Exeter Pride Asexual Confidence and Self-Love Building Workshop
I’m thrilled Exeter Pride approached me on Instagram to do a workshop for their Exeter Pride event on the 9th of May. They felt like they hadn’t had enough representation of asexuality in the past, and wanted to make this year’s event, more inclusive. It feels such an honour to have been chosen to do this to represent the asexual community. This is a huge leap forward for asexual representation at Exeter Pride and for inclusivity.
The workshop, which is created and run by me, for Exeter Pride, is an Asexual Confidence and Self-Love Building Workshop. It’s an in-person only event at Phoenix arts centre in Exeter, UK – you can check out the venue here https://exeterphoenix.org.uk and my workshop is taking place between 4pm-5pm – so I would like attendees to be there at 3.55pm for a prompt start. Here is the registration link if you want to attend https://forms.gle/TjeckgMDpynwgCg58
Exeter Pride has a parade on that day, followed by a whole host of Pride activities, so you can make a day of it if you want. This is their website https://www.exeterpride.co.uk/pride-guide There were 10 places in total, but 2 places have already been taken.
About The Workshop
This workshop is designed to help asexuals have increased confidence, self-love and pride, in your asexual identity, through a series of reflective written exercises.
As asexuals, we can feel alone, left out, and isolated at times, that’s why it’s important to do things that increase your confidence, self-esteem and self-worth, and ultimately self-love, so you can lead a happier, more fulfilling life, and ACE it!
Being confident in your asexuality and in life itself, is about knowing yourself and loving yourself for who you are, regardless of what anyone else says, thinks, or does. This means spending meaningful time with yourself through self-dating, as well as doing a number of other things to fuel your confidence and self-love, so you don’t allow others’ opinions to drown out your own voice.
In this workshop, I’m going to explain ways in which this can be achieved and we are going to work our way through a set of written self-reflective exercises in your Asexual Confidence and Self-love workbook, which will be provided as part of the workshop, that you get to keep.
At the beginning of this workshop, I will be sharing a bit about my own asexual journey and by the end of this workshop, you will:
✅ Have a set of Asexuality Principles to live by, that will increase your confidence in your asexuality and act as a safeguard when someone tries to dismiss your asexual identity or make you feel bad about it.
✅ Be focused on the positives about yourself, so you can understand why you deserve love and happiness and are worthy of it.
✅ Understand the concept of self-dating, what is it and isn’t, and why it’s important to do that to raise your confidence in yourself and your self-worth, which is an act of self-love. You will come up with ideas for this during the workshop that you can implement right away.
✅ Identify what makes you feel happy and loved, so you can give more of that to yourself.
✅ Have your own workbook with exercises you have filled in, that you can use to keep as tools to increase confidence and self-love, throughout your asexual life journey. Think of them as a helpful companion and life guide, tailored specifically to you.
✅ Leave the workshop feeling more empowered, more self-regulated, and more inspired to live your best, authentic, asexual life.
Here is the registration link if you want to attend https://forms.gle/TjeckgMDpynwgCg58 places are likely to get filled fast, so if you want to come, make sure you book your place asap. If you have any questions, please let me know.
I will be around after the event if people who travel from afar want to stay for a while in the city and hang out afterwards, and get a drink and maybe some food too, or if you’re local and want to hang out, but this will not be part of the workshop. It will just be to socialise and chat afterwards with myself and any other asexuals who want that, as an optional thing, so you can leave as soon as the workshop ends, with no expectation to stay. The venue will be busy with Pride celebrations throughout the day and into the evening usually too. The bar gets pretty busy but it can be a lot of fun to be there during Pride and there are Wetherspoons not too far away – just a short walk, which can be handy for food and drink too.
I understand if you don’t live in the UK that this workshop might be too far for you to travel to, but I still thought you would like to know about it, as it’s great for asexuality being included in an LGBT+ event – and it helps a lot to raise more awareness of asexuality.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Sandra
