Brighton, UK and everywhere with a stage

Sex therapist. Speaker. Author. Educator. Entrepreneur.

I’ve had more than 52,000 individual conversations of the most intimate type, over two decades in business. Would you like to know what they were about?

Calandra Balfour, studio headshot
As seen on Netflix

As seen on

Netflix, Channel 4, Channel 5, BBC, Vogue, The Telegraph and The Sun Also in the i Paper and Metro
52,000

Conversations, and counting

Two decades of talking about the things people find hardest to say.

Behind the counter of two Brighton shops, in the therapy room, on panels, in podcasts and on television. That is where my knowledge comes from: first hand, from real people, about their real intimate lives.

Host. Keynote. Panelist.

Speaker.

Let me share my story with your audience. Let me inspire them, teach them and motivate them. I am an experienced workshop facilitator in business, emotional wellbeing and sexuality.

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Calandra Balfour speaking on a panel at International Women's Day Calandra Balfour with a microphone on stage

Pleasure. Health. Change.

Sex therapist.

As a sex therapist at Risk To Live, I blend a broader understanding of the human psyche with a compassionate, open-minded approach to sexual health, helping clients explore and enhance this vital aspect of human experience. Together, we work towards holistic wellbeing and enriched, fulfilling lives.

Before that, as an emotional wellbeing therapist, I specialised in nervous system regulation and trauma-informed, somatic approaches, guiding children, young people, individuals and couples towards emotional balance and physical health.

Calandra Balfour running a group workshop

Internal Family Systems

Author.

“Parts of Me: A Teen’s Guide to Exploring the Inner World with Internal Family Systems” introduces young readers to IFS, a way of understanding your inner world that treats every part of you as worth listening to. Written for teens and tweens, it is equally at home with parents, therapists and any adult curious about what is going on inside.

Published by Garnstone Press and available on Amazon. The German edition, Die Anteile in mir, was published in September 2026, and the Parts of Me app is coming soon.

Parts of Me book cover: a rainbow mandala of paper petals around a white heart2,500+ copies sold

Experienced. Intimate.

Sex educator.

My knowledge is first hand: more than 52,000 conversations with customers about their intimate lives, time with the designers and fabricators of adult toys and accessories, and links with sexual health professionals and academics. I am an experienced workshop facilitator, hosting workshops on sexy topics for multiple brands, including the global brand Killing Kittens.

Recent media appearances include Netflix’s Danny Dyer: How To Be A Man, Channel 4’s A Very British Sex Shop, Channel 5’s Adults Only, the BBC, The Sun, The Telegraph, the i and Metro.

Inside the Lust shop in Brighton

Disruptor.

Entrepreneur.

Founder of Safeword (formerly LoveGivr), a sex-positive social and e-commerce platform that gives to sexual health charities. Two decades in the adult retail industry, founding and running two successful Brighton shops, from concept branding to online and bricks and mortar outlets, has given me first-hand knowledge of being a sex educator, running a business in the adult industry, and the changes the industry has faced and will face in the future.

Discreet. Equipped. Kinky.

Owner.

I own the Brighton Dungeons: three private, self-contained hirable kink play spaces in Brighton: The Brighton Dungeon, The Hidden Dungeon and The Boutique Dungeon. Available for overnight stays or daytime sessions, for the curious and experienced alike.

Calandra Balfour in Brighton Dungeon, under the Brighton x Dungeon sign Brighton x Dungeon logo

Photograph by Cris Watkins

Portfolio

On air,
on screen, on stage.

Some of the projects I have been involved with recently.

Some of the brands I have worked with

Killing Kittens, Ideas Fest, SxTech, Restfest, Decorex, YesColours, London Design Festival, Royal College of Art, Brompton Design District, Oli, Spring Forward Festival and Brighton Fringe

Bookings and press

Book me to speak or comment.

Keynotes, panels, workshops, documentaries, podcasts and expert comment. Tell me the audience and the date, and I will come back to you quickly.