I 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…
DetailsI’ve been following Ottawa based physician Dr. Yoni Freedhoff’s blog at weightymatter.ca. It is a great resource to look at the politicizing of obesity and food. Dr. Freedhoff’s bio reads: Family doc and founder of Ottawa’s Bariatric Medical Institute – a multi-disciplinary, ethical, evidence-based nutrition and weight management centre. Nowadays I’m more likely to stop…
DetailsBalance your hormones and lose weight. A group program for support and information that will re-define your body from people that have REAL solutions. The Weight loss Solutions Workgroup starts June 13th in Ottawa for people who are looking for new answers. Have you tried all of the traditional weight loss programs and still find…
DetailsSpif (my wonder partner and fellow therapist) and I have been leading a number of libido boot camps. Think couples evenings that take 4 hours to go through the common libido killers and how to fix them. We’ve been taking about hormones, romance, date nights, supplements, tantric sex, abundant health, and feeling sexy. It’s been…
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