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Relationship Stress-Reduction: It’s in Your Hands!

Stressed Out?  ‘Looking for a simple way to calm down?  Here’s an additional benefit you can derive from your strong relationship!

Yes, you’ve been working with your partner to create a strong, mutually-loving, sexually-satisfying relationship.  Now that the two of you have this together, you can enjoy additional stress-calming benefits from your personal interactions.

The way to do so is through the magic of touch!

University of Virginia’s Psychology Department, neuroscientist James A. Coan, Ph.D., has conducted research into brain activity and emotional experience.  He conducted brain scans of his subjects and found that women under stress displayed increased calmness as a result of holding a man’s hand.  Stress reduction was most dramatic when the woman and man had close emotional ties.

So, if you want to reduce your level of stress … and do so quickly … relief is as close as holding your partner’s hand!

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Relationship: Get Your Relationship Back on Track!

*  Do you feel as though your relationship has been stagnating?

*  Are you dissatisfied with some aspect of your partnership intimacy?

*  Would you like to put some sizzle into your interaction with your partner?

If you are ready to stop struggling to maintain the status quo — ready to stop settling — this post is for YOU!  Perhaps you want to renew your relationship passion, but don’t know where to start … ?

If this describes you, TODAY is the day to sit down with your partner and ‘fess up!  Make time — today — to tell your partner your feelings.  Today is the time to talk with your partner about what each of you wants in your relationship.

Go ahead — make a list!

Writing down your relationship dreams and aspirations

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Sexuality: Sleep … Perchance to Dream Sexually

ScienceDaily (June 15, 2007) — In detailed research conducted at the Universite de Montreal investigation of the actual nature and content of sexual dreams was undertaken.  In a large sample of dream reports from both men and women, approximately eight percent of everyday dream reports from both genders contain some form of sexual-related activity.

In this  study, authored by Antonio Zadra, PhD, over 3,500 home dream reports were collected from men and women. Sexual intercourse was the most common type of sexual dream content, followed by sexual propositions, kissing, fantasies and masturbation.

The study found that both men and women reported experiencing an orgasm in about four percent of their sexual dreams. Orgasms were described as being experienced

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Abundance: Live — and Love — Abundantly!

Does it seem as though abundance is far, far away? Have you felt overwhelmed by the dire predictions rampant on the news wires? Are you fighting panic … and afraid you don’t know where to turn?  Have you found that this gets in the way of being close to those you love?

Here’s what you can do: You can start NOW and take control of your own experience! You can stop listening to predictions of perdition and begin to create your own prosperity … your own intimate relationship experiences.  And you can begin to do so Right Now! And you need not go further than your own Mind.

It is the very nature of your subconscious mind to CREATE. What does it create? Your subconscious mind creates your thoughts! Your subconscious mind takes the contents of your mind … and brings it into reality. Your subconscious mind—by its very nature—manifests your thoughts in your life!

So, if you believe that the economy is doomed … it is! If you believe your relationship has gone as far as it can … you are right.  Not because—objectively—it has to be.  Rather, because you believe it to be so, it has to be. This is termed “self-fulfilling prophecy”.

But self-fulfilling prophecy works on POSITIVE thoughts, too! So, I challenge you to turn your thoughts in the MOST positive directions your imagination can conceive. Claim this as a part of your life … of your relationship … then carefully notice as it comes to be!

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Emotion Power: Expressing Your Intimate Feelings

Feelings are an incredibly important part of you … and of your relationships! Your emotional responses provide you with valuable information that allows you to live your life in an effective, satisfying, complete way. Other sources of this information include your perceptions, your sensations and your thoughts. Through the use of these aspects you derive guidance, motivation and the wherewithall to make sense of the events that occur.

Your emotional responses also add texture and color and variety and uniqueness to your experience of being alive. Because of the extreme variety that your feelings

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Sexuality: With Age, Better Health Means Better Sex

TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) – New research looks at sexuality and sexual activity in a scientific way.  In a deviation from the frequent scientific focus that often centers on illness, this new study looks at health and well-being.  It looks at elements that affect quality of life – having a good sex life being critical to overall quality of life.

According to research conducted by University of Chicago’s Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine, better health equates to better sex lives.  These researchers also found that healthy people were more likely to engage in sex — and good sex at that.  Those in good health were more apt to express an interest in sex.

This new research also found that this association held firm into middle-age and later life as well.  This research was published in the March 10 issue of the British Medical Journal.

The study authors examined two different samples of more than 3,000 adults each – in one, the subjects were aged 25 to 74; in the second, the subjects were aged 57 to 85.  Both groups contained an equal number of men and women. Subjects were interviewed and filled in questionnaires on their marital status, their health (rated on a scale from excellent to poor), the quality of their sex lives and how often they had sex.

The study’s authors created a novel
measure called “sexually active life expectancy.” According to this new measure, men aged 55 could expect another 15 years of sex while women of the same age could expect about 11 more active sexual years.

This research provides even-more evidence of the far-reaching benefits of good health.  An active sexual relationship nourishes intimacy and satisfaction.  Having good sexual interaction — both in frequency and in level of gratification — in turn, can function to deepen a relationship, providing stronger, more enduring partnerships.

In order to have good health in older age, it is important to attend to good health TODAY!  Good health today makes for a stronger, healthier body today, tomorrow and throughout tomorrow’s tomorrows.  Good health is an experience that requires attention each and every day … and the best time to start is NOW! What one thing can you do — today — to implement stronger, better health for the GOOD of your life?  I invite you to do it … and to do it each and every day thereafter.

If you are a smoker, perhaps, your one thing might be to stop nicotine.  For help to do so, visit our stop-nicotine website today.  If you are overweight, perhaps, your one thing might be to get your weight to a health level.  For help to do so, visit our weight management website today!

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Sexuality: The Power of Fantasy to Increase Sexual Desire

ScienceDaily — Scientists of the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment of the University of Granada have released a new study.  Researcher Juan Carlos Sierra Freire studied how some psychological variables such as
* positive attitude towards sexuality
* sexual fantasies
* anxiety
are related to sexual desire in human beings.

The Study

Using the Sexual Desire Inventory, 608 subjects aged 13 to 43 were studied.  Researchers found that 32% of inhibited sexual desire in men was associated with a negative attitude toward sexuality, as well as some sexual fantasies. Eighteen percent of such inhibited sexual desire in women was due to increased anxiety and decreased sexual fantasizing. According to researchers, these figures show that psychological factors, which have a role in sexual response, depend on gender.

The Power of Imagination

The results of this research reveal
an important relation between sexual desire and positive attitude toward sexuality in men. Men responded more positively towards sexual stimuli and thoughts, and they accepted them more easily. The male population has an attitude that, together with sexual fantasies, heightens sexual drive.

In turn, women also share the imagination at play. The more sexual fantasies they have, the more sexual desire they experience. However, “women normally present more anxiety disorders than men” regarding transitory emotional stages such as anxiety, because anxiety strongly affects women’s sexual function.

This study highlights the importance of sexual fantasies in sexuality. In fact, sexual fantasies are used in sex therapy to diminish levels of anxiety of execution or of sexual activity, provided that there are no organic anomalies (lack of hormones, endocrine disorders, etc.).

The Importance of Education

These Spanish researchers point out that education on sexual stimulation and response as well as healthy attitudes towards sexuality is extremely important. In this way, sexual intercourse is more pleasurable and there is less probability of having sexual dysfunctions.

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Sexuality: What to Do … When You Feel No Desire

Sexual desire is a magical, enjoyable and — sometimes — elusive experience.  If lately you have found yourself feeling as though your passion for sex — or your partner — is dimming, here are some VERY IMPORTANT things for you to begin to do … at once!

First of all, get a thorough check up from your physician.  Make certain that you are not experiencing some other health problem that is masquerading as low sexual desire.  Discuss with your doctor any concerns you may have.

Once your physical doctor gives you a clean bill of health, turn your attention to the emotional you — examine your emotions.  Have you been having emotional reactions and keeping them stuffed inside?  Doing so can be blunting your sexual desire.  It’s time to

  1. get clear with yourself about what you are feeling;
  2. put thought into the best way to communicate your emotions; and
  3. come clean and be honest with your partner.

Also, remember to pay careful attention to the mental you — your thoughts.  Have you — subtly — been telling yourself negative messages where your sexuality is concerned?  Remember “self-fulfilling prophecy”?  Be aware:  If you have been feeding yourself negative ideas about your sexual satisfaction, these ideas can be manifesting in low sexual desire.  In order to move OUT of the experience of low sexual desire, it is vitally important that you CHANGE these ideas to affirmative, positive ideas that encourage you to enjoy strong sexual desire once again!