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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: The Female Orgasm Is Elusive โ But Not Unattainable
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: The Female Orgasm Is Elusive โ But Not UnattainableEmily 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. The female orgasm has long been a topic of intrigue and โ unfortunately โ confusion. Despite being a pleasurable experience, many women or people with female genitals find it elusive,…
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How Uterine Conditions Can Affect Your Sex Life
Read More: How Uterine Conditions Can Affect Your Sex LifeLiving with severe endometriosis made it hard for Annabelle Baugh, who uses they/them pronouns, to feel pleasure during sex. Afterward, they were nauseous, bloated, tired and in pain. It wasnโt until Baugh turned 43 that they learned they were at high risk for ovarian cancer. After getting a hysterectomy and hormone replacement therapy (HRT), they…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: What Is the Coital Alignment Technique?
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: What Is the Coital Alignment Technique?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. Pick up a book on sexual positions, and even the most in-shape, flexible person is likely to feel intimidated by images that depict bodies twisted into pretzels in the name…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Sex During Menopause Can Be Hot, Hot, Hot
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Sex During Menopause Can Be Hot, Hot, HotEmily 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. One of the most common questions I get asked is, โWhat can I do to get my wife to want to have sex more often now that sheโs gone through…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Body Image and Sex
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Body Image 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. Thereโs a comedy skit online featuring Tina Fey, Amy Schumer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Patricia Arquette joking about how Hollywood determines the age when a woman is no longer, ahem, sexually…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Finding Your Sexual Flow
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Finding Your Sexual FlowEmily 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. Serena and Jake returned for a check-in session. It had been two months since we rounded out our therapy together, but โ like most clients โ they wanted an โaccountabilityโ…
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Birth control, Body image, healthy aging, Menopause, Orgasm, Perimenopause, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health
9 Ways Menopause Can Give Your Sex Drive a Boost
Read More: 9 Ways Menopause Can Give Your Sex Drive a BoostItโs time to make Naked Fridays a reality. A lot of people think menopause means less sex, and less enjoyable sex, but the opposite can be true. Hitting menopause can be like hitting the jackpot for sex and intimacy. Here are nine reasons why the end of your periods can be the beginning of a…
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Does Your Sex Drive Heat Up in the Summer?
Read More: Does Your Sex Drive Heat Up in the Summer?The warm sun on your face, relaxed vibes and bare skin at golden hour are all hallmarks of summer that can boost your mood. But can they also put you in the mood? Your libido, also known as your sex drive, is influenced by a variety of psychological, emotional and physiological factors. And for some,…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Sexual Fluidity
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Sexual FluidityEmily 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. Close your eyes and imagine yourself 10 years ago. What were you interested in? What were some of your preferences? What kinds of relationships did you have? Now open your…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: How to Have a Good Spring Fling
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: How to Have a Good Spring FlingEmily 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. Spring is here, and with it comes a sense of renewal and freedom, a departure from the norm. This season can be an opportunity to discover parts of yourself that…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: The Benefits of Masturbation
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: The Benefits of MasturbationEmily 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. It was a chilly, gray January day when my new clients Amy and Noah came for their first appointment. I brewed us all some tea and lit a candle, and…
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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 thereโs 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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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Sex Toys 101
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Sex Toys 101Emily 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. Play. Stop for a moment and consider what comes up for you as you think about that word. If youโre like most folks, you probably reminisce about childhood โ a…
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Naughty or Nice? Sex Toys for the Holidays
Read More: Naughty or Nice? Sex Toys for the HolidaysForget spiked egg nog, sex toys can really give your holidays a kick. If youโre searching for a sexy something for your special someone, a sex toy could really โฆ hit the spot. A little unconventional, maybe, but who needs to stick with plain vanilla? Certainly not you โ if you donโt want to. According…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Sex After Cancer
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: Sex After CancerEmily 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. If youโre reading this, chances are that you or someone you know has been affected by cancer. You may be familiar with cancer screenings, types of cancers and various treatment…
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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. Itโs 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. โMy cellulite must look terrible in this position.โ โDid I remember to…
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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 โ or the bed, rather โ after itโs been while? Like, a long while? Has it been so long in fact, that…
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Espanol, HIV, Hivaids, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually transmitted infections, Stds, Sti
Envejecer con VIH
Read More: Envejecer con VIHEn 1986, Stephanie Brooks Wiggins acababa de mudarse de Brooklyn a Baltimore con quiรฉn pronto serรญa su esposo y estaba ansiosa de empezar su nueva vida juntos cuando le diagnosticaron con el virus de inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH). Apenas tenรญa 40 aรฑos. “Era muy inocente. Nunca habรญa escuchado del VIH”, dijo Stephanie. Su preocupaciรณn mรกs importante…
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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 donโt 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 weโre gradually moving away from the puritanical ideology of abstinence and restraint and giving into the truth…
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HIV, Hivaids, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually transmitted infections, Stds, Sti
Growing Older With HIV
Read More: Growing Older With HIVIn 1986, Stephanie Brooks Wiggins had just moved from Brooklyn to Baltimore with her soon-to-be husband and was excited to start their new life together when she was diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). She was barely 40 years old. โI was very naive. I had never heard of HIV,โ Brooks Wiggins said. Her biggest…
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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
Quรฉ influencia tiene el eccema en la salud sexual
Read More: Quรฉ influencia tiene el eccema en la salud sexualMariah Woodson, una empresaria de 30 aรฑos de Los รngeles, tuvo que luchar con el eccema (tambiรฉn conocido como dermatitis atรณpica) desde los 20 aรฑos. โยกNo bromeo, mis manos y cuello parecรญan los de un cocodrilo!โ, recordรณ ella. โSiempre dije (bromeando) que si algรบn hombre me propusiera matrimonio, la apariencia de mis manos harรญa 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. โI kid you not โ my hands and neck looked like they belonged on a crocodile!โ she recalled. โI always (jokingly) said that if a man were to ever propose to me with…
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Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually transmitted infections, Stds, Stis
Good Sex With Emily Jamea: How to Tell Your Partner About an STI
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: How to Tell Your Partner About an STIApril is STD Awareness Month.* At any given time, one in five Americans has a sexually transmitted infection (STI). That means thereโs a good chance that at least one person in line with you for morning coffee has been there. Even though STIs are very common, having one still carries a lot of shame and…
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Birth control, Body image, healthy aging, Menopause, Orgasm, Perimenopause, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health
Whatโs Hot About Menopause? Sex!
Read More: Whatโs Hot About Menopause? Sex!Itโs time to make Naked Fridays a reality. A lot of people think menopause means less sex, and less enjoyable sex, but the opposite can be true. Hitting menopause can be like hitting the jackpot for sex and intimacy. Here are nine reasons why the end of your periods can be the beginning of a…
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Expert perspectives, mental health, Self-Care, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual dysfunction, Sexual health
Good Sex With Emily Jamea: How to Cope With Your Partnerโs Sexual Dysfunction
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: How to Cope With Your Partnerโs Sexual DysfunctionMax and Jen sat across from me on the sofa. โWhat brings you in today?โ I asked. Max fidgeted nervously on the sofa. โIโll go first,โ said Jen. โMax has erectile dysfunction. Itโs gotten really frustrating for both of us. He never wants to do it anymore because heโs so worried he wonโt get an…
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Paradox of Desire
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Paradox of DesireEmily 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. “I’ve lost my libido.” “He’s never in the mood.” “I feel constantly rejected.” “It wasn’t always like this. We couldn’t keep our hands off each other in the honeymoon phase.”…
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Chronic conditions, Ibd, Inflammatory bowel disease, Irritable bowel syndrome, mental health, Sex & relationships
Social and Emotional Effects of Life With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Read More: Social and Emotional Effects of Life With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)Medically reviewed: Dr. Ayanna Lewis
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: Sexual Fantasies
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: Sexual FantasiesEmily 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. Have you ever dreamt of what it would be like to win the lottery? I know I have. It feels good to imagine who youโd share your winnings with, where…
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Stress Is Contagious in Relationships โ Hereโs 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 โ Hereโs 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 โ and how you manage it โ is catching. Your stress…
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Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Burden of Sexual Shame
Read More: Good Sex With Emily Jamea: The Burden of Sexual ShameEmily 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. Jessie and her husband sat across from me holding hands. โI donโt know what happened,โ she said. โThings were great in the beginning. We couldnโt keep our hands off each…
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Anxiety, Arthritis, Chronic conditions, Depression, Espanol, mental health, Sex, Sex & relationships, Stress
Mรกs allรก de lo fรญsico: Cรณmo la artritis psoriรกsica puede afectar tu salud mental y sexual
Read More: Mรกs allรก de lo fรญsico: Cรณmo la artritis psoriรกsica puede afectar tu salud mental y sexualTodos los dรญas, durante todo el dรญa, Cynthia Covert tiene que pensar sobre cuรกnto dolor le causarรก cada actividad. โยฟVale la pena? ยฟQuรฉ puedo hacer para minimizar el dolor?โ son preguntas que debe hacerse a sรญ misma antes de realizar actividades que la mayorรญa de nosotros damos por sentado. Esto se debe a que vive…
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Why Some Women Donโt Have Orgasms
Read More: Why Some Women Donโt Have OrgasmsAmy* enjoys being intimate with her husband, but she finds it difficult to have an orgasm when they’re having sex. She tends to get in her head a lot, which makes it hard for her to focus on the sensations she’s feeling. When this happens, she gets fixated on having an orgasm and starts worrying…
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HIV, Hivaids, mental health, Self-Care, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health, Sexually transmitted diseases, Stds
The Connection Between HIV and Mental Health in the Older Adult
Read More: The Connection Between HIV and Mental Health in the Older AdultMedically reviewed by Dr. Sharon D. Allison-Ottey
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Birth control, Birth control pills, Contraception, Family planning, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health
Hormonal vs. Non-Hormonal Contraception: Whatโs the Difference?
Read More: Hormonal vs. Non-Hormonal Contraception: Whatโs the Difference?Erika Zar, 45, tried many different kinds of birth control before she settled on her current one. “Most of them seemed to amplify my mood shifts,” she said. The birth control pills that she tried lowered her sex drive and made her depression worse, and the vaginal ring made her so “ragey” that she only…
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Birth control, Birth control pills, Contraception, Family planning, Reproductive health, Sex, Sex & relationships, Sexual health
Fast Facts: What You Need to Know About Birth Control
Read More: Fast Facts: What You Need to Know About Birth ControlEspaรฑol Medically reviewed by Dr. Sabrina SahniSabrina Sahni The best birth control option varies for each person. It’s important to consider factors such as your lifestyle, schedule, medical history and any medicines you take when you pick a birth control method. As these details change throughout your life, the best birth control option for you…
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The Science Behind Orgasms: Whatโs Going On When Youโre Getting It On
Read More: The Science Behind Orgasms: Whatโs Going On When Youโre Getting It OnDesign: Elizabeth Gething Medically reviewed by Dr. Heather Bartos
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It May Come as a Surprise, but Older Women Get HIV, Too
Read More: It May Come as a Surprise, but Older Women Get HIV, TooEspaรฑol When Tracey Kelly lost 70 pounds over a six-month period, she told everyone the low carbohydrate diet she was following was the best weight-loss program she’d ever tried. But even after she went off the diet and started eating fast food and drinking beer, she kept losing weight. When she wound up in the…
