A few months ago I heard a story about the life of Esther Perel, a notable sex therapist. (Don’t worry, this post is not nearly as tantalizing or scandalous as it now sounds like it’s going to be…) Esther’s parents met at the end of World War II after spending five years in concentration camps. They […]
Sexuality is complicated. It develops over a lifespan and is influenced by many factors: parents, friends, teachers, school, church, healthcare, media, morality, and American culture. All of these influences either gave you an… Explicit message (“Don’t have sex before marriage” or “Masturbation is a normal biological urge”) Implicit message (You pick up an unspoken rule
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I’m going to consider getting that parent’s guide. I was just having an issue this week with my teenager lying to us about the silliest things, but I was reading on-line that you have to understand why they are lying and deal with that because all teens lie, and they just like to push their
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How good are you at taking time to just slow down, relax, and not do a thing? What kind of feelings does Or, do you feel the need to be busy doing something? “Though the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our own experience. We
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You asked about what to do with feelings *after* awareness. First I’d like to clarify the obvious– that feeling something (a sensation in your body) and acting on a feeling (reactivity) are separate things. So the goal, in the beginning, is to increase awareness and acceptance of feelings, many people hesitate to embrace this step
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