What happens if couples ignore erectile problems, a low or no sex drive, or difficulty reaching orgasm?
Quite simply, it can devastate even the most solid of couples.
When people lose touch with their sexuality and sensuality, the quintessential intimacy between a couple is lost. A marriage can function without sex but it cannot function without [...]

Do couples have unrealistic expectation about sex — and how do we deal with those expectations?
We live in a very sexualized society. In the last twenty five years we’ve come to value part of our self worth based on our sexuality and sexiness.
With women’s emancipation the ideal that sex was her wifely duty was [...]

How long does good sex really last?
When a couple is first together, they have enough dopamine and the body’s own amphetamine-like hormones that they are sufficiently aroused in a nanosecond. So sex can last for three minutes and be mind blowing.
Generally though, after two years, it takes a woman a minimum fifteen minutes for [...]

Does kissing do more than simply lead to sex?
One couple I know has a “10 second” kiss rule. That is when things are getting hectic with kids, career, life, one would say, “ten second kiss”. They would have to drop everything and kiss each other for, well, ten seconds. It was their way of [...]

I recently did an interview with Self magazine’s Feature Editor, Caroline Schaefer.

Great interview with some thought provoking questions. Here’s what Caroline and I talked about.
Self Magazine
The subject is how life changes affect your sex life. Everything from little switches (hair color, bikini wax) to life shifts (new baby, moving to a new city) can [...]

This morning I did both an TV interview on City TVs Breakfast Television and a podcast with Hitchmag.com on the effects aging has on a person’s sexuality.
Here are some ideas that were discussed.
What are the myths when in comes to sex in your 60s?
There aer two big myths come to mind when speaking about [...]

A reporter interviewed me this morning for the Christmas edition of First For Women. Brenda Kearns’ story is about tricks to help women rasie their oxytocin level in order to lower their cortisol level. Great story and much needed to help us through the craziness of the holiday season.

This was my contribution to her article.
It’s [...]

Are You Having Fun Sex Often Enough?
The Need for SEX COACHING
Low sexual occurrence among busy couples is epidemic. A conservative statistic claims over 40 million North American couples endure this harsh reality. Does that mean having great sex is a lost cause?
Luckily, Dr. Trina Read has opened a sex coaching practice to help those [...]

Taken from Sympatico MSN News
July 7, 2008
Today’s 70-year-olds are having good sex, and they’re having it more often than 70-year-olds at any time in the last 30 years, according to a Swedish study.
Women in this age group are particularly satisfied with their sex lives, with more reporting having orgasms and fewer reporting not having had [...]

A study just came out claiming that men who do more housework will get more sex. Superficially it’s a no-brainer—less work for her means she’s more relaxed and ready for sex.
However, it makes me wonder if this will become yet another excuse, in the litany of excuses women have, not to have sex. Plus, [...]