Depression, Antidepressants and Sex

Depression can have a strained relationship with sex. The connection between depression and sex is not new. When a person is depressed and the brain chemicals that stimulate desire and arousal are not pumping and…

Sex During COVID: How Do I Get My Sexy Life Back?

While there is still so much we don’t know about COVID, and still so much we really don’t know about sex, there are plenty of things we know that can assist us…

2020 Sexual Year in Review

We may have been quarantined, on lockdown, social distancing, missing our favorite restaurants and outings, longing for friend hangouts, challenged with online dating, touch deprived, sick of tight quarters with…

Divorce is a Developmental Stage of Adulthood

Many women show up in my sexual empowerment work on the heels of their divorce. The feelings in post-divorce can range from feeling betrayed, like you missed out on something important, regret…

My Love Letter to Betty Dodson, fly in Pleasure! 1929-2020

The Great Freedom Fighter, Betty Dodson, has left the planet. She taught more women how to have orgasms than anyone else ever–no small feat. I called her when I was…

The Modern Sexual Priestess & the Sexually Uninitiated

“Often sensations that we experience as terrible or painful are just pleasure without approval.” Carolyn Elliott Once upon a time in many cultures, there was such thing as a sexual…

Sexual Archetypes 101

There have been many questions about archetypes and some intrigue about them, so this week I thought I’d give you a little primer about my approach to these archetypes and…

The New Violence of Forced Sterilization

This week, a nurse at an ICE detention center blew the whistle on alleged mass forced/coerced sterilizations of women at the facility. If true, this is a horrific human rights…

The Critical Ingredient the Personal Development World Misses

Over a decade ago when I started my second and current business, as my 9-year relationship was ending and I was setting out to figure out what it would mean…

Without Sexism & Misogyny, Homophobia Would Not Exist

For those of us who have deep beliefs about the importance of equality, this week’s Supreme Court decision stating that people cannot be discriminated against in employment related to their…

Sexual Politics & Culture