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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: How Much Sex Should You Be Having?
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: How Much Sex Should You Be Having?Emily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, best-selling author and keynote speaker. You can also find her here, sharing her latest thoughts about sex. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re having “enough” sex, you’re not alone. As a couples and sex therapist, one of the most common questions I hear is: How often should we…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Is Mental Health Messing with Your Sexual Mojo?
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Is Mental Health Messing with Your Sexual Mojo?Emily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, best-selling author and keynote speaker. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. If you’re in midlife, you might be wondering why you’ve gone from “Let’s get it on” to “Please get off me.” And you…
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Vasomotor Symptoms of Menopause Can Destabilize Your Internal Temperature — and Your Relationship
Read More: Vasomotor Symptoms of Menopause Can Destabilize Your Internal Temperature — and Your RelationshipEvery night I faced a battle of extreme temperatures. After hot flashes at bedtime, I’d sweat through my T-shirts all night, waking up freezing as though I’d been swimming in a glacial lake instead of sleeping. After months of this nightly hot-cold cycle, I figured out a system. I kept a pile of clean T-shirts…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: How Is AI Affecting Sex and Relationships?
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: How Is AI Affecting Sex and Relationships?Emily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, best-selling author and keynote speaker. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. A few months ago, Rachel, a client in her late 40s sat across from me and said something that caught me off guard. “I think Jake is having an…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: The Sex Recession
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: The Sex RecessionEmily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, best-selling author and speaker. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. I had spent about four months working with Lauren and Jason, a couple in their mid 50’s, on the sexual decline they’d suffered over the last decade of their relationship.…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: How to Share a Sexual Fantasy with Your Partner
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: How to Share a Sexual Fantasy with Your PartnerEmily 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. When Camilla first brought up the topic of sexual fantasies in therapy, she laughed nervously. “I have this one recurring fantasy,” she said, “but I could never tell my husband.…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: When Is Pornography a Problem?
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: When Is Pornography a Problem?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. September is Sexual Health Awareness Month. I sat across from Jeremy and his wife, Sonia, in their first session with me. Sonia was fuming. Jeremy fidgeted, eyes fixed on the…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Vacation Sex
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Vacation SexEmily Jamea, Ph.D., is an award-winning sex and couples therapist and author of the USA Today best-selling book, Anatomy of Desire: Five Secrets to Create Connection and Cultivate Passion. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. My client Cara couldn’t stop smiling as she settled into my office.…
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Being Outed Was Traumatic, But It Pushed Me To Accept — and Embrace — My Sexuality
Read More: Being Outed Was Traumatic, But It Pushed Me To Accept — and Embrace — My SexualityJune is Pride Month. As told to Nicole Audrey Spector Growing up, I never really thought much about what it meant to be gay, bisexual or trans. I was raised in a Catholic household, and topics of sexuality and gender identity didn’t come up one way or another. I was at some point made aware…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Starting Again — Navigating Sex and Dating After Divorce or Loss
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Starting Again — Navigating Sex and Dating After Divorce or LossEmily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, author of the USA Today Best-Selling book, Anatomy of Desire: Five Secrets to Create Connection and Cultivate Passion, and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. Janeane, a new client, sat across from me in my therapy office, her…
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Debunked: 7 STI Myths
Read More: Debunked: 7 STI MythsMedically reviewed by Mary Jane Minkin, M.D., FACOG, NCMP April 13-19, 2025, is STI Awareness Week. Misinformation is a lot like an STI — you may pass it on to someone else and not even know it. Myths and assumptions about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been around forever. Before the internet, you probably heard…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Alcohol, Women and Sex
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Alcohol, Women and SexEmily 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. “Do you want to come up for a drink?” We all know what that means, right? Alcohol and sex have long been connected in our culture from romanticized depictions in…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Asexuality
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: AsexualityEmily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, USA Today Best-Selling author and podcast host. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. As a sex and relationship therapist, I’ve made it my mission to help people feel secure and confident in their sexuality. Most of the time, I work…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Maintaining a Strong Sexual Connection During Midlife
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Maintaining a Strong Sexual Connection During MidlifeEmily 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. Her book, Anatomy of Desire: Five Secrets to Create Connection and Cultivate Passion is available everywhere books are sold. I was recently sucked into the novel “All Fours” by Miranda…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: The Rise of Erotic Asphyxiation
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: The Rise of Erotic AsphyxiationEmily 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. Lately, it seems like everyone’s more comfortable talking about their sexual preferences. And with this openness — does their freak match your freak? — sexual expression has evolved, with preferences…
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Bladder Leakage During Sex
Read More: Bladder Leakage During SexWhat do the following have in common? A) Public speaking in the nude B) Finding a rattlesnake in your underwear drawer C) Being held upside down over a cauldron of lava Answer: Most women would probably say these experiences are less terrifying than telling their partner they’re having bladder leakage during sex. But bladder leakage…
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15 Minutes With: Cindy Eckert Talks About the First FDA-Approved Pink Pill for Low Libido in Women
Read More: 15 Minutes With: Cindy Eckert Talks About the First FDA-Approved Pink Pill for Low Libido in WomenCindy Eckert is passionate about a lot of things. Near the top of her list is your sex drive. Eckert is the founder and CEO of Sprout Pharmaceuticals — the company behind the first and only FDA-approved pill for female hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), or low sex drive. Eckert made history when the drug…
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Accessible Sex Toys for Women with Limited Mobility
Read More: Accessible Sex Toys for Women with Limited MobilityOrgasms are the gift that keeps on giving. Not only do they spark joy in IRT, orgasms can help relieve pain, reduce anxiety and strengthen your pelvic floor among other sexy health benefits. Unfortunately, the big O can be elusive for some of us. This can be especially true for women and people assigned female…
