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Top 5 Ways to Celebrate Your Friends on Galentine’s Day
Read More: Top 5 Ways to Celebrate Your Friends on Galentine’s DayMonday, February 13, 2023, is Galentine’s Day. You can’t escape the flowers, chocolates and Mylar balloons that remind us Valentine’s Day is coming. But there’s another important day this week — and we should be making a big deal of it: Galentine’s Day. It’s time to celebrate BFFs: the confidantes we share our greatest wins…
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The Sexiest Valentine’s Day Dates, According To Your Zodiac Sign
Read More: The Sexiest Valentine’s Day Dates, According To Your Zodiac SignIt’s always tricky to decide what to do for Valentine’s Day. You could wait until the last minute to see what you feel like doing on the day of, but that skyrockets the odds you’ll be eating a “romantic” meal at your local fast food joint—a.k.a. the only place in town that doesn’t need a…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Pleasure and Pain
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Pleasure and PainEmily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. Good sex only happens when there’s mutual consent and mutual pleasure. But unfortunately, women often struggle to experience pleasure during sex and many actually experience significant discomfort and even pain.…
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How Male Partners and Others Can Support Women During Menopause
Read More: How Male Partners and Others Can Support Women During MenopauseSometimes it’s as simple as getting her a cup of tea or giving her a back rub — or it can be more involved, like taking over household responsibilities with the kids or reading articles on menopause. Whatever it may be, Sandy is there to support his wife, Vanessa, 42, who has been going through…
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Cheating, Cheesecake, Dating Advice, Emotional Cheating, Physical Cheating, Relationship Tips, Relationships, Sex & Love
Why Emotional Cheating Is Far Worse — And How To Spot It
Read More: Why Emotional Cheating Is Far Worse — And How To Spot ItLet’s face it, emotional cheating usually doesn’t get the same airtime as, say, two people getting caught between the sheets. IRL however, emotional cheating is for example (as in the recent local celebrity cheating saga) finding out that your husband of almost two decades baked a cheesecake for his mistress late at night while you…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Why Do People Cheat?
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Why Do People Cheat?Emily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. Media outlets have been buzzing about the recent allegations that Adam Levine cheated on his pregnant wife. It’s a story that would make just about anybody cringe. How can someone…
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: How Can Mindfulness Improve Sex?
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: How Can Mindfulness Improve Sex?Emily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. Stop and think if any variation of the following thoughts has ever taken hold of you during sex. “My cellulite must look terrible in this position.” “Did I remember to…
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13 Signs You’re In A Toxic Relationship Or Friendship — And How To GTFO
Read More: 13 Signs You’re In A Toxic Relationship Or Friendship — And How To GTFOFriends are allowed to make mistakes—at least, that’s what you thought when your BFF forgot your birthday. But then she flaked on you again last week. She lied to you last month. And she’s just plain disappointed you so many times recently that you’ve lost count. If you’re starting to feel like your “bestie” is no…
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: Sex After Celibacy
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: Sex After CelibacyEmily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. Are you considering getting back in the saddle — or the bed, rather — after it’s been while? Like, a long while? Has it been so long in fact, that…
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What To Do When You Start Catching Feelings In A Situationship (Oh, oh)
Read More: What To Do When You Start Catching Feelings In A Situationship (Oh, oh)If you’ve caught feelings for your casual sex partner, you’e not alone. Relationship therapist Dr Chloe Carmichael, breaks down how to deal. The post What To Do When You Start Catching Feelings In A Situationship (Oh, oh) appeared first on Women’s Health.
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Someone Who Likes You: The Importance of Girlfriends for Mental Health
Read More: Someone Who Likes You: The Importance of Girlfriends for Mental HealthWhen I was little, my aunt gave me her well-loved copy of Jane Walsh Anglund’s book, “A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You.” I loved everything about it: its postcard-sized stature, the simplicity of the text, the whimsical illustrations of children in various states of togetherness, the message that anything can be a friend —…
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Have To Treat Your Crush On A Colleague Professionally
Read More: Have To Treat Your Crush On A Colleague ProfessionallyWhen it comes to telling your colleague you’re feeling them and then promptly diving into their mouth tongue-first isn’t the best idea. The post Have To Treat Your Crush On A Colleague Professionally appeared first on Women’s Health.
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Top 10 Health Benefits of Sex
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Top 10 Health Benefits of SexI don’t know about you, but I love that things were once deemed indulgent but are now considered healthy. Dark chocolate? Hand it over. A glass of red wine? Yes, please! Good sex? Yeah, baby! It seems that we’re gradually moving away from the puritanical ideology of abstinence and restraint and giving into the truth…
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: Is an Open Relationship Right for You?
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: Is an Open Relationship Right for You?When I first started practicing as a sex and relationship therapist nearly 15 years ago, the idea of open relationships was something my clients brought up once every six months or so. These days, the question about whether to explore consensual non-monogamy comes up nearly once a week. Consensual non-monogamy is an umbrella term that…
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Atopic dermatitis, Eczema, Espanol, Relationships, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health, Skin, Skin health
Qué influencia tiene el eccema en la salud sexual
Read More: Qué influencia tiene el eccema en la salud sexualMariah Woodson, una empresaria de 30 años de Los Ángeles, tuvo que luchar con el eccema (también conocido como dermatitis atópica) desde los 20 años. “¡No bromeo, mis manos y cuello parecían los de un cocodrilo!”, recordó ella. “Siempre dije (bromeando) que si algún hombre me propusiera matrimonio, la apariencia de mis manos haría que…
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How Eczema Affects Sexual Health
Read More: How Eczema Affects Sexual HealthMariah Woodson, a 30-year-old business owner in Los Angeles, started battling eczema (also known as atopic dermatitis) at the age of 20. “I kid you not — my hands and neck looked like they belonged on a crocodile!” she recalled. “I always (jokingly) said that if a man were to ever propose to me with…
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Infertility Isn’t Just a Physical Journey — It’s an Emotional One, Too
Read More: Infertility Isn’t Just a Physical Journey — It’s an Emotional One, TooApril 24-30 is National Infertility Awareness Week. Michelle Anderson and her husband Jeff* were ready to start their family when Michelle turned 33. She stopped taking birth control pills and wasn’t surprised when she didn’t get pregnant right away. But, then six months passed, and then 12. After two years and 24 negative pregnancy tests,…
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Here, The Tactics Tinder Swindlers Use On Their Victims
Read More: Here, The Tactics Tinder Swindlers Use On Their VictimsIn the chart-topping Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, three women describe how they were defrauded by convicted conman Simon Leviev (who was… The post Here, The Tactics Tinder Swindlers Use On Their Victims appeared first on Women’s Health.
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Stress Is Contagious in Relationships – Here’s What You Can Do to Support Your Partner and Boost Your Own Health During the Holidays and Beyond
Read More: Stress Is Contagious in Relationships – Here’s What You Can Do to Support Your Partner and Boost Your Own Health During the Holidays and BeyondBy Rosie Shrout, Purdue University With the flurry of shopping, spending money and traveling to see family, stress can feel inevitable during the holidays. You might already know stress can affect your own health, but what you may not realize is that your stress – and how you manage it – is catching. Your stress…
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The Science Behind Orgasms: What’s Going On When You’re Getting It On
Read More: The Science Behind Orgasms: What’s Going On When You’re Getting It OnDesign: Elizabeth Gething Medically reviewed by Dr. Heather Bartos
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Depression, healthy aging, Heart disease, Menopause, mental health, Osteoporosis, Perimenopause, Relationships, Sex, Sex & relationships
10 Things the Men in Your Life Need to Know About Menopause
Read More: 10 Things the Men in Your Life Need to Know About MenopauseThere’s a reason they call it “the big change.” Menopause is a big deal in a woman’s life, and it comes with physical and emotional changes that can affect not just her, but those who love her. But it’s something people don’t talk about much — so not only do women often not understand what…
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Anxiety, Depression, mental health, Orgasms, Pelvic health, Pelvic pain, Relationships, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health
What Actually Happens in Sex Therapy?
Read More: What Actually Happens in Sex Therapy?What comes to mind when you hear the term “sex therapy”? For me, I picture a therapist sitting before a heterosexual couple in a darkened office. The people are visibly anxious, and the therapist is holding a dildo and a map of the female reproductive organs. “You put the penis here,” she says (in my…
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Yes, There Is Sex After Menopause
Read More: Yes, There Is Sex After MenopauseIn honor of Women’s Health Month, we’re exploring the importance of sexual health for women of all ages. Join HealthyWomen CEO Beth Battaglino, RN and certified sex therapist Emily Jamea, Ph.D., for a Q&A on all things related to sexual health on Instagram Live tonight at 7:00 p.m. EDT. In spite of the fact that…
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Yes, You Do Need Sex at Every Age
Read More: Yes, You Do Need Sex at Every AgeMay is Women’s Health Month. Medically reviewed by Dr. Heather Bartos It’s women’s health month, and it seems like a good time to mention that sexual health is just as important a part of women’s health as any other — and it remains important throughout a woman’s life. To delve into sexual health at every…
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Anxiety, Birth control, Contraception, Crohn’s, Crohn’s disease, Depression, Digestive disorders, Digestive health, Ibd, Inflammatory bowel disease, Medical tests, Relationships, Reproductive health, Self-Care, Sex, Sex & relationships
How Inflammatory Bowel Disease Affects Relationships, Sexual Health and Fertility
Read More: How Inflammatory Bowel Disease Affects Relationships, Sexual Health and FertilityMedically reviewed by Dr. Heather Bartos. Relationships are hard. Forming a close connection with another person while navigating choices around dating, sex and family planning can be tough for anyone. But add inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) into the mix, and things get extra complicated. Characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, IBD is an…
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Abuse, Anxiety, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Depression, Domestic violence, Health disparities, mental health, Pandemic, Relationships, Research
Domestic Violence Calls for Help Increased During the Pandemic – but the Answers Haven’t Gotten Any Easier
Read More: Domestic Violence Calls for Help Increased During the Pandemic – but the Answers Haven’t Gotten Any EasierBy Tara N. Richards, University of Nebraska Omaha and Justin Nix, University of Nebraska Omaha Domestic violence rose globally in 2020 – so much so that doctors have called it “a pandemic within a pandemic.” The National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice, a team of national experts tasked with assessing the impact of COVID-19…
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Birth control, Birth control pills, Contraception, Orgasms, Relationships, Reproductive health, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health
What Birth Control Is Right for You?
Read More: What Birth Control Is Right for You?For the best experience, please view in full screen mode. What Birth Control Is Right for You? Click here to for our interactive tool
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Here Are the Relationship Factors People Ponder When Deciding Whether to Break Up
Read More: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Here Are the Relationship Factors People Ponder When Deciding Whether to Break UpBy Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Monmouth University Where do you see yourself in five years? It’s a standard job interview question, but it’s an even better question to ask yourself about your relationship. The person you talk to, date, move in with, get engaged to, marry, break up with or divorce – it’s all up…
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Evidence of an Impending Breakup May Exist in Everyday Conversation — Months Before Either Partner Realizes Their Relationship Is Tanking
Read More: Evidence of an Impending Breakup May Exist in Everyday Conversation — Months Before Either Partner Realizes Their Relationship Is TankingBy Sarah Seraj, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts; James W. Pennebaker, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts, and Kate G. Blackburn, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts When doubts about a relationship start to creep in, people don’t just blurt them out.…
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7 Research-Based Resolutions That Will Help Strengthen Your Relationship in the Year Ahead
Read More: 7 Research-Based Resolutions That Will Help Strengthen Your Relationship in the Year AheadBy Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Monmouth University The new year is going to be better. It has to be better. Maybe you’re one of the 74% of Americans in one survey who said they planned on hitting the reset button on Jan. 1 and resolving to improve. Those New Year’s resolutions most commonly focus on…
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healthy aging, Menopause, Orgasms, Perimenopause, Relationships, Reproductive health, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health
How to Have the Best Sex of Your Life After Menopause
Read More: How to Have the Best Sex of Your Life After MenopauseWhen Kathy Phillips approached menopause, she thought back to her mother’s experience with the transition. In Phillips’ memories, when her mother went through menopause, she began dressing old and actually became old. Phillips, 57, worried that she’d follow in her mother’s footsteps, but that wasn’t her experience. “It’s not that way at all. You can…
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Family, Family planning, Real women real stories, Relationships, Reproductive health, Sex & relationships
My Long Journey to Queer Motherhood
Read More: My Long Journey to Queer MotherhoodI was 28 and newly married when I first started talking to my partner, Kellie, about having a child. I had always known I had wanted to be a parent. Kellie had never been sure. We had married each other anyway, certain the issue would work itself out. If we’d been a heterosexual couple, chances…
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Breast cancer, Breast cancer survivor, Breast health, Family planning, Fertility, Infertility, Orgasms, Relationships, Reproductive health, Sex, Sex & relationships
Sex, Fertility and Breast Cancer
Read More: Sex, Fertility and Breast CancerBetween surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, stress, fear and exhaustion, sex may be the last thing on your mind. In fact, you may even be wondering if you’ll ever feel desire again. It’s a huge problem, with studies finding that 60% to 70% of women who have had breast cancer experience treatment-related sexual problems. The cause could…
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Cardiovascular disease, Heart disease, Heart health, Orgasms, Relationships, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health
Sexual Health and Your Heart
Read More: Sexual Health and Your HeartOne of the most difficult things for female patients to discuss with their cardiologist is their sexual health. It is one of the most commonly missed topics at a cardiology visit, but it is a concern for women living with heart disease and for their partners. Besides general embarrassment, generational values may get in the…
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If You Live with Domestic Violence, Home May Be the Last Place that Feels Safe During COVID-19
Read More: If You Live with Domestic Violence, Home May Be the Last Place that Feels Safe During COVID-19COVID-19 has forced millions of Americans to practice social distancing and work or learn remotely from home. Unfortunately, for many who live with domestic violence, home is the last place that feels safe, as abusers often isolate their victims from friends, family and coworkers as a control tactic. Stacey*, a stay-at-home mom, didn’t realize the…
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Five Ways to Improve Your Sexual Wellness
Read More: Five Ways to Improve Your Sexual WellnessWhen we talk about health, we need to include sexual health, which plays a crucial role in our well-being. Unfortunately, the pandemic, which has impacted every aspect of our lives and is taking a serious toll on our mental health, is also encroaching on our sex lives. “Anything that negatively affects the individual or the…
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Family and Friends Can Be Key to Helping End Domestic Violence, Study Suggests
Read More: Family and Friends Can Be Key to Helping End Domestic Violence, Study SuggestsBy Krista M. Chronister, University of Oregon The COVID-19 pandemic and strategies to prevent its spread, such as self-quarantine and travel restrictions, have isolated families and intensified conditions that place people at greater risk for domestic violence. Reports of domestic violence are increasing around the world. Domestic violence is harm inflicted by a romantic partner…
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You’re Never Too Old to Get an STD
Read More: You’re Never Too Old to Get an STDDr. Robyn B. Faye, an OB-GYN with the Abington Primary Women’s Healthcare Group, certified sex counselor and member of HealthyWomen’s Women’s Health Advisory Council, answers our questions about the rising rates of sexually transmitted diseases among older Americans. The interview was conducted via email and edited for length and clarity. HealthyWomen: According to the Centers…
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Can Your Marriage Survive a Pandemic?
Read More: Can Your Marriage Survive a Pandemic?Like many married couples, Lisa Jean-Francois and her husband had settled into a routine before COVID-19. Days were spent juggling work and raising two kids, which included shuttling their seven-year-old son to school, tutoring and extracurricular activities. “My husband and I really didn’t spend that much time together because our lives have been devoted to…
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How to Rekindle Your Sexual Connection at Midlife
Read More: How to Rekindle Your Sexual Connection at MidlifeI recently interviewed Yana Tallon-Hicks for my story about sexual health in middle age. Tallon-Hicks is a relationship therapist, sex educator, and sex advice writer living in Western Massachusetts. We’re publishing the full interview below. The transcript has been edited for clarity and length. HealthyWomen: What are some common concerns that women have about their…
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If You Keep Falling For The Wrong Type, It May Be Worth Doing This “Values” Exercise
Read More: If You Keep Falling For The Wrong Type, It May Be Worth Doing This “Values” ExerciseIn today’s Tinder society, you’re more likely to judge someone on face value rather than their actual values. So, how can you change that? The post If You Keep Falling For The Wrong Type, It May Be Worth Doing This “Values” Exercise appeared first on Women’s Health.
