When the shelter-in-place guidelines dropped, you might have panicked. You and your sweetie just transitioned from “are we dating or not?” to “in a relationship,” and you simply couldn’t stand the thought of not seeing them for the duration of … Continue reading Living with a Partner First Time? What You Need to Know.
If you think vulnerability is something to be ashamed of, think again. “Vulnerability is not weakness,” renowned author and research professor at the University of Houston Brené Brown says in her 2010 TEDxHouston talk on the subject. “I define vulnerability … Continue reading How To Be Vulnerable In A Relationship, According To Experts
Think about a desk stacked high with bits and pieces of different projects, memos, and important papers. When you need to find a specific piece of information, this clutter might make your job pretty difficult. Similarly, when unnecessary or troubling … Continue reading How to Clean Your Mind: 8 Techniques to Try
If you don’t have many — or any — close friends, you might wonder whether you do, in fact, spend too much time alone. Even as you weigh the pros and cons of expanding your social circle, you may feel … Continue reading How to Make Friends as an Introvert: 10 Tips
Practices like positive self-talk and affirmations are often recommended by therapists for people with low self-esteem, but rarely do we stop to ask ourselves, “Is too much positivity a bad thing?” Many experts believe it can be — which is … Continue reading Toxic Positivity: Dangers, Why We Do It, What to Do Instead
Hormones — such as estrogen, testosterone, adrenaline and insulin — are extremely important chemical messengers that affect many aspects of your overall health. Hormones are secreted … Continue reading 7 Steps to Balance Hormones Naturally
Let’s face it: Dieting is hard. But if you believe proponents of the If it Fits Your Macros (or IIFYM) Diet (also known as “flexible dieting“), you can eat anything you want and still lose weight — without counting calories. … Continue reading What Is the Macro Diet – How to Count Macros for Weight Loss
You probably already know that cooking the majority of your meals at home, rather than relying on takeout and restaurants, offers a number of health advantages, including keeping your calorie intake in check and saving you money. That’s not all, … Continue reading Cooking Therapy Benefits for Stress, Mental Health and More
Excessive, uncontrollable sweating of the hands or palms, is called palmar hyperhidrosis. This medical condition is an extremly stressful, embarrassing, and confidence-wrecking problem. From ruined paperwork to slippery handshakes, sweaty palms can negatively impact your social life, education, and career. … Continue reading Sweaty Hands: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is currently the leading cause of death among adults in the U.S. — and according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it has maintained this ranking as the No. 1 killer since 1921. … Continue reading Coronary Heart Disease: Symptoms + Natural Remedies
I’m not what anyone would call a good listener. I interrupt, ask unnecessary Qs, and, on the wine-infused occasion, derail the conversation entirely. Can I help it that my version of connecting with another person is almost exclusively based on … Continue reading How To Be A Better Listener And Improve All Your Relationships
When you think of using protection during sex, your mind might default to penetrative intercourse. But the reality is, protection also matters during oral sex—even though people sometimes ignore or overlook that fact. A condom in your mouth? Does anyone … Continue reading Do I Need To Use Protection For Oral Sex?
“Most couples argue over three things: money, sex, and power,” says psychotherapist Ross Grossman, MA, LMFT. Those three arguments, Grossman explains, can be further boiled down to the single issue of power. Who decides when to have sex? Why type … Continue reading 10 Signs of a Unhappy Marriage – What to Do When You’re Not Happy
One of the most frustrating afflictions that can befall a man is premature ejaculation. It’s embarrassing, it’s unexpected, and it turns what is supposed to be one life’s greatest joys into one of life’s greatest disappointments. No one wants to … Continue reading Your Guide To Last Longer In Bed – 12 Ways To Last Longer During Sex
How to last longer in bed. It’s one of the most searched questions about sex, Googled around 60,500 times per month (mostly by dudes, we’re guessing). And in the past year alone, a story on our very own website called … Continue reading Women Don’t Want Longer Penetrative Sex—They Want Longer Foreplay
When you’re an introvert, social situations can require a great amount of concentration and energy, which can make meeting new people more challenging. In a thread on Reddit, introverted people have been sharing the unconventional stories of how they met … Continue reading These Are the Ways Introverts Have Met Their Significant Others
When it comes to problems you might be having in your sex life, it’s easy to believe that you’re the only person in the world having this experience. Thankfully, a number of sex therapists are sharing some of the most … Continue reading Sex Therapists Reveal Some of the Most Common Bedroom Problems They Treat
Let’s start with a hard truth: Time will not be kind to your penis. The passing years will discolor, desensitize, soften, sedate, and shrink it. Ready for the good news? To a large degree, you can protect your prized appendage … Continue reading How to Keep Your Penis Healthy and Maintain Libido
We’ve all been there: You go to take your birth control pill and realize: Crap, I forgot to do this yesterday! Your mind becomes a nonstop reel of questions that slowly elevates your anxiety level toward the red zone. Should … Continue reading Missed Birth Control Pill – Should I Double Up If I Missed a Birth Control Pill?
Let’s be real—rejection sucks. Actually, “it sucks the big one,” says Rachel Wright, LMFT, a licensed marriage and family therapist in New York City. Research even shows that the brain reacts to rejection a lot like it responds to, say, … Continue reading How To Get Over Rejection
Every relationship has its quirks, but if you feel like you are losing parts of yourself to please someone else’s constant demands, you could be in what’s known as a controlling relationship. Experts call this type of controlling behavior coercive … Continue reading 6 Common Signs of a Controlling Relationship and What to Do
Romantic comedies often make it seem like you can only know your boyfriend loves you if he pulls off a grand gesture, like standing under your window with a boombox or singing a romantic song on the bleachers in front … Continue reading Does My Boyfriend Love Me?— 7 Undeniable Signs a Guy Loves You
There was a time not so long ago when women judged men based on civilized criteria like the height of their Flock of Seagulls haircuts, or whether they paid for popcorn at the drive-in. Now we have texting. With texting … Continue reading How to Text a Crush – Why You Shouldn’t Text Someone 3 Times in a Row
If you’re feeling a bit over your relationship these days, you’re not alone. We see relationships presented as these exciting, perfect things. When you find the right person, you’re supposed to be all set and ready to be committed and … Continue reading Bored With Your Relationship? Here’s What to Do, According to Experts.
Most men worry about how big they are. But guess what? Most men with concerns about penis size actually have completely normal-sized penises, says Debra Herbenick, Ph.D., M.P.H., a professor and director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at … Continue reading How to Handle Small Penis Insecurity – Genital Size Concerns
While not nearly so prevalent as prostate, lung, or colorectal cancers—the primary malignancy risks for men—penile cancer can be just as dangerous when it does occur. If you are uncircumcised, have a history of penile warts, tested positive for HPV, or if … Continue reading 6 Penile Cancer Facts Every Guy Should Know, According to a Urologist
Unscientifically speaking, breakups suck. All sorts of complex emotions are involved, often with one or both partners considering their options for quite some time. Now a new study lends some evidence as to why some of those people make the decision to … Continue reading A New Study Explains Why People Stay in Unhappy Relationships
A new study found that the average person gains 17 pounds within one year of finding love. Feeling less pressure to look their best was the main reason people gained weight. Prior research has shown that couples tend to eat … Continue reading How Much Weight Americans Gain In New Relationships
When it comes to your sex life, sticking with what works—tried-and-true pleasure moves that you know will get you and your partner off—can be satisfying. Still, it pays to extend your comfort zone and play sexual adventurer. A more out-there or experimental way … Continue reading The 5 Best Sex Positions to Help You Get Out of a Rut
Worldwide, more than 300 million people have viral hepatitis without knowing. There are various types of viral hepatitis, and in a lot of cases, people don’t experience any symptoms — meaning it can go undetected for years. While many viral hepatitis patients … Continue reading What is Hepatitis? – Viral Hepatitis Types, Symptoms, and Treatment
Erectile dysfunction can be caused by stress, anxiety about your performance, substance abuse, heart disease, and several other factors. It can also be caused, believe it or not, by watching too much porn. In 2017, Buzzfeed News published a story about how porn … Continue reading What Is Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction?
U.K. public health officials warn that an STI called mycoplasma genitalium could become antibiotic-resistant in several years. Misdiagnosis and treatment of the condition could lead to the infection becoming a superbug. MG is usually undetected but symptoms are similar to … Continue reading STI Mycoplasma Genitalium Could Become Untreatable in 5 Years
A new study revealed that people with Alzheimer’s disease had higher levels of certain kinds of herpes virus in their brains. Roughly 90 percent of the U.S. population has the specific strains of herpes that this study links to Alzheimers. … Continue reading Herpes Virus Strains Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
There’s a reason why cowgirl is one of guys’ all-time favorite sex positions, and it’s not just because it provides a spectacular view from below. When a woman’s on top, she can take full control of the rhythm and speed of sex … Continue reading Cowgirl Sex Position – What Guys Should Do When A Woman Is On Top
It’s possible to have multiple orgasms if you’re a guy — it just takes some practice If you learn to control your ejaculation, you can have multiple non-ejaculatory orgasms The orgasms won’t feel quite as strong as ejaculatory orgasms — … Continue reading How to Have Multiple Orgasms
Giving a woman just one orgasm is cause for celebration. But any woman who can climax once can probably cross the finish line again—and again. The ability to come more than once is biological gift exclusive to the fairer sex. … Continue reading How to Give Her Multiple Orgasms
You know what the “S” in STD stands for, right? True to their name, the vast majority of sexually transmitted diseases stem from sexual contact. But there are non-sexual behaviors that can carry risks too. “People are always asking me … Continue reading 6 Ways You Can Get an STD—That Aren’t Sex
For Valentine’s Day, actress Kristen Bell gave her followers a very practical gift: A laundry list of advice on how to make marriage, or really any relationship, work long-term. Considering she and husband Dax Shepard enjoy a famously solid union, … Continue reading Kristen Bell Shares Relationship Advice
It might seem strange to be talking about pleasure and desire when we are surrounded by stories of rape and harassment. Aren’t we getting ahead of ourselves? Shouldn’t we concentrate first on stopping those crimes before we ask for sex … Continue reading ‘If We Want To End Sexual Violence, We Need To Talk About Female Desire’
There’s a disturbing claim making the rounds on the Internet lately that men don’t like smart women. Guys feel threatened when talking to a brainy lady, according to reports on a new study from the University of Buffalo. Well, we … Continue reading 11 Women Who Prove Smart is Sexy
All cheating is not created equal. Ask 10 people what “counts” as cheating and you’d probably get 100 different answers. “Infidelity is a gray area because different individuals have their own boundaries and ideals for romantic relationships,” says Dana Weiser, … Continue reading Definition Of Cheating – What Counts As Cheating
Actress Amanda Seyfried admitted not long ago on a podcast that she’s been taking the antidepressant Lexapro for “years and years and years.” She even continued taking the drug while pregnant with her first child. Must be pretty harmless, right? … Continue reading 7 Lexapro Side Effects You Should Know
After having a baby, many women might find it painful to have sex, even months after they’ve given birth Aside from the physical effects of labor, some women are too overwhelmed by the demands of new motherhood to have an … Continue reading Sex After Baby: What All New Dads Need to Know
Fans of 50 Shades of Grey will remember the much talked-about tampon scene—and while that particular romp won’t be playing out on the big screen, it’s still been making headlines as buzz about the upcoming movie reaches a fever pitch. … Continue reading 6 Things You Should Know About Having Sex During Your Period
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, you may be evaluating the state of your relationship. If you’re looking for something to measure it against, look no further than the latest survey by eHarmony. The dating site released a report … Continue reading These Common Sex Problems Might Be Killing Your Relationship
Here’s the deal — we all have secret sexual fantasies. We might not act on all of them (that’s what separates fantasy from reality, after all), but simpatic.us wants to at least give us a space to share them. The … Continue reading Most Common Sexual Fantasies – Women Share Their Valentine’s Day Fantasies
Nobody wants to have a reputation for being bad in bed. Fortunately, research suggests there are a few things you can avoid to make a big difference.Match.com, one of the largest online dating services in the world, just released its … Continue reading These Are the Biggest Turn-Offs in Bed
You know the feeling: You’re on a date, and it’s going well. You find yourselves back at your place, making out and groping one another like horny teenagers. Soon the two of you are stumbling toward the bedroom, moments away … Continue reading Does Penis Size Really Matter? ‘The Girls Next Door’ Reveal What They Think
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