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Mindful Sex

Tips and techniques from the front lines of couples therapy.

Marriage
Recipe for a Happy Marriage

Dan Pollets Ph.D. on September 26, 2018

Is it possible to nail down the key ingredients correlated with a successful marriage? Let's give it a shot.

Is it possible to nail down the key ingredients correlated with a successful marriage? Let's give it a shot.

Aging and Sexual Desire: Mindfulness as antidote
Aging
Aging and Male Sexual Desire IV: Mindfulness: Secret Elixir

Dan Pollets Ph.D. on February 27, 2013

Cultivating Mindfulness is the best antidote we have to cope with the changes caused by inevitable aging in sexuality. Our minds and how we pay attention and the loving presence we bring to the sexual union is what truly matters in enlightened sex.

Cultivating Mindfulness is the best antidote we have to cope with the changes caused by inevitable aging in sexuality. Our minds and how we pay attention and the loving presence we bring to the sexual union is what truly matters in enlightened sex.

Aging
Aging and Male Sexual Desire III: Life-Style Issues

Dan Pollets Ph.D. on January 29, 2013

Taking good care of your body and avoiding illness secondary to poor life-style or stress helps maintains sexual health. Healthy desire is also a result of "secure attachment" you create with your significant other.

Taking good care of your body and avoiding illness secondary to poor life-style or stress helps maintains sexual health. Healthy desire is also a result of "secure attachment" you create with your significant other.

Aging
Aging and Male Sexual Desire II: Physical Factors

Dan Pollets Ph.D. on January 21, 2013

Good news: Men are living longer and being sexually active well into their seventh decade. Bad news: Lifestyle and general quality of health will dramatically affect sexual functioning.

Good news: Men are living longer and being sexually active well into their seventh decade. Bad news: Lifestyle and general quality of health will dramatically affect sexual functioning.

Anger
Seeking Sex Therapy: A Primer

Dan Pollets Ph.D. on September 3, 2008

It is hard to imagine a more awkward and uncomfortable dilemma for an individual or couple than to seek out a stranger in order to talk about the sexual problems threatening the relationship.

It is hard to imagine a more awkward and uncomfortable dilemma for an individual or couple than to seek out a stranger in order to talk about the sexual problems threatening the relationship.