The latest addition to our website and to our YouTube channel is this podcast, recorded on March 7, 2018 and titled, Sex & Libido After Kids. We thanks Ashley Carroll for inviting us to do this recording. You can follow her at intakesavillagepodcast.com where you can listen to her many valuable and informative podcasts. Please share.
There are different causes for vaginal dryness, such as insufficient hydration (drinking), certain medications, over washing, low estrogen, sitting in treated/chlorinated water, etc. For those of us who live in cold climates, the onset of winter brings another cause: the heating system, which typically circulates very dry air (below 35-40% humidity). You would know this […]
Back in March 2017 we blogged abut vaginal infections and probiotics, the latter being the way to restore and maintain the ‘good bacteria’ that is wiped out when taking antibiotics. One month later, came out a research article validating our information and expanding on that knowledge about the vaginal eccosystem. The article was titled (the […]
A fascinating article – The Man Behind the Pill Decided Women ‘Need’ to Have Periods, But They Don’t – about how the Pill was invented, about the placebo week that gives a false period (to appease the Catholic church!), perceptions about the Pill, the safety of continuous use (no artificial period), and more. Excerpts: If […]
We often counsel patients about their rights, robbed away by abusive relationships with a family member, a partner, a work associate, etc. The most tender situation is when the woman suffered abuse by a family member, especially when she was a young and impressionable, and not yet able to understand and fight the crime. Of […]
The following email was received today from a former patient: Greetings, WTC! I am so thrilled to write to you tonight sharing that my husband and I have now been healed from vaginismus for TWO YEARS!! To be honest with you all, the first year and some change was not exactly the easiest nor most […]
Is a wife the property of the husband? By ignoring violence about women, do governments imply that, “Women, you don’t own your bodies and we won’t protect you?” By signing the marriage contract, some men think that women’s bodies are their properties. By accepting the social norms and interiorizing the patriarchy, most women don’t challenge […]
Every woman will experience a vaginal yeast infection at least once in her lifetime. A common cause is taking antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis (BV), for an infection elsewhere in the body (respiratory, sinus, bronchitis, etc.), after surgery, etc. Antibiotics wipe out both, the bad AND the good bacteria that live in our gut and in […]
We are touched by the sincerity and intimate sharing of Jo’s story, recorded today with the hope to inspire others NOT to live with vaginismus but rather to seek help as soon as possible. To quote her: “I first met the doctors of the Women’s Therapy Center back in 2001 but I was not ready to […]
Maintaining an exercise program as a lifestyle is not easy despite its proven importance and health benefits. As one ages, the call for exercising is often based on preventing on battling medical breakdowns. The good news is that, even if starting later on in years, the body will respond favorably although not ideally had the […]