Bad Timing – How to Turn Toward Your Partner’s Sexual Bid When You Don’t Want Sex
Bad timing. Many times our partner’s desire does not line up with what we are feeling in the moment. Couples fight over sex so often when in reality they are…
8 Ways To Get Your Sex Drive Back After Menopause
You’re not sure how long ago you had your last period. But over the last several years, you’ve noticed lots of changes in your body: you don’t stay asleep all…
Four Reasons for Male Low Libido
Male low libido can be hurtful to a partner who desires them. But the cultural myth that a man doesn’t want sex because his wife is unattractive or unenthusiastic simply…
How Depression Affects Sex
Can Depression and Sex Mix? Depression can have a profound impact on the quality of a sexual relationship. It can hamper our ability to feel emotionally secure with our partner,…
Sexuality of Hope or Despair in Marriage
Attachment and its effect on sexuality. We marry with a commitment that sex will continue to make our union alive and complete. With sacred vows we commit onto sexual fidelity—an…
Are You Not Attracted to your Partner Anymore?
So many patients I’ve helped have said, “I’m not attracted to my partner anymore.” I hate to say it, but this is normal. When we are in disillusionment, our partner…
Intimate Desire
Sexual desire beats like a heart through a healthy marriage, pumping life into the mundane, dayto-day repetitions of running a household to the extraordinary moments of the perfect romantic dinner.…
Why I’m Not Into You – Wanting Anyone But the One You’re With
Selective desire: wanting anyone BUT the one you’re with I was invited to speak on low sexual desire at a women’s gathering. After listening to the participants’ conversation, I piped…
Desire and Body Self-Esteem
Today, more and more women are less and less certain of themselves as sexual beings beyond the hype of advertising. Body self-esteem determines desire. Consider Judy: “I just don’t feel…
Why Sexual Desire Fades and How to Keep it Strong
Sexual feelings and loving feelings are not automatic but needn’t fade. We marry our sexy true companion. In the beginning of our storybook romance, sexual chemistry is strong and we…