What does good sex and good chocolate have in common? Come find out on Friday evening, March 7th when Wendy Maltz LCSW, DST, and other women’s health professionals discuss “Sex, Chocolate and Menopause” at the Eugene Yoga Center. The program will run from from 6:30-9pm at 3575 Donald Street, Eugene, OR 97405. You can enjoy chocolate and wine, shop for health and comfort products from local vendors and participate in a lively discussion with local women’s health professionals about how you can actually find joy in this time of transformation! For more information and to register call 541.520.8771 or visit: http://eugeneyoga.us/. Early registration is recommended.
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About the Healthy Sex Blog
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
Healthy Sex Blog
UK Study Reveals Brain Changes from Porn
Martin Daubney hosted a documentary in late September on British national television etitled, “Porn on the Brain”. It’s groundbreaking and explores the nature and impact of today’s pornography. The program includes a section on Dr. Valerie Voon’s MRI brain scan research that is revealing significant differences between the reactions of compulsive porn user’s brains as compared to controls (See photo first published in the Independent 9-22-13).
Her research appears to validate the addictive nature and potential of today’s porn and provide some explanation for how and why it can cause serious mental, sexual and relationship problems. The program also takes a personal, albeit disturbing, look into the life of a young man with a serious porn problem, and explores possible societal solutions that may include early and continuing sex education. NOTE: contains sexually explicit adult content, as well as graphic and blurred images of porn.
Salon.com Article Praises “The Porn Trap”
In a groundbreaking Salon.com article entitled, “My Sexuality After Porn,” (10-29-13) journalist Isaac Abel reveals how he is working to undo early conditioning and reclaim his sexuality as healthy, sensual, and intimate. Insightful, honest, and at times graphically descriptive, he discusses various healing strategies he and his partner used, including the “Hand on Heart Anchoring” exercise from our book “The Porn Trap.” Speaking about the exercise, he says, “We’d liked it. Our bodies said that too.”
[Caution: The article does contain a short graphic description of a sexually aggressive fantasy roleplay which might be triggering to some readers]
Pandora’s Project Q & A on Sexual Healing Part 2 – June ’13
Wendy Maltz continues to answer tough questions about sexual healing in Part 2of an article published in the Pandora’s Project June 2013 newsletter. The questions cover topics such as self-worth, disclosing to a partner for the first time, dating, and dealing with an impatient partner. Specific ideas are shared that can be found in Wendy’s book, The Sexual Healing Journey.
Pandora’s Project is a nationally-acclaimed nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information, support, and resources to survivors of rape and sexual abuse and their friends and family. They have been devoted to recovery and healing since 1999.
The questions Wendy answers in the newsletter came from members of their online support group, Pandora’s Aquarium. Survivors involved in the project know that connecting with other rape and sexual abuse survivors is an important part of healing. Their online support group includes a message board, chat room, and blogs. It is free to join and is safely moderated by a diverse group of survivors.
To access the newsletter and article CLICK HERE.
Newsweek Daily Beast Article mentions “The Porn Trap”
Wendy was recently interviewed by Winston Ross, a writer for Newsweek/Daily Beast for an article on a Baptist pastor recommending men give up porn for good. The Pastor, Jay Dennis of 1 Million Men Porn Free, believes 80% of Christian men are struggling with viewing porn and that porn problems are being avoided partly because many pastors struggle with it, too. Ross discusses why internet porn is so compelling and mentions The Porn Trap as a recovery book.
Click here for the article “Porn Boycott”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/03/porn-boycott-pastor-jay-dennis-wants-you-to-join-1-million-men.html
Isaac Abel Talks About “Coming Out as a Porn Addict”
In this third installment writing about his healing journey, Isaac Abel discusses how “coming out as a porn addict” helped him overcome feelings of shame and isolation and heal…He’s a courageous voice and role model for others in recovery…He also talks about our book, The Porn Trap, in the Atlantic on=line article…..
To read the article, CLICK HERE
or visit
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/06/coming-out-as-a-porn-addict/277106/
Mark Manson’s Article on Porn-Induced Sex Problems
Mark Manson of http://postmasculine.com/ has written a revealing and helpful article on addressing ED and other sexual problems from porn : http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/pornography-can-ruin-your-sex-life/ … He provides some strategies for healing that worked for him. I really respect how upfront he is in sharing his own experiences and his commitment to fostering positive intimate relationships.
Isaac Abel Explores the “Porn Addiction” Label
Isaac Abel has written another groundbreaking article this one in the Atlantic–about sex problems caused by porn. In the article, entitled, , “Was I Actually ‘Addicted’ to Internet Porn?”, he explores the concept of “porn addiction, his quest to understand what it means, and his conclusion that it his experience and is a helpful term.
CLICK HERE TO READ HIS NEW ARTICLE
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/06/was-i-actually-addicted-to-internet-pornography/276619/
CLICK HERE TO READ HIS PREVIOUS ARTICLE:
“DID PORN WARP ME FOREVER?”
“Porn Can Screw You in the Sack” – U of O newspaper article
Reporter Katherine Marrone of the University of Oregon’s Daily Emerald campus newspaper just came out with a front cover article on how overindulging in porn can “screw you in the sack.” The article includes a first hand account if erectile difficulty from a man who used to use a lot of porn. The good news is that quitting the porn, solved his problems. Bravo to her for giving readers a heads up!
CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE
or use this link:
http://dailyemerald.com/2013/06/06/sex-the-dark-side-of-pornography/
Adolescent Brain Meets Highspeed Internet Porn — helpful new video
Well done!!! This new video,
Adolescent Brain Meets Highspeed Internet Porn
by Gary Wilson is enlightening and informative without being judgmental …It features lots of information in a very well organized and clear format and is highlighted with good analogies…
This is going to help a lot of people…Way to go Gary!!!
