In this month-long 4 session course, we’ll explore intimacy as labor. Drawing on research, pop culture, and personal experience, we’ll consider different ways of being in relationship with the people we serve, how those relationships challenge and fulfill us, and how we can thrive in our roles.
When: Fridays, January 29, Feb 5, Feb 12, & Feb 19, 2027 @ 12pm–1:30pm Central
Where: Online
Cost: $75
Registration closes January 22, 2027
Need a little help this time? Use code T9NKRLX4B582 when you register for a 25% off discount.
We begin the series focusing on what it is to make intimacy your paid labor. This session will introduce frameworks for understanding intimacy as an aspect of work, giving participants the opportunity to explore the connections between intimacy and labor for themselves and one another.
This week we’ll talk about domestic intimacy, professional intimacy, and public intimacy. We’ll also discuss what kinds of jobs fit into these categories and how, some might have aspects or tasks that fit in more than one category. The discussion will invite people to explore how their work connects with these categories and what that means for how they experience their work.
This session gives participants the opportunity to dive into the complexities of practicing intimacy as labor. We’ll address theories and practices that scholars have shared, workshop experiences and ideas in breakout rooms, and bring what we’ve learned back together for everyone’s benefit.
We’ll draw on prior weeks and on new material to talk about what we need in order to do our work well and with well-being. This will be a time to engage authenticity, emotional labor, boundaries, and practices of self-care & development. Using a structured process, you’ll identify the things you need in order to do your work well and with well-being.