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How Menstrual Cups Can Make Periods So Much Easier!

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Sep 24, 2021 | Healthy Living

In the last few years, menstrual cups have become a much more mainstream period tool for women. Rebecca here today, and I’m gonna give you a good old warning right at the beginning of this post: we’re going to get real personal here! And the reason for...

10 Ways to Encourage Your Husband to Go to the Doctor

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 30, 2021 | Emotional Connection, Healthy Living

What do you do when your husband hates going to the doctor–but he really needs to go? A lot of guys just hate seeing a physician. In fact, that’s one of the reasons that researchers figure that married men live longer–their wives often push them to...

How to Make a Pap Smear More Comfortable: 10 Tips to Help!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 29, 2021 | Healthy Living

Tired of painful Pap smears? Worried about your upcoming Pap test? Let’s talk about how to make Pap smears more comfortable! We’re at the end of our pelvic floor series for June, and we’ve been looking at the importance of the pelvic floor,...

Dealing with Secondary Vaginismus: A Newlywed’s Story

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 22, 2021 | Healthy Living, Making Sex Feel Good

What happens when you develop vaginismus LATER–after you’ve already started having sex? How is this even possible? And can you get over it? That’s what we’re going to talk about today! We’re in the middle of our pelvic floor series, and...

Overcoming Vaginismus: 9 Healing Steps to Take

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 21, 2021 | Healthy Living

Vaginismus plagues, to some extent, about 22% of wives. And for 7%, it makes penetration impossible. Vaginismus is a sexual dysfunction disorder where the muscles of the vaginal wall contract involuntarily (you’re not deliberately causing it!), making...

The Pelvic Floor PODCAST Episode: Plus Can You Say Vulva?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 17, 2021 | Healthy Living, Podcasts

Do we know how to care for our pelvic floors? And why we should? We’re in the middle of our pelvic floor series for June, where we talk about some of the things that can go wrong with the pelvic floor (like vaginismus or postpartum pain), and what to do about...

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 29 years and happily married for 24! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 7 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.