Recently, I gained weight. Maybe you noticed, maybe you didn’t, but I know I have, and I don’t think it’s a very big deal. It sucks, though. Not being comfortable in your clothes, that sucks. Not feeling good about what you eat, that sucks too. Not fitting the current beauty ideal, that (actually doesn’t) suck […]
Sexual Healing
I don’t know about you, but I’m the type of person that has a specific playlist to get me in the mood for whatever event comes my way. Whether it’s to brighten a gloomy Monday or to kick off a fun Friday night, I curate them to absolute perfection and let me say, I’m quite […]
Alisa Vitti: Reclaiming Our Hormonal Destiny
Changing our understanding of our bodies is not an easy task. Too often, I feel, we’re made to see ourselves in parts, not looking at the whole, and not considering all the subtleties our bodies and minds are made of. Through this conversation with Alisa Vitti, founder of Flo Living and the author of WomanCode: […]
Your Brain On Sex
If you haven’t heard, it’s sex month on the site! We wanted to kick off a month of sex talk with a little science and whole lot of kindness. Reproductive psychotherapist Nicole Ohebshalom generously offered to run us through the psychobiology of sexuality — yes, which means what happens to your brain before, during, and […]
The Beauty Edit: Sex
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On Sex…
I’ve been pacing back and forth in my studio, slowly nibbling at a salt sprinkled chocolate chip cookie that used to be the size of my head and is now the size of a mere half dollar, all in the name of procrastination of writing this piece (also, if you nibble in small, mouse sized […]