TEDxSF - Nicole Daedone - Orgasm: The Cure for Hunger in the Western Woman

Nicole Daedone is a sought-after speaker, author, and educator focusing on the intersection between orgasm, intimacy, and life. She is the founder of OneTaste, a cutting-edge company bringing a new definition of orgasm to women. The practice at the heart of her work is called OM or Orgasmic Meditation. OM uniquely combines the tradition of extended orgasm with Nicole's own interest in Zen Buddhism, mystical Judaism and semantics. Helping to foster a new conversation about orgasm —one that's real, relevant, and intelligent—she has inspired thousands of students to make OM a part of their everyday lives.

Nicole graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in semantics and gender communication. She went on to found the popular avant garde art gallery 111 Minna Gallery in SoMa before moving on to OneTaste. Nicole is the author of Slow Sex: The Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm (Grand Central/Hachette, May 2011) and has appeared on ABC's Nightline. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the New York Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and 7x7 Magazine, among others, and her writing has appeared in Tricycle magazine. In his #1 New York Times Bestseller The 4-Hour Body Timothy Ferriss calls the OM practice "required education for every man on the planet." For more about OneTaste and OM, visit http://onetaste.us. Nicole's blog appears at http://nicoledaedone.com.
Raised in Los Gatos, CA, Nicole now lives in San Francisco.

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[SashaHasani1990]

I wish I could find a woman like that. I want to share what she described but there are few who want to accept the gift.

[Antonio Fernandes]

I think people are more starving for genuine, heartfelt connection with their partners. There are people that have specific body/sex issues, but I think the need is (as she says) connection,not orgasm,and we should focus on that.Connection and intimacy don't necessitate orgasm. Getting into the body is important-the senses, the power of touch, the heart. That said, I think there are people that do just really need some orgasms, but the focus on that shouldn't distract from more important things.

[Julia G]

Mainstream culture does not show vulnerability as a trait of strength, and people of any gender are hurt by that. If we don't show vulnerability when we are connecting, sexually or otherwise, there's no true depth.

[noobenstein]

Society is anti-male, simple.

[Julia G]

Either women or men taking interest in this is "cotroversial" for mainstream society. I know men who are talking about this, and I support them, and I have been in communities and classes that encourage it. It takes courage sometimes to be oneself but often finding similar communities follows eventually.

[Julia G]

To me, the difference is the spiritual intention and acknowledgement. Taking accountability for that power and action and desire, rather than getting drunk and connecting with another person is a more superficial, distracted, un-present way. Meditation - being totally present with all the thoughts and emotions and sensations going on inside in the moment - takes courage, patience, strength. Very different than the high school and college drinking parties I went to personally.

[ANAND THUMBAYIL]

turned on women changing the world.............

[REVI7970]

here I'm at 1:58 am trying to write the last body paragraph for my design essay, this video pops the fuck up, this bitch full goes into detail... how am I supposed to finish this essay now with that image? I'm 'stuck between a cold and a hard place' if you know what I mean...

[FunnyStuff1234123]

who let this women on the stage ?

[Lauren Cox]

She be like...

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[annette37a]

wow that was something!

[Theresa Dollmann]

I love to orgasm and then there is Tesla...