Love can be shown & expressed differently from person to person at any given time, navigating your love life is not always easy, we know…
Once a week? Three times a week? A few times a month? And if you’re having less than that, should you be worried? It is surprisingly easy to believe there is a correct answer. Search online and you’ll find statistics about how often couples supposedly have sex, alongside endless conversations about libido, “dead bedrooms” and […]
From children and work to exhaustion, changing bodies and shifting desire, long-term intimacy rarely stays the same. What matters isn’t matching the past — but understanding what has changed. One of the more unsettling moments in a long relationship is realising that you don’t have sex like you used to. Perhaps there was a time […]
When life feels overwhelming, sex can be the last thing you want — or exactly what you crave. A psychologist explains why stress can affect desire in such opposite ways, and when sex becomes more about escape than connection. For some people, the last thing they want when life becomes overwhelming is to be touched. […]
Every day, once a week or hardly ever? A sexologist explains what your answer really says about your sex drive — and why there may be no such thing as a “normal” amount. For something so personal, sexual desire is surprisingly easy to measure ourselves against other people. We compare ourselves with partners, friends, statistics, […]
Our sexual imagination can take us to places we’d never want to visit in real life. So why do we sometimes feel so ashamed of the things we think about? There is something strangely unsettling about discovering that your mind can take you somewhere your real-life self would never choose to go. Perhaps you’ve fantasised […]
Porn has become part of many people’s sex lives — but how do you know when a habit has become a problem? Sex and relationship expert Becky Crepsley Fox explains what really matters, from motivation and control to the impact on your relationships, work and wellbeing. How much porn is too much? It’s a deceptively difficult question, partly because we’re often given very different answers. One person might say […]
If you’ve started counting the time since you and your partner last had sex, you’re probably wondering whether it means something. An expert explains what matters more than the number on the calendar. Three weeks? Two months? Half a year? If you haven’t had sex with your partner for a while, it can be surprisingly […]
The unlimited choice in dating apps has left us unable to find a relationship due to Fear of a Better Option. Here’s how to commit again.
If your relationships always seem to follow the same script, you’re not necessarily doomed to keep repeating it. We asked an expert why familiar patterns can be so difficult to break — and what you can do to create healthier ones in future.
Closure can feel like the missing piece after heartbreak. But what if the answers you’re waiting for aren’t actually what you need to heal? Najwa Zebian explains how to move forward without them.
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