How Stress, Sleep, and Lifestyle Habits Affect Your Sex Life
When clients come to see me about intimacy concerns, they often expect the conversation to focus only on sex itself — communication, attraction, relationship dynamics. And yes, those things matter. But very often, the biggest influences on sexual desire and connection are much more everyday: stress levels, sleep quality, and lifestyle habits. Your sex life doesn’t […]
Why You Might Be Avoiding Intimacy—And How to Gently Reconnect
Why You Might Be Avoiding Intimacy—And How to Gently Reconnect By Rebecca Ginder, LCSW , Sex Therapist If you’ve noticed yourself pulling away from your partner—avoiding closeness, shrinking away from touch, or shutting down when conversations get emotional—you’re not alone. Many people go through periods of avoiding intimacy, whether they realize it or not. Sometimes, it […]
A Few Tips on Being a Better Communicator
It takes more to be a good communicator than to simply talk to someone; it is even more important to be a good listener. The way we talk (the tone and the words we choose) is important. Taking note of the other persons cues (both verbal and nonverbal), and attempting to gain understanding of their […]
We’re All Living in the Past
Has anyone ever told you to stop living in the past? People say this to one another all the time, but the thing is we can’t stop living in the past. To be clear, I’m not talking about pulling out a pair of torn up jeans and a leather jacket for a night out, but rather, the very way we perceive the world. What you know as now is actually the world as it was about 80 milliseconds ago, about 0.08 seconds.
Girls With Math Anxiety: Is It as Real as We Think?
It is a commonly held perspective that girls experience a higher level of anxiety with regards to math even when demonstrating levels of ability. A new series of studies, however, has shown that while girls may have higher anxiety as a generalized perception of mathematics, they do not exhibit those higher levels during actual math classes and exams.