Harriet Yudkin Training

12/09/2025

Well, this is it! Off to Letchworth for the first live teaching weekend at where I’m studying towards a diploma in psychos*xual and relationship therapy. This is the start of the foundation year and I couldn’t be more excited.

i’m looking forward to meeting my fellow students, the tutors and to getting stuck into new learning and skills development.

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24/05/2025

This recommendation, from Lynne Stobbart of StellaPRC, means such a lot. This session was the final one that Lynne was delivering as part of the Freedom Programme through her work at East End Women. I had the privilege of seeing how Lynne and Dawn had supported and nurtured the women on the programme to grow in confidence, agency and purpose as they reclaimed their lives from domestic abuse.

I deliver workshops, training courses and one-to-ones, helping to challenge stigma, shame and myths around s*x and s*xuality, as well as helping to build confidence in asking for what you want and navigating consensual s*xual relationships.

Follow me here, in LinkedIn and on Instagram and join my mailing list to be the first to hear of upcoming workshops.

All links are here https://linktr.ee/harrietyudkintraining

My next workshop is on Saturday 12 July - see https://buytickets.at/harrietyudkintraining

At the end of the last Freedom session that I delivered, we invited Harriet Yudkin to join us, to speak about s*xual health and pleasure.

Harriet is an experienced trainer, facilitator and consultant in relationships and s*x education (RSE), s*xual health and s*xuality education, and she spoke to the women knowledgeably and sensitively about issues that are often avoided in the context of domestic abuse recovery.

Harriet delivers various training sessions and workshops, including - 'S*x & Pleasure' - as pictured here. If it's something you're interested in for yourself or for a group you're involved with, Harriet can be found on Instagram and on LinkedIn.

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27/04/2025

This is what community looks like.

Such a buzz in Newcastle today as we came together to stand up for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️

Hundreds of people (I can never really estimate crowd numbers but it was HUGE) of all ages and genders, in a show of solidarity and strength, saying that trans, non-binary, gender diverse and inters*x people exist, have always existed and will always exist. They deserve to be treated with dignity and to have their human rights upheld and we need to fight against this latest onslaught of hate, erasure and segregation that is taking place against trans people, particularly trans women.

I am a feminist and my feminism is intersectional and includes ALL women and marginalised genders who are oppressed, mistreated, subjugated and objectified by patriarchal and capitalist structures.

Trans rights are human rights

16/04/2025

This Supreme Court ruling is not a victory for (cis) women.

This will embolden transphobes and those who seek to police what they believe a ‘real’ woman to be.

Trans and non-binary people are already under assault in the media, by politicians and high-profile commentators, as well as literally being assaulted and attacked.

Please check in on your trans and non-binary friends, colleagues, family members and offer support, solidarity and a listening ear if they want it.

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For more explainers see

01/04/2025

What a glorious day with these fabulous women at my S*x and Pleasure workshop.

We talked, we laughed, we ate and shared. It’s so valuable to have a space where we can have these open, honest conversations, check out what’s ‘normal’ and alleviate worries.

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21/03/2025

Due to a cancellation, I have one space at my next S*x and Pleasure workshop for women on Saturday 29 March 10am-5pm.

It’s going to be a relaxed, fun and informative day with a delicious lunch and refreshments all included.

😳Would you like to be able to talk about s*x and intimacy a bit more freely and with less awkwardness and embarrassment?

🫢Are there aspects to your s*xuality, desire or fantasies that you don’t feel able to discuss, even with your closest friends?

😩Do you sometimes feel that your body or libido are somehow not working the way they are ‘supposed’ to work?

😊Or would you just like to spend a day with a group of fabulous women having fun and a laugh about s*x, bodies and everything that goes on [*mouths*] ‘down there’ ⬇️

Come along to the S*x and Pleasure workshop for women*, on Saturday 29 March and find out more about:

🔥how desire works

🫤why we might not be feeling it, and

💡what we might be able to do about it

❤️‍🔥different types of desire

🤔the difference between desire, arousal, pleasure and or**sm

😊how to increase the amount of pleasurable s*xual experiences you can have, either solo, or with a partner

🙋🏽‍♀️identifying and asking for what we want

Book via link in bio or comment ‘Pleasure’ for a link sent via DM.

Message me with any questions you might have about the workshop. Hope to see you there!

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14/03/2025

Local to ? Can you help?

I’m seeking donations of the following items to donate to who work with women who have experienced s*xual violence. I’ve been working with them for the last year now and they really do incredible work to support women veterans and women in the armed forces, as well as women at sea who have experienced s*xual violence and supporting them in getting to a place of safety, accessing trauma therapy and rebuilding their lives.

If anyone local to me can help with any of these, please DM me. Thank you. 🙏

Pasta
Sauces
Soup
Hot dogs
Tuna
Chopped tomatoes
Cereal
Noodles
Rice
Herbs and spices
Long life milk

Cleaning products
Dust pan and brush
Cloths
Cutlery
Baking trays
Cereal bowls
Clothes
Toiletries
Flannels
Duster
Small table
Shoes
Coat
Rugs

If you’d like to find out more about Salute Her UK or make a financial donation, see https://www.saluteher.co.uk

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23/01/2025

Northumbria Healthcare is here to support you at your appointment.

If you live in or and you’ve been called up, please make sure you attend.

Find out more at https://orlo.uk/vWCDZ

23/01/2025

As well as the excellent pointers in this post about cervical screening, just want to add that the professionals doing the screening have seen literally thousands of different v***as which all look different and all have different amounts and types of p***c hair, so please don’t worry about what yours looks like or smells like (unless you have noticed a change in the smell or the type and amount of your discharge that is not typical for you, then that’s a good opportunity to ask about it and get it checked out). 

17/01/2025

Did you know that if you pay for your prescriptions for HRT you can get an HRT prepayment certificate for £19.80 per year that covers all of your HRT, no matter how many prescriptions you have in that 12 months. Unfortunately this does NOT cover testosterone (many excellent people and organisations campaigning to change this) but most other forms of HRT, including vaginal oestrogen which everybody with a v***a should be using to prevent discomfort, loss of sensation, soreness, increase in UTIs and other symptoms of genitourinary syndrome of the menopause (GSM).

Go to https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-hormone-replacement-therapy-prescription-prepayment-certificate-hrt-ppc or just search ‘HRT PPC’.

NB This applies only to England. Prescriptions are free in all of the other devolved nations of the UK - Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (if prescribed in those nations).

01/12/2024

Incredible night at the Reclaim the Night march and rally in , with women and girls marching, singing, chanting and whistling as we took up space, reclaiming our right to safety and respect, to exist without harassment, violence, s*xual assault and the constant degradation and threat of .

Women out on the Toon saw us and cheered us on, a few inquisitive men politely asked us what we were demonstrating about. Some others felt the need to jeer and mock. But on we marched, through the city and over the Millennium Bridge to hear inspirational speakers as we stood in Baltic Square. from was strong and eloquent in her call to action, introducing the speakers Faty Kane from , Claire I’Anson from R**e Crisis Tyneside & Northumberland, Susan Dungworth and Kim McGuinness, our North East Mayor.

Susan Dungworth read a spoken word piece that co-created with women and girls from the region (see post with full text of the poem) which spoke of the rights that we should all be enabled to claim, the safety and security that we should all be able to take for granted.

13/11/2024

An inspiring day spent with Gateshead Community Bridgebuilders and a room full of kind, human-centred, forward thinking and curious people determined to do things differently, to put some humanity and hope at the centre of what we do. So necessary in particular at the moment.

Brilliant to hear from and others about how have led to better engagement and real community-led initiatives that are not just ticky-box ✅ consultations and empty tokenism.

Having meaningful conversations is at the heart of it, and we all did just that. Let’s keep those conversations going!

Thank you .haider_ for inviting me and for chairing the event so well 👏👏👏

Then to walk out to a stunning sunset over the (actual physical) bridges over the Tyne was just the perfect fitting finale.