PhD | Pleasure | Intimacy | Detox Shame


Dr. Kimberly Rose Pendleton is a religious trauma and intimacy expert, author, and former professor of women's studies and religion who helps women reclaim their pleasure, power, and spirituality after generations of shame.


With a PhD from George Washington University and a master's degree from Yale Divinity School, Dr. Kimberly brings a rare combination of academic scholarship, trauma-informed coaching, and pleasure-based education to her work. Her scholarship on Mary Magdalene, women's religious history, and the politics of sexuality challenges centuries of teachings about women's bodies, desires, and spiritual authority.

She is the founder of UNCOVER, a seven-figure coaching and online education company devoted to helping women heal from religious and sexual trauma, rediscover intimacy, and create lives of pleasure, freedom, and authentic self-expression.

She is the author of Get Uncovered: A Guide to Intimacy, Authenticity and Pleasure, with her second book, The Pleasure Gospel, currently in development. Her signature program, SACRED, helps women question inherited religious beliefs, release the shame of purity culture, and reclaim a relationship with the Divine on their own terms.

Dr. Kimberly speaks on religious trauma, purity culture, sexuality, Mary Magdalene, women's spiritual authority, and the growing movement of women reimagining faith beyond conservative Christianity.

She also mentors other entrepreneurs who are creating businesses based in their thought leadership inside of The Uncovered CEO Mastermind.

For speaking and media inquiries: press@kimberlyrosependleton.com

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Your Pleasure is the Gateway to Your Power

 

I guide women out of purity culture and shame and help them reclaim their bodies for pleasure, rewire their brains for intimacy, and rebuild a life they actually wanted.

 

Join Dr. Kimberly inside of SACRED, the signature experience

The latest from Dr. Kimberly's notebook...

How Religious Trauma Shows Up in Marriage

Aug 02, 2026


The premise of SACRED is that...
You actually don’t have to choose between God and yourself

 

You’ve questioned the rules. You’ve deconstructed the theology. Maybe you’ve stopped believing some of what you were taught entirely.

And yet you still feel it.

The fear of getting it wrong.
The guilt around wanting more.
The suspicion of your own desire.
The voice asking whether God is disappointed in you.

 

Maybe you left the church, but the church never fully left you.

  

SACRED is about discovering what remains when you stop organizing your life around being good — and start building a spiritual life that actually belongs to you.

 

Join Dr. Kimberly inside of SACRED, the signature experience