I have been with her on 50 plus workshops. I’ve also been her mentor. Her life coach, I have a special way I look at her life. This is someone who was green, the ultimate outsider to this whole other world. She just started doing it. Practicing, applying and then teaching.
Monique’s the woman, everyday woman. Sex and relationships and communication and boundaries has changed her life. She cares deeply about what she is doing and has a huge vision for that.
I see a woman who has grit. She would drive for hours, sometimes days, to go to an event and drive back. She genuinely loves this work and changing lives. She finds beauty in accepting all kinds of people. She sees sexuality in a much broader form than is fed to us by culture — only the beautiful people in our culture can have sex.
In Monique’s universe it is just humans connecting. That is a beautiful thing. She demonstrated that and I learned about that. Bodies, sex and humans. Everyone wants to be loved, connect and feel cared for. She is not a swim suit model, not a playmate, but can be included in that world — tantra, sex ed, teacher training. She meets you with radical self acceptance. I have seen the amount of people she loves and respects and be open is beyond words. Her welcoming cross country, cross the world, cross religions is overwhelming. My message is not sweet and cuddly and I call people out. She keeps bringing me in. I respect that.
The inclusivity. That is the thing she can do. Incredibly diverse classes. No matter how serious it can get, she can turn it into playful, levity. She doesn’t over complicate this thing. She wants to give people experiences versus knowledge.
She is alive. It’s her. She’s the brand. For people, she is the “it.” Her events have purpose. So go be yourself at her events and go be more of yourself.