This is a familiar experience for many, and rather than needing grand gestures or heavy conversations, most couples find reconnection is most effective in small but consistent moments.

EMDR therapy might sound unusual, but it's one of the world's most evidence-based treatments for trauma. Learn how EMDR works, why it helps the brain process stuck memories, and why it's my go-to approach for trauma, anxiety, shame, and nervous system healing.

In a youth obsessed culture driven by billions of dollars in marketing, specifically designed to make you feel that aging is a problem, it’s easy to see why women may at times feel undesirable during menopause.

When we look behind the curtain at our unique individual histories, for many of us but especially for the common people-pleaser, we learnt somewhere along the way of living that it was not okay to express how we actually felt.

Gender euphoria can be defined by the positive and affirming feelings of joy, comfort, and satisfaction you experience when you see your body aligning with your internal perceptions of your gender. 

Perhaps the goal is not to become perfectly secure, endlessly self-sufficient, or untouched by vulnerability. Perhaps it is simply to develop the capacity to remain present enough to let ourselves be known, little by little, within relationships that feel safe enough to hold us there.

This is where somatic sexology and sexological bodywork come in. These approaches apply somatic principles specifically to intimacy, relationships, sexuality, pleasure, boundaries, and embodiment. Rather than focusing only on thoughts, communication strategies, or sexual “performance,” they help people begin understanding how their nervous system and body are participating in experiences of connection, vulnerability, touch, desire, arousal, shutdown, consent, and pleasure.

Mazzing, flicking the bean, rubbing one out, shucking the corn, whatever you call it, masturbation is one of the most widely misunderstood parts of sexuality and sexual health. It’s one of the most wonderful parts of being human, and it’s also rife with stigma and misinformation that consistently get in the way of better intimacy, pleasure and relationships.

While some women notice little change, and others even experience increased desire, many find their sexual desire becomes unpredictable or even seems to disappear. Some experience discomfort during sex for the first time, or feel emotionally flat, irritable, or simply too tired to feel interested in intimacy.