We had a dinner party on the weekend where we focused on the “aphrodisiac foods of the Caribbean”. The only exception to the menu was an inclusion of shellfish (which can really put you in the mood because of it’s high zinc content). If you’ve been reading this for awhile, you may know that my…
DetailsHow low estrogen can affect women’s brains. Forgetfulness, and fuzzy thinking There is another reason why women need to look into the healing properties of hormones. As I’ve mentioned, as a horone specialist and sex therapist I went on hormones at 40. I wish I had gone on them at 35. Despite having no real…
DetailsI’m reading Hallowell’s bok Married to Distraction for this week’s Love and Lipstick (www.love and lipstick.com) show. What struck me was the importance of attention. I constantly tell my patients that positive attention from you is what your spouse is craving. I asked my sister-in-law the coolest divorce lawyer around about reasons for splits. She…
DetailsI used to have a very bad case of sleep apnea. Needed naps in the afternoon, woke up gasping, and had earthquake-like snoring that moved my partner to another room for years. I once casued an international incident falling asleep on an air plane. I was that loud. Sleep apnea is casued when the back…
DetailsEconomic priniciples and more sex I’m reading the book Spousonomics by Szuchman and Anderson. It’s sub titled “Using Economics to manster Love, Marriage and Dirty Dishes”. It’s a great read. It uses ecomonic principles such as supply and demand, loss aversion, incentives, revealed preferences, and cost benefit analysis. I know what you are thinking –…
DetailsYou may have noticed that I talk a lot about bio-identical hormones and how they can fix what ails our aging bodies. I also understand the neuropsychology (brain science) and how hormones and chemicals affect our behaviour. One of the most important chemicals is the one that is present in chocolate. So there is a…
DetailsThe problem with staying on most diets is threefold (in my opinion). 1. Cravings. Your body wants sugar, salt, fat or something else it thinks it’s missing and you struggle to turn it down. If you don’t get cravings (you are lucky), but you also don’t get the power they have for someone who does.…
DetailsWe’ve had a number of inexpensive date nights over the last few weeks. I’m so my Mother’s daughter and find myself cutting coupons for restaurants and great outings. I always forget the grocery ones, and rarely remember my grocery bags but I love finding those $30 date nights suggestions in my Valpak. Grouon is a…
DetailsI laughed so hard I peed my pants. Well it doesn’t take much these days for me to pee my pants. I’ve had two kids (with very large melons, both of them), lower hormones as I slide towards menopause, and a bladder the size of a thimble. If I’m not careful I leak when I…
DetailsSo more of what we describe as “middle-aged date nights from Ottawa’s self professed sexiest couple”. Our date night adventures started when I read the survey that said the one common denominator of great marriages were that the couples went on weekly date nights. I was telling my patients to go, but wasn’t going out…
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