I'm Carlie — Sexuality Researcher, Entrepreneur, Enthusiastic Jesus Lover, Hugger, and The Christian Sex Educator.

I'm a girl from the Middle of Nowhere, Idaho. I was raised by wonderful Christian parents who should win every parenting award other than "sex education in the home."

At church I was taught that sex was holy within marriage and sinful outside of it. Everything else I knew about sex (which, to be fair, was very little) came from hushed lunchroom conversations at school. As I grew into adulthood, I started to recognize just how insufficient (and unreliable) my sex education had been. I decided to educate myself.

I wanted to understand my body, learn how to manage sexual desires while waiting for marriage, and prepare for my future sexual relationship. Unfortunately, much of the information that I found from Christian sources was outdated, not research-based, and encouraged shame and negative gender stereotypes. I was not having it. So, I went to work to become the sex educator that I was hoping to find for myself. 

I have since earned a master's degree in Marriage, Family, and Human Development, with an emphasis in gender and sexuality, and have spent almost five years as a sex researcher. I have learned to absolutely love my body, to embrace my sexual nature as a gift from God, and to thoroughly enjoy my sexual relationship with my husband, Dallin. 

And now I'm here to help you do the same.