Build Body Confidence

Are you happy in your body right now? No changes, no when x happens, but right now?

 

Starting a new year we tend to put extra pressure on ourselves to meet goals, achieve conventional standards and we can be our own worst critics. There is ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with wanting to live a healthier life (in fact I’m all for it) but it is a problem if you set your expectations to be happy when those results are achieved.

 

No one is perfect.

 

And if you think they are, there are lots of things you just don’t see. To be happy now with your situation should be the goal or at a minimum having compassion for yourself where you currently are as we all go through ebbs and flows. After that, you can work towards those health goals.

 

This has a huge effect on your self-esteem.

 

And on your confidence too and that can impact your libido. When we feel good, we are more likely to want to share ourselves with our partner. When we don’t, we tend to hide and push them away.

 

If this is something you’re struggling with and finally want to break free off this year, book an appointment and we can discuss all the ways to get you feeling your best!

Add Sex to your Wellness Routine

Let’s say that again. And now let’s think about it.
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What does optimization mean?
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It’s realizing your best life. It’s ensuring you are experiencing pleasure more times than you’re missing out. It’s learning how to make your body work for you. It’s improving your relationship with your body, yourself and your overall health. It’s realizing there are many ways to experience pleasure, it’s making love not porn.
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When we usually seek help
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When something is WRONG. Not when something is not quite right. If we can live with it, we leave it. It doesn’t have to be this way. You know your body better than anybody else. You know when it’s off. So why not address it? It doesn’t have to be a major problem for it to be a MAJOR problem for you.
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What might be wrong?
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Multiple things. Your libido is low. You’re in a love-hate relationship with your body. You experience pain with sex (vulvodynia). You’ve never achieved an orgasm (anorgasmia). You have vaginal dryness. Your period causes you pain and discomfort every month so miss that week. That pesky UTI keeps coming back (or that yeast infection). Your body is not working for YOU period.
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I work with women to help put a pin on what is missing; what is not quite right and then we work together to develop a plan to fix it. Life’s to short to not fully experience pleasure, am I right?

Your Body Image

In a study of 400 premenopausal women 40% stated that they had experienced decreased sexual desire due to dissatisfaction with their physical appearance. In another study of college aged women, 30% stated their negative body image had led to their sexual dysfunction.

 

What does this mean for you?

 

A healthy body image is one where you feel comfortable in your skin. You feel good about the way you look, and you do not associate your self-worth with how you perceive your body. When your perception about your body is off, you may hide yourself from intimate relationships with others and change how you carry yourself every day.

 

Health is so much more than a number on a scale. Learning how to care for and love your body can change your HAPPINESS levels and the amount of joy you let in your life. If you’re looking for help to take the next steps, I can help you get there. Together we will create a plan to get you on track towards a healthy body.

 

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