In long-term relationships, it’s common for desire to shift over time. This doesn’t mean attraction is gone or that something is wrong. It usually reflects changes in stress, routine, emotional connection and capacity. Early desire is fuelled by novelty. Long-term desire is more responsive and context-dependent.

Overthinking in the bedroom is incredibly common. If your mind jumps to thoughts like “Am I doing this right?” or “What are they thinking?”, this isn’t a flaw or lack of experience. It’s a sign that your nervous system is active.

One of the most confusing experiences people share is that orgasm can feel effortless at certain times and almost impossible at others. This inconsistency often leads to frustration, self-doubt and a sense that something is “wrong”. In reality, orgasm is highly responsive to internal and external conditions.

When someone seeks support for orgasm concerns, they are often met with narrow solutions or dismissive reassurance. Naturopathic care offers a different approach, one that honours complexity rather than simplifying it.

Orgasm difficulties are far more common than most people realise, yet they are rarely spoken about openly. Many people carry shame, comparison or self-blame around their experiences, believing that pleasure should be effortless or automatic. This belief alone can create barriers to orgasm.

Painful sex rarely affects only the person experiencing pain. It often ripples into relationships, intimacy and emotional connection. And yet, this impact is rarely talked about openly.

This is one of the most common and important questions I hear in clinic. Painful sex is common. But it is not normal. And that distinction matters more than we often realise.

For many women, libido feels mysterious, unpredictable, or even broken. You might wonder why desire feels effortless at some points in your life and completely absent at others. You may have been told it’s “all in your head”, that you need to relax more, or that you should want sex the way you used to.

One of the most common concerns women share is grief for the libido they once had. You may remember feeling spontaneous desire, excitement, curiosity or ease around sex, and now feel disconnected from that version of yourself. This loss can feel confronting, confusing and deeply personal. But libido is not meant to stay the same forever.

Yes. Stress is one of the most powerful and underestimated suppressors of libido in women. And importantly, it’s not just big, obvious stress. It’s the quiet, chronic, everyday stress that slowly reshapes the nervous system.

Dyspareunia is the medical term used to describe pain before, during or after sexual intercourse. While the term itself can sound clinical and detached, the experience is anything but.