I’m hosting a focus group and I need your help!

Who am I?

My name is Lacey Bond, and I'm a Certified Sex, Relationship, and Intimacy Coach in Los Angeles. I’m dedicated to helping people heal from Purity Culture, and unravel unhealthy narratives around our sexuality. Visit my About page for more!

I’m conducting research for my in-development book on recovery from purity culture (more details delow). To that end, I’m hosting a 6-week FREE focus group of purity culture survivors, exploring where folks are in their journeys, what they’re currently working through, and more importantly, where and how they have found healing and growth.

This will be an online focus group meeting once a week for 6 weeks. We will explore themes of:

  • Challenges specific to being a “post-purity” adult

  • Religious trauma

  • Shame free self-discovery and pleasure

  • Developing healthy boundaries, communication patterns, and relationships

  • Orientation and gender identity

  • Sexual fantasies and kinks, and their relation to purity culture

Who is this focus group for?

Anyone who has left purity culture and wants to help others learn to navigate “life after purity,” and those seeking community and education. All genders are welcome. Participants will gain access to a community of “survivors turned thrivers,” as well as one free session with me, as thanks for participating in my research.

What’s the book ?

I’m writing a book on healing from purity culture via the kink and BDSM lifestyle, practice, and community. Kink has been a major part of many post-purity folks’ journeys (including my own) due to its emphasis on consent, autonomy and agency, and overall sex positivity .

The central point of this focus group is to hone in on the major challenges that post-purity adults are facing, what they have found healing, and what they are looking for in their journeys right now. We may discuss kink and BDSM in a later session of the focus group, but that aspect is not the central focus overall.

How will focus group material be used?

The material/learning generated from this group will be used to direct and structure some core focal points of the book, and I may ask participants if I may share their stories directly (anonymized). By participating in this group , participants agree to [something articulate about allowing the author to use their stories in the book]. Developer Note- TBD on whether to record calls directly; I will probably take detailed notes or use firefly.ai to transcribe and take notes - still determining this.