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Recovering Physical Intimacy in a Sexless Marriage

December 25, 2010

Silent Night: When All’s Quiet in the Master Bedroom As I write, the holiday madness is over and peace prevails in my house this snowy evening. The hush following Christmas and New Year’s means friends, cozy fires and finally—relaxation. Unfortunately, in some homes the silence is more profound, neither calm nor bright, but dull and…

Staying in the Adult Sexual Self While Visiting Family

December 18, 2010

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Sexual Dynamics, Holidays and Sex

Sex at my mother-in-law’s? Are you kidding? Our first Christmas, my husband and I made love on his mother’s upstairs bathroom floor while everyone waited lunch for us downstairs. If they heard us, they didn’t let on. I didn’t know any better then—not about the appropriateness of having sex on bathroom floors or keeping people…

What A Temper Does to a Sex Life

December 15, 2010

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Desire, Sexual Dynamics

Got Anger? You won’t have sex. Having a temper means having a lonely bed Flash Forward was an action-packed TV series about a cataclysmic event that knocked unconscious almost every human on the planet and for those that survived, allowed them a 2-minute glimpse into the future. If you have a temper, I’d like to offer…

Men Crave Aggressive Seduction – Christmas Sex and Santa’s Sock

December 10, 2010

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Male Sexuality

Christmas Sex – Please Touch my Junk While a man would rather miss his flight than have the jewels searched for terrorist contraband, nearly every man alive desperately wants to play airport security with his wife. But most women don’t usually like “cup and bump” seduction, so they rarely try the grab and lead to let their…

Nap Time – A Remedy for being Too Tired for Sex

December 4, 2010

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Desire, Female Sexuality

Are you tired? Can’t possibly quit and take a nap? It’s the holidays and I took a nap yesterday. No, that’s not a euphemism for afternoon delight. I simply ignored the world and rested. I’m supposed to bring three homemade things to three different events today …nothing got done. If I hadn’t I’d have been…

Sex—the ordinary holiday

October 10, 2010

Laurie Watson

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Sex does for everyday life what holiday rituals do. It’s fall, glorious fall! The days are cooling off in North Carolina and I delight in sprays of yellow leaves fluttering to the ground. My heart is always happy when we head into the start of school, the change of seasons and the holidays. It’s such…

Former Lovers and Facebook

July 31, 2010

Laurie Watson

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Your spouse wants to Facebook ‘friend’ a former lover?!? What should I say?? Hell, no. Unless you’d like to have him/her over for dinner or a threesome. Then go for it. And if the former lover contacted your spouse, you can pretty much assume dinner isn’t on their mind. Like Facebook, it starts with an ‘F’…

The Real Danger Porn Poses to Relationships

June 27, 2010

Laurie Watson

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… and why real intimacy beats virtual pleasure, even if it’s more work. I’m a psychotherapist, not a global exploitation expert, and I don’t have a huge political agenda: I simply work really hard with couples to help them learn to love each other better—especially sexually. I may disappoint many of you here by not…

What Wives Think Up When their Husband’s Penis Falls Down

June 8, 2010

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Sexual Dynamics, Male Sexuality

False assumptions about husbands’ Erectile Dysfunctions Lo and behold, the children are launching themselves into the world, there’s free time in the house, and … sex is falling down. Erectile dysfunction suddenly starts happening more frequently Husbands frequently have the audacity to start losing their erections just about now. Or maybe they start demanding a…

Getting in the Mood

April 26, 2010

Laurie Watson

All Blogs, Desire, Sexual Dynamics, Female Sexuality, Couples Counseling

Getting in the mood may seem impossible. I worry about my children’s nutrition (or lack thereof); I plan meals and economical use of left-overs. My work troubles me no end as I struggle to be a more effective therapist. Squeezing in 30 minutes of exercise several days a week is a major triumph. The Sunday…

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Recovering Physical Intimacy in a Sexless Marriage

Staying in the Adult Sexual Self While Visiting Family

What A Temper Does to a Sex Life

Men Crave Aggressive Seduction – Christmas Sex and Santa’s Sock

Nap Time – A Remedy for being Too Tired for Sex

Sex—the ordinary holiday

Former Lovers and Facebook

The Real Danger Porn Poses to Relationships

What Wives Think Up When their Husband’s Penis Falls Down

Getting in the Mood

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