You can tell when a woman is really aroused: her face glazes over.
She’ll feel kind of “stoned” or “love drunk” on the inside and she’ll look it on the outside.
At that point her brain is switching off (or at least, the left “logical” side of her brain), and her speech centres shut down so she can’t really
talk. It’s quite an altered state of consciousness. read more...
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Getting "Love Drunk"
Make-Over Your Sex Life
Can you makeover your sex life?
Of course you can! That’s what I’m all about.
Essentially a makeover is when you realise you’re not living up to your potential in some area of life and you set about changing that. Many people
simply accept their “lot” in life, excusing even the possibility of change with beliefs that: “I’m too old”, “I’m too poor”, “I’m too whatever”. Other
people realise that we have agency to create our own lives, so it’s up to us to choose to be however we want to be. This applies as much to sex as
any other part of life.
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Be Real, Express Freely
There's a beautiful quote from Anais Nin:
There came a day when the flower realized that the pain of remaining tight in a bud was greater than the risk of opening up and blossoming.
That's how people often feel about their sexuality before they come to see me. They can't bear being a tight bud any more, they can no longer deny
their need to blossom. It's what I love in this work, whether it's with private clients or in the group workshops, people start to tap into their true
selves and to allow themselves to be who they really are and express themselves honestly and openly.
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The Fairy Tales Got It Wrong
The fairy tales got it wrong. Two do not become one and live happily ever after. Two halves do not make a whole. Rather, two complete people
come together and form a third entity, their coupledom. You, me and us. Not just us.
'Two becoming one' is co-dependence. Two becoming three - two self-reliant individuals and a strong bond as a couple - that's what gives security
and freedom in life.
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Are Humans Naturally Monogamous - and if not, what does that mean?
There are some old sexual myths of men being “naturally promiscuous” to sow their seed, and women being “naturally monogamous” because it’s “natural”
for a woman to be less sexual and on closer examination these myths have no basis in fact. The former because it is a misuse of evolutionary theory
and the latter because it is based on historical suppression of women’s sexuality not their biological reality. (See A History of Sexual Misinformation for more on this.)
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Gigglegasms
Have you ever had a gigglegasm?
Do you even know what a gigglegasm is? read more...
Evolve with the Seven Elements of Sexuality
Over my years of clinical and academic involvement in sexuality (not to mention countless hours of personal ‘research’) I have identified seven underlying
elements to our sexuality.
These elements are all essential to having a strong, healthy, integrated sexuality. If you are weak in any of them, your sexuality will be out of balance.
These elements are also developmental, each element includes and transcends the ones before. If you jump ahead before you’ve developed and integrated
the earlier elements, that too will cause your sexuality to be out of balance. read more...
Getting to Sex can be like getting to the Gym
I see a lot of couples who like sex, but somehow they're just not getting around to it.
The higher-desire person is perplexed as to why the lower-desire person doesn’t want sex more often, especially when both parties clearly enjoy it
once they actually get around to doing it. And the lower-desire person is confused as to why they find it so hard to have sex when it’s generally not
so bad, even brilliant, when they actually do get around to doing it.
And sometimes it's not that there's a higher and lower desire person, they'd both like the idea of it, but it's not happening...
I point out to them that having sex can often be like getting to the gym – you know it’s good for you, you know you’ll enjoy it while you’re there,
you know you’ll feel better for doing it, but … it’s still hard to get there in the first place!
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Intensity Repels, Enticement Attracts. Like Chocolate Cake.
Desire is a wonderful thing. Intensity is not.
When you desire without intensity, when you open yourself to your partner and invite them in, that is enticing. That will attract them.
But, some people have a more direct approach, and that might not always be appealing to the partner. Some people come on too strong right from the
first approach, and others try harder and harder if they feel they’re not getting the response they want.
If your partner isn’t responding as enthusiastically as you might hope for when you express your desire for them, it’s understandable that you might
try harder. Unfortunately, that tends to come across as intensity and often causes your partner to back further away and be less forthcoming. So, you
try harder and harder… until you give up. Then you back off completely and offer your partner nothing. It’s kind of like: “If you’re not going
to play with me, then I don’t want to play with you!” Which is about as mature as the childish tone implies.
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Turn Yourself On and the World Turns On To You
When you feel sexy, you are sexy.
Notice that I say when you feel sexy, not when you look sexy. You might also look sexy, but the important thing is that you feel
sexy.
Just looking sexy is a superficial thing. You can try all you like with the latest fashions, gym workouts or even cosmetic surgery to look sexy. Until
you feel sexy though, you won’t be sexy.
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- Evolve with the Seven Elements of Sexuality
- Getting to Sex can be like getting to the Gym
- Intensity Repels, Enticement Attracts. Like Chocolate Cake.
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