Cindy’s talks cover social courage, healthy relationships, hookup culture, consent, boundaries, communication, inclusion, social media, online influencers, internet porn, and gender expectations.
Parents & Educators
Topics: Digital Safety and Proactive Sexuality Education, Boundaries and Consent, Healthy Relationships, Peer Pressure, Social Courage, Online Influences and Influencers, Cultural Messaging, and Internet Porn
Cindy’s presentations for parents, caregivers, and educators emphasize the crucial role adults play in laying the foundation for long-term sexual health and more authentic connections. She encourages parents to engage children in conversations about sexuality early and often, especially before they are given (or discover) access to the internet. Adults serve as anchoring adults who model curiosity, honesty, and courage in awkward and challenging conversations. When kids and teens witness adults practicing and demonstrating social courage, it gives them hope that they could speak up and set boundaries. Cindy addresses consent, pornography, social media, online influencers, and Internet safety, encouraging adults to invest in the screen time long game by persisting in conversations with kids about its impacts. Cindy challenges myths about hookup culture, showing that peer pressure and cultural messaging often misrepresent reality, and reminds adults to support kids in making healthier choices, even after missteps. Cindy equips adults with a deeper understanding of how pornography skews expectations and the necessity for open, frank discussions. Cindy’s presentation gives adults the tools and confidence to be steady guides in a culture that constantly bombards kids with confusing messages.
High School
Topics: Social Courage and Boundaries, Healthy Friendships, Healthy Choices and Sexual Relationships, Consent, Hookups Culture, Gender Norms and Expectations, Online Influences, Internet Porn, and Social Media
Cindy’s presentation for high schoolers addresses the need to proactively develop social courage to deepen trusting friendships and experience consensual, healthy relationships. She invites students to reflect on the pressures of hookup culture, drinking culture, peer expectations, and online messaging about body image and gender norms. Cindy blends her research and storytelling to encourage students to strengthen communication and social skills. She addresses the importance of reconsidering social media habits and practicing face-to-face social interactions, including the inevitable awkwardness, to alleviate the stress of engaging in daily life, work, school, and relationships. Cindy empowers students with the awareness and tools they need to make thoughtful, healthy choices during high school and beyond.
College
Topics: Social Courage, Consent and Boundaries, Healthy Friendships, Healthy Choices and Sexual Relationships, Hookup Norms and Party Culture, Gender Expectations, Online Influences, Internet Porn, and Social Media
How Porn and Party Culture Rewire College Relationships
Navigating Social Norms to Find Real Connection
With candor and humor, Cindy engages college students in conversations about the social pressures shaping their relationships, helping them reflect honestly on connection and communication, online and off. In her presentation, Cindy addresses social and sexual norms on campus, helping students understand the meaning of healthy, consensual, and pleasurable sexual relationships.
Middle School
Topics: Social Courage, Boundaries, Social Media, Internet Safety, Anchoring Adults, and Healthy Friendships and Relationships
Cindy encourages students to build their social courage, practicing speaking up and setting boundaries as a step toward ease and confidence. She explores social media and friendship, encouraging kids to cultivate strong offline connections and recognize how online interactions and cultural messaging can erode well-being. Cindy encourages students to identify and lean on anchoring adults or a healthy crew of peers who can offer support during times of loneliness. She addresses the elements of healthy relationships as well as some of the most common factors that interfere with strong connections, including internet porn, lack of sex-ed, and inaccurate information. Cindy aims to provide students with tools to make informed choices guided by their inner compass. Together, these talks give students practical tools, reassurance, and relatable stories to navigate adolescence with confidence and care.