The Kink Collective

Desire. Identity.Power. Relationships.

Education, conversation, and experiential work for people who want to understand themselves, communicate more clearly, and build more intentional relationships.

People Before Kink.Who you are comes before what you do.

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Who We Are

The Kink Collective

Kink is where the conversation starts.The work reaches far beyond it.

The Kink Collective creates educational, conversational, and experiential spaces for exploring desire, identity, communication, relationships, boundaries, and power.

The work uses the intentional communication found in kink as a way to better understand ourselves, recognize what we want, and build more conscious relationships with others.

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What Makes Up the Collective

The work

Different ways in.
One connected philosophy.

Explore the programs below. Open only what interests you, then continue directly to the Kink Collective website when you want to go deeper.

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Begin & Explore

Accessible entry points into the work.
TCKP 101 Masterclass+

A beginner-friendly doorway into the deeper psychology of kink, relationships, connection, communication, and power.

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Conscious Conversations+

Tuesday nights · 7:00–8:30 PM ET · Live Online

Conscious Conversations is a weekly guided conversation space for exploring identity, sexuality, relationships, desire, communication, and the patterns shaping our lives.

Each month follows a larger theme, with a different conversation each Tuesday. The discussions build on one another, while still making it possible to join for an individual week.

01Listen First

Each week's conversation begins with an episode of The Conscious Kinky Podcast, hosted by Cat Orme and Joshua Rodriguez and available free on Spotify and YouTube.

02Talk Tuesday

Then come together live Tuesday night to reflect, listen, share, and explore the week's topic through guided conversation.

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Practice & Deepen

Longer-form learning and experiential work.
Leather Unveiled+

An exploration of Leather history, culture, values, traditions, identity, power, service, and the meaning people make from them today.

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The Conscious Kinky Partner+

A deeper guided program for people ready to examine how self-awareness, desire, communication, boundaries, power, and relationship patterns connect.

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Transformation Through Kink+

An in-person experiential intensive where communication, connection, negotiation, vulnerability, safety, and physical kink practices are explored together.

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Belong & Continue

Ways to remain connected to the larger body of work.
Kink Collective Membership+

Membership offers another way to participate in and stay connected to the programs, resources, education, and community surrounding the Collective.

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Beyond Invisible+

A resource for continuing the conversation around being seen, understanding ourselves more clearly, and giving language to experiences that are often left unnamed.

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Featured Intensive · September 4–6

Transformation Through KinkWeekend Intensive

A three-day experiential intensive where kink becomes a practice ground for communication, discernment, trust, connection, negotiation, and intentional power exchange.

More than learning techniques. Explore what happens when intention, communication, and connection become part of how you build the experience.

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2026

Studio125 · East Harlem, NYC
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Current & Coming Up

Conscious Conversations

Listen first.Talk Tuesday.

Tuesday nights · 7:00–8:30 PM ET · Live Online

Each week begins with an episode of The Conscious Kinky Podcast, where Cat Orme and Joshua Rodriguez introduce and explore this week's topic.

Listen beforehand on Spotify or YouTube for the deeper context, then bring your own perspective into Tuesday night's guided conversation.

August 2026 ThemeChoice · Discipline · Integrity

Monthly themes create continuity. Weekly topics give each conversation its own place to begin.

Before Tuesday

The Conscious Kinky Podcast

Each week's conversation begins before the room opens. Listen to Cat & Joshua explore the topic first on Spotify or YouTube, then come Tuesday ready to bring your own experience into it.

Listen on Spotify ↗Watch on YouTube ↗

Topics and reflection questions change each week. Visit Kink Collective for the current conversation materials.

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The Co-Founders

Built together

Meet Cat & Joshua.

Kink Collective co-founders Cat Orme and Joshua Rodriguez

Co-Founder

Cat Orme

Cat is a transformative leader in the kink, BDSM, and Leather communities, with 30+ years of experience, mentorship, and advocacy. Alongside partners Joshua and Natalie, she earned the 2025 Northeast Power Exchange Educational Title, celebrating her innovative approach to power dynamics as a tool for empowerment.

Her journey began in San Francisco's Leather scene, where early mentorship ignited her passion for community building and personal growth. As co-founder of the Kink Collective, educator, and counselor, she bridges kink with personal development, healing around trauma and grief, and sexual wellness.

Rooted in honesty, integrity, and transparency, Cat creates spaces where people are seen, valued, and empowered—whether exploring identity, grief, recovery, or desire. Her work proves that profound healing happens when we dare to own our stories.

Co-Founder

Joshua Rodriguez

Joshua is a facilitator, educator, and advocate empowering individuals through self-discovery and intentional relationships. With 15+ years of experience, he guides people— especially men—in navigating modern masculinity, sexuality, and personal growth.

As co-founder of the Kink Collective with his partner Cat, he designs programming that fosters confidence and authentic connection. In 2025, their work with partner Mistress Natalie earned them the Northeast Power Exchange Educational Title, honoring their innovative use of power dynamics for empowerment.

Based in East Harlem, Joshua curates transformative experiences at Studio125, a community space in his childhood neighborhood dedicated to identity, relationships, and conscious evolution. Their philosophy, People Before Kink, drives his mission: equipping individuals with the tools to build self-authored, fulfilling lives.

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Kink Collective × Studio125

A home for the work.

Studio125 provides a physical home in East Harlem for many of the conversations, classes, intensives, and experiences created through the Kink Collective.

The Kink Collective

Curiosity isenough to begin.

There is much more to the work than can fit on this page.

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