Do you have the same dreams you had at the beginning of this year? Or have some of your aspirations fizzled in the face of so much unpredictability and turmoil? For some of us, myself included, it has become more difficult to envision the future, let alone a positive one. And even if we still …
Pleasure is our birthright. Yet the beliefs and attitudes communicated to us by our family, friends and other influential people, can present us with many obstacles to sensuality. Shame is a huge obstacle to pleasure. Many of us have been shamed about our bodies in one way or another. That shaming can target many aspects …
Need help getting your sex life back after having kids? Tune into this video from Brittany Jones’ online event: From Fizzle to Sizzle, where I share surprising tips for anyone who wants to reclaim their sex life. For instance, did you know that healthy boundaries amplify sexual pleasure? Unwanted touch traumatizes your tissues and that …
I come from a VERY big family! My dad was the last of eleven children and although my parents only had two children, my sister and me, my other aunts and uncles had A LOT of children. By the time I was a teenager, I had 50 first cousins. That number has increased over the …
We hear it every day: these are challenging times. And no wonder. 2020 has seen a Global Pandemic and the resulting economic woes. The senseless murders of Blacks have finally surfaced in a way that is motivating changes in attitudes, laws and hopefully behaviors for many if not most people, regardless of race. And we …
What a concept! Can you imagine asking sex workers what they think, feel and want? That rarely happens. Instead, “experts,” who almost never ask sex workers about the reality of their work, design programs to “rescue” sex workers whether they want to be “rescued” or not. And they write laws that affect sex workers, sometimes …
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