A Summer of Conversations, Mostly Offline
During the summer, the Adonelle conversation moved into events, private conversations, real-life moments, and the slower work of understanding where the Adonelle Touch framework needs to go next.
The Human Question Beneath Modern Systems
Privacy, technology, organisations, branding, and positive sexuality may seem like separate worlds. But they are increasingly circling around the same human concerns: trust, autonomy, boundaries, dignity, and the systems that shape our lives.
Adonelle Touch and Self-Determination Theory: A Meaningful Connection
Professor Richard M. Ryan, co-creator of Self-Determination Theory, recognised a meaningful resonance between the four pillars of Adonelle Touch and the psychological needs central to human motivation and wellbeing.
Why Trust Outperforms Pressure
In a world of urgency, manipulation, and conversion tactics, trust has become a felt experience, not just a brand message. Pressure can create short-term action, but trust builds long-term preference, loyalty, and reputation.
Adonelle: May 2026 Recap
May brought a new level of visibility for Adonelle, including the public launch of Adonelle Journal, a strong endorsement from the Center for Positive Sexuality, WorldCat discovery, ongoing Conversation Copies, and Baltic Pride sharing our reflection.
Why We Support Baltic Pride
A reflection on Baltic Pride, visibility, shame, and why silence does not protect children, communities, or culture. It protects the conditions where hate can grow.
Is Your Brand Emotionally Safe?
A practical look at how brands create trust or friction through the way people experience their messaging, customer journeys, support, pricing, and choices.
From Amazon to Libraries: Expanding Access to Adonelle Touch
Adonelle Touch is becoming easier to discover through libraries and reading platforms, including Bibliotheca, OverDrive, Perlego, and WorldCat, alongside academic and national library collections in Estonia.
Bringing Adonelle Touch Into a Sex-Positive Research Community
Reflections from presenting the Adonelle Touch framework at the Center for Positive Sexuality’s Monthly Lecture Series, and why bringing positive sexuality into organisational life matters.
Adonelle: April 2026 Recap
April brought new conversations around Adonelle Touch, including talks, reviews, international engagement, growing distribution, and continued development of the Adonelle ecosystem.
Sex-Positivity in Business: It’s Not About Sex
Sex-positivity in business is not about explicit content. It is a values-based lens for building trust through inclusivity, consent, openness, empowerment, and human experience.
On the First In-Depth Review of Adonelle Touch
A thoughtful review of Adonelle Touch opened useful questions about sex-positive values, cultural change, and how the framework can continue to develop with more precision.