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The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) Podcast(Short!) Essay: The joys of welcoming your horrorsFYI that I’ve also posted this essay over on my Instagram. Still figuring out what to post where, but I loved writing this so much that I’m putting it all the places. I am evermore joyous–meaning, I feel good feeling in my body more of the time for no reason– bc I let myself go to evermore primal grief spaces.(Hey-girl-haaaay, paradox!)I consciously allow in more and more horrifying things, I consciously enable them in…and they source my joy.More specifically: it is my welcoming...2025-02-0810 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastMy first guest spot on a podcast!!!!!Check out the episode on Apple and Spotify! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegospelofpleasure.substack.com2025-01-3104 min
Black Girls BondingEmbracing Paradoxes: A Journey of Self-Discovery with Leslie QuiglessIn this episode of Black Girls Bonding, we sit down with Leslie Quigless to explore the importance of rest and recovery in our lives as Black women. We delve into the concept of life as a paradox, discussing how taking chances on ourselves can lead to profound growth and self-discovery. Join us as we challenge societal norms and embrace the complexities of our journeys, encouraging each other to prioritize self-care and resilience.Leslie's Website: whoisleslie.com Leslie's Substack: https://substack.com/@lesliequigless1Leslie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegospelofpleasure/#Leslie also recommended a...2025-01-3157 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastI just published an essay over at Leslie's OnlyFam that you might love!Written version of this essay here. Listen on Spotify or Apple.Be well!Leslie This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegospelofpleasure.substack.com2025-01-1002 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastAnd the euphoria gives way to the school morning s**t showHow do we find peace when the mystical euphoric moment becomes the average school morning s**t show? Let’s find out! Listen on Apple.Listen on Spotify.Buy me coffee!Who is Leslie?Thanks for reading The Gospel of Pleasure ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegospelofpleasure.substack.com2025-01-0711 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastListen to my essay: “I guess I’ll be smokin’ up all this heroin myself.”FYI that I wasn’t planning on writing this today, and also fyi that I normally go over my essays a whole whole whole lot more…but it felt important that I send this sooner than later. So, here we go!Read this essay here.Listen on Apple.Listen on Spotify.Buy me coffee!Who is Leslie?Thanks for reading The Gospel of Pleasure ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If y...2025-01-0617 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastListen to my essay: It's almost a new year and we ain't forgivin' s**t.Read this essay here. Listen on Apple. Listen on Spotify. Buy me coffee! Who is Leslie?Thanks for reading The Gospel of Pleasure ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegospelofpleasure.substack.com2024-12-3115 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) Podcast"You're not as pretty as you used to be."Holiday Sale on Inquiry Meditation sessions!Check out my winter sale here.If you’re curious about IM, now is the time to try it out! Breakthroughs happen in every session at your level of bodily readiness.The magic of this work is that the slower and sweeter we go, the faster the results—aka, joy—can come through.HEAT! And so, I have another Substack podcast called The Heat Game, and that podcast is about topics related to the shadow-play group game I co-created called, you guessed it, The He...2024-12-131h 00
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastGuest Sophie Luxton: Embodiment as a means of unfuckablewithnessHoliday Sale!Check out my winter sale here. If you’re curious about IM, now is the time to try it out! Breakthroughs happen in every session at your level of bodily readiness. The magic of this work is that the slower and sweeter we go, the faster the results—aka, joy—can come through. And now, on to today’s episode! What is the value of being embodied?“I have never seen a more alive and powerful woman than a woman who is living in and with her b...2024-11-2933 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastDon't feel better.Listen on Spotify or Apple. (It might take a few minutes after I publish for this episode to show up in these places.)Quick podcasted experience from last night. Quick note: I mention the mix of anxiety, dread, and slow-motion panic I felt; but I didn’t mention that you don’t have to figure out the cause of the feeling in your body to be with it and for it to dissipate—in other words, you don’t have to know why you feel like s**t to experience relief and feeling better. 2024-11-2010 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastListen to my essay: For the love of the little b***h in me, you, and all of usListen on Spotify or Apple!Announcements and such from 00:00-03:15.Essay begins around 03:16. Find the written version here. Thanks for reading The Gospel of Pleasure ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegospelofpleasure.substack.com2024-11-1514 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastListen to my essay: "About the election: What to do when you're justifiably f*****g terrified"Feel like some non-election-related content?Head on over to my writer’s Substack and podcast, Leslie’s OnlyFam! I’ve just podcasted a vintage essay of mine over there called “How I Became a Writer,” and it’s a lot of fun. Announcements: Free election-themed IM Community Practice I’m hosting two election-themed 30-minute group IM sessions this upcoming Friday, November 15, from 12-12:30 p.m. EST and 7:30-8 p.m. EST. The practice is open to everyone, though—use it how you feel like using it. Here is the Zoom link. 2024-11-1120 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastListen to my essay: How to (finally) have enough time for everything--just kidding! You'll never have enough time!This podcast is a read-aloud of my previously published written essay. If you read it and enjoyed it, take a listen! It’s a different way to absorb the content. Here are next steps!First, your end-of-essay chaser. The official title is, “The Only Reasonable Thing To Do When You Don’t Have Enough Time Is Dance, You Sexy Beast.”Here’s the essay I refer to 4:40 that’s on my website. Feel like reading another essay? Check out this one about the joys of massively f*****g up your life—it...2024-10-3021 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastListen to my essay: Terrible things are beautiful, too.Watch above, read below, or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. First: Shadow work, anyone? Fun fact: I co-created a shadow-play group game called HEAT! The game’s tagline is “Become Unfuckwithable. Play HEAT.”You will indeed become evermore unfuckwithable if you play HEAT.We’re hosting free public games on Zoom next Friday, Nov 1, at 1 p.m. EST, and next Sunday, Nov 3, at 3 p.m. EST. Come thru even just for a few minutes. All info here!And now, on to the essay! At som...2024-10-2513 min
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastAn "IM'ing in the wild" tale: When the inner child needs to dieIn this post/podcast/episode, I share the fantastical frame-by-frame story of one of my own recent Inquiry Meditation sessions, and along the way, I share a pretty thorough explanation of what IM is all about. Watch a few short clips here. Sorry that the lighting is a bit low in the video. Coupla quick notes: I use the word “incrimination” somewhere along the way. I think I meant to say “recrimination” lolol. It’ll all makes sense, though. Also, I forgot to add that as part of a given IM session in...2024-10-161h 06
The Gospel of Pleasure (According to Leslie) PodcastWhat is The Gospel of Pleasure?I was revising my “About” page here when I thought, why not make a video of me reading it to you? So come get this news, dear card-carrying Citizen of this Multiverse, ‘cause it is indeed Good. Read the “About” page with me, or feel free to simply listen/watch. Please note that in a burst of inspiration, I renamed my website yesterday—yes, yet again!!—to thegospelofpleasure.com—but all the other domain names work. (I mention this bc at the end of the video, I say it’s now pleasure.ene...2024-10-0810 min