January 2011 Blog Posts (11)

You love Valentine’s Day, it’s such a blissful thing, to celebrate your love. But somehow, the reality of Valentine’s Day rarely lives up to your fantasy of it. The restaurant was crowded, he didn’t comment (or comment enough) on your new outfit, the five pounds you lost or the perfect way your special sparkly make-up turned out, and the love-making was, well, perfunctory, instead of the blast your socks off you had dreamed of.



Or perhaps, you’re single. And not just single, by… Continue

Why is it as soon as your lover shows signs of independent life, you freak out? What is it about your Significant Other having same-sex friends that makes you nuts?



I’m enjoying the late afternoon sun sipping coffee at an outside terrace, when the couple next to me – young, cool-looking, very hip - start arguing. “I have a life, OK?” the woman is saying, “I have male friends, what’s your problem?” And the guy says, “Nothing, it’s just I don’t think you should be seeing your male… Continue

It seems no one (at least under 30) is letting his or her bush sprout.



Instead everyone is talking about what to do with their pubes. Should I shave them? Dye them? Trim them down to a runway strip?



Experts aren’t exactly sure why we have pubic hair, but there are a few theories which seem to make… Continue

The information, based on "The National Marriage Project" annual report, is nothing new in these graphics. However, seeing some of this information visually offers new insight into how our relationships currently tick. For example, saying that marriage is failing isn't quite fair. If you are financially stable, have a college degree and don't get married until after the age of 25, you are dramatically less likely to…

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Dr.Trina Read answers, "What is the easiest sex positions for an inexperienced couple in their 30s can start with? Any other tips or tricks?"  For more great articles, podcasts and videos go to…

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It was a disturbing phone call. Usually cool, calm and collected, my friend was in tears and on the verge of losing it.



“I just came from my OBGYN…I need to get my uterus removed. How is it going to affect my sexuality?” Good question and something she should be concerned about.



A few days later my friend told me the entire story. She contracted HPV and ended up with high grade cervical cancer cells which, eventually, let to a hysterectomy.



The kicker? In her own…

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What is with this anxiety you feel every time you watch the evening news? Why do you feel like you have to be on hyper alert all the time or else something awful is going to happen?

 

There's so much violence and crime in the world these days. Kids shooting kids, stalkers, rapists, drive by shootings, terrorist actions, murderers on the loose – you feel like you have to be scanning everything all around you all the time, trying to figure where the next onslaught of violence is…

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Bianca Acevedo and Arthur Aron, researchers in the Psychology Department at Stony Brook University in New York conducted a study of 17 madly in love couples who have been married for an average of 21 years. They each looked at a picture of his or her spouse while an fMRI scanned the brain. These brain scans were then compared to those of newly in… Continue

Talk about a personal gift. If you have an upcoming anniversary or you're just looking to surprise your spouse, head on over to Made To Pleasure where you can design your own pleasure toy. Gifts don't get much more personal than this. You're able to click and drag little dots that will stretch and pull the dildo in… Continue

Yep, there's an app for that too. Getting going on some resolutions is the most difficult part. It's the habit that you're trying to kick as much as the food or smoking or whatever it is you're looking to change. It only makes since, then, that there would be a plethora of apps available,…

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Dr. Trina Read talks about the benefits of buying sex books and specifically talks about her book, Till Sex Do Us Part. For more great videos, articles and podcasts go to…

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