I was at a Canada Day picnic with about 80 people a few weeks back. It was a annual gathering of about 20 families (who pull into the large cottage lot in their RV’s). What was interesting to me is that rather than the usual catch up, everyone wanted to talk about Ben Wa balls,…
DetailsI regularly have a collection of bras in the backseat of my car. Racing down the highway and pull the blasted thing out my sleeve. I really try not to wear them if at all possible. So why would you wear one? According to Wikipedia bra /ˈbrɑː/) is a woman’s undergarment that supports her breasts.…
DetailsI was at a recent conference promoting best practices in industrial psychology. This is where the psychology of business practices are explored. I was there as a guest of my friend, a lecturer from Purdue University. What I took from it was details about how few people make a decent apology. This means not getting…
DetailsI keep looking for new suggestions for my radio vignettes (www.threeminutetherapist.com), and I found a list of great ideas to keep you pretty, sexy and healthy this summer. 1.I love the new Nair wax-that-goes-on -like deodorant for bikini lines. Simple (except for that dreaded waxing rippppp) but effective at keeping you smooth. What we do…
DetailsYou may have never heard of her before. But if you are a women between 25 and 60 you would have probably shed a tear during one of her movies. This is woman who got other women. Nora Ephron was Hollywood’s most influential woman writer/director (I was hard pressed to name another woman director), died…
DetailsMost people of a certain age now remember the infamous Anne Landers survey that suggested that a majority of Landers/Dear Abbey readers would rather have a hot bath and a book than have sex with their partners. Well now there is a new study out this week that claims that 29% of couples need “me…
DetailsI was reading today about the black comedienne Yvette Wilson who died yesterday at 48 of cervical cancer. I have to tell you hearing about deaths like that really upset me. Completely preventable, and an absolute tragedy to dies at age 48. The thing is HPV is now something you can be immunized for like…
DetailsI hooked up with Paul Plakas this week at a big boot camp event on Parliament Hill. We were both speaking at an event in Ottawa about abundant health. Me about (you guessed it), sex and libido, and Paul about changing your body and your life. Paul is Canada’s host of x-Weighted, the “Big Loser”…
DetailsLow libido, or inhibited sexual desire is the big issue that keeps coming up in my office as a sex therapist. Often commonalities of people experiencing low libido include low levels of free testosterone, inflammation of the cells with a High sensitivity C R protein in the blood, food allergies and low belly fat among…
DetailsIf there is one mantra we speak about when I’m doing the Love and Lipstick radio show, is that “the quality of your life is the quality of your relationships. But improving our relationships effectively amongst all the zillion of things we do every day can be challenging. And with so much buzz about the…
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