Holiday Wishes and Stuff

No idea why I’m so serious right here… I’m dressed absurdly…

Hey Bedheads!

So, for me as far as the Christmas season goes Christmas Eve is really where it’s at. Tonight’s my biggest night of the holiday season- I just love it. I know not all of you are celebrating this holiday and really I sometimes question if what I’m celebrating is “Christmas” per se or if this time of year has simply become the time I remember to consciously celebrate my love for all the wonderful people I’m so blessed to have in my life. Either way, you will all be in my heart as I celebrate tonight. The kindness, support and humor I’ve drawn from this crazy online world is, at times, overwhelming but is always appreciated.. Thank you so much for being part of my world and allowing me to be a part of yours. Whatever you are celebrating I hope it is wonderful.

Love all around.

xoxo

RHBH

JoEllen Notte is a writer, speaker, and mental health advocate whose work explores the impact of depression on sex and relationships. Since 2012 she has written about sex, mental health, and how none of us are broken here at The Redhead Bedhead.

JoEllen has led workshops nationwide on sexual communication, navigating consent, having casual sex kindly, and dating as an introvert. She has toured sex shops, spoken at length on dildos, and even started a sex school but she is happiest and most effective when writing and speaking on behalf of quiet people who have sex. Check out her video series on attending conferences as an introvert and her extensive writing on sex and depression.

JoEllen has spoken at Clark College, University of Chicago, University of Tennessee, the Guelph Sexuality Conference, Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit, and the Playground Conference

JoEllen’s first book The Monster Under the Bed: Sex, Depression & The Conversation We Aren’t Having was published by Thorntree Press in March 2020. Her new book In It Together: Navigating Depression with Partners, Friends, and Family was published by Thornapple Press in March 2023.