Laurie Handlers is the author of two Amazon international best sellers Se* & Happiness: The Tantric Laws of Intimacy and Se* & Happiness: It Gets Better with Age. She’s been featured on Canada’s Bloomberg Report and has appeared in the New York Times. Laurie has appeared live before thousands of people speaking about se*uality, sensuality, embodiment, empowerment, relationships as well as Se* and Radical Life Extension (biohacking). She’s been featured on countless radio shows, podcasts, summits and festivals.

Laurie has been leading retreats worldwide since 1978. She’s hosted a podcast for almost two decades starting with Tantra Cafe and now Se* and Happiness. She also co-hosts a podcast for powerful women business owners called “Power Suits and Pillow Talk.” 

With her unique style of humor and directness, Laurie empowers people to transform shame, fear and guilt into embodiment, power and self-love. Her vision has always been, “Women and Men Dancing in Eternal Ecstasy on Earth Now!” 

In addition to being a Lead Facilitator for ISTA, she facilitates Tantra meets BDSM with Om Rupani and Awaken as Love with James Stevenson. She travels the world regularly offering these courses, retreats and workshops to diverse audiences.

Her current focus is on Extraordinary Lovers because she believes “couples are an endangered species”. Since finding the love of her life at age 67, she and her partner, Michael Gibson, create sacred space for couples and singles to do the work necessary to attract, ignite and maintain love in their lives. 

Laurie holds a BA in psychology and sociology and an MAT degree from the George Washington University.