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Setting Healthy, Loving Boundaries in Relationships
Boundaries in relationships? Absolutely. It takes immense courage to set and accept boundaries with your partner in a relationship, but it can open the door to all sorts of new areas of exploration and understanding. …

Orgasmic Kissing
Both science and intimacy coaches support what the Kama Sutra has been saying for centuries: one set of lips mirror the other, and “orgasmic kissing” is real. Alex Myles offers up some modernized techniques for orgasmic kissing in this article on Elephant Journal. …

No wonder grandma’s so happy!
Life, and sex, don’t have to end because your skin sags, your hair goes gray or your AARP card arrives. Arguably, Dr. Lori Beth Bisby shares 10 Reasons Why Sex After 50 Is Fabulous — Maybe Even The Best Sex Of Your Life on yourtango.com – reaching “a certain age” has its perks when it comes to sex, and you can be looking forward to some of the best you’ve ever had. …

Clitoral Stimulation: It’s Big.
What turns her on, and what really brings her to orgasm? Highlights from a study of a representative group of American women provided the data for this infographic, which focuses on vaginal intercourse and orgasm. The results may or may not be surprising depending on your knowledge of female anatomy, but one thing these results show is that clitoral stimulation is at the top of the list. …

Masturbation: It’s Even Better Than You Think
While it’s not entirely clear why, Australian researchers speculate a lowered risk of prostate cancer in men who masturbate more, and there are other benefits as well: a better sex life, a stronger immune system, and a better mood overall, for example. What’s not to love about a little self-love? …

New Year’s Resolutions: No Regrets
If making resolutions for the upcoming new year are important to you, take a moment to read this article, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying on Uplift. Focus on friends, family and relationships should be at the top of your list of New Year’s resolutions. No regrets! …

Sex for Christmas? Maybe.
Dr. Nikki Goldstein, sexologist and author, discusses why giving sex as a gift in relationships isn’t always what it seems to be. Sex is wonderful, and sex on Christmas? Sure thing – just don’t give it as a gift. Read what Nikki has to say about it! …

Sex Positive Parenting
Perhaps no other topic is as delicate when it comes to parenting than sex: sex-positive parenting is all about teaching appropriate boundaries and laying a comfortable foundation for discussion for the years to come. Lea Grover lays out simple and clear tactics for sex-positive parenting in this inspiring Huffington Post article. …

Making Jealousy Work For You
This fantastic podcast from Pleasure Mechanics addresses a topic we all encounter in relationships: jealousy – and how to make this natural emotion work for you by exploring its four primary sources: posessiveness, feelings of lack of deprivation, envy and fear of change. …

Hugging is Good For You.
Science says our bodies react to hugs like they do to many drugs. Hugging has been scientifically proven to reduce stress and heart rate, produce oxytocin (the “love” hormone), enhance our immune systems and more, and that these benefits begin when we’re babies. …