Boston Sex Therapy, Powered by Thriveworks To Schedule an appointment, call us at 617-395-5806 Sex is awesome. Or rather, it should be. Aside from the fact that it’s our tried-and-true way of continuing the human race, sex can also be incredibly fun and satisfying. Unfortunately, we humans have an artistic flair for going about things in the wrong way: We elevate the importance of sexuality in our entertainment and advertisements while simultaneously cheapening its authenticity. It’s no wonder so many of us are so often confused, frustrated or anxious about sex. Despite how much it permeates various levels of our day-to-day (as Oscar Wilde once said, “Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”), very little in the way of open and honest discourse about physical intimacy happens in the limelight. No, instead sex usually makes the headlines when someone is sleeping with someone other than who they should be sleeping with (or doing so in a way that … [Read more...]
Overcoming Loneliness and Isolation in Boston: 7 Strategies for Making Friends and Building Relationships
The first thing I think of when I think of Loneliness is Bill Cosby. I don’t think Bill Cosby is necessarily a lonely guy, but I remember a scene from the Cosby Show where he tells Trudy (his youngest daughter) he wants to be alone. “But won’t you be lonely?” Trudy asks. Not likely. The 30 minutes of alone time Bill wanted (and never got) would not have brought him to a place of loneliness, but looking around it seems many people today have asked for alone time—if not by our words by choices—too often. And the result is a feeling of darkness that’s hard to describe with words alone (no pun intended). Loneliness involves a deep sense of isolation and disconnection from others, and it occurs when persons feel that they have no one with whom to share the joys and hardships of life. Some have stated that their loneliness feels less like sadness and more like an imprisonment that leaves them despondent toward life (I suppose that is why solitary confinement is such a severe … [Read more...]