at the Kinsey Institute and a Professor of Gender Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. She has been Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sex Research since 2009. Her current research focuses on male condom use, hormonal contraceptives, women’s sexuality, women’s sexual pleasure, sexual problems and sexual health among older adults.
She has been a member of the Kinsey Institute Condom Use Research Team since 2000. Her research has been funded by the UK Medical Research Council and the National Institute of Health Research.
Cynthia was a member of the DSM-5 Workgroup on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders. In 2023, she won the Masters and Johnson Award from the Society for Sex Therapy and Research. In 2016 she was awarded the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award and in 2019 the Distinguished Service to SSSS Award by the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. In 2009 she was elected president of the International Academy of Sex Research.
Sexual Health Alliance has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7730. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Sexual Health Alliance is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
This event is eligible for a maximum of 14 CE hours.
