Question Why do you think it took until age 33 to say the word vagina out loud?” Dr. Trina’s Response: Purely socialization. I grew up in a small, prairie city (Regina, SK, Canada right above Fargo, ND—to give you some idea). No one that I know there, to this day, can say the word vagina out …
Vaginas–Part #1 (First for Women Feature Article)
Question: Certain instances in your childhood seemed to lead you to feeling unsure and even embarrassed about your vagina for many years. You did not look at your own vagina until the age of 33. Please offer a few examples of how these negative feelings impacted other areas of your life, such as overall self-esteem, …
Your Feminine Heart: A New Era of Love by Jenica Ashlie
My friend and collegue has recently published a worthwhile book, Your Feminine Heart. http:// www.yourfeminineheart.com/ Here’s what Jenica has to say, “Your Feminine Heart invites women to rediscover life and experience relationships with renewed purpose, deeper intimacy and greater passion. When your Feminine Heart can truly share the limitless bounty of her gifts, the impact …
Is your sex drive diminished during your menstrual cycle?
Every woman’s sexual drive is individual. Having said that, there is evidence that the peaks and valleys of various hormones throughout a woman’s menstrual cycle (not just when she’s menstruating) can have an effect her libido. For instance, a 2004 study found that women tend to be more sexually active on days just prior to …
Menopause’s Effect On A Woman’s Desire
About 50 percent of a woman’s total testosterone comes through her ovaries. And testosterone, as you may know, is the hormone closely related to sexual drive, or desire. Testosterone levels begin dropping up to ten years before menopause (known as peri-menopause), a slow, steady decline that never actually ends. If menopause happens, as a result …
Mommy Club Information
Michelle DaviesFounder / Ownerhttp://www.mommyclub.ca/ Ph. 403.705.4863 Michelle has a great site for mom’s who live in Calgary and want to get out and meet other moms. It’s such a great group, I do my “Throw Your Sexy Into Overdrive” talk–because heaven knows moms can sure use a “sexy boost” once in awhile. The ambitious Michelle …
The Insatiable Woman…or Simply Getting What She Deserves?
Tiresias was a mythological prophet of the ancient Greeks who was given an opportunity to live on earth as both a man and a woman. One day, Zeus and Hera were having a marital fight about whether men or women experienced greater sexual pleasure. Zeus thought it was women and Hera thought that it was …
Sex Binding Hormone Globulin
This is from the monthly magazine called Femme Fertile: A Forthright Women’s Magazine for Maids, Mothers and Crones (www.justiss.ca) Clinic Corner Here are some tidbits from the Bio-identical Hormone Society conference held in Seattle last month. www.bio-identicalhormonsociety.com Sex Binding Hormone Globulin (SBHG) levels rise in women using hormonal contraceptives. HGB binds (captures) free testosterone, making …
Are You Doing Your Kegels?
Arnold Kegel in 1940 developed techniques to help women control incontinence by strengthening their pubococcygeus (PC) muscle. His method had a fantastic benefit: It allowed women more powerful, easier to achieve orgasms and the ability to isolate particular areas of her pelvis, including the muscles around her clitoris or those around her G-Spot to heighten …
Ideas for a Better Body Image
Excerpt taken from: Joy Davidson, Fearless Sex: A Babe’s Guide to Overcoming Your Romantic Obsessions and Getting the Sex Life You Deserve. [pgs. 138-141] “I don’t think there is a woman living in America or any other modern society who in some way, at some time, hasn’t felt in bondage to beauty. A $33-billion-per-year cosmetics …
