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When your partner isn't showing up sexually the way you'd like...  blame, shame, or get up and create change from within? For most of my experience with sexual partners, they’ve largely ignored both my arousal and my climax in favor of their own. Some partners...

BDSM Explained The inner psychology of being "hit" for the pleasure of the recipient The first time I visited a “dungeon” at a sex-positive party, I was a bit surprised to see people tied up, spanked, and flogged, among other sensation-based types of play. A...

Tales from a Session: A woman seeking respite from anxiety and early-development trauma Somatic literally means, of the body. Many therapeutic experiences rely on verbal processing or education only. At the Somatica Institute, I learned that a far richer...

What is Tanta? Relationships require communication. It’s a Hindu or Buddhist mystical text from the 7th century or earlier that outlines the principles and rituals of meditation, yoga, and sexuality. 'The weaving and expansion of energy’ Not goal-oriented or orgasm...

Animals and Snuggles He sought me out because he wanted to spice things up in his marriage. Between kids, work, projects on the house, and weekly dinners with other couples, he and his wife had forgotten how to find their passion. We started the first session by...

Wise Hedonists are lovers of life. They seek to maximize their fulfillment and pleasures sustainably. What good is pleasure if it comes at a detrimental cost to your future self? Wise choices in the now will afford the long-term opportunity to continue on the path...

Many people look to coaching as an option to traditional psychotherapy because of the social stigma of the latter opposing to the former. While therapy and coaching both seek to improve a client’s internal, mental and physical experience, a coach is not a licensed...

What do all relationships have in common? Relationships require communication. Growing up with a pattern of verbal fighting to stick up for myself, blaming people around me for my challenges, and sweeping feelings and arguments under the rug, it was a hard road to...