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Personal Display of Affection (PDA). How Comfortable Are You?

A friend of mine was at a party a few months back. As midnight neared and the party went into overtime, a slow song came on. My friend made a beeline for her husband and danced slowly and seductively with him. They enjoyed the moment immensely, grateful to feel comfortable enough in front of their friends to express their affection.

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Being Naked: Women and Body Issues

It was my first semester at graduate school in San Francisco. The artsy-fartsy professor decided we needed to do a little de-stressing. He instructed the class to get into groups of three and do a two-people massaging one-person exercise. In the time it took for me to turn to the two people sitting closest and ask them to be in my group, I looked back at the front and there was my professor stark naked.

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There Isn’t a ‘Normal’ Amount of Sex

For years I’ve been doing about four to five media interviews per week. Each and every time I get asked, “How much sex is normal”, I feel like my head will explode.

I appreciate it must be on everyone’s mind as there is so much pressure to be ‘sexually normal’. And if there was a normal, set-in-stone amount of sex there wouldn’t be the confusion and everyone would get on with their business and not ask me every single time I do an interview.

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Excuses Proof Your Relationship

I am always in awe of how well parents take care of their kids. Prevention and safety are a number one priority, what with regulation car seats, regulation cribs, and baby-proofing houses.

I sometimes wonder why parents don’t give the same amount care and attention to their relationship. I’m certain they want to but always have an excuse to put it on the back burner.

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