Blog
Let’s Play Pretend! Getting Started with Role Play
Role play can be as simple as donning some dress-up and never leaving the house, or it can be elaborate and involve public enactment. There’s no limit to the fun that can be had with this, but it can require some preparation. Here are some tips on how to have a successful role play experience. …
Expert Roundup: Best Advice for a Healthy Sex Life
I recently participated in another expert roundup, this time on the topic of “Best Advice for a Healthy Sex Life” and with a focus on reuniting the passion in a sexless marriage. …
Ask Dr. Ruth! She’s still available.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the great pioneer of sex research and therapy, brought the topic of sex to the mainstream media and at age 90, the world’s most famous sex therapist is still going strong, “still talking about sex from morning until night.” …
How Sex Is Like A Jam Band
Whether you’re playing music or having sex, it can be a lot of fun when you come together and agree to play. It requires listening, communication, and practice. Practice by yourself, practice with each other and before long, you’ll be playing together in key. …
Post-Partum Sex: Getting Your Groove Back
The post-partum period can be a really beautiful time bonding with your baby and discovering each other in your new roles as parents, but it can also be a difficult time for mamas getting used to hormonal shifts, new bodies, new sleep schedules, and new ways of connecting with your partner. With all this, post-partum sex may be the last thing on your mind, or you might be wondering what happened and when you’ll get your groove back. It takes time! Be gentle with yourself and each other. …
Real Intimacy: Falling in Love and Staying There
Love is something most people want in our lives but for a variety of reasons, we may not always have the skills to really, deeply love and experience intimacy. Lack of ability to communicate can make or break a relationship, whether it’s figuring out how to ask someone to clean up more, give or receive more affection, or talk about our sexual desires. The joyous thing is that, for many couples, communication skills can be learned. …
Religion and Sex: Sanctioned and Encouraged!
Not at all. Sex is a vital and important part of Christian and Jewish marriages – so much so it’s considered holy. And while a common perception is that religious people consider sex as serving merely a procreational purpose, that’s is just a part of it. …
Sexually-Abled: Disability and Sex
Disability and sex aren’t mutually exclusive.Over 54 million people in the United States have some sort of disability, but this doesn’t mean sex isn’t possible, available or enjoyable. Pleasure is for everyone! Chronic illness or injury does not have to put an end to your sex life. It means learning to work with what you have. …
Not having sex? You’re not alone!
Well, here’s some disconcerting news – since February this year, The Atlantic, time.com, The Salt Lake Tribune, cnn.com, and many other news outlets have run stories this month about how Americans, especially millennials, are having a lot less sex these days – in fact, many are not having sex at all. In a time where Tinder and other dating apps make finding a hook-up about as easy as finding a plumber, birth control is practically free, and culture has, basically, become far more tolerant of sex in general, what’s going on? …
Aphrodisiacs: Foods That Spice It Up
Aphrodisiacs can be as real as you want them to be. Science shows that many of the foods purported to have carnally-inspiring capabilities actually do have health benefits that may get the juices flowing. …