Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Sex is one of the few things in our culture that we are not allowed to watch in order to learn from, and because our culture’s history is so rooted in sex-negativism, just talking about sex for most people feels like going to the dentist! Instead of speaking up and asking questions, we turn to pornography to learn how to be better lovers, which is like trying to learn to drive from watching The Fast and The Furious. Bad idea! My personal passion, and the mission of ReidAboutSex.com and all my projects, is to get adults talking about sex and intimacy with more self-confidence, less fear, and a greater sense of self-esteem. I use my humor, my unabashedness, and my years of experience working with thousands of individuals to make talking and learning about sex empowering and fun. I was once that awkward and shy 7th grader who knew squat about sex and romance. If I can overcome my shyness and low self-esteem, so can you!
EDUCATION
1986 – 1992 Brown University
- Graduated BFA – Fine Arts
1982 – 1986 Pinkerton Academy
- Graduated 18th in class of 498
ORGANIZATION AND COLLEGE APPEARANCES (Partial)
- Brown University, Providence RI
- Green Mt. College, Green Mt. VT
- LA Gay Center, Los Angeles CA
- NYC LGBTQ Center, New York City NY
- Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco CA
- Center for Sex Positive Culture, Seattle WA
- Good Vibrations, San Francisco CA
- The Pleasure Chest, West Hollywood CA
- The Pleasure Chest, Chicago IL
- Sugar the Shop, Baltimore MD
- Pure Pleasure, Santa Cruz CA
- Sexy Spirits, New York City NY
- One Taste Urban Retreat Centers, San Francisco CA
- One Taste Urban Retreat Centers, New York City NY
- Whole DC, Washington DC
- Authentic Man Program, San Francisco CA
- Loving More Non-Profit, Loveland CO
- Poly-NYC, New York City NY
- Ms. Lavie’s School of the Loving Arts, Minneapolis MN
- Yoga Mandali, New York City NY
- East West Yoga, New York City NY
- Main Line Yoga, Philadelphia PA
CONFERENCE, EXPO, FESTIVAL APPEARANCES (Partial)
- Sex and Consciousness Educators Conference, Seattle WA (organizer)
- Daka Dakini Conference, Catskills NY (organizer)
- Great N.E. Sacred Sexuality Round-Up, New York City NY (creator, organizer)
- Poly Living, Philadelphia PA (Keynote)
- Poly Living, Seattle WA
- Dark Odyssey Summer Camp, MD
- Burning Man Arts Festival, Black Rock City NV
- Polyamorous-NYC’s Poly Pride Day, New York City NY
- Daka Dakini Conference, Sedona AZ
- Daka Dakini Conference Mid-West, Chicago IL
- Daka Dakini Conference East, Virginia Beach VA
- Raw Spirit Festival, Sedona AZ
- Durango International Film Festival, Durango CO
ACCOMPLISHMENTS (Partial)
- 1986 Earns 1st degree black belt rank in Tae-Kwon Do
- 1986 Recruited for Football by Harvard and Brown Universities
- 1986-1994 Teaches karate in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and New York
- 1992 Earns 2nd degree Black belt in Isshin-Ryu Karate
- 2004 Creates Cuddle Party
- 2004-2005 Manages the media frenzy surrounding Cuddle Party
- 2004–2005 Introduction Leader for Landmark Education
- 2004–Present Has lead over 350 Cuddle Parties for over 4000 people
- 2005 Creates the Foundations of Facilitation Training
- 2005 Creates the Cuddle Party Facilitator Certification Program
- 2005-Present Trains over 250 people and overseen 56 people certified to run Cuddle Parties
- 2005–Ongoing Ordained as Clergy of the Church of Spriitual Humanism
- 2006–Ongoing Certified in CPR and First Aid by the American Red Cross
- 2007 Turns Cuddle Party into a non-profit organization.
- 2007 Sits on the Advisory Board of EDUCO, the non-profit umbrella overseeing Cuddle Party
- 2008 Creates Speed-Flirting
- 2008 Launches Reid Mihalko’s Pro-Series, products and resources designed for Sex Educators and Sex-Positive Professionals
- 2009 Launches Show-N-Tell Sex Education Series
- 2009 Releases the Earning Your BLACKBELT In Relationships DVD
- 2009 Creates National End A Bad Relationship Day
- 2009 Creates Iron Slut Sex Educator Showdown
WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, AND SEMINARS
2010
- Foundations of Facilitation Weekend Intensive
- Show-N-Tell Sex Ed: Why Putting A Condom On A Banana Isn’t The Same As Putting A Condom On An Actual Penis…
- Acute and Chronic Pain In Bed: Bringing Sexy Back with Lisa Skye Carle and Reid!
- Reid’s Iron Slut Sex Educator Showdown Heads South to Take on Los Angeles’ Jaiya! Iron Slut Sex Educator Showdown
- The Secrets To Sex Magic with Kamala Devi (Teleclass)
- Dildos, Dental Dams and Deep Throating
- Reid’s Tantra for Beginners
- Relationship Dojo 1-Day Workout: Jealousy Judo and Communication Kung-Fu!
- Earning Your BLACKBELT In Relationships DVD Launch
- Iron Slut Sex Educator Showdown: Reid vs San Diego’s Kamala Devi in Oakland!
- Reid to keynote Poly Living 2010 – What happens when Poly becomes mainstream?
- Threesomes… Just in Time for Valentine’s! (LA Workshop)
- Hands-On Energetic Sex in New York City
- Relationships: The Reality and the Illusion… (Talk & Wine tasting Meet up!)
- Reid Mihalko’s Sex Educator Showdown Smacks Providence
- Reid Facilitating 3rd Annual Polyamory Leadership Summit in Philly, Feb 21-22, 2010
- From Somatic to Digital and Back Again: A Candid Conversation with Joseph Kramer
- The Ins and Outs of Hand Sex grips Manhattan, Feb 17th…
- Pre-Valentine’s Single’s Only Cuddle Party hits New York City!
- Romance for the Jaded New Yorker and the Newly In Love! Workshop
- Reid Mihalko’s Iron Slut: Sex Educator Showdown! Oakland, Jan 15th
2009
- Pro-Series presents: Hiring an Assistant When You’re a Sex-Positive Professional
- Reid Interviews Dossie Easton, author of The Ethical Slut 2nd Edition
- Get your Black Belt in Love, and a DVD to boot! – Reid’s San Diego DVD Launch Party
- So You Wanna Be a Sex Educator?
- Battling the Eight-Armed Octopus of Jealousy the Workshop!
- The Ins and Outs of Hand Sex II: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques…
- Reid Set to Teach “Old Dogs” New Tricks: Baby Boomer Workshop…
- The Ins and Outs of Hand-Sex with Amy Jo Goddard!
- Forgive and Reinvent: Dusting Off Your Relationships and Making Them Shine!
- NYC’s Saturday Night Puja! (A.K.A. Triple Goddess Tantric Puja!)
- Join Reid in the Catskills of NY for the Daka/Dakini Tantra Conference East ‘09
- NYC’s Sacred Sexuality Symposium
- The Full-Body Kiss with Reid: Great Making Out is More Than Just Using Your Mouth…
- Finding, Starting and Sustaining Relationships For The Spiritually Minded (teleclass)
- Reid Mihalko’s Iron Slut: Sex Educator Showdown! (workshop)
- The Ins and Outs of Hand Sex (workshop)
- Hands-On Energetic Sex (workshop): An Expansive and Explosive Evening of Exploration of Kundalini and Vibrational Luvin’ with Reid
- The Future of Sex Positive Dating & Relating! – Finding, Starting and Sustaining
- Romantic and Sexual Relationships For The Spiritually Minded
- Time Bombs and Warning Signs: 3-Ways to Keep You and Your Clients Safe During sexual Healing (teleclass)
- Healing the Wounded Feminine: Advanced, 3-Day Workshop for Sacred Sexuality Practitioners
- Reid’s Teleclass of Teleclasses! – Learn How to Run Teleclasses Now…
- Synergy Discussion with Reid: Part of Reid’s Professional Series…
- Foundations of Free Love 3-Day Retreat
- A New Foundation of Ethical Sluttery with Dossie Easton
- Reid to Co-Sponsor October’s East Coast Daka/Dakini Tantra Conference
- Reid’s Day of Jealousy with Guest Jealousy Experts
- 6-Weeks To More Energetic Sex!
- Poly-Curious 101: Understanding Non-Monogamy
- Rape, Incest and Healing the Wounded Feminine Talk in Sedona
- Your Relationship Decoder Ring (Part 1)
- The Ergonomics of Dynamic and Dynamite Sex workshop
- Clothes-On Sex! (the workshop)
- Staying Connected Through Romance Woos New York
- Women Who Give Too Much (teleclass series)
- Speed-Flirting seduces Balitmore, MD…
- Romance for the Rest of Us hits our Nation’s Capitol!
- Dating To Win: An Intimate Conversation About The High-Stakes of Love!
- Dildos, Dental Dams, and Deep Throating!
- Five Secrets to Attracting a Perfect Partner
- Pre-Valentine’s Speed-Flirting!
- Staying Connected Through Romance workshop
- Single’s Only Valentine’s Cuddle Party in NYC…
- Bedroom Cupid: Giving Your Lover What They Want In The Bedroom This Valentine’s
- National End a Bad Relationship Day (Teleclass)
- Negotiating Successful Threesomes includes sample of the Workbook
- Initiating Threesomes Teleclass
- Putting the Love Back in Valentines: 6 Surefire Steps to Creating More Touch, Intimacy, and Romance
- Group Sex Then and Now Discussion Panel #4
2008
- “Three-In-A-Bed” Made Easy: Negotiating Successful Threesomes!
- San Fran Cuddle Party Jan 19th
- 1-on-1 Mentoring and Workshop Design with Reid
- How To Talk To the Media About Sex Teleseminar
- Jenny Block joins Poly-Curious 101’s Call 3!
- Robyn Trask joins Poly-Curious 101’s Call #2!
- Tristan Taormino joining Poly-Curious 101 Teleseminar!
- Powerful Women in Relationships And Those Who Love ‘Em!
- Poly-Curious 101: Understanding Non-Monogamy eCourse
- Foundations of Free Love, 3-day workshop
- Finding Your Perfect Polyamorous Match Teleclass
- Thrive as a Sex-Positive Professional with this Teleclass!
- Creating Connection with Women
- San Francisco’s first Play Party Panel
- Group Sex Then and Now – San Francisco Panel #1
- Putting The “Art” in Partnership (workshop)
NOTABLE PERSONAL APPEARANCES (Television and Radio)
- Tyra (The Tyra Banks’ Show) – CBS
- Montel (The Montel Williams’ Show) – FOX
- Penn & Teller’s Bullshit! – Showtime
- Life & Style – UPN/Sony Television
- NPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon – NPR
- BBC Radio’s Five Live - BBC Radio, London
- ABC’s World News Now – ABC Television
- Your World with Neil Cavuto – Fox Television
- Control – Univision
- Sex Files - Discovery Channel, Canada
- Sex TV – ChumTV, Canada
- Unscrewed with Martin Sargent – G4Tech TV
- The Dr. Laura Berman Show – Canadian National Radio
- Out Q’s The John McMullen Show – Sirius Satellite Radio
- The Daily Show with John Stewart - Comedy Central
- Salt-N-Peppa’s None of Your Business (Music Video) – MTV/VH1
NOTABLE MENTIONS & REFERENCES
- CSI: New York – Cuddle Party’s first prime-time drama appearance – Episode: Grand Murder at Central Station – CBS
- Saturday Night Live – Cuddle party mentioned during Weekend Update segment – NBC
- Stephen Colbert Report – Cuddle Party mentioned in the Wag of the Finger segment – Comedy Central
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno – Cuddle Party mentioned in Jay Leno’s opening monologue two nights in a row
NOTABLE PRESS COVERAGE
- Newsweek
- CNN
- Telemundo
- People
- The Washington Post
- GQ
- Marie Claire
- The New York Daily News
- The London Sunday Times
- Newsday
- Details Magazine
- FHM
- HBO’s Real Time w/ Bill Maher
- CBS News
- VH1
- The Los Angeles Times
- Comedy Central’s Weekends On the DL
- Media coverage in at least fourteen languages in at least twenty-four countries worldwide to date.
ARTICLES/PODCASTS/DOWNLOADS
- Hot Fun with Your Clothes ON (Interview and Transcript)
- Sacred But Single (Podcast)
- Your Success Or Your Passion? with Bryan Franklin: Part of Reid’s Series for Sex-Positive Professionals (Pro-Series Teleclass)
- Community as a Spiritual Practice in Tantra (Teleclass)
- Romance Is For The Cats and Dogs (Article)
- Before There Was a Baba Dez: Reid Mihalko in a Candid Conversation with Baba Dez Nichols (Interview)
- Initiating Successful Threesomes (Podcast)
- Understanding Men and How To Talk To Them (Interview and Transcript)
- How to have a one-night stand with three smokin’ men (Podcast)
- Energetic Sex: From Mystical to Practical (Teleclass)
- Friday the 13th is National End a Bad Relationship Day (Teleclass)
- Women Who Give Too Much (Teleclass)
- Pimp My Design: 5-Week Downloadable Workshop Design Class – (Download)
- Speed-Flirting’s Top Ten Flirting Tips (Article)
- Relationship Compatibility in Polyamory – (Podcast)
