period Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

SEXUAL CONFIDENCE: How Can We Get Over Embarrassment About Being Female?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 20, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

How can we feel sexually confident if we believe that our bodies are gross, objects of embarrassment, or something that makes us “less than”? For a woman to feel sexually confident, she has to feel that being a woman is a good thing, not a source of shame....

10 Things to Know about Old Testament Laws and Periods

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 26, 2020 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

As Christians, a lot of the cultural ideas that we get about our periods derive from Old Testament laws that called periods “unclean.” We’re finishing up our series on periods today! And I thought I’d end with something that came up repeatedly...

How to Make Period Sex Less Messy–and More Enticing

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 25, 2020 | Spicing Things Up

Are you somebody who would actually love to have period sex? I’ve been writing about periods all month, and last week we looked at period sex, mostly from the perspective that a woman should not feel obligated to give sexual favors then if she doesn’t want...

The PERIOD Series: Why To Love, Honor and Vacuum Loves Diva Cups!

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Aug 24, 2020 | Healthy Living

We love Diva cups. They’re awesome, and they can change your life. We’re at the end of our period series this week. We’ve talked about the shame that we often feel as teens about our periods; how to help guys understand periods; when to call the...

Parents: Let’s Not Add Creepy Sexual Messages to Your Daughter’s First Period

by Katie Emmerson | Aug 21, 2020 | Parenting Teenagers

Your daughter’s first period is not the time to warn her about being sexually promiscuous. Let me repeat that: Just because your daughter can get pregnant now does not mean that you should launch into a talk about not fooling around with boys on the day that she...

Coaching a Young Girl Through Her First Period at an Airport Bathroom

by Joanna Sawatsky | Aug 19, 2020 | Parenting Teenagers

Is your daughter prepared for her first period? And what happens when her first period takes her by surprise? I’m going to invite Joanna, my co-author of our upcoming The Great Sex Rescue, to share a story of talking through bathroom stalls to a young girl in...