Let's welcome Producer, Freelance Journalist and Columnist, Nikol Hasler, to the Community Interview!



Growing up with Nikol's background could not have been easy. She was constantly moving and became pregnant and homeless at the age of 18. Dropping out of college on a full paid scholarship after becoming pregnant, Nikol then turned to three separate jobs at a time to support her family. Now the mother of three boys, Nikol takes her early life experiences and uses them to connect with teenagers in an innovative way that other sex educators don't or just can’t. How has her past influenced the type of topics that Nikol teaches about?



How does she come up with inspiration for her books? What about inspiration for the different shows Nikol hosts? How did it feel to film a pilot episode with Comedy Central for her Midwest Teen Sex Show? What interesting experiences has she had since she's moved to Los Angeles?



I bet you've seen Nikol Hasler around on SexIs Magazine as well. Nikol writes and films a monthly video column called “So What Did We Learn?” which is named after one of Nikol's partially animated shows. The show was born after Nikol was interviewed by The Bloggess (for SexIs), and Nikol created her show to discuss the things she's figured out about sex, her body, and dating as a twice-divorced woman in her 30's who is actually dating for the first time in her adult life.



Do you have questions for Nikol? Now is your chance to ask them!



You can ask as many questions as you'd like; feel free to post about and link to the interview on your blog as well. We'd love to hear your thoughts.



Of course, we are definitely providing prizes!



Nikol will be giving away great prizes for her three favorite questions. We'll be announcing the winners on this thread on April 15th.



The prizes are...

1st An amazing Hitachi Magic Wand!

2nd A small prize bundle: Pulsa Bath Massager, the Wartenburg Wheel, and the System JO H2O Lubricant.

3rd A $25 giftcard to EdenFantasys



The interview is open for questions from today (April 5) until April 11 at midnight.



Please join us in giving a very warm welcome to Nikol Hasler! less

I bet you all have been very eager to know the winners of Nikol's prizes! We have all had an amazing time hosting Nikol as our guest, and she's given a lot of amazing answers. You guys came up with a lot of great questions, and I feel like I learned a lot about Nikol during this great interview. Why not go read over her insightful answers?



Nikol picked out her favorite three questions for us, so who wins the fantabulous prizes?



1st place goes to..

ShadowKitten for his question:

In a previous question you mentioned your teenage son had Asperger's syndrome, I myself have the same diagnosis along with a few others. My question is how as a parent and as a person that discusses sexual topics and likely relationship topics as well have you helped him or plan to help him possibly overcome social difficulties in terms of forming relationships or does he not have an issue doing so?



Sorry if this seems too personal it's just I myself have had very little success over the years forming or even approaching anyone (as in I haven't really) for even a date or coffee never mind forming relationships and having sexual encounters and all that. Basically I'm curious how/if these difficulties can be overcome by a person with Aspergers or if the person has to do that on their own.



2nd place goes to...

wetone123 for her question:

Does it feel strange or do you feel you are liberated and finally living out your teen years, since you are dating now? Tell us, are there any good ones left out there?



3rd place goes to...

GL Morrison for her question:

You hear a lot about the trials of single parenting: What are the advantages?



Congrats to all of the winners! Please e-mail me your name and address at kayla@edenfantasys.com to claim your prize!



Let's extend a big thank-you to Nikol Hasler for coming to our Community Interview! less