Love From Within
A gay man’s path to love, sex, and authentic connection.
Laike Rising Collective
Stop Performing. Start Connecting.
A space for authentic connection and self-development, where internal growth leads to stronger, more meaningful relationships.
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Relationships
Build grounded connection, dating, attachment, conflict repair, and emotional maturity.
Sex & Intimacy
Move beyond performance into emotional safety, and real closeness.
Personal Growth
Strengthen your inner foundation: parts, patterns, self-leadership, and grounded change.
We help make “intimacy” something
you feel, not perform.
In a world full of scripts, masks, and half-hearted connection, we help you unlearn the performance of intimacy and step into authentic, grounded, and emotionally mature relating.
It’s Time to Go Deeper
Explore the Collective
Browse resources, insights, and relational education designed to help you move beyond performance and into grounded connection.
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Become a Member
Join the community for deeper conversations, guided growth, and ongoing relational development.
Join the CollectiveAbout The Founder
Dr. Richard Mills-Malangone is a Board Certified Sex Therapist through AASECT and a licensed therapist whose work centers on helping individuals and couples build honest, emotionally grounded relationships. He is an Internal Family Systems–informed practitioner with advanced training through the IFS Institute, EMDR Institute, Fluence (Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy), and the Modern Sex Therapy Institutes. His clinical approach is trauma-informed, relational, and deeply rooted in parts work.
Dr. Mills-Malangone is the host of Talk Sex With Dick, and founder of the Laike Rising Collective.
This Is Where Performance Ends.
And Real Connection Begins.
Step into a space for growth, depth, and meaningful connection
with yourself and with others.
A place for grounded growth, emotional maturity,
and relationships
built on honesty instead of performance.
