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Teaching Philosophy ·May 23, 2026 ·5 min read

My hands were too sweaty

Hyperhidrosis made climbing a pole feel impossible — and the wrong instructors made everything worse. This is the story of one teacher who changed that, and why it changed how I teach.

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· May 23, 2026 · 5 min

My hands were too sweaty

Hyperhidrosis made climbing a pole feel impossible — and the wrong instructors made everything worse. This is the story of one teacher who changed that, and why it changed how I teach.

· Apr 17, 2026 · 5 min

From being looked at to serving looks: how pole dance empowered me

Content warning: sexual abuse. This is the story of how the most erotic dance form I could find became the thing that gave me my body back.