One of the hardest things for some women to admit is that they’ve never had an orgasm, and they often assume that they are the only ones. Actually, a woman’s ability to achieve an orgasm is much more complex than a man’s, and often requires just the right ambience, to say nothing of technique. One of the best ways for women to learn how to have an orgasm is to lay comfortably in their bathtub with a bath pillow under their head, and let a warm stream of water flow over their clitoris, ideally using a hand-held shower wand. It may take quite a few times in order for you to discover what feels good for you, but usually the warm stream of water alone will allow you [...]

A few weeks ago, after a grueling meeting working on TCOYF fertility app updates with my partners in Bellingham, Washington, I was looking forward to the relaxing train ride back to my home in Seattle. But a minute before it was supposed to arrive in the station, they announced that boulders had crashed onto the tracks between the two cities, so they’d need to send ahead a bunch of equipment on a rig to clear it first. At this point, I’m starting to panic a bit, because I didn’t have dinner, and now I’m envisioning the train stuck for hours and hours with no food to eat. So I do the only respectable thing a health educator would do in my situation: I buy a stale Snickers bar from the [...]