An advisory board discussion turned to our experiences as professionals supporting women who find themselves newly single, often after a divorce. I asked Mary Jo Rapini, one of our medical advisors, to share some of her observations and advice. A divorce leaves most people confused, hurt, and angry. Sex with another person—or sex at all—may [...]
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Finding Your Sex Life after Divorce
Posted in Condition News, tagged divorce, intimacy, self image, self-esteem on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From the Heart Docs: Sex is Safe after Heart Attack
Posted in Condition News, tagged heart attack, heart disease, intimacy, relationships on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s official. The American Heart Association (AHA) has just released its most comprehensive guidelines ever regarding sex for patients with heart disease. The bottom line: Sex is safe after a heart attack. In fact, it’s good for you to get back into the swing of things as quickly as possible. So, if you’ve been waiting… and [...]
Three Sex-Killing Bogeymen
Posted in The Good Stuff, tagged intimacy, midlife sex, sexual health, women's health on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The stroller is in mothballs, along with the Little League jersey and the Cub Scouts uniform. Just when the kids can brush their own teeth and maybe drive themselves to hockey practice, just when you thought the never-ending physical demands of raising children might slack off. Just when you thought you and your partner might [...]
Study Confirms Older Women Like Sex
Posted in The Good Stuff, tagged intimacy, relationships, satisfaction on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hm. We could have told you that. Recently, we reported on the results of an international survey that explored how satisfied older couples are with their relationships and sex lives. Turns out that sex continues to be important to older women, and it’s an important element in overall satisfaction with their relationships—and sometimes it’s even [...]
Q: How can I feel intimate with an emotionally remote partner?
Posted in Questions...and answers, tagged communication, emotional intimacy, intimacy on December 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I posed this question to Mary Jo Rapini, an advisor to MiddlesexMD and a therapist, writer, and speaker. Here’s her advice: You’re not alone in your feelings of being married to a man who cannot express his love. I am happy that you are healthy enough to advocate for yourself and your own sexual and [...]
Couples at Midlife
Posted in The Good Stuff, tagged intimacy, midlife sex, sexuality on December 19, 2011 | Comments Off
Until recently, no one has given much thought to the sex life and relationship satisfaction of middle-aged couples in long-term relationships. You know, ordinary people. So no one knows what keeps long-term couples happy together and happy in bed together. Recently, however, the Kinsey Institute conducted an international survey of 1,000 couples from the U.S., [...]
Midlife Baby? Don’t Forget the S-E-X
Posted in The Good Stuff, tagged intimacy, maintenance, parenting on December 1, 2011 | Comments Off
You may not be able to leap up from a lotus position in a single bound. (Heck, you may not even be able to get into a lotus position.) You may find your back a little cranky when your two-year-old demands to be carried. Most disappointing of all (to your love life, anyway), you may [...]
Staying Close after Cancer
Posted in Condition News, tagged cancer, communication, intimacy, touch on October 27, 2011 | Comments Off
“Women often shut down emotionally from their partners [after a cancer diagnosis] for a number of reasons,” says Maureen Ryan, sex therapist and nurse practitioner. “Maybe they’re scared; maybe they’re afraid of what’s to come. So they shut down and build a wall against intimacy.” It makes sense. Survival has suddenly become a priority. You’re [...]
Sex and Cancer: The Mind
Posted in Condition News, tagged breast cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, intimacy, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer on October 7, 2011 | Comments Off
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” –James Baldwin We’ve been hearing from many women who are receiving treatments for various forms of cancer: What about us, they ask. Post-menopause is one thing, but what about post-cancer treatment? Or mid-treatment? How do we maintain [...]
Hitting the Sexual “Reset” Button
Posted in The Good Stuff, tagged emotional intimacy, intimacy, relationships, sex after menopause on September 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Maybe your last child left home, as mine just did this fall. Maybe you (or your partner) retired. Maybe your partner became ill. The catalyst could be one of many life events, or it could simply be the realization of time passing, but at some point you look at your partner and realize that you’ll [...]
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