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Plain language writing on desire, intimacy and sexual wellbeing through perimenopause and menopause. Evidence informed, no euphemisms.
Most women do not get told what is happening to them. They get told they are tired, stressed, or getting older. Perimenopause is none of those things. It is a defined biological transition, and it has...
Most of us learnt one story about desire. You feel a spark out of nowhere, and then you want sex. That kind of wanting is called spontaneous desire. It is real. It is also only half the picture. What ...
Desire changes in perimenopause. That much is not in dispute, and you probably did not need an article to tell you.
What gets missed is that it changes for two quite different reasons, and the two ne...
Most women who raise painful sex with a doctor have rehearsed it in the car park and then said almost none of it. What comes out is a shortened, softened version, and the shortened version gets a shor...
A client asks you something about sex. Maybe it is about their own body, maybe about a relationship they want, maybe about something they saw. And you freeze.
The freeze is the problem. Not the quest...
STRAIGHT TALK
A fortnightly letter on desire, intimacy and sexual wellbeing.
Plain language, evidence informed, no euphemisms. One idea per letter, written for women navigating perimenopause and menopause.
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