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Stages of Sex Series: Menopause and the Slowing Down Years

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 1, 2019 | Making Sex Feel Good

What happens to sex in marriage when menopause hits? Or when men’s bodies start to slow down and erectile dysfunction becomes more common? On Wednesdays during the month of October I’ve been talking about the different stages of sex. We talked about: The...

Why (Older) Women Often Long for More Adventure in Bed

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 4, 2018 | Sex

The image of the older woman who is sexually confident and wants more adventure in bed is quite common in our culture. Think of the “cougar” stereotype, that older woman who is looking for a younger man to satisfy her. Recently, when I was flying back from...

The Menopause Pep Talk You Actually Need

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 6, 2018 | Healthy Living

With thanks to Estrogem for sponsoring this post.Hot flashes are awful.Even your hands sweat. Your wrists get all wet. The back of your neck gets clammy. You want to strip in public–which is generally not a good idea.You start to forget things. I’m...

Setting Boundaries with Your Aging Parents–Because You Can’t Do Everything!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 3, 2017 | Doing Life Together

How do you set boundaries on how much help you can reasonably give to aging parents? Okay, last week I wrote a post on a whim about how parents should really try to help their adult children who will be caring for them one day, by moving closer, getting rid of stuff,...

Parents: You Owe Your Adult Children a Life

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 27, 2017 | Family, Healthy Living, Homemaking

If you need your adult children to eventually care for you, then that should factor into an equation NOW. I’m still a little tired from our impromptu trip out west last week, and I’ve been thinking about something for a while now that I’d like to...

A Status Report: We Were Called to My Father’s Bedside

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 16, 2017 | Sheila Snippets

So 7:30 on Saturday night Keith and I were eating dinner, getting ready to go watch season 2 of Dark Matter on Netflix while I finished casting off for a skirt I’m knitting. Then we got a phone call. My father, who has advanced Alzheimer’s, was in the...