If penetration hurts even when you are wet and aroused, there are some things that you need to consider. Firstly, you might not be aroused enough! I know, we are all taught by social media, movies, books and porn, that when a woman is wet she is ready. But the truth is that you might…
There are many, many reasons that sex hurts. One of the difficult things about having genital pain, or sex hurting, can be working out what is actually happening. And unfortunately I know that a lot of you have been looking for answers for a long time, and also looking for health professionals to help you…
Sex should never be painful, ever. (Unless you want it to be!). Most women are told that sex is going to be painful at least the first time. We are taught that we have a bit of skin, called a hymen or a corona, and that is going to need to break the first time…
Like a lot of you, I was one of those people who had completely blocked out the fact that I had genital and sexual pain. I had blocked it out so completely that if anyone had asked me, I would have said ‘nope, not me’. Until one experience was so painful that it was impossible…
Last night I had a such a nourishing conversation with a beautiful human who is well on her path to healing and living in a pain free body. It was one of those conversations that fills my heart and makes me glad to be working in this arena, supporting incredible women to thrive. We talked…
…and you do not need to be fixed. One of my close friends is in hospital this week, in 10/10 pain from a tumour that she has growing in her soft tissues, one that is pushing against organs and structures that don’t have any room to get out of the way. She’s telling me stories…
At some point in your life, pebbles and sticks began to gather at a bend in your stream, and then continued to collect until you had a blockage, and there was your pain. See pain is a conversation: part 2 for more about this. Here is a short meditation that you can use to being…
Imagine a river. You’re standing at a bend, your feet bare on cool earth, dappled sunlight making patterns on the ground from overhead. It’s a narrow river and when you lift up your eyes, you can see to the other side. Over there, trees are growing, and there are smooth river rocks lining both sides…
We all feel pain. It’s an inevitable part of being alive. Our bodies are incredible systems of nerve endings and impulses, wired for pleasure and pain. And in my observation, a lot of us are feeling a whole lot more pain than pleasure in our day to day lives. These pains you feel are messengers…
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