body image Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

What We Don’t Know about the Clitoris (And Other Parts of Women’s Sexuality)

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 22, 2021 | Making Sex Feel Good

Did you know that it’s only recently that medical textbooks have started getting the clitoris right? For years, the clitoris was shown as smaller than it actually is, and often the nerves and rooots were omitted. The penis, on the other hand, tended to be shown...

Are You Feeling too Schlubby to Want to Have Sex?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 29, 2021 | Healthy Living, Libido

The way we feel about our bodies can cause our libido to crater. And when you feel schlubby (I love that word!), it’s hard to want to get it on. I get the best stuff sent to me from readers, and last week a reader passed along an article from the Wall Street...

How I Came to Terms with a Post-Baby Body

by Joanna Sawatsky | Sep 22, 2020 | Parenting Small Children

Our bodies were not meant to stay the same throughout our lives. Certainly we grow older. But childbirth also has a profound effect. I had three babies in 2.5 years – it was a lot. And with pregnancy comes big changes to your body, many of which don’t go...

Real Talk About PMS: Your Period is Not a Malfunction You Have to “Cure”

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 28, 2020 | Healthy Living

Why is it that so often, when we talk about menstruation, it’s seen as something bad that we have to fight against, rather than a natural part of our bodies? It’s the end of the month that we’ve been talking about how to love your body, no matter its...

Do You Put Your Wife’s Needs First? Plus 2 Extra Ways to Boost Her Self-Image! Comments of the Week

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Feb 21, 2020 | Marriage

I am personally very glad this week is over! I’ve (Rebecca) been looking over the blog since Sheila (my mom) has been on her vacation (they are having a lovely time, by the way!). View this post on Instagram Haven’t been posting on social media much...

How to Help Your Wife with Her Body Image

by Keith Gregoire | Feb 19, 2020 | Emotional Connection

How do you, as a husband, help a wife who is struggling with seeing herself as beautiful? This is Keith, Sheila’s husband, and welcome my second installment of “Men’s Corner”! Once a month, I’m going to write an article mostly aimed at...