23 Apr, 2017

The mid-summer sun beat down on the back of my 8 year-old little neck while the wind blew my bangs into my eyes. I tried to gasp in a breath as we whipped around the corner and began the chug-chug-chug up the first hill. My dad leaned down close to my ear and gave my knee a reassuring pat. “Are you ready?,” he shouted over the din of the motor. And suddenly, I wasn’t sure. I had been waiting for this exact moment for three years, and now I was overwhelmed with the excitement, adrenaline and

29 Jan, 2016

As a clinical psychologist who writes, speaks, and counsels on women’s sexuality, I’m not easily shocked or offended by sexual conversations. But as soon as I asked a group of my friends, “Are we comfortable having positive sex conversations?,” I was struck by how pervasive this taboo has become. Even the smart, open-minded women I know had been hesitant to bring up basic aspects of their sex lives in conversation. For many of us, the cliché is true: Women can talk about anything…