Product Review: ‘Nea’ by Lelo

Product Review: ‘Nea’ by Lelo

Posted On: May 26, 2010

If you are one of those people who agree that ‘Small can be beautiful’, and ‘Small can be powerful’, then you will love the NEA. The NEA Vibrator is manufactured by LELO in Sweden. LELO is a company, founded in 2003, devoted to the design and development of sensual pleasure objects with contemporary/luxury flair. Ergonomically […]

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Female Viagra: Not what it is

Posted On: May 22, 2010

In the shocking and hilarious documentary ORGASM INC., filmmaker Liz Canner takes a job editing erotic videos for a drug trial for a pharmaceutical company. Her employer is developing what they hope will be the first Viagra drug for women that wins FDA approval to treat a new disease: Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD). Liz gains […]

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Sex is not the same as sitting for the ‘10-year series’

Posted On: May 19, 2010

This article first appeared on The Online Citizen where I am a contributor. I tell my clients that sex is not the same as sitting for the ‘10-year series‘. For those who don’t know, the 10-year series is a colloquial term unique to Singapore where students refer to official compilation books of examination papers for the […]

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Vulva Drawing Experience

Posted On: May 17, 2010

I am grateful to a brave workshop participant Elaine Lau, 32 who attended my workshop called ‘Sexual Self Discovery’ and came forward with her story. She did so because she wanted to help encourage women to embrace their sexuality and be comfortable with their bodies. It was published in this month’s issue of Simply Her. […]

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Yoni Portraits: The Intimate Art of Christina Camphausen

Posted On: May 16, 2010

A unique, beautiful and sensitive book revealing women’s most intimate part in the form of delicate art. Intimate Portraits of real women, whose photographs were turned into detailed color-pencil drawings. The book comprises 49 drawings, explanations of the titles, information about how other, often ancient cultures have regarded the Yoni (Vulva) as a sacred manifestation […]

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Audio: Faceoff, 938Live

Posted On: May 15, 2010

I appeared after Anisa Hassan, owner of It’s Just Lunch on radio programme, ‘Faceoff’ on 938Live on Thurs 13 May, 1 – 2p.m. Host: Anita Kapoor. Listen to it here.

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Don’t lie back and think of England

Posted On: May 14, 2010

This same article first appeared in The Online Citizen. I am surprised that, in this day and age, I still am asked: “What can women do in bed besides lying back and thinking of England?” In case you are not familiar with this expression, it is an English saying with roughly the same meaning as […]

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“Martha’s belief in the positive power of intimacy and an open heart pointed the way towards possibilities and experiences I never considered possible in my life.”

Posted On: May 12, 2010

“I’ve been working on self-development for several years now, but I’ve found there’s little substitute for working with a coach to work through my issues. Martha is a personal coach who’s remarkably free from judgment. Her gentle challenges of “Well, why not?” to my countless self-imposed barriers, has removed more psychological roadblocks than I had […]

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Why I Became a Sexologist

Posted On: May 4, 2010

First published on The Online Citizen. If there is one question I am asked almost every time I meet somebody new, it is this: “Why did you become a sexologist?” Even complete strangers on Facebook find it is their business to pose one-liner questions along the lines of: “Is your job for real?” Occasionally my […]

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If

Posted On: April 29, 2010

IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being […]

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Vaginismus – When a Woman’s Body Says ‘No’

Posted On: April 23, 2010

Recently a girlfriend admitted that until she met me, she had always thought that vaginismus was a myth – a disease that was made up, or had been eradicated in the ’80s, and most definitely did not exist in modern day. In fact, vaginismus is a very real sexual concern that women experience, and more […]

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Poem: Imagine a Lover (for Men)

Posted On: April 22, 2010

Imagine a Lover …for those seeking a woman to love. Until you imagine something, it remains an impossibility. Once imagined, it becomes your experience. Imagine a lover who has walked through her past. A lover who is aware of her historic vulnerabilities. Who takes responsibility for her own stuff. Imagine a lover who has developed […]

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