Attachment research shows us that our need for a secure bond with our partner (or a caregiver) is essential.
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Primary Versus Secondary Vaginismus
If you are someone is having pain with sex, the first thing your provider should help you to figure out is where the pain is coming from!
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Sex Should Not Hurt…Here’s Why: Advice from Our Nurse Practioner
Intercourse should not hurt. I am surprised at how many patients I see who have been suffering for years with painful intercourse of some kind. There are many reasons why someone might be suffering from painful intercourse. For example, lack of lubrication, vaginal muscle tension, endometriosis, vaginal infections, and structural abnormalities are all possible reasons …
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How to Slay the Green- Eyed Monster? Kill It With Kindness!
I recently read the book Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari. The author believes that we live in an individualistic culture and are raised to look outward and compete, whether we realize it or not. At Maze I often hear women compare their sex lives and family situations …
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“What Choice Do I Have?!”
Choices, selections, options, plans, alternatives, opportunities. The common denominator of all these words is change. We have been labeled as a disposable society where it is often easier and more efficient to discard what is broken rather than repair it. We can argue over whether that is indeed a good state of affairs, but for …
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