What Is EMDR & How Can It Help Me? EMDR stands for “eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing.” It is a type of therapy that can help individuals recover from trauma they’ve experienced by allowing the brain to process these distressing memories … Read More
Debunking the Myths of Masturbation A long-standing stigma has been cultivated in our society and culture regarding masturbation. Some of the comments that automatically pop into my mind are masturbation is wrong or you’re cheating on your partner if you … Read More
What You Should Know About Masturbation Masturbation–the act of stimulating your own genitals for sexual pleasure. How does that word make you feel? What comes to mind? For a lot of people, both the word and the act feel very … Read More
When can we have sex? I wanted to share a quote from a community member that’s in the book The Fourth Trimester. “I would sometimes have to choose between sleep and sex.” I share this because the statement sheds some … Read More
After the Birth Do you remember the day you found out you were pregnant? As soon as you started to share the news you were most likely flooded with information- the common “What to expect when you are expecting.” All … Read More
Nervous? Worried? Stressed? Anxiety and your Sex life More than 40 million adults in the US deal with anxiety. To put that into perspective, that’s about 18% of the population each year. I share this because I want you to … Read More
Depression can affect your sex life.. how can you handle it? Self Care During Times of Stress When I hear and read the word depression, I become anxious and overwhelmed because of all the weight that it carries. Those of you … Read More
It’s time to have “The Talk” I remember my first “serious” relationship as a teenager, thinking that I knew what love was and all of that good stuff. I was able to go to my mom and talk with her … Read More
Living with Endometriosis There have been many moments in my life as a woman that I have faced and felt the challenges of living in our society. To name a few, equal opportunity, sexism, harassment, I could go on and … Read More
Infertility Awareness Week… Like We Need the Reminder? TW: infertility; miscarriage; pregnancy loss It’s Infertility Awareness week. I typically cannot help myself from ending most sentences with an exclamation point, but that is one sentence I do not find deserving. … Read More