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Being Single: Learning to Embrace Yourself

Being single isn’t some ominous period of your life, and it doesn't have to be a mad scramble to get into a relationship. The truth is that being single is actually an opportunity to focus on yourself, your needs, your desires, and most importantly, your worth. It’s how people learn about themselves and how to appreciate who they are. It’s true that being in a relationship is a rewarding experience for most, but being single can be too!

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Self Care Vs Self Love: What's the Difference?

They’ve become buzz words for some and mantras for others, but “self care” and “self love” hold different meanings, and they are both important to your mental health. In fact, there are several definitions of these phrases floating around on the internet, but there are general principles to each that make them worth pursuing regularly no matter the exact definition you abide by.

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What is Erotic Self Care?

What is Erotic Self Care?

What is Erotic Self Care? While it’s true that sex therapy and relationship therapy are valuable tools for many couples, we can actually begin to open up and unwind our relational tensions with self care, and erotic self care is one of the best ways to align your body and mind and overcome struggles you are having as an individual or as a couple.

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Masturbation/Self-Pleasure

Masturbation/Self-Pleasure

Masturbation is such a natural part of being human. It is sexual, sensual, and nourishing. Unfortunately, we never learn about those messages in school (if some of us even got a sex education class) or growing up. Let's explore the great gift of masturbation/self pleasure.

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More Sexual Pleasure, Please...

Self pleasure is so natural, so fun, so amazing but our society still gives out the "Bad" messages about it. It has so many benefits on our health and our relationship with ourselves. We need to give ourselves and each other more space to enjoy this natural mood enhancer.

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The Beauty of Sexual Pleasure

The Beauty of Sexual Pleasure

We all know self pleasure can feel so good but It has so many other benefits. Just a note though, even though I want everyone to experience the "Big O," I also wanted to suggest everyone to not focus on it as the primary goal when you are involved in sexual act - for good reasons that we will get into it later. 

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