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Welcome to the Healthy Sex blog. Here we share the latest news and information about Wendy’s media interviews, presentations, and publications. You can find blog posts listed according to topic categories such as Sex & Love, Sex Abuse Healing, Sexual Fantasy, Porn Recovery, Reflections on Sex, and more – as well as by the date posted.

Reflections on Sex (RoS) posts

“Reflections on Sex” is a special category of blog posts featured in the Healthy Sex blog. It is sometimes referred to using the abbreviation, RoS. These blog posts serve as a running column, like a newspaper column. In these writings, Wendy shares the most fascinating ideas and insights she gained about sex in her more than forty years of work as a sex educator and therapist. New “Reflections on Sex” blog posts are published periodically and are highlighted on this page. To find out as soon as one is posted follow Wendy Maltz on Twitter or Facebook for announcements.

“Reflections on Sex” provides me an exciting opportunity to examine sex from old and new perspectives and share stories and ideas I haven’t written about before. I’m eager to tell you about the people, experiences, and discoveries that caught my attention and influenced my life. I hope you will find my observations entertaining as well as informative. Perhaps they will inspire you to reflect on your own journey with sex, how your views about it have changed, and what sex means to you.
Wendy Maltz

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A Curious Mind, A Sexy Subject

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Wendy Maltz - Reflections on Sex

In this first issue of “Reflections on Sex,” Wendy explores the influences and experiences that led her into the brand new field of sex therapy.

I was born in 1950, two years after Dr. Alfred Kinsey published the first-ever report on human sexuality and three years before the first issue of Playboy magazine appeared. As a child, I had no clue that someday I would become a sex therapist and write several books on sexuality myself.

Back then, the field of sex therapy didn’t even exist. Pioneer sex researchers Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson first coined the term in 1958 in a study proposal. They later defined “sex therapy” as a method for treating sexual problems in their groundbreaking best-seller, Human Sexual Inadequacy, in 1970. Reflecting on my life now, after having enjoyed a wonderful career as a sex educator and therapist for over four decades, I see that the signs of what I might become were all there.

“Healthy Intimacy After Abuse” with Elizabeth Smart, survivor (pt 2 of 2)

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Wendy Maltz - Sexual Abuse Healing

Part 2 of Wendy and Elizabeth’s honest, powerful conversation about “How to have healthy intimacy after abuse. (pt 2)” Elizabeth Smart is a nationally-recognized sexual abuse survivor and survivor advocate. In this segment we discuss effective ways to overcome challenges with touch, sexual enjoyment, and relationship closeness. This is Part 2 of a two part program available in audio and in transcript form at elizabethsmartfoundation.org. Elizabeth is outstanding in her healing strength, knowledge, compassion and commitment to helping others to heal.

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Elizabeth Smart, The Elizabeth Smart Foundation

“Healthy Intimacy After Abuse” with Elizabeth Smart, survivor (pt 1 of 2)

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Wendy Maltz - Media Interviews, Sexual Abuse Healing

A powerful conversation! Nationally-recognized abuse survivor, Elizabeth Smart, and Wendy discuss “How to Have Healthy Intimacy After Abuse.” It’s a frequent question people ask her. Find out here. They discuss why sex is a challenging topic, recognizing symptoms, changing attitudes and behaviors, how intimate partners can help, the benefits of sexual healing from sexual abuse, and more. This is Part 1 of a two-part series available in audio and in transcript form at elizabethsmartfoundation.org. Elizabeth is amazing in her healing strength, knowledge, compassion, and commitment to helping others!

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LISTEN OR READ NOW in transcript at The Elizabeth Smart Foundation

El viaje para sanar la sexualidad – Now Available / AHORA disponible

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Wendy Maltz - Events, Sexual Abuse Healing

We are excited to announce that “El viaje para sanar la sexualidad: una guía para sobrevivientes de abuso sexual” the Spanish edition (HarperCollinsMéxico) of Wendy Maltz’s classic recovery book, “The Sexual Healing Journey” is now available for purchase in the USA, Mexico, and other countries, through major on-line booksellers in paperback and electronic versions.

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Nos complace anunciar la publicación de El Viaje para Sanar la Sexualidad: Una Guía para Sobrevivientes de Abuso Sexual, la traducción muy solicitada de la guía clásica de recuperación ampliamente estimada de Wendy Maltz, The Sexual Healing Journey.

Traducido con cuidado y sensibilidad para los sobrevivientes latinx, esta edición de HarperCollinsMéxico presenta un prólogo de bienvenida de Evelyn Salinas, así como una sección de recursos especiales.

Wendy Maltz lleva a los lectores paso a paso a través del proceso de recuperación, integrando consejos de expertos con ejercicios innovadores, técnicas probadas y relatos en primera persona de mujeres y hombres en cada etapa de la curación sexual.

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Remojo Interview: Porn Recovery and Sexual Intimacy

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Wendy Maltz - Media Interviews, Porn Problem Recovery

How can a person who was heavily involved with porn create a more satisfying sex life without it? Find out in this friendly podcast interview I did with Jack Jenkins, founder of Remojo. It is a new program, based in London, with international reach, that supports people in their recovery from porn. We discuss the difference between porn-related sex and sex based on self- respect, real caring, and full-body sensuality. I describe important skills, how to gain them, and the healing strategies and techniques which help facilitate desired change.

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An important discussion

Wendy Maltz, Healthysex.com

Jack Jenkins, Founder of Remojo.com

Hungarian edition of The Sexual Healing Journey!

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Wendy Maltz - Uncategorized

Nagyon izatott! (Very excited!) Horusz, an imprint of Angyali Menedek publishers is beginning work on a Hungarian edition of Wendy Maltz’s classic recovery book, The Sexual Healing Journey A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse. They are aiming for an end of year 2021 release.

Talking with Your Teens About Sex & Porn Interview

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Wendy Maltz - Media Interviews, Porn Problem Recovery

Do you ever wonder how parents might talk “sex positively” with teens about porn and sex? For some smart ideas, listen to this interview Wendy Maltz did with Stephanie Boye for her educational parents and teens podcast, Laid Bare with Anonymous X. In this engaging and idea-rich discussion, they share ways parents can empower teens with accurate information, respect natural curiosities, acknowledge social influences, and support teens in making good choices and getting help, if and when, needed.

To listen to the podcast, CLICK HERE:

Stephanie Boye’s Health & Fitness Podcast: :aid Bare with Anonymous X on Apple Podcasts

Pre-Order Now Available for El Viaje para Sanar la Sexualidad!

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Wendy Maltz - Sexual Abuse Healing

We are delighted to report that El Viaje para Sanar la Sexualidad, the Spanish language edition of The Sexual Healing Journey, is now available for pre-ordering on Amazon. The official release date is June 8, 2021, but you can order now to receive it as soon as possible. CLICK HERE FOR LINK:

Nos complace informar que El Viaje para Sanar la Sexualidad, la edición en español de The Sexual Healing Journey, ya está disponible para preordenar en Amazon. La fecha de lanzamiento oficial es el 8 de junio de 2021, pero puede hacer su pedido ahora para recibirlo lo antes posible. HAGA CLIC AQUÍ PARA ENLACE:

“Redux: Is Porn Wrong?” WBUR Interview with Wendy (Part 1)

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Wendy Maltz - Media Interviews, Porn Problem Recovery

WBUR public radio has re-featuring an interview Wendy did with Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond from 2016. Wendy responds to listener questions about pornography as a problem. A lively and deep discussion.

Here is the LINK.

El Viaje para Sanar la Sexualidad coming April-May 2021! The Sexual Healing Journey in Spanish!

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Wendy Maltz - Sexual Abuse Healing

Mui emocionado! So excited! I’m happy to announce that HarperMexico is publishing my book, The Sexual Healing Journey, in a multiple-country Spanish language edition in April-May 2021. (Mexico, US, & Spain). I have received many requests for a Spanish edition over the years. I believe the #MeToo and #YoTambien movements have increased awareness of the tremendous need for quality sexual recovery resources in Spanish. I thank Evelyn Salinas, for writing a wonderful forward to the book, and Natasha Prosperi for her support and encouragement from the beginning. I look forward to sharing more information about El Viaje para Sanar la Sexualidad: Una Guía para Sobrevivientes de Abuso with you as soon as it is available. Here is an illustration of what the cover will look like…..and the whole jacket.

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